The Catmage Chronicles
Andy thought he was going crazy when a talking cat showed up at his front door. He couldn’t have been more wrong.Goldeneyes is a Catmage – a cat with human intelligence and magical abilities. Andy is an eighth grader who is smart, impulsive, and trying to avoid the school bully at all costs. A prophecy threw them together. There’s just one problem: Goldeneyes can’t stand humans.The Catmage world is heading toward war. Goldeneyes and Andy must try to stop the enemy from getting stronger. And they must save a powerful Catmage who’s been kidnapped. For Goldeneyes, it’s personal. That Catmage is her grandmother.Andy and Goldeneyes must try to put aside their differences. If they can’t, the enemy will soon be too powerful to defeat…
Author Archives: Soccerdad
What’s so funny about peace, love and terror
In Hezbollah’s media relations, Michael Totten writes: And I’ll add that is there is nothing “special†or difficult about getting a quote from Hezbollah. I’ve done it. All I had to do was call their press office and take a … Continue reading
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Haveil Havalim #157 is UP!
My Shrapnel hosted an excellent Haveil Havalim #157 (The Jewish and Israel related blogging carnvial) covering topics such as Sderot, the massacre at Merkaz Harav and culture, with all the attitude you’ve come to expect from Gila.
What we don’t know and what it suggests
Thursday night a terrorist entered the Merkaz Harav Yeshiva in Jerusalem and killed 8 young men who were students there. According to Ha’aretz: The Shin Bet security service said the gunman was not known to them. Major General Ilan Franco, … Continue reading
Reponses to and questions about the Merkaz Harav terror attack
Fresno Zionism noticed an interesting item in the news. One Arab country took action against boasting about the massacre at Merkaz Harav, Jordan. The relatives [of Ala Abu Dhaim, the murderer], who live near Amman, tried Friday to erect a … Continue reading
Slip out the back Jack
Here are a couple that Paul Simon didn’t think of.April Wormly threatened to blow up the plane her (soon to be ex-)boyfriend was boarding. A woman who called in a bomb threat to an airport in an attempt to break … Continue reading
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When do-gooders do bad
A few years ago, Michael Lerner wrote about his discomfiture with certain elements of the Left. Imagine my surprise when I found out that I am banned from speaking at a peace rally here this Sunday. As editor of Tikkun, … Continue reading
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Tehillim (Psalms) 79
Translations of Psalm 79 from here. 3 They have shed their blood like water round about Jerusalem, with none to bury them. From the Jerusalem Post. Yerach Toker, a paramedic for United Hatzola of Israel, said he saw several dead … Continue reading
Israel in american eyes
Good news from Gallup about how Israeli is perceived in America. Contentions.Noah Pollak observes There are a couple of interesting things about these numbers. For one, it appears that the recent Walt-Mearsheimer fracas did absolutely nothing to disabuse ordinary Americans … Continue reading
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When is a civilian not a civilian?
The United States will ask Egypt to crack down on the smuggling of weapons into Gaza in order to improve the quality of life for Israeli civilians in southern Israel. Well not really. (Isn’t it remarkable how important Palestinian civilians … Continue reading
The ride ain’t free
The New York Times reports, U.S. Universities Join Saudis in Partnerships: Three prominent American universities — the University of Texas at Austin, the University of California, Berkeley, and Stanford University — are starting five-year partnerships, worth $25 million or more, … Continue reading
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Wishing evil away
In a recent column David Ignatius argues that the war on terror is good for – causing more terrorism. Basing himself on a book “Leaderless Jihad” by Mark Sageman, a former CIA agent with experience fighting terror, he writes in … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Terrorism 3 Comments
Reticence for Israel, enthusiasm for Colombia
In “The Gaza Dilemma” the editors of the Washington Post fear for the Middle East peace process, because of the continued control of Gaza by the terrorist organization, Hamas. Israel and its peace process partners have three options for Gaza, … Continue reading
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Why can’t Israel catch a humanitarian break?
Whether it has been other nations Turkey’s cabinet yesterday discussed steps to take against Israel, whose actions were condemned by Prime Minister Recep Tayyip ErdoÄŸan Sunday over its excessive use of force against Palestinians in Gaza. “It is not possible … Continue reading
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Expert advocates for Hamas
AFP reports UN should talk to Hamas to end Gaza violence: expert The United Nations should talk directly to the Islamist Hamas movement in a bid to end the bloody violence in Gaza, the body’s advisor on human rights in … Continue reading
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Kind of like the Blues Brothers
via memeorandumReuters “reports”: To Israel and its allies, Abu Mohammed and his comrades are Jew-hating terrorists. But Abu Mohammed sees himself on a mission from God to rescue his people from 60 years of misery as refugees since the establishment … Continue reading
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