Last comes the beverage of the Orient shore, Mocha, far off, the fragrant berries bore. Taste the dark fluid with a dainty lip, Digestion waits on pleasure as you sip. ~ Pope Leo XII

In The Bullpen (Chad Evans) Terrorism News in Brief — [No excerpt, as Chad's post offers a roundup of a number of significant recent events in the War on Terrorism. You need to read the whole post. Jim]

Dr. Sanity (Dr. Pat Santy) THE MORAL DIFFERENCE — “If you are unable to distinguish a moral difference between the two images below, then you have something obscuring your vision. Ideology perhaps?” [Go on. Take a look at the post and the images. It's a tragically simple explanation of the vast differences. Jim]

Blue Crab Boulevard Israel Continues Airstrikes — “One wonders how much lower the civilian toll would be if Hezbollah was not hiding rockets in civilian homes trying to use the occupants as human shields. Or if Hezbollah was not setting up roadblocks to prevent civilians from leaving the combat zone so they can use the civilians as human shields. Which are war crimes under the Geneva Conventions.”

It’s Saturday, and the lawn needs cutting. Enjoy your day. Jim