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…
Category Archives: Israel
Same-old, same-old AP bias
Yesterday, the IDF went a few yards into Gaza to destroy a tunnel that was going to be used to kidnap Israeli soldiers. Hama terrorists are really good at scurrying like rats underground, blowing up roads and parking lots on … Continue reading
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Codifying condi
The Jerusalem Post reports: One senior diplomatic official in Jerusalem characterized Rice’s upcoming visit as one of “stock-taking” a year after the Annapolis Conference. “She understands that she can’t reach an agreement, but wants a summary.” According to this official, … Continue reading
Netiv haasarah redux
As Israel prepared to evacuate all Israelis from Gaza, Mohammed Dahlan, a famous Palestinian “moderate” demanded that Israel also withdraw from Netiv Haasarah, a community just north of Gaza. PA security chief Mohammad Dahlan publicly voiced the PA demand that … Continue reading
The world doesn’t wait
Yesterday, after trying to destroy a smuggling tunnel in northern Gaza, the IDF came into conflict with Hamas forces. Then Hamas fired mortars into Israel. then Israeli forces bombed targets in Gaza. The Israeli army said the clashes erupted late … Continue reading
Begin again
Tzippi Livni mocks the return of “Benny” Begin to the Likud. “We are actually in a situation in which the Right wants to put a stop to everything and the Left may want to give up everything,” she said. “However, … Continue reading
Yossi we hardly knew ye
In a too generous retrospective of Yossi Beilin’s career, Ethan Bronner writes: For the last two decades, the easiest way to invoke dovishness in Israel has been to utter the words “Yossi Beilin.†The politician who navigated mutual recognition between … Continue reading
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Israel’s calm, that’s not good
Having done all they can to ensure the election of their preferred here, the editors of the Washington Post turn their attention to the next election, Israel’s in A Middle East Vote. Let’s skip to the end: Thanks to the … Continue reading
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The rise and fall of oil prices
OPEC cut production last week. Oil prices fell. Banks cut interest rates last week. Oil prices rose. Oil climbed more than $4 a barrel on Oct. 29, the biggest gain in a month, after the U.S. and China, the two … Continue reading
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Running interference for Rashid
The Washington Post which has devoted an editorial to debunking Jim Corsi but never one to dispel scurrilous attacks against the Republican ticket has now come off the sidelines to weigh in on the Rashid Khalidi controversy in An ‘Idiot … Continue reading
Israel stands by America
The UN General Assembly, that most anti-Israel and anti-American of bodies this side of the OIC (oh, wait—the OIC is part of the UN), put forward the now-annual resolution to end the US embargo on Cuba, passed the resolution 185-3, … Continue reading
Yet another kassam lands
Another kassam rocket breaks the “truce.” I’ve lost track of how many times the “truce” has been broken. The ceasefire between Israel and the armed Palestinian groups in Gaza was breached Thursday when a Qassam fired from the Hamas-controlled enclave … Continue reading
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Bazaar advice
In his column yesterday, Thomas Friedman wrote: Karim Sadjadpour, an Iran expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, compares it to bargaining for a Persian carpet in Tehran. “When you go inside the carpet shop, the first thing you … Continue reading
Buh-bye, Beilin
Yossi Beilin is removing himself from politics, about 20 years too late. Former Meretz head and a prominent leader of the left-wing camp, Knesset Member Yossi Beilin, announced that he will not be seeking a spot on his party’s Knesset … Continue reading
Israel’s strategic environment
Gen. Amos Gilad gives an overview of Israel’s strategic environment. Currently, Israel is living in a relatively good strategic environment. We are not facing imminent war and have not faced a hostile coalition since the 1970s. We seem to have … Continue reading
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The campaign and israel: take 3029
Last week Gallup released a poll showing that American Jews support Sen. Obama by a margin of 74 to 22. But if you look at the breakdown at the end, the October results were recorded over a shorter period of … Continue reading