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
The Snark Report
Yes, I’m just in one of those moods. Hassan Nasrallah: I wish Arabs would invade Palestine (And by “Palestine,” he means “Israel.” And by “Arab Nation,” he means, “A fictional land that does not exist, will not exist, and frankly, … Continue reading
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The Israeli raid on Syria: Bypassing the radar
Aviation Week asked a group of aerospace and military experts to analyze how the Israeli Air Force managed to penetrate Russian-built (and Iranian-bought) Syrian radar installations in last month’s strike. The consensus: Israel has technology that can completely subvert and … Continue reading
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Wishing and hoping Hamas will change
The world in which diplomats live is not the same world in which you and I live. These people think that wishing and hoping Hamas will change is going to change them from terrorists whose charter stipulates that a Jewish … Continue reading
Posted in Hamas, Israel Derangement Syndrome 4 Comments
Comments problem update
Jay has made some changes that should fix the comments problem. As a result, I’ve reinstated the quicktag plugin that allows you to format your comments, as well as the comments preview. Please let me know if you have problems, … Continue reading
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Jimmy Carter does something useful
For a change, he isn’t yelling at Jews. Former President Carter got in a shouting match Wednesday with Sudanese security officials who blocked him from a town in Darfur where he was trying to meet representatives of ethnic African refugees … Continue reading
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Palestinians to Israel: Meet all our demands or forget about peace
Yes, once again, the losers are dictating terms to the winners: The Palestinians will only participate in the US-sponsored peace conference expected to be held next month if general agreement is first reached with Israel on all the fundamental issues, … Continue reading
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That Syrian incursion: Oh Debka, Debka…
It is never late to admit that I have been wrong. And I have been wrong in siding with Debka (for a change) in this post. Today the military censor allowed the following formula to be released: …the Israel Air … Continue reading
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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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Israel to al-Dura: Liar. al-Dura to Israel: Nuh-UH!
Israel is finally getting on the stick regarding the Mohammed al-Dura hoax. The IDF has finally denied responsibility for the death of the boy. Of course, the world won’t believe them. But it’s a start. “The Israeli claims of invented … 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
Proof of life: Right idea, wrong partner
Benny Regev wants to make proof of his brother’s life a requirement for a peace conference with Mahmoud Abbas. “Ehud Olmert, demand a sign of life of the captives before the peace conference in November, and make this demand a … Continue reading
Palestinian boycott movement dead in the water
If you’ve been following this site for any length of time, you know that there are a considerable number of calls and movements to boycott Israel, from various countries and sources. One of the things that all of these boycott … 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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Hamas’ war against Israel
Hamas is targeting Israel every which way it can. Hamas targets the border crossings, thus making sure that Israel keeps them closed—because it’s been proven time and time again that Palestinians don’t care if civilians die as a result of … Continue reading
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