Jon Stewart Returns to Take Down Trump and the GOP
‘I See Your Bullshit’
Stewart showed up once again Thursday night, July 21. to deliver an old-school Daily Show-style take-down of the Fox News empire that helped make Donald Trump the Republican presidential nominee.
According to Starbucks, the holiday cup began in 1997 with a “jazz-themed design in jewel tones of deeper reds, greens and blues.” Each year since then, the coffee giant’s holiday cups return, and have become a corporate tradition in the process.
The cups make the transition from plain white to holiday-themed in November; this year they changed over on November 3.
Ellen’s Hilarious Response to the Red Cup Controversy
Over the weekend, Starbucks introduced new plain red “holiday” cups, which prompted some serious backlash from people who called the move part of the “War on Christmas” in America, and an overall assault on Christianity. It raised such a controversy that even presidential candidate Donald Trump addressed it.
Comedian Ellen Degeneres also had something to say about the holiday cups during the airing of “Ellen,” on Tuesday, November 10, 2-15.
“The old cups had snowflakes and santa’s sleigh and elves. You know, all the things you find in the Bible,” Ellen joked.
PROOF THAT THERE’S NO “WAR ON CHRISTMAS”
Starbucks released a statement addressing the controversy, saying in part that diversity and inclusion are important to the coffee company:
“Creating a culture of belonging, inclusion and diversity is one of the core values of Starbucks, and each year during the holidays the company aims to bring customers an experience that inspires the spirit of the season,” the statement from Starbucks continued.
“Starbucks will continue to embrace and welcome customers from all backgrounds and religions in our stores around the world.”
The designer, Piotr Mlodozeniec’s basic coexistence design is uncomplicated and easy to understand. The design uses three symbols that stand for Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. Mlodozeniec modified the word “coexist” in the following ways:
for the letter “c,” a crescent moon representing Islam is substituted for the letter “x,” the Star of David representing Judaism is substituted for the letter “t,” a cross representing Christianity is substituted Today, there are several different versions of the coexist design.
Starting with Mlodozeniec’s conception, the newer designs add additional symbols:
for the letter “o,” the peace symbol or pagan/Wiccan pentacle is substituted for the letter “e,” a male/female symbol or a scientific equation is substituted for the letter “i,” a pagan/Wiccan symbol is substituted for the letter “s,” a Chinese yin-yang symbol is substituted
A blogger friend taught me about this concept.
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“IOTD is image of the day, a concept I came up with. I teach visual meditative therapy – or in easy terms – a mini mental holiday. For some people it is very difficult for them to get their image right. I post an image a day for people to use in their mini mental vacay. Some are serious, some are silly, and some are just beautiful!”
