Monday, May 7, 2007

In The News

Mysterious Spy Coins

Apparently the US Defence Department issued an espionage report concerning mysterious coins with radio frequency transmitters after some Army Contractors travelling in Canada discovered some strange coins in their pockets with a bright red flower in the middle. The coins were studied at length under high powered microscopes. It was suggested that the coins were being used to track the movements of individuals. How dumb do the Americans think we are? How do you track an individual using a coin that they might spend or give to a homeless person? Would we advertise the coin by making it so conspicuous?

The coins were actually the Commemorative Poppy quarter that the mint produced in 2004 to commemorate Canada's 117,000 war dead. They produced nearly 30 million of the coins


Starbucks Cup Has Anti-God Message

An Ohio woman is angry with Starbucks for printing an Anti-God message on the side of her coffee cup. "I don't think there needs to be a religious dialogue on it. I just want coffee." she is quoted as saying. The message was part of Starbucks "The Way I See It" campaign where people are invited to send in their comments that are then published on the cups. The message said:

"Why in moments of crisis do we ask God for strength and help? As cognitive beings, why would we ask something that may well be a figment of our imaginations for guidance? Why not search inside ourselves for the power to overcome? After all, we are strong enough to cause most of the catastrophes we need to endure."

The quote was written by Bill Schell, a Starbucks customer from London, Ontario, Canada. The woman, Michelle Icanno of Springboro, Ohio, who is a married mother of three and a Catholic says that she will not be going back to Starbucks even though she was a huge fan before this incident.

1 comment:

---HockeyDude--- said...

we read in Jills comment from you ,that you saw starbucks corp. on your site . How did you know they were there? oh and hi too