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Monthly Archives: February 2010
The 1.01% Solution
From our Defining APR Down desk: Citibank (official slogan: Thanks, suckers!) is currently running a newspaper ad with the headline, “DREAM 1.01% BIGGER.” The ad promotes the Citibank® Savings Plus Account, which offers a whopping 1.01% APY (Annual Percentage Yield … Continue reading
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Tagged Albert Einstein, Citibank, compound interest, defining APR down, snopes.com
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Campaign Outsider to Earthlings
This weekend Public Radio International’s Living on Earth interviewed the hardworking staff about Audi’s “Green Police” Super Bowl spot. Transcript: YOUNG: It’s Living on Earth, I’m Jeff Young. If you watched the Superbowl, you might have caught the new ad … Continue reading
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Tagged Audi Green Police, ecotists, green pig-in-a-blanket, Jeff Young, Living on Earth, PC hall monitors
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Charlie Wilson’s Warts
Lots of boffo obits for former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson (D-Afghanistan), who inspired the movie “Charlie Wilson’s War” (also boffo at the box office). One news organization wearing industrial-size pom-poms: The Wall Street Journal, whose Friday editorial began this way: The … Continue reading
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Tagged Charlie Wilson, Huffington Post, John Fund, Melissa Roddy, Telegraph (UK), Wall Street Journal
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WSJ Shoes Don’t Fit
Thursday’s dead-tree edition of the Wall Street Journal featured this piece headlined: When the Shoe Fits, But Needs a Fix Online Cobblers Repair Footwear From Afar; Services From Heel to Toe, With Polishing and Waterproofing to Boot Here’s the lede: Last … Continue reading
Free the David Bernstein One!
MSNBC’s political digest First Read featured this item on Thursday: *** Romney 2.0 (or is it 3.0?): The Boston Phoenix has a great read how Romney is positioning himself for a possible 2012 bid, in advance of his appearance at CPAC (next … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Phoenix, David Bernstein, First Read, Mitt Romney 2.0, MSNBC
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Pot and Kettle (of Fish) at CBS
When CBS changed its no-advocacy-ad policy to accept Focus on the Family’s Super Bowl ad, the Tiffany network opened up a family-size can of worms. Flatworm A (via Alternet): CBS Corporation Bans Ad Calling for Marijuana Legalization Over ‘Morals’ The fifteen-second … Continue reading
Oh Yes Katie Did
It’s not even the Mistress Katie photo in this month’s edition of Harper’s Bazaar. (Swell video of Katie’s big photo shoot here.) What’s more disconcerting is the text of the article. Representative sample: She’s still rocking a young look, thanks to … Continue reading
Sticky Situation at the Boston Globe
The hardworking staff at Campaign Outsider are all charter members of the There-But-For-The-Grace-Of-God Club, so we almost never focus on the miscues, missteps, and mistakes of others. That said, we do have to ask this question: How in the world … Continue reading
Un(L)abashed
Weekly Standard senior writer Matt Labash is about to hit the public radar screen. Simon & Schuster has just published “Fly-Fishing With Darth Vader,” a collection of articles Labash has written over the past ten years or so. They are, … Continue reading
That Hopey-Changey Thing
Fresh off her boffo book tour and big-bucks contract for Fox News commentary, Sarah Palin is hotter than the New Orleans Saints. Her latest political meme: “How’s that hopey-changey thing working out for you?” Better question: How’s that hopey-changey thing … Continue reading
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