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
Into the breach again?
Before the Hajj started, Elder of Ziyon noted: Now, Palestine Press Agency reports that Hamas is planning to embarrass Egypt into opening Rafah by demolishing the wall near the crossing and forcing Egypt to directly stop the pilgrims from going … Continue reading
For Star Trek geeks
If you’re really geeky, all episodes of the original Star Trek series are available for download at CBS. (h/t Crossing the Rubicon3)BTW, why is this on CBS and not NBC, as you might recall. Mr. Spock: Here is the readout, … Continue reading
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Non-violence in gaza
In Gaza’s Culture of Self-Destruction Yael Kaynan writes (via memeorandum): The people in Gaza need to stop and take a good look at the culture and society that they are creating and begin to think hard about how they might … Continue reading
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About that two-state solution
Judeopundit, observed an under-noticed story in the New York Times the other day, Arab Leaders Say the Two-State Proposal Is in Peril. In the Perils to Two-State Pauline, by way of introduction he provides some background, in fine factious fashion: … Continue reading
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Containing the Iran/Syria axis
Der Spiegel reports that Iran will soon have enough enriched uranium for a nuclear bomb. How soon? Hot Air answers: Even if they’re exaggerating, though, EU computer models of the enrichment facility at Natanz show that if Iran’s figured out … Continue reading
Craving apartheid
LGF links to an exchange between the Israel and Saudi ambassadors in columns in Canada’s National Post.Without seeing the response, I would think that Israeli ambassador Alan Baker won with this paragraph: Complete freedom of religion for all is strictly … Continue reading
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More Mughniyeh fallout
Unlike the fanciful account in the Times of London, AP has an interesting view of what it would have taken to kill Imad Mughniyeh, provided by an ex-Mossad agent who saw the results of Mughniyeh’s work first hand.Although Israel and … Continue reading
Green flags
This is the funeral of Shadi Zghayer and Mohammed Herbawi the two terrorists who launched an attack in Dimona two weeks ago. Israel returned their bodies to their families in Hebron for burial. (Despite my suspicions at the time, they … Continue reading
Significant microbe
A number of bloggers have noted that Iran’s President Ahmadinejad’s latest rhetorical attacks on Israel.Steven Peter Rosen wonders if the change in terminology is a harbinger of something more sinister. (via memeorandum) Some streams of discourse are chronically laden with … Continue reading
Confirming the kill
I wrote yesterday about the importance in many situations of killing a terrorist who might still present a threat. It reminded me of an incident in the Old City of Jerusalem a few months ago. The New York Times reported … Continue reading
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More mor
I’d like to remind you something Seraphic Secret wrote (in the comments) in the aftermath of Dimona bombing and the actions of the heroic policeman, Kobi Mor. A head shot to a terrorist trying to self-detonate is an amazing accomplishment. … Continue reading
Where credit is due
Henry Kissinger was interviewed by Der Spiegel (and helpfully excerpted by Ocean Guy) SPIEGEL: Isn’t German and European opposition to a greater military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq also a result of deep distrust of American power? Kissinger: By this … Continue reading
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Beyond mainstream
In this past week’s Baltimore Jewish Times, Dr. Robert O. Freedman analyzed the chances of peace “Beyond Winograd.” The primary alternative to Olmert, former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, is likely to freeze the peace process by not permitting further Israeli … Continue reading
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Bracing
My co-blogger Judeopundit takes Israeli journalist Ronen Bergman to task for his argument that Israel hitting Imad Mughniyah was likely counterproductive in “Bracing for revenge.” In two sentences he neatly disposes of Mr. Bergman’s argument: Obviously terrorist groups are capable … Continue reading
Haveil Havalim #154 is UP!
Esser Agaroth puts a lot more than 2 cents worth of effort into this week’s Haveil Havalim #154, the Jewish/Israel blogging carnival. Check it out! (I was surprised to learn that Esser Agaroth is a waffler!)