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Thank God for Coffee. No, Really.
Daily Beast ^
| April 3, 2016
| Candida Moss
Posted on 04/04/2016 10:01:06 AM PDT by C19fan
When you think coffee, you might think of a multi-billion-dollar industry that spans the globe. You might think of the famous European coffee houses that housed the great artists and revolutionaries of the Renaissance. Or Bachs libretto, proclaiming that coffee tastes better than a thousand kisses. You might think of the political history of coffee, in particular of the American adoption of coffee in the aftermath of the Boston Tea Party, a period in which drinking tea was seen as unpatriotic. You might notice that the third world produces coffee for the first, and wince at the role that the slave trade played in the production. Or you might just think of frappuccinos.
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TOPICS: Food; History
KEYWORDS: coffee
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Didn't know there was an actual port named Mocha.
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:01:06 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
Coffee makes me so very happy.
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:02:56 AM PDT
by
Blue Jays
(Rock Hard, Ride Free)
To: C19fan
Agreed, I quit smoking and drinking, getting too old for impure thoughts....coffee’s the last vice I got left.
For political leaders, like Charles II of England, coffee houses were places where revolution took root.Yeap. Colonial Williamsburg rebuilt a coffee house. Get free samples of coffee or chocolate.
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:05:30 AM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
When I think of coffee, I think of white privilege, manmade global warming, homophobia, stopping racism, Islamophobia, social justice, inequality, gun control, hate speech, increasing the minimum wage, redistribution of 401K’s, increased welfare, equitable access to the internet, global government, and offensive thinking.
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:08:43 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.)
To: traderrob6
Where...or whom...did you get the idea that coffee was a vice from? The same person who told you rhubarb, asparagus or broccoli was a vice?
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:13:36 AM PDT
by
Safetgiver
(Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
To: C19fan
Coffy...Yeah, baby!
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:16:00 AM PDT
by
equaviator
(There's nothing like the universe to bring you down to earth.)
To: traderrob6
How is coffee a vice? Coffee is proof God loves us and wants us happy and awake.
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:16:43 AM PDT
by
bigredkitty1
(March 5,2010. Rest in peace, sweet boy. I will miss you, Big Red.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:17:41 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: C19fan
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:22:44 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
("We have the fight of our lives coming up to save our nation!" ~ Jim Robinson)
To: C19fan
I like coffee so much, I changed my name to Juan Valdez.
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:22:59 AM PDT
by
moovova
To: C19fan
No. I just think of the stuff that let’s me remember to open the front door in the morning before I try walking outside.
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:25:46 AM PDT
by
pgkdan
(The Silent Majority Stands With TRUMP!)
To: Lazamataz
Laz.....you are a real hoot!
Hmm...you left out spousal abuse during Super Bowl weekend.
;^)
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:28:16 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
To: elcid1970
Laz.....you are a real hoot! Hmm...you left out spousal abuse during Super Bowl weekend. ;^)I'm on a roll today. Seeing how high I can max out the Outrageous Meter. Check my posts everywhere today. :)
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:29:11 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.)
To: Blue Jays
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:29:58 AM PDT
by
Huskrrrr
To: elcid1970
I'm on a roll today. Seeing how high I can max out the Outrageous Meter. Check my posts everywhere today. :) Not too serious about it all. Don't tell anyone. ;)
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:30:11 AM PDT
by
Lazamataz
(When the world is running down, you make the best of what's still around.)
To: traderrob6
“Agreed, I quit smoking and drinking, getting too old for impure thoughts....coffees the last vice I got left.”
Amen to that bro
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:32:20 AM PDT
by
sockhead
To: Safetgiver; bigredkitty1
Well, technically caffiene is a drug albeit a mild and fairly benign one.
Intentionally ingesting the drug could arguably be contrued as a vice.
To: C19fan
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:33:55 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Rubio: All the slipperiness of Bill Clinton, with none of the smarts.)
To: C19fan
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posted on
04/04/2016 10:36:01 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Rubio: All the slipperiness of Bill Clinton, with none of the smarts.)
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