First Cup 06.26.07 »

Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy 1st Blogiversary to:Ron’s Musings
If you have Ron on your blogroll, please update the link. It is now http://www.ronsmusings.com/
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) Afghanistan’s Turn
The real story is that Democrats do not have the stomach to fight wars to victory. They will eventually start [...]

First Cup 05.14.07 »

The first cup is for the guest, the second for enjoyment, the third for the sword. ~ An old Arabic saying
Power Line (John Hinderaker) Support Those Poor Troops!
When conservatives talk about supporting the troops, they mean doing everything possible to help them win the war they’re fighting. Liberals never seem to talk about victory, [...]

First Cup 01.17.07 »

Things are not going well today on the War on Terrorism — if you’re a terrorist.

First Cup 10.07.06 »

Coffee, acording to the women of Denmark, is to the body what the Word of the Lord is to the soul. ~ Isak Dinesen
Basil’s Blog William Teach (Pirate’s Cove) [Basil's blogger interviews are always a great weekend read. Mad Pirate William Teach at Pirate's Cove is a favorite which I read daily and link to [...]

First Cup 08.05.06 »

Give a frontiersman coffee and tobacco, and he will endure any privation, suffer any hardship, but let him be without these two necessaries of the woods, and he becomes irresolute and murmuring. ~ U.S. Army Lt. William Whiting, 1849
Happy 2nd Blogiversary toInside Larry’s Head
Also, a happy 1st blogiversary to Eric at The Pool Bar. [...]

Abdul Rahman In Italy »

Abdul Rahman has found refuge in Italy.
The Afghan man who faced the death penalty after converting from Islam to Christianity flew to Rome on Wednesday after the Italian government granted him asylum. Abdul Rahman, 41, “is already in Italy. I think he arrived overnight,” Premier Silvio Berlusconi said.

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First Cup 03.27.06 »

The powers of a man’s mind are directly proportioned to the quantity of coffee he drinks ~ Sir James Mackintosh
Right Wing News (John Hawkins) The Pro-Illegal Immigration Rallies — “Here’s the situation in a nutshell: we have illegal aliens, the businesses that hire them, immigrants whose first loyalty seems to be to Mexico, and the [...]

Charges Dropped Against Rahman »

Good news this Sunday morning:
An Afghan court on Sunday dismissed a case against a man who converted from Islam to Christianity because of a lack of evidence and he will be released soon, officials said.
The announcement came as U.S.-backed President Hamid Karzai faced mounting foreign pressure to free Abdul Rahman, a move that risked angering [...]