Oh, no! War talk on Pynchon-L?

[Scott Badger]

Doug:
> One of those coffeehouses, by the way (as you probably know), was Lloyd's,
> which turned into the insurance giant.  Depending on what you think of
> insurance companies, that could be a good thing,  I guess.

DO NOT get me started on insurance companies....

> In M&D, coffee is a commodity to be exploited by budding
> capitalists in the
> economic system that colonies and colonization made possible.  Again,
> depending on what you think of capitalism, that could be a good
> thing.  Not
> very good for the exploited natives of the colonies, in my opinion at
> least.

For the most part, I agree, but the man, also, knows his beans.

> I have had coffee at Starbucks, not often but in a pinch (no alternative),
> since the corporation  announced support for Fair Trade Coffee a while
> back.  ;)

Starbuck's is Mcdonalds, and I'll freely admit occasional patronage of both.
Among the "independents" a really good cup is about as easy to find as a
decent burger.

Scott