First Cup 12.28.06 »

Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

First Cup 12.15.06 »

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 [...]

First Cup 12.04.06 »

Well, let’s have some coffee and then take a swim. ~ Johnny Weissmuller

First Cup 11.28.06 »

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

First Cup 09.28.06 »

The drink that comforteth the brain and heart and helpeth digestion. ~ Sir Francis Bacon
Happy 2nd Blogiversary toMusing Minds
Captain’s Quarters (Ed Morrissey) New Offensive Brewing In Gaza — “The London Telegraph reports that Palestinian militants have acquired tons of explosives and perhaps even advanced missiles, preparing for a showdown with the IDF they expect to [...]

Centanni and Wiig Freed! »

Great news indeed!!
Cameraman Olaf Wiig, 36, and correspondent Steve Centanni, 60, were dropped off at Gaza City’s Beach Hotel by Palestinian security officials. A tearful Centanni briefly embraced a Palestinian journalist in the lobby, then rushed upstairs. Wiig walked into the lobby behind Centanni, briefly turned when someone pulled him by the arm and shouted [...]

Israeli Soldier To Be Released? »

AP is reporting that posibility:
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday there could be an “imminent solution” for the release of an Israeli soldier captured by Palestinian militants. “With regards to the issue of the abducted Israeli soldier, I have reiterated that there are ongoing efforts that lead us to believe in an imminent solution,” Abbas [...]

Good News (Well Maybe) »

This headline portends some good news:
Gaza groups agree to stop firing at Israel
Not so fast there, Sparky.
Senior Palestinian officials said militant groups in the Gaza Strip agreed to stop firing missiles at Israel at midnight Saturday, if Israel launches no new raids into Gaza. But two main guerrilla groups denied that any agreement had been [...]

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