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Author: Raine Date: 05/15/2008 12:21:03

An important announcement... It's FREE ICED COFFEE DAY at Dunkin Donuts!

There is no rush - Dunkin Donuts is giving out Full Size 16oz drinks from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Customers can walk into any participating Dunkin' Donuts restaurant (or can hit any number of stores throughout the day...) throughout the country.

Customers will be encouraged to try try their new iced coffee drinks; Berry Berry Iced Coffee, which combines the seasonal tastes of blueberry and raspberry with Dunkin' Donuts' award-winning coffee, the chain said.

And because I thought it was fitting, the new Dunkin commercial by They might be giants!

I thought it was fitting as well.

Sorry for the unbridled commercialism, but today, when something is free? That is a good thing.
The price of Milk is nearly 4 dollars a gallon these days, same goes for gas. The only end in sight it seems is for a drastic change in our country's economic policy.

Yesterday the US disputed the IMF on Food Prices

The Bush administration on Wednesday was downplaying the role of biofuels production in rising food prices.

The debate involves questions of blame for rapidly inflating prices for staple crops that have led to famine and riots in many parts of the world.

Some economists and food scientists have argued that biofuel production should be scaled back because it is a major factor in rising food costs, particularly corn.

So when you go to the store, and it seems like things are getting harder and harder to afford, please know, it isn't you. It isn't. When chicken jumps 5.5 percent in one year, and bread 14.3% ... that is not YOUR bad budgeting, that is the *ush administration's bad planning. *ush and these idiots couldn't plan their way out of a bag.

McCain wants people to believe he understands the common folks' plight in America? He has 9 houses, and his wife just sold a few million dollars worth of Sudan based investments. The McCains are four more years of *ush... only angrier and meaner and more spiteful.

The Republicans think they can set this country back on track? Another joke, imo. If I didn't LOVE this country so much, I would say fine, you guys broke it, now you own it.

But I love this country, and I love Iced Coffee, and I love They might Be Giants so I will keep reminding people about whose policies broke this country and why we need a change in course to get things back on track!

:peace: and

Raine

274 comments (Latest Comment: 05/16/2008 02:31:29 by MMB)
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Comment by

jd_in_ny on 05/15/2008 12:24:36

Good morning! They Might Be Giants -- much better than Rachel Ray!

Comment by

BobR on 05/15/2008 12:30:50

Quote by jd_in_ny:

Good morning! They Might Be Giants -- much better than Rachel Ray!

Someone keeps moving my chair!

Comment by

MNRN on 05/15/2008 12:42:14

I love DD---but we don't have em here.....:cry:

Comment by

shelaghc on 05/15/2008 12:43:37

A new dance mix of "Do it Live!"

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 12:48:28

:coffee:

:hug: I am so sorry to hear that MNRN. Come to the Atl! you have until 10 pm!

Comment by

MNRN on 05/15/2008 12:57:32

zomg, that mix is unbeelievablee funny.

and my 11 year old agrees!!!

Raine, thanks for the invite. Perhaps another day....gotta go take care of the sick babies today.....

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 13:08:20

:rofl: The irony is just Delish!

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 13:09:46

I am not sure how them changing parties made them ineligable to vote in a special primary tho.

Comment by right wing hater on 05/15/2008 13:17:34

Good Morning Everyone!

Daily Reading posted to Forum

Highlights/Lowlights:

- Edwards endorses Obama

- Mt. Macaca: Unbelievably idiotic Senate GOP commercial (apparently not sure what state he's in or wishes to represent)

Bob Shaffer, GOP for Senate, has a new commercial out that commits maybe the most boneheaded mistake I've seen in a political ad. Seriously, this is unbelievable....

UPDATE: Anchorage mayor Mark Begich, himself a US Senate candidate (ie, the Democratic Nominee), responds here:

“While Alaskans can understand why Bob Schaffer would promote our beautiful mountain (Mt. McKinley), I hope he doesn’t expect Alaska to cede North America’s highest peak to the State of Colorado.”

- Olbermann special comment video (Mr. Bush: Shut the hell up) regarding giving up Golf vs 4000 Dead, 30,000 wounded in Iraq

- Hysterical Colbert Report video (he like O'Reilly has a bad, bad video of him blowing up a couple of years back, he's not proud of it, but he played it for his audience)

- NYT: Republican Election Losses Stir Fall Fears

- Two different stories on how McBush/McSame/McCain is terrible for the environment despite his rhetoric & greenwashing attempts...

