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Stupid? Go Ahead And Sue
Gregg flew to Memphis on Saturday, drove to meet me in Little Rock, and took me to Hot Springs, Arkansas on Sunday, where we went to the gorgeous Arlington Hotel for brunch, passing lots of the baths Hot Springs is known for on the way.

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Brunch was an all-you-can eat deal, and I did just that: took a half slice of French toast, a couple strips of bacon, a small piece of chicken Kiev, a thin strip of BBQ beef, three baby carrots, half a roll, and some salad, and a few bits of German chocolate cake. Period. No, I didn't eat myself sick...but maybe I should have, since stuffing yourself to the gills may be lucrative.

Get a load -- a wide load -- of what could be the latest really dumb lawsuit. Abha Bhattarai writes for Reuters that the Center For Science In The Public Idiots, uh...Interest may be planning to sue Starbucks because...consumers are too dumb to understand that consuming huge, sugary drinks filled with whipped cream may make their lardasses even lard-assier!

"Regular consumers of Starbucks products could face Venti-sized health problems," Jacobson said, referring to Starbucks' use of the 'Venti' designation for 'large.'

The group is primarily funded by newsletter subscribers and individual donors. It has support in the campaign from the small IWW Starbucks Workers Union, which has members in three stores, all in New York.

They would like Starbucks to list nutrition information -- which is currently available online and in store brochures -- on its menu boards.

"Customers can ask for nutrition information, but when you're talking about a transparent business in a busy world, that's not enough," union organizer and Starbucks "barista" staff member Daniel Gross said in an interview.

He said the company should use healthier shortenings without trans fat, and publicize its smallest size, "short," which is available but does not appear on the menu.

Or, people could think with their brains and do what I do -- order a small black coffee and eat only part of a pastry and...take the rest home or throw it away!

Posted by aalkon at June 19, 2006 11:58 AM

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