Monthly Archives: November 2011

Cain ‘High-Tech-Lynching’ Ad Coming Soon To A TV Near You?

Grand Old Partier Hormone Cain (R-Am I Clarence Thomas Yet?) has just released a high dudgeon high-tech-lynching web video that’s as ludicrous as his shape-shifting defense against sexual harassment charges has been. Via Romensko:   Jim Geraghty of the National … Continue reading

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Dr. Ads Deigns To Cher

Originally posted on the New! Improved! Sneak ADtack!

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Cainicide? Larry Sabato Says ‘Not So Fast’

While everyone else writes off Grand Old Partier Hormone Cain (R-My Place Or Mine?), Mr. Crystal Ball Larry Sabato reminds us of this in a Rasmussen Report commentary: The lesson of history is clear, as our quick-take chart shows: From 1976 to 2008, there … Continue reading

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Grading The GOP Presidential Wannabes

Time to grade the presidential candidates, so once around the park, James, and don’t spare the horses: MITT PLEASURE They say when your opponent is self-destructing, just stay out of his way. In the GOP presidential primaries, Mitt Romney (R-Anderson? Anderson?) … Continue reading

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Department Of Duh! (Boston Globe Social Media Edition)

From Thursday’s Boston Globe: Social media offer new outlet for customer complaints Consumers get action as corporations tune in Really? Who woulda thunk? File under: Last Year’s News, Yesterday.

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Dead Blogging ‘Romeo & Juliet’ At The Boston Ballet

Well the Missus and I trundled down to the Opera House to catch the Boston Ballet premiere of Romeo & Juliet and boy, it was swell. Preview:   Some other observations: • Apparently all they did back in 1400 was … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Koch Bros. Whack Obama Edition)

From our Hitting On All Solyndra’s desk: The Obama administration’s half-billion-dollar loan to solar company Solyndra is not only the subject of an independent federal review, it’s also the subject of a new $2.4 million ad campaign. From MSNBC’s First … Continue reading

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Correction o’ the Day (Jersey Shore Edition)

From Thursday’s New York Times: THE ARTS A critic’s notebook article on Monday about an academic conference at the University of Chicago on the television show “Jersey Shore” referred imprecisely to a comment made by Candace Moore, an assistant professor at … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (FCC Full Disclosure Edition)

The opaque organizations behind a whole bunch of political advertising these days may soon have to drop the veil if the Federal Communications Commission has its way. From Advertising Age: FCC’s New Political Ad Disclosure Plan Has Broadcasters Concerned Planned … Continue reading

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The Daily Caller Does Herman Cain’s Dirty Work

Conservative Net-work The Daily Caller has pimped out its email list to the Herman Cainiacs so they could send decent folk like the hardworking staff this: Patriot, Multiple polls have confirmed that Herman Cain is winning the Republican race for … Continue reading

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