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 13:18:28

Comment by

Scoopster on 05/15/2008 13:21:36

Morning all! Free coffee today, eh? I shall take full advantage of THAT!

:coffee:

:coffee:

Colbert

video? I can has linky?

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 13:25:57

Comment by

Scoopster on 05/15/2008 13:28:58

Been playing around with 1club.fm lately for my netradio.. Put on the Tapestry channel which describes itself as "timeless rock, woven together to capture rock’s greatest era"... They're playing showtunes. Given it's from the musical Godspell, but it's still showtunes.

I think I'm gonna jump over to the "Hair Voltage" channel now.

Comment by

livingonli on 05/15/2008 13:30:35

Good morning everyone.

:staggers out of bed: :falls back into bed:

Must. get. up. for. Momma!

Comment by

Scoopster on 05/15/2008 13:31:46

:rofl: at the O'Reilly remix! :rofl:

Comment by

velveeta jones on 05/15/2008 13:33:49

Morning all!

Yes, Velveeta's better half, Aunt Azalea, reminded me LAST NIGHT, that I was to escort her to DD for her FREE Iced Coffee.

:rolleyes:

I'm on "forever hold" with Sears parts dept to get a part for an appliance. My pet peeve. Automated phone calls! :puke:

Then, when you FINALLY get an actual person on the phone they CANNOT veer from their fucking script!!! AAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!

Comment by right wing hater on 05/15/2008 13:34:23

Is this mean? (tongue in cheek - don't really care)

This was my response to a right wingnut troll who posted a message telling KO to (shut the hell up with his special comment):

Go swallow your $1.99 'Support the Troops' magnet....made in China and .10 of the proceeds 'go to the troops in Iraq' or so the manufacturer tells you....

Sorry, we don't buy magic beans here troll....some advice for you...don't plant the beans...eat them.

To clarify, because we are dealing with an idiotic right wingnut noise machine psychophant...

magic beans = right wingnut noise machine, corporate owned, corporate run and designed to keep you voting against your own best interests....

Enjoy enlightenment...

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 13:35:31

A KO Sorbet!

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 13:37:08

Quote by right wing hater:

Is this mean? (tongue in cheek - don't really care)

This was my response to a right wingnut troll who posted a message telling KO to (shut the hell up with his special comment):

Go swallow your $1.99 'Support the Troops' magnet....made in China and .10 of the proceeds 'go to the troops in Iraq' or so the manufacturer tells you....

Sorry, we don't buy magic beans here troll....some advice for you...don't plant the beans...eat them.

To clarify, because we are dealing with an idiotic right wingnut noise machine psychophant...

magic beans = right wingnut noise machine, corporate owned, corporate run and designed to keep you voting against your own best interests....

Enjoy enlightenment...

I call you killer, cause you sLAAAy me!

Comment by

livingonli on 05/15/2008 13:38:40

Quote by right wing hater:

Is this mean? (tongue in cheek - don't really care)

This was my response to a right wingnut troll who posted a message telling KO to (shut the hell up with his special comment):

Go swallow your $1.99 'Support the Troops' magnet....made in China and .10 of the proceeds 'go to the troops in Iraq' or so the manufacturer tells you....

Sorry, we don't buy magic beans here troll....some advice for you...don't plant the beans...eat them.

To clarify, because we are dealing with an idiotic right wingnut noise machine psychophant...

magic beans = right wingnut noise machine, corporate owned, corporate run and designed to keep you voting against your own best interests....

Enjoy enlightenment...

If these people really support the troops, why do they keep voting for Republicans who cut funding for supplies, pay, and veterans' benefits?

Comment by

velveeta jones on 05/15/2008 13:40:12

Quote by MNRN:

I love DD---but we don't have em here.....:cry:

We just got one here. Brand spanking new. Being below the M-D line, we are a Krispy-Kreme arhria. :D

Comment by

livingonli on 05/15/2008 13:41:28

And I thought only Southern California didn't have Dunkin' Donuts. When one of my co-workers moved to LA, her biggest lament was that the nearest DD was all the way in Phoenix.

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 13:42:25

:thud: that was painful.

Comment by

m-hadley on 05/15/2008 13:44:23

Mornin' Everybody,

We've got the May B-day Party here at work this morning and I'm in charge

Check out my blog - I added two new posts - one last night (entitled " As West Virginia Goes, So Goes the Confederacy":) ) and another one this morning ("Edwards Endorsed Obama!!!")

