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
A worthy goal. Chuckle.
via memeorandum Reuters reports: In an interview with Reuters, Prince Turki al-Faisal, a former ambassador to the United States and Britain and adviser to King Abdullah, said Israel and the Arabs could cooperate in many areas including water, agriculture, science … Continue reading
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Haveil Havalim #150 (and #149) is UP!
Haveil Havalim #150 is UP! Here are this week’s topics. Post of the Week Israel Judaism Politics Abuse of Power History Antisemitism Personal Torah Phoning it in Humor And I forgot to post last week that Haveil Havalim #149 is … Continue reading
Bobby Fischer square up
via memeorandum Chess champion Bobby Fischer died Bobby Fischer, the reclusive chess genius who became a Cold War hero by dethroning the Soviet world champion in 1972 and later renounced his American citizenship, has died. He was 64. I first … Continue reading
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Feckless in the forward
I read the editorial “Reckless in Gaza” in today’s Forward with a growing sense of disbelief. Then I reached this paragraph. Now, however, the whole deal may be off, including Shalit’s freedom. Among the dead in the Gaza incursion was … Continue reading
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Arabist apologia
via memeorandum McClatchey’s Washington Bureau provides an analysis of President Bush’s recent tour of the Middle East, Bush departs Mideast with few apparent gains, experts say President Bush wraps up a weeklong tour of the Middle East Wednesday, leaving many … Continue reading
Modo on the middle east
In her inimitable manner, MoDo comments on President Bush’s recent trip to the Middle East, “Faith, Freedom and Bling in the Middle East.” This caught my eye. Less than a week after the president arrived in the Middle East, three … Continue reading
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Cooler ties in the middle east
Accompanying this headline: Bush’s brief Egypt visit shows up cooler ties was this picture: In typical news organization fashion, AFP got a major element of the story wrong. President Mubarak’s tie is decidedly not cool. It appears to be brick … Continue reading
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Peace processing mirage
Still Waiting to Seize the Moment – Editorial from the New York Times. Despite longstanding pledges, the Israelis are refusing to stop expanding settlements while the Palestinians aren’t doing enough to halt violence against Israel. A Middle East Commitment – … Continue reading
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Shaky
Israeli PM Olmert’s coalition might look a lot less solid at the end of the day. OneJerusalem reports that the 11 seat Yisrael Beiteinu faction is likely to leave the government, leaving the Kadima led coalition with 67 seats. The … Continue reading
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All nied up
via memeorandumfrom Bothersome Intel on Iran by Michael Hirsh, Newsweek Israeli and other foreign officials asked Bush to explain the NIE, which concluded with “high confidence” that Iran halted what the document describes as its “nuclear weapons program.” The NIE … Continue reading
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On the care and feeding of autocrats
Shibley Telhami, who has made a career of interpreting polling data from totalitarian regimes, tells us today that “It’s not about Iran.”(If your leader, through the media and other apparatuses of state, makes clear that the Israeli “occupation” of Palestine … Continue reading
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A brother could love
According to the New York Times: Given the international uproar that unfolded after the bombing, “we can assume it’s not a reactor,†said David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, a private group in Washington that … Continue reading
Arun amok
Arun Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and founder of the M.K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence, gives pacifism a bad name. Here’s a roundup of responses. Shira bat Sarah (who brought this swill to my attention) writes in Family Tradition: Why … Continue reading
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Shavit’s prescription
One of the most consistently interesting Israeli columnists, is Ari Shavit from Ha’aretz. Though a member of the Left and of the peace camp, he has consistently demonstrated an intellectual honest that makes him readable even if I don’t agree … Continue reading
Crossdressing Clifford
My six year old decided to dress Clifford up. In a skirt and blouse. Who knew? Maybe he found Emily Elizabeth’s clothes. Maybe it’s a John Ritter thing. Crossdressedposted at Soccer Dad.
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