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  • 'Deeply alarming': Communists, LGBT activists target Christian-owned coffee shop over 'biblical stance on sexual sin'

    08/02/2023 10:54:29 PM PDT · by Morgana · 25 replies
    Christian Post ^ | August 2, 2023 | Billy Hallowell
    A "deeply alarming" situation has unfolded in Colorado, where a Christian-owned coffee shop has reportedly been under fire by LGBT activists, communists, and others over the owners' "biblical stance on sexual sin." "Since its opening last month, The Drip Café, a Christian-owned coffee shop ministry in Denver, has been targeted by protesters over its belief that homosexuality is sinful," Christian Post reporter Ian Giatti wrote earlier this month. "Owner Jamie Sanchez believes the Denver communists and other LGBT protesters were triggered by Scripture on the website of his coffee shop's parent nonprofit Recycle God's Love, which ministers to the local...
  • Why this coffee shop turned its baristas into construction workers during COVID-19

    07/12/2021 5:29:45 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 6 replies
    Fast Company ^ | 07-09-21
    Compass Coffee’s business plummeted at the start of the pandemic. Rather than lay everyone off, the company turned its baristas into construction workers.Inside a new and nearly finished coffee roasting facility in Washington D.C., Joel Shetterly is animatedly leading a video tour through the building. As head of design for Compass Coffee, a seven-year-old company with 13 cafe locations and tinned beans in stores across the D.C. region, Shetterly is eager to show off the 65,000 square foot building’s new roasters, packaging equipment, and lots of welded steel. He’s excited about how the largely automated new space works, and also...
  • Santa Cruz coffee shop with 'cat' in its name hit with cease and desist from Caterpillar Inc.

    05/29/2019 12:07:53 PM PDT · by NohSpinZone · 99 replies
    SF Chronicle ^ | 5/27/19 | By Kyla Linville
    Santa Cruz coffee shop Cat and Cloud Coffee says it received a cease and desist from Caterpillar Inc. — because they use the word "CAT" in their shop name and merchandise. The large corporation has trademarked "CAT" and has taken legal action against the small business to stop them from using it. Owners of the small business say they first received the letter in August of 2018. "It seemed ridiculous. So, we responded and got a lawyer, obviously," said Jared Truby, co-owner of Cat and Cloud Coffee. "We asked them to further explain their case, asked them to drop it...
  • Chief Justice's credit card info stolen

    03/29/2013 1:27:29 PM PDT · by JoeProBono · 39 replies
    upi ^ | March. 29, 2013
    WASHINGTON, - Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts told a Maryland coffee shop cashier he was the victim of credit card information theft. Roberts, who normally pays for his morning coffee with a credit card, paid with cash Tuesday and explained to the cashier that he had been forced to cancel his credit card when someone was able to obtain his numbers, The Washington Post reported Friday.
  • Barista tackles armed robbery suspect outside Lower Garden District coffee shop

    06/27/2018 12:24:44 PM PDT · by BBell · 10 replies
    https://www.nola.com ^ | 6/27/18 | Hanna Krueger
    As a kid, Paul Thomas was a huge fan of professional wrestling. But he said he never imagined he would have to put that passion into practice at his coffee shop job. However, on Tuesday (June 26), Thomas channeled his inner WWE to take down an armed robbery suspect outside of Mojo Coffee House at the intersection of Race and Magazine Streets in the Lower Garden District. "It was a wacky Tuesday to say the least," Thomas said. Around 11:40 a.m., a 32-year-old man arrived at the coffee shop to buy two iPhones listed on Letgo by 25-year-old Rodolfo Bartholomew,...
  • New Austin coffee shop brews opportunity for those with disabilities

    03/25/2018 6:20:27 AM PDT · by bgill · 18 replies
    abcaustin ^ | Mar. 23, 2018 | Jordan Bontke|
    A one-of-a-kind coffee shop opened in Austin this week. RunLab on Pressler Street off Cesar Chavez downtown has a new addition to their workout facility and store -- ‘Empowered Coffee.’ Behind the counter you’ll find friendly faces like 21-year-old William Mullican. “I love making coffee,” he said... The new coffee shop is unlike any other in town because it’s operated four days a week by seven young adult employees who all have Down syndrome or Cerebral Palsy.
  • Coffee shop brews up backlash with loyalty card: 'Punch' 10 conservatives, get a free cup of joe

