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
Was Syria planning to attack Israel?
The Jerusalem Post reports that according to a report in the UAE, Syria was preparing for a war with Israel two weeks ago. Al-Khaleej quoted “senior sources” in Damascus as saying that Syria had received intelligence that Israel was seriously … Continue reading
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Diehl-ing from the bottom of the deck
In the Deal on the Table Jackson Diehl makes the tired argument Between the end of the last serious Israeli-Palestinian talks, in January 2001, and their resumption this month, more than 4,000 Palestinians and Israelis have been killed in the … Continue reading
Walking back the cat X 2
According to William Safire “walking back the cat” is a technique used to determine dissent in an otherwise closed government. Intelligence analysts have a technique to reveal a foreign government’s internal dissension called ”walking back the cat.” They apply what … Continue reading
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Hakinor shel Rechov “E”
I didn’t know that …for a few months, between late 1974 and early 1975, there was also a violin, in the darkness on the edge, adding heartrending poignancy to ballads like the debut album’s sparse “Lost in the Flood,” the … Continue reading
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Surfin’ for a bruisin’
Israelly Cool! has reported on the preference of model Bar Raphaeli to stay away from Israel. Well she was in the news again. Police detained eight-time world surfing champion Kelly Slater early Saturday after a scuffle with photographers who were … Continue reading
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A snip in time
Israel isn’t just repairing hearts of foreign children. Israeli surgeons have been going to Swaziland to help fight disease. The Washington Post reported Israeli Surgeons Helping Swaziland in Drive to Curb HIV. When I read that, I wondered how do … Continue reading
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“Discomfort?” maybe he needs a thesaurus
Ha’aretz is reporting that The Palestinian militants suspected of plotting to attack Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s convoy earlier this year were arrested for a second time on Friday and will face a military trial, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said … Continue reading
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Haveil Havalim #137 is UP!
Esser Agaroth has posted a very fine Haveil Havlaim #137! It’s about Israel, slices of life, media bias and Ann Coulter (again).
Wow the IAEA is really on the ball
Earlier when I wrote about the discovery that Syria was cleaning up the site I was put off by the nay sayers who argued “This isn’t like a Road Runner cartoon where you call up Acme Reactors and they deliver … Continue reading
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It wasn’t nuclear but we’ll clean it up anyway
So after showing a bunch of credulous reporters an agricultural site, Syria’s now cleaning up the real site of the Israeli attack. Syria has begun dismantling the remains of a site Israel bombed Sept. 6 in what may be an … Continue reading
The new Kirk
Just breaking … Christopher Pine has been cast to play the young Captain Kirk in the next Star Trek movie. The bridge of the starship Enterprise is filling up. Chris Pine, who had been in talks to join the cast … Continue reading
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Dreyfuss exhibit
In the course of reviewing an exhibit on the Dreyfuss case now appearing at the Yeshiva University Museum Edward Rothstein gives an excellent overview of its history in “A century old court case that still resonates.” The Affair begins with … Continue reading
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Majority by assassination
While the Bush administration focuses its hopes for peace in the Middle East on a peace of paper, David Schenker writes of the disturbing developments to Israel’s north in Lebanon’s government by murder Presidential elections — which began on Sept. … Continue reading
Church of naivety
Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice was in Bethlehem to meet with religious leaders yesterday. The Washington Post has two reports on the trip, the first is Rice Draws on ‘Spiritual Passion’ in Push for Peace U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza … Continue reading
To be a free nation living in our land
via memeorandum Coming hot on the heels of reports of dissension in Hezbollah comes the news that not every Palestinian necessarily wishes to live under the PA’s rule. Mark Mackinnon of the Globe and Mail reports that Some Palestinians prefer … Continue reading
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