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
Live-blogging Obama at AIPAC
I will be live-blogging the speech. We’re in the preliminaries right now, and one of the thoughts that crossed my mind was, gee, Israel’s enemies are really hating on AIPAC at this moment. 10:24: I think “Better together” is a … Continue reading
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Sing a song of whitewash
The AP almost had me on article about an Israeli acting troupe forced to cancel a performance in Turkey because of “protests.” It was the boilerplate, which is far more honest about Israel-Turkey relations than usual, that made me think … Continue reading
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Watch Obama live at AIPAC
Here’s the link.
Rabbi Kaufman on Pres. Obama’s Mideast Policy Speech
I have been reading through the various analyses of the President’s speech on Thursday and have found most to miss quite a bit while picking out one or two things either to highlight as wonderful or to criticize as awful. … Continue reading
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The missing words in Obama’s speech
The words missing from Obama’s speech yesterday: Defensible borders. He said “secure and recognized borders,” which is quite a different concept from “defensible borders.” Omri has a roundup of experts who noticed the major shift in U.S. policy. And the … Continue reading
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Obama’s big Mideast speech
By his headlines he shall be judged: Obama tells Israel: Go back to 1967 borders Netanyahu Rejects Obama Call for Palestinian State Based on 1967 Borders Netanyahu: 1967 borders can’t be defended Obama Backs Deal Based on 1967 Lines Netanyahu … Continue reading
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The new Palestinian strategy: The same old war
They’ve put it in a new set of clothing, but Mahmoud Abbas’ strategy for the state of “Palestine” is the same as Yasser Arafat’s when the PLO was formed three years before Israel took over the West Bank and Gaza: … Continue reading
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Wednesday afternoon briefs
The Iranian power struggle, cont’d: Pass the popcorn. Khameini and Mad Mahmoud are still at it. Whichever one wins, it’s a win for Iran’s enemies. Woot! Your daily dose of anti-Israel bias: Yeah, yeah, yeah. Blah, blah, blah. Netanyahu, bad, … Continue reading
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Briefly, explosive watermelon version
Yes, watermelons are really exploding: Watermelons are exploding in China because farmers gave them growth chemicals—and then it rained a lot. Watermelons as land mines—what a concept. Oh, look. The Palestinian elections have been postponed. Not that this will stop … Continue reading
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Lunchtime briefs
Why do one-in-five American voters now believe Osama bin Laden is still alive? Because they’re effing stupid. Seriously? Okay. Because they have shit-for-brains. (P.S.: It’s a Zogby poll, so don’t believe the figures are that high.) Claire Berlinski discovers Israeli … Continue reading
Monday news briefing
About damn time he got it right: Word is Obama won’t focus heavily on Palestinian-Israeli peace talks as an issue for his big Middle East policy speech this week. Perhaps someone finally noticed that even though the media narrative pushes … Continue reading
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“Nakba Day” roundup, with extra added media bias
On the anniversary of Israel’s creation by the United Nations 63 years ago, the Arabs are still unwilling to accept the Jewish ties to the land of their origin. Mahmoud Abbas says he will never back down on the “right … Continue reading
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Arab “civilians” invade Israel on three borders
In celebration of “nakba” day, Syria, Lebanon, and Gaza all sent thousands of people to storm Israel’s borders. Several were killed and many were injured. This shows how utterly hopeless Obama’s peace efforts have become. The Palestinians are not interested … Continue reading
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Who’s Going Under The Bus?
President Obama is going to lay out his new Middle East policy this week including a new attempt to force a start to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations. We can discuss later a fact which we have discussed many times before, namely the … Continue reading
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Friday news roundups
How about we just call them the Subhuman monsters now? Terrorists murdered or wounded 200 young men in Pakistan, using the flimsy excuse of “revenge”—which the media are all too eager to pass along as a reason—for bin Laden’s death. … Continue reading
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