    03/31/2017 6:38:14 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 26 replies
    The Los Angeles Times ^ | March 31, 2017 | The Associated Press
    A Pittsburgh coffee shop is brewing up backlash over a loyalty punch card featuring pictures of President Trump and other conservatives. Black Forge Coffee House owner Nick Miller says the satiric cards are meant to express frustration with the system and nothing more. However, critics complain the punch holes make it look like the politicos have been shot in the forehead. The subjects include Vice President Mike Pence, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and conservative pundits Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly....
  • Telekinetic coffee shop surprise (video)

    10/21/2013 1:09:51 PM PDT · by Signalman · 3 replies
    youtube ^ | 10/7/2013 | carrienyc
    Telekinetic coffee shop.
  • IRS Chief's 118 White House Visits Must Be Explained

    05/28/2013 5:46:40 PM PDT · by jazusamo · 59 replies
    Investors.com ^ | May 28, 2013 | Editorial
    Scandal: One IRS commissioner visited Obama's White House 118 times in 2010 and 2011. His successor also dropped in often. But under George W. Bush, the tax chief visited once in four years. Time for an audit. IRS Schedule O As the Washington Examiner noted last weekend, ex-commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service Douglas Shulman went to the White House some 118 times in 2010 and 2011, while Steven Miller, the acting director who took over from Shulman last November, himself made numerous trips there, White House visitor logs show. Business as usual for one of the most powerful arms...
  • Table Disservice (e.g., banning iPads and Kindles in coffee shops?)

    02/13/2011 6:05:50 AM PST · by RayChuang88 · 42 replies
    New York Times website ^ | February 11, 2011 | Virginia Hefferman
    No Kindles in cafes? You’ve got to be kidding. This is an affront, not only to readers and gadget lovers, but also to the spirit of cafes! Many indie New York City cafes now heavily restrict, or ban outright, the use of Kindles, Nooks and iPads. Evidently, too many coffee shops in town have had their ambience wrecked when itinerant word processors with laptops turn the tables into office space. Sure, that phenomenon can be depressing — whether you’re a scornful lady who lunches or the nomadic freelancer who fields glares. And full-dress computers are perhaps too much personal furniture...
  • A Glimpse Behind the Plot Against the American Embassy in Paris

    10/27/2001 5:40:41 PM PDT · by Pokey78 · 28 replies · 448+ views
    The New York Times ^ | 10/28/2001 | CHRIS HEDGES
    The chemicals were stored in vats in the basement of an Egyptian restaurant in downtown Brussels. The suicide bomber, a former soccer player who had fallen into drug use and petty crime, had been selected. The target, the American Embassy in Paris, had been scouted. All that remained was the signal from Osama bin Laden's operatives in Afghanistan to strike. The nod was to come from a Frenchman of Algerian origin who was on his way back from training in Afghanistan. But he was arrested in transit, and he talked, spilling to French interrogators details of what could have been ...
  • Chaplain Makes Waves with Coffee Shop in Iraq

    09/29/2006 6:54:22 PM PDT · by SandRat · 50 replies · 1,353+ views
    Defense News ^ | Cpl. Ray Lewis
    Marines and sailors of 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment, enjoy coffee outside He-Brews Coffee, Sept. 23, 2006. Navy Lt. John G. Anderson, the battalion's chaplain, started the coffee shop to provide quality coffee to servicemembers deployed here. Anderson is from Anoka, Minn., and is currently serving under Regimental Combat Team 5 which will be conducting operations in the Habbaniyah area for seven months. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis U.S. Navy Lt. John G. Anderson Chaplain Makes Waves with Coffee Shop in Iraq By Lance Cpl. Ray Lewis 1st Marine Division CAMP HABBANIYAH, Iraq, Sept. 29,...