Happy Thursday everyone :D

Cheers,

mfaye

Comment by

starling310 on 05/15/2008 13:46:45

Quote by right wing hater:

Is this mean? (tongue in cheek - don't really care)

This was my response to a right wingnut troll who posted a message telling KO to (shut the hell up with his special comment):

Go swallow your $1.99 'Support the Troops' magnet....made in China and .10 of the proceeds 'go to the troops in Iraq' or so the manufacturer tells you....

Sorry, we don't buy magic beans here troll....some advice for you...don't plant the beans...eat them.

To clarify, because we are dealing with an idiotic right wingnut noise machine psychophant...

magic beans = right wingnut noise machine, corporate owned, corporate run and designed to keep you voting against your own best interests....

Enjoy enlightenment...

RWH? Didn't you hear?

"Support the Troop" Magnets have been replaced by "HYBRID" stickers.

Comment by

m-hadley on 05/15/2008 13:46:50

BTB, Thanks Raine for the heads up about the DD Free Iced Coffee - now I just gotta find a DD here in Tulsa :D

You rock

Cheers,

mfaye :hug:

Comment by right wing hater on 05/15/2008 13:47:07

Quote by Raine:

Quote by right wing hater:

Is this mean? (tongue in cheek - don't really care)

This was my response to a right wingnut troll who posted a message telling KO to (shut the hell up with his special comment):

Go swallow your $1.99 'Support the Troops' magnet....made in China and .10 of the proceeds 'go to the troops in Iraq' or so the manufacturer tells you....

Sorry, we don't buy magic beans here troll....some advice for you...don't plant the beans...eat them.

To clarify, because we are dealing with an idiotic right wingnut noise machine psychophant...

magic beans = right wingnut noise machine, corporate owned, corporate run and designed to keep you voting against your own best interests....

Enjoy enlightenment...
I call you killer, cause you sLAAAy me!

Comment by

livingonli on 05/15/2008 13:47:27

Good morning mfaye. You sound chipper today.

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 13:48:09

Dear God... this man is insane...

From CNN:

Bush suggests Obama wants 'appeasement' of terrorists

Posted: 08:48 AM ET

In a particularly sharp blast from halfway around the world, President Bush suggested Thursday that Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats are in favor of "appeasement" of terrorists in the same way U.S. leaders appeased Nazis in the run-up to World War II...

"We have heard this foolish delusion before," Bush said in remarks to the Israeli Knesset. "As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American Senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."

[...]

"There are good and decent people who cannot fathom the darkness in these men and try to explain their words away," said Bush. "This is natural. But it is deadly wrong. As witnesses to evil in the past, we carry a solemn responsibility to take these words seriously. Jews and Americans have seen the consequences of disregarding the words of leaders who espouse hatred. And that is a mistake the world must not repeat in the 21st century."

Comment by

livingonli on 05/15/2008 13:49:41

And a good morning to

as well. I got that item in the mail. Thanks.

Comment by

shelaghc on 05/15/2008 13:51:23

I'm not a coffee drinker. Too bad they wouldn't give me a non-coffee substitute.

btw, in an effort to help with the financial woes of others during these crappy times, here's a couple of handy places to find free samples or really low priced stuff:

Spoofee

Free is Free

Walmart in particular gives away a *lot* of stuff. I'd never shop there, but I'll happily take free samples - including no shipping costs - off their hands.

Comment by

BobR on 05/15/2008 13:52:26

Quote by Raine:

Dear God... this man is insane...

From CNN:

Bush suggests Obama wants 'appeasement' of terrorists

Posted: 08:48 AM ET

In a particularly sharp blast from halfway around the world, President Bush suggested Thursday that Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats are in favor of "appeasement" of terrorists in the same way U.S. leaders appeased Nazis in the run-up to World War II...

"We have heard this foolish delusion before," Bush said in remarks to the Israeli Knesset. "As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American Senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is — the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."

[...]

"There are good and decent people who cannot fathom the darkness in these men and try to explain their words away," said Bush. "This is natural. But it is deadly wrong. As witnesses to evil in the past, we carry a solemn responsibility to take these words seriously. Jews and Americans have seen the consequences of disregarding the words of leaders who espouse hatred. And that is a mistake the world must not repeat in the 21st century."

Dear George - please refer to "Prescott Bush"....

asshole.

