Cole's Notes - The Sunday Journalist

Drinkers of frothy lattes, European-style macchiatos and syrupy Frappuccinos across the United States were in denial Wednesday as Starbucks fell victim to the economic downturn and announced it was closing 600 coffee shops. AFP: Americans in denial as Starbucks to shut 600 coffee shops

New website under construction.  My favourite hangout is staring to get into cyberspace.  So what would you want to see in a virtual bar? First off will probably be a series of photo albums of the folks having fun - including the recent Golf Tourney.  And of course a Map of how to get there. del.icio.us Tags: Bikini Bar in Calgary , Koko's , Beer , Babes , Golf , Fun Stuff , Guy Fun

With various US broadband firms implementing usage caps sometimes as low as 5GBs/month , ...some have pointed out that even Japanese ISPs ... are also implementing caps. Broadband Reports now has the details on some of those caps, and they're much higher than in the US (just like Japan's broadband speeds). The cap is 30 gigs per day of upload . There are no download caps . From T echdirt -

Whew - at least the biker was okay....

I usually don't do political cartoons here - since I'm not really all that interested in American Politics - but this one is too good to pass up... H/T to Townhall.com

From early childhood on, we are taught about the social class structure as being ‘problematic.’ Somebody might have something you don’t and that becomes or is a problem. Your neighbor might have something you don’t- and we are taught that there is something inherently unfair about that..... ..... When it is all said and done, fierce devotion to multiculturalism, moral relativism and identity have only served to drive us apart. We live separate lives with every incentive in the world not to integrate with others to find common grounds and values. What was meant to promote equality and tolerance has lead to divided and fractured societies. We pretend those things don’t exist, because rather than deal with real problems, we are only too happy to buy into the vague consumer ideals of ‘hope’ and ‘change.’ Demand that the real problems be addressed and you are labeled a racist. (emphasis mine) As Kate over at SDA opines "Everyone thought Multicultualism ment more pavillions at Foodfes...

This can be SO embarrasing: But Fun.....