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…
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Modo on Rudy
Now I know what I’ve been missing. Maureen Dowd observes today(“Rudy roughs up the Arabs“) that candidate Rudy Giuliani is pro-Israel. And she makes it sound like that’s a bad thing. Rudy would probably only take the hand of an … Continue reading
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What’s so funny about peace, love and responsibility?
American efforts to bridge the gaps between Israel and the Palestinians to culminate in a summit at the end of November are being met by skepticism in the Arab and Muslim worlds according to Jeffrey Fleishman of the LA Times. … Continue reading
Private anti-terror efforts
Last week Hugh Hewitt wrote about An Astonishing And Sickening Breach Of Trust. A private firm that tracks terrorist movements got a hold of the Osama bin Laden video last month, before its release. It gave two senior officials access … Continue reading
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Air of uncertainty
William Arkin will soon be publishing a book about the Israeli-Hezbollah war of last summer. According to the New York Times. the book will be “critical” of Israel. A study of the 2006 Israeli-Hezbollah war commissioned by the United States … Continue reading
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Haveil Havalim #136 is UP!
Haveil Havalim #136 is UP! It’s about a NEW grandson NEW blogger NEW season NEW word NEW job And much more and more Ann Coulter than you can shake a stick at.
Creative … or delusional?
Earlier this week came the news that a bipartisan group of 8 former government officials were urging the Bush administration to include talks with Syria and Hamas. Joe Klein calls the effort “creative.” The letter (cited here via The Washington … Continue reading
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The meaning of confidence building gestures
As a goodwill gesture to Mahmoud Abbas Israel will allow 3500 illegal Palesitnian immigrants to stay. In a gesture to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Israel will grant residency permits to 3,500 Palestinians who have been living illegally in the occupied … Continue reading
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We are looking for nuclear wessels
Nothing to see here. Move on. With revelations suggesting that Israel struck a nuclear facility, Syria eager to keep ts good name and reputation intact has invited journalists to see that nothing happened. Foreign journalists perused the rows of corn … Continue reading
The fog of turf wars
I had previously been skeptical of claims that Israel struck a nuclear facility in Syria. Now apparently the reason everyone was assuming that it was a nuclear facility is because the word “nuclear” was floating around the halls of power. … Continue reading
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Fulfill the old commitments first
You have to give Dennis Ross credit. After years of unsuccessful peace processing he’s gone to the private sector and with the added benefit of more than a decade of hindsight, he clings tightly to his principles despite ample evidence … Continue reading
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Haveil Havalim #135 is UP!
Haveil Havalim – the carnival of Judaism and Israel – #135 is UP at Soccer Dad! Topics are: Pru U’revu Yom Tov Ahmadinejad in NY Jewish Practice Culture History Humor Israel Politics Antisemitism Go check it out!
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The unraveling narrative
In today’s Wall Street Journal (subscription required) Natan Sharansky applauds the Israeli decision to deny responsibility for the killing of Mohammed al-Dura seven years ago. The change was triggered by a lawsuit filed by Philippe Karsenty against French TV station … Continue reading
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Peaceful cynicism
Jim Hoagland writes in A small outbreak of Mideast Hope Hopes for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal that will isolate the Hamas radicals who control the Gaza Strip have brightened measurably in recent days, according to European officials visiting here. The … Continue reading
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Militants on the move
A couple of weeks ago the Jerusalem Post asked a number of experts if Israel had restored its deterrence. Danel Pipes, for one, answered, “no.” Deterrence is not something established by a single raid but through a persistent, protracted effort … Continue reading
Mahmoud the bold
h / t Elder of Ziyon Lally Weymouth of the Washington Post – daughter of the late Katherine Graham – interviewed Mahmoud Abbas for the paper. The interview is here. Elder of Ziyon is certainly correct that there’s nothing “moderate” … Continue reading
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