First Cup 05.28.06

Jim Lynch May 28th, 2006 10:04 am

First CupThank you for your coffee, seignor. I shall miss that when we leave Casablanca. ~ Ingrid Bergman

Happy 2nd Blogiversary to The Ignoble Experiment, a.k.a. Live Dangerously!

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Iran Shifting To War Footing — “[T]he Jerusalem Post blurb indicates that Iran’s president has not yet tired of following the playbook of Adolf Hitler in dealing with the West. Alternating between veiled threats and offers of diplomacy, Ahmadinejad has attempted to split the coalition of nations opposing its development of nuclear weapons. In this case, it looks like Ahmadinejad wants to stress the reach of Iranian weapons and the fact that most of Europe falls within their range.” [Our prayers and best wishes go out to the First Mate. Jim]

Power Line (Scott Johnson) Return of the magic hat — “The “magic hat” made its last appearance in Laura Blumenfeld’s June 2003 Washington Post profile of Kerry. In Blumenfeld’s piece, Kerry stated it was his “good luck hat” and that it had been given to him by “a CIA guy as we went in for a special mission to Cambodia.” Does Kerry save it to impress the lady journalists? I’d like to see him pull it on Tom Lipscomb.” [Power Line is celebrating their 4th Blogiversary this weekend and are encouraged to join the Blogiversary Database, as are you all!]

Wizban (Jay Tea) A civil tongue — “When one cannot speak the common language of a community, a culture, or a nation, one is putting oneself in dire straits in case of an emergency. One must depend on others to pass along one’s thoughts, one’s fears, one’s needs to those in a position to help.”

Michelle Malkin Do-It-Yourself Border Control — “The Minutemen began a fence-building project in Arizona today–and they didn’t ask Mexico’s permission. Chris Simcox issued a statement announcing the construction project now underway:”

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