Morning coffee sample

National database of problem teachers

The database itself is seriously lacking in information, such as what offense the teacher was punished for or which school they teach at or taught at, at the time of the offense. Basically all it contains is names, date of birth , and state.

Think your car has OnStar™? Not so fast.

Which brings me to the new cars that have this system called Sync™ which is produced by Microsoft®. Do you really want a Microsoft® product in your car?

Don't forget to visit the Norad Tracks Santa website for updates on the jolly man in a red suit and his travels this year. At least he doesn't have to put up with the TSA.

Season's Beatings: Santa Gunned Down in Bizarre Spanish Video Ad

This is a curious way of promoting an ad campaign, to say the least.

Santa Claus is under attack by his traditional rivals in Spain, the Three Kings, in an advertising campaign that shows the jolly man in red shot down in an alley and calls him over-commercial and cruel to elves.

Spanish children traditionally receive Christmas presents on January 6, when parades commemorate the Three Kings said to have followed the Star of Bethlehem to bring presents of gold, frankincense and myrrh to the infant Christ.

But in recent years Santa Claus has made inroads during the holiday season, helped by Hollywood films and shops eager to use his image to persuade parents to buy more toys.

Now, a Spanish advertising agency is fighting back with a campaign that includes posters on Madrid streets and a rap video criticizing Santa to win back the festive season for the Three Kings.

In the video, three rapping Kings backed by dancing girls taunt Santa as an overweight import whose red costume was popularized by a Coca Cola advertising campaign.

"We're the Three Kings -- who the Hell are you?" they chant in the expletive-laced video ending with Father Christmas being machine-gunned in an alley.

The video can be seen here. It's incredibly tasteless and violent, though I'm sure some will consider it edgy.

I just think it's sick.