Category: Lebanon

First Cup 08.14.06 »

Coffee, according to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul. ~ Isak Dinesen
Blue Crab Boulevard Sanity? — “More Muslims have been saved from death in the past decade by the Western governments than by the Muslim governments. More Muslims have been killed by the [...]

First Cup 08.12.06 »

Making coffee has become the great compromise of the decade. It’s the only thing “real” men do that doesn’t seem to threaten their masculinity. ~ Erma Bombeck
FYI: I’ve been playing around with my Thunderbird Email client this morning instead of working on this First Cup post as I should have been. I’ll get back to [...]

What Does This Tell You? »

When Nasrallah has this to say about the proposed cease fire, it has to tell you something:
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah on Wednesday called the U.S.-French draft cease-fire plan “unfair and unjust,” but said he supports a plan to deploy the Lebanese army in south Lebanon.
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“The least we can describe this (draft resolution) is as [...]

First Cup 08.04.06 »

The drink that comforteth the brain and heart and helpeth digestion. ~ Sir Francis Bacon
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) There’s Gotta Be Irony In Here Somewhere — “Israeli PM Ehud Olmert has told an interviewer that he wants German troops in any international force protecting the Jewish state.”
Iowa Voice (Brian) Senate Dems Block Minimum Wage Bill [...]

First Cup 08.03.06 »

Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
My Vast Right Wing Conspiracy (Beth) 2996 - Tribute to 9/11 Victims — “2996 is a project organized by D.C. Roe, to have 2996 bloggers (!) all posting a tribute to a 9/11 victim (names are assigned) on September 11, 2006–the five-year anniversary. [...]

First Cup 07.31.06 »

Nancy Astor: “If I were your wife, I would put poison in your coffee.”
Sir Winston Churchill: “And if I were your husband, I would drink it.”
Happy 2nd Blogiversary to:The Wide Awake Cafe
Go on over and wish Laura Lee a happy day and read the story behind the blog’s name.
Confederate Yankee Qana Media Coverup? — “The [...]

First Cup 07.28.06 »

The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks. ~ Sir James Mackintosh
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Israel Rejects UN-Led Force In Lebanon — “Israel’s outspoken ambassador to the UN, Dan Gillerman, explicitly rejected the deployment of another United Nations-led force in southern Lebanon as part of any [...]

First Cup 07.27.06 »

The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce. ~ Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr.
The Anchoress Hillary’s Bust? Egad! - UPDATED — “It’s…well, it’s pretty hideous. For some reason, Hillary - who is an attractive woman - here [...]