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
Sarkozy vs. Specter
Don Surber Nicolas Sarkozy — L’Americain — continues to show more courage in his little pinky than the Democratic Party combined when it comes to the War on Terrorism. L’Intifada sent a message to Sarkozy and the people who elected … Continue reading
Distorted image
Israeli “human rights” organization, B’tzelem issued its report for 2006. The number of Palestinians killed by Israeli security forces in 2007 has fallen by almost two-thirds compared to the figure for 2006, the human rights group B’Tselem reported Sunday.According to … Continue reading
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But how do you explain …
Boker Tov Boulder notes that Salam Fayyad is hitting some of the right notes in his response to the murder of 2 Israelis on Friday. (BtB also observes that unlike some earlier reports the two murdered Israelis were not “settlers.” … Continue reading
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Editorial bog
In Middle East Bog the perceptive editors of the Washington Post write: The trouble began within days of the Annapolis meeting, when Israel’s Housing Ministry made the first of a series of gratuitous and provocative announcements about construction in Jewish … Continue reading
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See u.n. the funny papers
I seem to remember that sometimes when he left J. Jonah Jameson, Spiderman would say “See you in the funny papers.” Apparently that’s where we’re now going to see the U.N. In the funny papers. With Spiderman. (via memeorandum) He … Continue reading
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Forward right
One of the lead articles in this week’s Forward is Debate Underscores Orthodox Community’s Rightward Drift. Reporting on a recent debate between Michael Medved and David Luchins, Rebecca Spence reports: The charged debate, attended by some 150 Orthodox convention-goers who … Continue reading
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The Freddy’s Seven
via memeorandum Keith Richburg has a front page report Not Relevant? Sharpton Scoffs at the Idea in yesterday’s Washington Post. Clearly the reporter scoffs too. There’s a sub-head line “Activist’s Busy Calendar and Ringing Phone Speak to His Role in … Continue reading
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Who’re you gonna call?
It’s been 3 years since a tsunami devastated large parts of southeast Asia. Since then the Negev Institute for Strategies of Peace and Development (NISPD) has been involved in the rebuilding effort. “When the stage of the immediate disaster relief … Continue reading
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Purchasing peace
In 80 years on, massacre victims’ kin reclaims Hebron house, Nadav Shragai reports: Ten months have passed since the settlers entered the three-story building, which covers an area of over 3,000 square meters. The $700,000 to buy the house came … Continue reading
Iran away
The largest group – since the time of Shah – of Jews from Iran just arrived in Israel. Ha’aretz reports: A group of 40 new immigrants from Iran touched down at Ben-Gurion International Airport on Tuesday, the largest since the … Continue reading
Revolving door story
A few weeks ago Caroline Glick reported that Israelis had to enter the conference area through separate entrance. Ms. Glick is now retracting that claim. Of course as Daled Amos who noticed the retraction pointed out: There is plenty to … Continue reading
Cruisin’ for a bruisin’
In his year end assessment of the changes in the Middle East over 2007, “The year of acting dangerously” Barry Rubin observes (among other things) U.S. policy returns to traditional stance. Whatever innovations, for better or worse, President George Bush … Continue reading
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An alien nationalism?
via memeorandum Martin Peretz (or perhaps Josh Patashnik) writes in review of a book “Army of Shadows: Palestinian Collaboration with Zionism, 1917-1948” What we learn about the three decades after General Allenby conquered Jerusalem from the Ottomans was that the … Continue reading
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First let the lawyers kill us all
Daled Amos and JudeoPundit did a fine job of expanding on a little discussed topic. Working off a post in InstaPundit, about a Caroline Glick column describing the effect Israel’s out of control legal establishment affected the war against Hezbollah … Continue reading
Impatience and patience
First it was Sarkozy:“I have reached the end of the road with [Syrian President Bashar] Assad. Words alone won’t suffice, I want actions,†French President Nicolas Sarkozy was quoted as telling reporters Wednesday at the Champs-Élysées in Paris. France has … Continue reading
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