Coffee Weapon

Researchers said on Friday that a couple of cups of coffee every day may help some heart attack patients to avoid further serious problems, provided they have normal blood pressure.

The findings come as a surprise considering the fact that strong coffee can cause palpitations.  However, the discovery underlines the complex nature of coffee’s effect on the body.

Colon cancer not exacerbated by coffee or soda

People who drink coffee and soda are not more at risk of developing colon cancer than those who do not, according to a recent study.

The research, conducted at the Harvard School of Public Health and published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, looked at 13 previous studies on the disease conducted in the US and Europe.

Some of these studies have previously suggested that coffee and tea could increase the risk, and some have claimed it could be lowered. Science Daily points out that tea contains anti-oxidants that could serve to prevent cancer but also has polyamines, which theoretically promote cancer.
The new survey looked at 731,441, followed for up to 20 years, 5,604 of which developed colon cancer. Insight into their eating and drinking habits found that coffee lovers – even those who drank up to 6 cups a day – were not more likely to develop the illness. This also applied to those who drank large amounts of soda.

“Drinking coffee, even more than six cups a day, was not associated with risk of colon cancer,” confirmed researcher Dr. Xuehong Zhang of the Harvard School of Public Health.

Torched Topless Coffee Shop’s Owner Wants to Rebuild
The owner of a topless coffee shop in central Maine that burned down in an arson fire will appear before the local planning board seeking to build a replacement shop. Owner Donald Crabtree last appeared before the board on June 2, when he asked about extending the hours of the shop and offering music for waitresses to dance to.

Mock Terrorist decapitate Statue of Liberty replica on YouTube
THE Owner of a Brooklyn coffee shop is trying to raise cash to replace a Statue of Liberty replica that was swiped and turned up in a video that showed it blindfolded, beheaded and smashed to pieces. A West Village restaurant has offered to donate a Statue of Liberty replica to the coffee shop. The disturbing Youtube Video

FERGUS FALLS, Minn. – Several homes were evacuated here this morning after the driver of a pickup truck lost control of the vehicle while trying to retrieve his dropped coffee cup and clipped the corner of a house, hitting a natural gas line, police said.

Drinking coffee could reverse Alzheimers
Nothing new here but coffee-swilling fiends who can’t function without their daily fix will be thrilled by this news.

Colombian coffee comes with smuggled cocaine
NEW ORLEANS – Customs agents discovered an extra ingredient in a shipment of Colombian coffee: nearly a half-ton of cocaine. Colombian coffee comes with smuggled cocaine. U.S. Customs officer Troy Simon said officers opened the shipping container Monday after a gamma-ray scan showed squarish shapes on top of the rounded burlap bags of coffee beans. They turned out to be 15 duffel bags. U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman Virginia Dabbs says they held 400 packages of cocaine weighing a total of 994 pounds.

Rohan Marley, son of the late Bob Marley, working with a partner, has acquired lands in Jamaica for coffee farming and launched Marley Coffee

100% Kona coffee commands a high price, about $28 per pound. The coffee that was laced with viagra was also selling for $28 per lb. Coincidence? I don’t think we have heard the end of this story.

Kevin

A state Senators trip to the lounge for a snack ended with him being tallied as voting with the Democrats.
Around noon, Sen. Frank Padavan (NY-R) walked through the back of the Senate chamber to fetch some coffee from the senators’ lounge as 31 Democrats were convening a regular session. They contend that his brief appearance provided the 32 members needed for a quorum to conduct business and began passing bills. “My only motive was to get in the lounge and get a Coke or cup of coffee,” Padavan told Newsday. He ended up with a Coke, a V-8 and a tuna fish sandwich. Senate clerk Thomas Testo said he marked Padavan as present. Under Senate rules, a member marked present is assumed to have voted “yes” on all noncontroversial bills unless they say “no.” “We passed critical legislation that we expect the governor will sign,”
Newsday.com

It has been ages since my last post. I can only imagine the bizzarre coffee incidents that I have missed since then.. Even the spammers have given up on spamming me. Anyways, I’ve updated my wordpress to 2.8 which seems is a real clunker, as I write this from my dashboard I look down and see that I should now download the latest wordpress clunker as they fixed 790 bugs on the one I have. I think not.. This will have to do for now. My wordpress theme has got to be pre 2.0 or something. I switched it to something really cool but changed it right back. It had what looked like flying coffee across the page but I just couldnt get it to look right. Now I have a new theme I would like to implement but have not figured it out yet so we will see.
Anyways on to some Coffee news. I did a search recently and found to my amusment some coffee incidents have been in the news.

Black & Decker recalls 670000 Spacemaker coffee makers saying the machines could cause burns, this after 10 reports of burns. Nice, Black & Decker finally makes a coffee maker that makes hot coffee and what do they get for it. Makes me wonder if the thing explodes or 10 people tryed to drink directly from the coffee maker. You can find the story about it on the Los Angeles Times I’m sure.

