First Cup 12.28.06 »
By Jim Lynch on Dec 28, 2006 in Economics, First Cup, Good Ideas, Iran, Israel | Comments Off
Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Up before dawn to bring you thoughts from the right.
By Jim Lynch on Dec 28, 2006 in Economics, First Cup, Good Ideas, Iran, Israel | Comments Off
Coffee is good for talent, but genius wants prayer. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
By Jim Lynch on Dec 15, 2006 in First Cup | Comments Off
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 [...]
By Jim Lynch on Dec 4, 2006 in 2008, Blogs and blogging, Conservative Politics, First Cup, Israel, New Media, Politics, Radical Islam, The Left, The Old Media | Comments Off
Well, let’s have some coffee and then take a swim. ~ Johnny Weissmuller
By Jim Lynch on Nov 28, 2006 in First Cup, Israel, New Media, The Old Media | Comments Off
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
By Jim Lynch on Sep 28, 2006 in Congress, First Cup, Israel, Our Military, The Left, War on Terrorism | Comments Off
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 [...]
By Jim Lynch on Aug 27, 2006 in Radical Islam, War on Terrorism | 7 Comments
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 [...]
By Jim Lynch on Jul 27, 2006 in Israel, News | Comments Off
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 [...]
By Jim Lynch on Jul 22, 2006 in Israel | Comments Off
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 [...]