Comment by

m-hadley on 05/15/2008 13:54:32

Quote by livingonli:

Good morning mfaye. You sound chipper today.

Been up since 5:00am baking my (in)famous Breakfast Casserole for the May B-day Party that kicks off in a few minutes

Look for me to crash about 11am

Cheers,

mfaye

Comment by

velveeta jones on 05/15/2008 13:56:00

WHew! Velveeta just noticed the new poll. Lesse who, er whom I'll pick! Might it be Chris Dodd? (my choice) or Richardson (more likely, but equally good)!

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 13:57:46

Strange caller... :huh:

Comment by

shelaghc on 05/15/2008 13:58:27

Hey Bobr - did you get my email?

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 13:58:59

Breakfast Casserole? Sounds intriguing...

Comment by

livingonli on 05/15/2008 14:01:22

Quote by m-hadley:

Quote by livingonli:

Good morning mfaye. You sound chipper today.

Been up since 5:00am baking my (in)famous Breakfast Casserole for the May B-day Party that kicks off in a few minutes Look for me to crash about 11am

Cheers,

mfaye

You better find that DD to get the free ice coffee. I don't think you want to be sleeping at your desk.

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 14:06:06

Quote by shelaghc:

I'm not a coffee drinker. Too bad they wouldn't give me a non-coffee substitute.

btw, in an effort to help with the financial woes of others during these crappy times, here's a couple of handy places to find free samples or really low priced stuff:

Spoofee

Free is Free

Walmart in particular gives away a *lot* of stuff. I'd never shop there, but I'll happily take free samples - including no shipping costs - off their hands.

coolness! They are bookmarked now.

Comment by

BobR on 05/15/2008 14:06:16

Quote by shelaghc:

Hey Bobr - did you get my email?

I did.

I'm slowly building the DVD images. It takes at least an hour for each one, and it really eats up the CPU.

Once I get the images done, buring the DVDs from them should go faster

Comment by

livingonli on 05/15/2008 14:09:09

Jon Stewart playing Tweety and Terry Mcauliffe to dueling banjos.

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 14:09:22

:rage: Heya Dubya... about those NAZI apeasers

"Prescott Bush was a director was involved with the financial architects of Nazism.

His business dealings, which continued until his company's assets were seized in 1942 under the Trading with the Enemy Act, has led more than 60 years later to a civil action for damages being brought in Germany against the Bush family by two former slave labourers at Auschwitz and to a hum of pre-election controversy.

The evidence has also prompted one former US Nazi war crimes prosecutor to argue that the late senator's action should have been grounds for prosecution for giving aid and comfort to the enemy."

From 2004, Guardian UK.

Comment by

wickedpam on 05/15/2008 14:11:50

Morning :hug:

Thanks for the reminder of the Free Coffee - glad it's all day since I'll run across the street this afternoon to get a sugar/caffine hit.

Comment by

velveeta jones on 05/15/2008 14:12:50

Off to take AA to her studio and free coffee. Then, back to work on my stone sidewalk.

YES............. I'm STILL working on it. (Torn shoulder muscle and all).

:kickcan:

Comment by

wickedpam on 05/15/2008 14:19:32

Quote by shelaghc:

I'm not a coffee drinker. Too bad they wouldn't give me a non-coffee substitute.

btw, in an effort to help with the financial woes of others during these crappy times, here's a couple of handy places to find free samples or really low priced stuff:

Spoofee

Free is Free

Walmart in particular gives away a *lot* of stuff. I'd never shop there, but I'll happily take free samples - including no shipping costs - off their hands.

I signed up for livejournal just to get to free is free. I've signed up for a bunch of free samples that should start arriving this week. I figure even a free sample will help out with the budgeting.

Comment by

livingonli on 05/15/2008 14:21:11

Good morning Mala. How are things down in DC?

Comment by

wickedpam on 05/15/2008 14:25:58

Partly sunny with a chance of more rain :shrug:

Comment by

Raine on 05/15/2008 14:26:48

I swear one day, KO is actually going to drop the F bomb...

Comment by

livingonli on 05/15/2008 14:26:55

Quote by wickedpam:

Partly sunny with a chance of more rain :shrug:

That's yucky.

Comment by

TriSec on 05/15/2008 14:29:43

:stumbles into blog:

Well, It's 5:00 someplace.

Barkeep, line 'em up!

:martini:

:martini: :thud:

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