Ah! How sweet the coffee’s taste is,
Sweeter than a thousand kisses,
Milder than sweet muscatel.
Coffee, coffee, I must have it,
And if someone wants to treat me,
Ah, my cup with coffee fill! ~ Johann Sebastian Bach (Koffee Kantate)

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Just Kidding! — “Iran apparently has withdrawn its earlier offer to suspend uranium enrichment for an eight-week period to resolve the diplomatic standoff over its nuclear ambitions. They reversed themselves shortly after making the offer:”

Blue Crab Boulevard US Embassy In Syria Attacked — “Reports from Damascus indicate that four gunmen with automatic weapons and hand grenades attempted to storm the US Embassy in Damascus, Syria. Three attackers were killed by Syrian security forces and the fourth wounded. The attackers did not get inside the compound.”

Dr. Sanity (Pat Santy) THE LEFT’S SEPTEMBER 11th CREED — “Taken as a whole, the leftist theories add up to a compelling case of psychological denial, displacement, projection, and frank paranoia. The high levels of delusion and hysteria exhibited by the left since then should clue any reasonble person in to the fact that the events of that day were intensely threatening at a fundamental level to their ideology–hence the need to deny any thing of real importance occurred; or the need to find ways to blame it on the left’s “real enemy of civilization” – George W. Bush.”

In The Bullpen (Chad Evans) A Public Relations Class is Needed — “CAIR and every other Muslim group would be better served if they redirect their statements to another target audience. Their words need nothing to me, but perhaps that’s just because I’m the type of person that forms an opinion based upon what I see, and I see a relatively small group of people claiming to be Muslim killing thousands of people across the globe.”