Starbucks Endorses Gay Marriage (An official memo!)
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Starbucks has joined the fight for gay marriage, as Washington state edges closer to becoming the seventh state to approve marriage equality. Executive vice president of Partner Resources at Starbucks sent an email to business partners yesterday afternoon with the subject, "RE: A Message From Kalen Holmes: Starbucks Supports Marriage Equality." "Starbucks is proud to join other leading Northwest employers in support of Washington State legislation recognizing marriage equality for same-sex couples," Holmes wrote.
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:27:07 AM
Call for Boycott of Starbucks on Valentine's Day Over Gun Policy
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An anti-gun group is attempting to organize a nationwide Valentine's Day boycott of Starbucks over the coffee chain's gun policy. Starbucks does not ban guns in its stores; rather, it defers to local laws. The National Gun Victim's Action Council (NGAC) says that amounts to a pro-gun policy that endangers customers. "Starbucks allowing guns to be carried in thousands of their stores significantly increases everyone's risk of being a victim of gun violence," NGAC CEO Elliot Fineman said in a news release. "Open and conceal and carry are among the reasons there are 12,000 gun homicides each year in the...
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:27:07 AM
Video: Occupiers Kicked Out of Iowa Coffee Shop – Told Never to Come Back
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This Iowa Coffee Shop owner doesn’t mess around. When Occupy Iowa goons invaded her shop, Java Joes, Friday morning, they were given the boot immediately. Via The Morning Spew, Chris Moody of Yahoo News reports:
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:27:07 AM
Coffee Blend Named After Rick Perry’s 9/11-Inspired Cowboy Boots
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December 17, 2011 Coffee Blend Named After Rick Perry’s 9/11-Inspired Cowboy Boots Arlette Saenz CLEAR LAKE, Iowa — Rick Perry’s cowboy boots, which make an appearance on the campaign trail every now and then, have kicked their way into the coffee world. One coffee shop has created a coffee blend named after those famous Texas boots bearing the words “Freedom” and “Liberty.” The Cabin Coffee Company here in Clear Lake developed the “Freedom & Liberty Blend,” made of 100 percent Arabica Beans and described as being “Rich & smooth, medium bodied, sparkling acidity, with Smokey undertones.” Brad Barber, the owner...
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:27:07 AM
Suspect In Custody After Smashing Up Sacramento Starbucks Store
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SACRAMENTO (CBS13) – Talk about a caffeine kick. A morning trip to get a cup of coffee turned into more than several customers bargained for at a Sacramento-area Starbucks when an angry panhandler ransacked the store, according to police. The bizarre incident began at the Starbucks at West El Camino and Truxel after a man began asking customers for money. When he failed to get any donations, witnesses said he grew very agitated and started screaming at people. Officials said he also allegedly shattered a glass counter that separates the customers from the baristas, and threw coffee and other items...
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:27:07 AM
Coffee going extinct?
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Just saw an apoplytic demise of coffee by the reporters on CBS 11 Dallas around 4:54 CDT, stating that according to Starbucks "scientists" that the coffee bean will be extinct in 20 years, to guess what, global warming.
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:27:07 AM
Starbucks Pushes to Create Jobs
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Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Howard Schultz, who has been on a mission to cut the national debt and boost job creation, has pledged to donate at least $100,000 of profits annually from two Starbucks stores in low-income areas to boost jobs in those communities. Profits from Starbucks stores in the Harlem section of Manhattan and the Crenshaw neighborhood of Los Angeles will go toward two community organizations that work to improve education and job training for young adults in those areas. High-school students in those neighborhoods also will receive barista training at the Starbucks shops. "We can't wait for Washington....
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:27:07 AM
'It just seems so watery': Anderson Cooper tries coffee for the FIRST time ever... and isn't a fan
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For many, a cup of coffee offers an essential kick-start to the day. But it seems this is not the case for American newsman Anderson Cooper - who tried the caffeine-filled drink for the first time yesterday.
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:27:07 AM
ACORN's Wade Rathke will practice what he preaches at New Orleans coffeehouse
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As Wade Rathke, the New Orleans-born community organizer who founded ACORN, prepared to turn 63 this month, he was at a crossroads. The U.S. branch of the activist organization he turned into a powerhouse and a punching bag for the political right was dead, a victim of internal and external strife. Although Rathke has kept busy traveling to the 12 countries that are partners in ACORN International, he wanted something that would let him do some organizing in New Orleans. So he bought a coffee shop. It isn't just any coffee shop. It is the Fair Grinds Coffeehouse, a two-story...
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:27:07 AM
Coffee: wake up with an Alzheimer’s preventative
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A yet unidentified component of coffee interacts with the beverageÂ’s caffeine, which could be a surprising reason why daily coffee intake protects against AlzheimerÂ’s disease. A new AlzheimerÂ’s mouse study by researchers at the University of South Florida found that this interaction boosts blood levels of a critical growth factor that seems to fight off the AlzheimerÂ’s disease process. The findings in the Journal of AlzheimerÂ’s Disease. Using mice bred to develop symptoms mimicking AlzheimerÂ’s disease, the USF team presents the first evidence that caffeinated coffee offers protection against the memory-robbing disease that is not possible with other caffeine-containing drinks...
Published on Wednesday 8th of February 2012 02:27:07 AM
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