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
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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Israel yields to pressure, authorizes diesel drop
Israel is sending diesel fuel to power the Gaza electric plant. It’s actually a smart move. If Hamas refuses to power it up, Israel can say, “Hey, we just sent you the fuel. You’re not using it.” A day after … Continue reading
Hamas is manufacturing the “crisis” in Gaza
Israeli officials offer proof that Hamas is manufacturing the “humanitarian crisis” that has so many the world over wringing their hands and blaming Israel. Ynet has this from a source at the Defense Ministry: Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Arye Mekel … Continue reading
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Gaza – it doesn’t take a prophet
And I am definitely not one, since it was only too easy to predict the next step in the Hamas’ propaganda war, which I said in that post will be: Gazans of all ages and genders dying in droves in … Continue reading
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Deterrence works
Last week, Hamas launched over 130 rockets into southern Israel. In response, the IDF took out rocket squads, destroyed a Hamas building, and closed off Gaza. In spite of the propaganda coming out of Hamas, and being passed on through … Continue reading
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
Nasrallah’s greatest secret
After year and a half of hiding, Nasrallah the Lebanese groundhog emerged from his bunker. Triumphantly too, and with good reason. It is not for nothing that he spent the time in seclusion, it appears, and all rumors about his … Continue reading
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Until the dust settles
Sderot: beseiged and abandoned The situation in Sderot as it looks to Seth Freedman. Quite precise. Then he comes to the whattodo part: Evacuating them to safety, whatever the cost, is the least they deserve until the dust settles. Then … Continue reading
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Today’s Sderot forecast: 100% chance it’s raining missiles
Twenty-eight Thirty more missiles rained down on southern Israel from the Gaza Strip, the Palestinian territory that Israel withdrew from in 2005 in the hopes of creating a more peaceful existence with the Palestinians. Funny how that didn’t work. The … 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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Closing Gaza
Ehud Barak has ordered the complete closure of the Gaza crossings—at least, the ones controlled by Israel. I’m quite sure that Egypt will do whatever it wants. At present time only authorized personnel and goods are allowed through the crossings, … Continue reading
More proof of Torah
Archeologists made another significant find in the City of David (literally and figuratively). A stone seal bearing the name of one of the families who acted as servants in the First Temple and then returned to Jerusalem after being exiled … Continue reading
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AP equates bombing civilians with targeting terrorists
The AP has decided it can’t keep ignoring the rocket barrages landing on Israeli civilians, but it can equate them with the IDF taking out terrorists. Hamas and Israel Trade Fire Over Gaza Note the headline. Hamas is “trading fire,” … 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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