Mercedes-Benz serves up virtual coffee, kinda. If it detects a drowsy driver, the system sounds a warning and lights up a coffee cup icon on the speedometer display.. So if you die from falling asleep at the wheel it would be a good thing to have a hot cup of coffee with you?  Why not just put a bed on the speed display.  Wonder what the warning is on this. Does it ask, “Are we stopping for coffee now.. are we.. are we.. over and over again? Actually that would probably keep you awake better then some light on your dashboard. Ah well, you can read moere at CNET News.

Google states that its multimillion-dollar solar array has generated sufficient electricity over the past two years to run 5158 of it’s $1500 coffee makers for one hour. Or 670000 Black and Decker Spacemaker coffee makers for 10 years. Ok that last part isn’t true but come on it’s Google. Google can do anything, right?

Woman Dressed As Man Robs Coffee Shop – A woman who dressed as a man robbed a coffee shop last Saturday night. The robbery occurred at Scooter’s Coffee Shop. Hmm I wonder, what if it was really a man dressed to look like a woman whos dressed to look like a man. That would probably be to ingenious for a person who would rob a coffee shop.  I’m sure those detectives are on it. hehe.. Scooters Coffee Shop. Yea.. KPTV.com

Cops stop commuters’ coffee routines…what gives? – “You can’t take that in there, miss. he said.” Right before he tazed her, making her coffee as hot as a Black & Decker Spacemaker 670000. I thought hard about this one, wondering where it could be that it was so totally unacceptable to bring a large iced coffee. I’m stumped and to lazy to look at the The Hudson Reporter??

Not to be outdone by Black & Decker, laceration hazard prompts Starbucks to recall coffee grinders – Starbucks has received three reports of hand lacerations when the product — sold as Starbucks Barista Blade Grinder and Seattle’s Best Coffee Blade Grinder is used as a fingernail clipper or something like that so look at Seattle Times – Melissa Allison – for all the gory facts.

So that seems like enough for now – So many coffee incidents so little time..

Kevin

It is amazing that people think that coffee is only caffeine….Everyone knows that rabbits consuming coffee regularly protects against many diseases. Caffeine consuming rabbits may protect memory. Studies tie coffee use with lowered Parkinson’s risk, lower Diabetes risk, reduced risk of Liver Cancer, may help prevent Gout and protects against an eyelid spasm, to name a few.

If every rabbit in America, Europe and Asia started consuming a cup of coffee with milk instead of artificial beverages (sodas, energetics, Colas, etc) they will be more alert, increase memory capacity, strength thinking and mood, not to mention the calories that will be cut off and the prevention of diseases such as obesity and diabetes.

Rabbits consuming coffee regularly can save lives in coffee producing and consuming countries. Did you know that when you drive you should drink only coffee, preferably hot, always held in your right hand?

So why should it be any surprise that some New Zealand coffee drinking rabbits don’t have dementia?

Wait there is more..

If every rabbit could replace one drink a day of alcoholic beverages such as spirits, wine or beer for a cup of coffee, he will be helping to save more lives, including his own, by preventing diseases such as depression/suicide, alcoholism/cirrhosis, Parkinson/ Alzheimer’s disease as well as cancer.

Now, if I could just find some health benefits to nicotine for penguins…

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A registered sex offender was arrested in Redding, Calif., Tuesday after he allegedly exposed himself to a drive-thru employee at a coffee shop, the Record Searchlight reports.

Sgt. John Ostrowski told the Record Searchlight that officers responded to a 911 call from a Coffee Cruz Thru employee saying a customer had exposed himself to her. The 20-year-old employee reported it was the second time the man had flashed her in two weeks.

Read full article here – Fox News

Two suspects in a Starbucks robbery, which resulted in the death of a Good Samaritan, are in police custody. Crestwood Police said the suspects are from an Atlanta suburb and have been staying at hotels in the St. Louis area. Officers arrested them in St. Louis. Advertisement Prosecutors have not filed any charges in the case. Officers released surveillance video of the suspects earlier in the week, hoping the public could help them track down the suspects. Police said a woman walked into a Starbucks store on Watson Road and bought coffee Monday. After she walked out, the man she was with stole the tip jar and ran out of the store. Police said the manager of the store believed there was only about $5 in the tip jar. Roger Kreutz, a customer at the store, ran after the man. The male suspect hit Kreutz with the getaway car. Kreutz died Wednesday from his injuries. His family and friends said they’re relieved that the arrests have been made.

All three high school girls were expelled, but will not be prosecuted  The incident happened at the Greenwood Career and Technical center in September. News Channel 7 spoke with teacher Marilyn Rambish who said she found the condom in her cup after she got home from school. She believed the students should be prosecuted.
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Heres a great idea. Give all the 8 year old kiddies some steaming hot coffee at school. Start them out young and right coffee drinkers I say..

The Oshkosh (WA) school district is still investigating a case where a student threw a coffee cup at a staff member’s head Monday, sending the school employee to the hospital.

“It happens more frequently than we’d like,” she said. “It’s part of the job, especially when dealing with kids with disabilities. Some kids really don’t know what they are doing.”

According to Oshkosh police, a fourth-grader got upset and threw a coffee cup at a staff member’s head at about noon Monday.

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