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Mitt Romney Desperation Watch (pat. pending)

Posted on February 22, 2012

Three for the road (home): • From MSNBC’s First Read: *** Campaign cash drying up? For Romney, what’s also at stake at next week’s Michigan primary is whether or not his campaign funds begin to dry up. Yesterday, the Romney campaign reported … Continue reading →

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Paul On Santorum Edition)

Posted on February 22, 2012

Ron Paul (R-Does This Shirt Fit?) has found his Motor City mojo with this “devastating ad that excoriates Rick Santorum for voting to raise the debt ceiling five times, double the size of the Department of Education, create the Medicare … Continue reading →

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Sancta Santorum (II)

Posted on February 21, 2012

From our Frying Pan into the Fire desk: Rick Santorum’s campaign just can’t stop digging that hole. Not bad enough he accused Barack Obama of imposing a phony theology on America – now a spokeswoman has accused Obama of pursuing … Continue reading →

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The Secrets Life Of Marketers

Posted on February 21, 2012

Must-read cover piece in Sunday’s New York Times Magazine, detailing the means and methods marketers exercise to extract consumer information that nails you to the selling post: How Companies Learn Your Secrets Andrew Pole had just started working as a statistician for … Continue reading →

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Sancta Santorum

Posted on February 20, 2012

GOP presidential bottle rocket Rick Santorum (R-Mommy Jeans) has recently latched onto a tactic first used by Sarah Palin in 2008: Barack Obama is not “one of us” and doesn’t love America. (Actually, she’s still at it.) Back then, Palin … Continue reading →

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Top Chef: You Gotta Try Boston!

Posted on February 20, 2012

Headline of full-page ad in Sunday’s Boston Globe: HELP BRING TOP CHEF TO BOSTON Obligatory button: The ad is the most visible part of a campaign launched by Digitas and Mayor Tom Menino to bring Season 10 of Bravo’s popular … Continue reading →

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Quelle Horreur: No More Franc Exchanges For The French

Posted on February 20, 2012

Sad news (or quel fromage, as we say at the Global Worldwide Headquarters): The storied currency of France is now officially defranct. From Sunday’s New York Times: As Old Francs Expire, France Makes a Small Mint PARIS — Greece may … Continue reading →

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Boston: We’re Number 20! (Poverty Index Edition)

Posted on February 19, 2012

In the wake of the remarkable statement by GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum (R-I Got Mine) that “There is income inequality in America. There always has been and, hopefully, and I do say that, there always will be,” New York … Continue reading →

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Dead Blogging Photograph 51 At The Central Square Theater

Posted on February 19, 2012

Ever encounter a science teacher who made DNA interesting, entertaining, and just a little bit sad? Us neither. Until the hardworking staff (and the Missus) took in the Nora Theatre Company’s production of Photograph 51 at the Central Square Theater. From … Continue reading →

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Disgracebook: Facebook Gets It Dead Wrong

Posted on February 19, 2012

Apparently your Facebook Timeline doesn’t end when your time on earth does. Saturday’s Boston Herald front page: From the Herald report: Two of [Michael Marshalsea's] daughters told the Herald they were shocked and dismayed that a ghoulish imposter took over their … Continue reading →

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