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

Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Bagman, Terror Man, Beggar Man, Chief — “Hamas has little choice but to attempt this end run around the sanctions imposed by Western nations. The banking systems will not do business with Hamas for fear of getting tainted by the association with terrorists. Instead, Hamas has become a cash business, and not a successful one at that. While they have had some limited successes with their smuggling, the $150 million a month tab cannot possibly be serviced by muling cash across the border, not even using one of the Palestinian Authority’s biggest asses.” [Captain Ed has been busy this morning with several very good posts. Jim]

More later.