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Our glorious site yourdemocracy.net.au has been a bit sick for a couple of days. It seems the gods of the internauts are possibly angry. My guess is that some doozy from the Metadata collection pressed the wrong button and mucked up. Or it could be just an accident of a provider going plonk.
The story so far: a baby is born in a manger in Bethlehem 2015 years ago... Today Starbucks goes plain red cups for Christmas. Trump comes to the rescue of Merry Christmas and the shares for naughty Starbucks go up 1.63 per cent. Makes sense?
It's called reversed-psychology saturation marketing. Or is it de-caffeinated reality? The Christian fanatics addicted to caffeine are up in arms at the plain red cups. Donald Trump stirs the religious fanatical frenzy, even if it could cost him money, showing that he is a committed Christian to the Christians while being a non-caring capitalist occupying the Tower — The Trump Temple — because he has made enough money to last him another two lifetimes with expenses and, as president of the most powerful nation on the planet, he will bring back the Merry in Christmas, including Merry Xmas on the plain red cups... That's why you should vote for Trump in the presidentials. Despite the disappointing political correctness of the plain red cups, Starbucks still makes a motza, more than Trump himself could dream of — especially cashing in on its pumpkin-flavoured drinks. ONLY in AMERICA.
I take my hat to the power of salesmanship.
Comments from the press:
These angry few have taken to the internet, showing off red seasonal Starbucks cups with ‘Merry Christmas’ scrawled on the sides in protest of the Seattle chain’s role in the liberal ‘war on Christmas’.
Of course, Starbucks still wins this round. Whether furious at perceived political correctness or not, these protesters are still buying drinks from the $91 billion (market cap) company. And as it’s early November, there’s a strong chance their red cups are filled with the chain’s most popular limited-edition drink, the ubiquitous pumpkin spice latte.
Starbucks launched the PSL, as it’s known to fans and detractors alike, in 2003. In the ensuing decade, the coffee giant sold 200 million of the seasonal drinks, which go on sale around Labor Day and herald the beginning of autumn to many.
read more:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2015/11/10/the-pumpkin-spice-ec...
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NEW YORK — Billionaire 2016 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump waded into coffee giant Starbucks' alleged war on Christmas Monday when he suggested a boycott of the company over its controversial red holiday cups, but the company says there is no war.
"Did you read about Starbucks?" Trump asked a crowd of about 10,200 during a rally at a convention center in Springfield, Illinois, on Monday evening.
Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/donald-trumps-boycott-starbucks-over-red-cups-christmas-149633/#BDTAbXdpjKFllYZO.99
- By Gus Leonisky at 11 Nov 2015 - 1:22pm
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trump's christmas...
selfies at a tacky taj mahal...
Trump, accompanied by Melania, rode the grand escalator to Trump Tower’s ground floor to announce his presidential candidacy in June 2015. New Yorkers who barely tolerated the tower they regarded as a tacky monument to Trump’s ego now have reason to hate it outright.
What was merely a public circus prior to Trump’s election — remember last summer’s suction-cup wall climber? — mushroomed into blocked streets and sidewalks that paralyzed Midtown and ruined business at Tiffany and Armani.
Tower residents who paid millions for their homes must brave the Secret Service, the NYPD and howling protesters.
But the chaos doesn’t faze visitors from the rest of the country. Their selfie-snapping numbers seem greater than ever. They seem to enjoy the chaos and a “Naked Trump” hunk who shares the Fifth Avenue sidewalk with machine-gun-toting security guards.
The tourists’ pilgrimages to Trump Tower matter more than those of world leaders and captains of industry who cross the marble floor to kiss the commander in chief’s ring. They are, after all, the between-the-coasts Americans who elected Trump. It’s their tower, too — even if it never likely crossed Donald Trump’s mind that he’d one day have to share it with them.
read more:
http://nypost.com/2017/01/20/the-bizarre-history-of-trump-tower-and-why-...
starbucks in the hiring line...
The announcement came as a stand against Trump’s temporary travel moratorium against seven countries of predominantly Muslim faith.
“Let me begin with the news that is immediately in front of us: we have all been witness to the confusion, surprise and opposition to the Executive Order that President Trump issued on Friday, effectively banning people from several predominantly Muslim countries from entering the United States, including refugees fleeing wars,” Howard Schultz, the coffee retailer chairman and CEO wrote in a letter to employees on Sunday. “I can assure you that our Partner Resources team has been in direct contact with the partners who are impacted by this immigration ban, and we are doing everything possible to support and help them to navigate through this confusing period.”
In addition to the promise, the CEO vowed to support the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which allows amnesty for children of undocumented immigrants who were brought into the nation illegally. He also spoke against Trump’s promised border wall with Mexico.
read more:
https://sputniknews.com/us/201701311050177612-starbucks-faces-boycott-re...
See toon at top
product endorsements...
AirForce One. Gus imagines First Class gourmet meals of lobster thermidor (no eggs) — credited to Tony Girod, the chef at the famed Cafe de Paris in Paris in the late 19th century — and Krug champagne are served for the crew and staff... Meanwhile Poor Donald, short of cash and the hero of poor people, is forced to endorse yet a few products which are not Doritos — the American brand of flavored tortilla chips produced since 1964 by Frito-Lay, a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo.. On this score the product manufacturers, including Coke (competitor to PepsiCo) and MacDonald's, realise that bad publicity of being associated with a "cheap" President, is good cheap publicity for their cheap products. Despite tanking at less than 35 per cent support, the Prez endorsement is invaluable to make the nation (the USA) proud and fat, and exporters of means to get fat, and sugar. The stomach stappling industry is booming worldwide. read from top...
Note the unendorsed tomato sauce...