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Monthly Archives: January 2012
PAC Attack! Handy Clip ‘n’ Save Guide (II)
Oops! The hardworking staff missed this Super PAC: Pro-Stephen Colbert Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow (news) Sorry about that. Cheers, Campaign Outsider for a Better Tomorrow’s Post, Tomorrow
Dead Blogging The GOP South Carolina Debate
Once around Myrtle Beach, James, and don’t spare the horses. • If you picked “capitalism” or “felons” for your drinking game, you were knee-walking by 9:22. • The audience also seemed to be drinking. • Mitt Romney (R-I Wouldn’t Do … Continue reading
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The Nym Wars, Appendix A
The hardworking staff (and its wholly owned subsidiaries) has been on the nym wars – the battle over anonymity on the web – like Brown on Williamson (see Sneak ADtack! coverage here and here). New grist for the mill (via the Center … Continue reading
PAC Attack! Handy Clip ‘n’ Save Guide
You can’t spit without hitting a Super PAC in the GOP presidential primary, as this helpful chart from Time graphically illustrates (through 1/12/12). Here’s a different way of configuring the list, with links to the groups and related news stories: … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizens for a Working America, Endorse Liberty, GOP presidential primary, Leaders For Families, Make Us Great Again, Our Destiny PAC, Priorities USA, Priorities USA Action, Red White and Blue Fund, Restore Our Future, Revolution PAC, Santa Rita PAC, Strong America Now, Super PACs, Winning Our Future
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Memes Go Better With Coca-Cola?
Campaign Outsider Headscratcher o’ the Day (pat. pending) Via Art Knowledge News (about a 125th anniversary Coca-Cola book): New Illustrated Book Celebrates the World’s Most Iconic Coca Cola NEW YORK, NY- This illustrated book celebrates the world’s most iconic beverage with the … Continue reading
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Tagged 125 anniversary, Amazon, Andy Warhol, Art Knowledge News, Assouline, bum on the corner, Coca-Cola, Liz Taylor
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brown/Warren Kabuki Edition)
In reaction to the Super PAC Mania currently gripping the GOP presidential primary campaign, Massachusetts US Senate opponents Scott Brown (R-LL Bean) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Harvard Yard) are looking to rid their battle of outside-group influence. From Saturday’s Boston Globe: … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, outside groups, Scott Brown, Super PACs
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Parlez-Vous Romnais?
Mitt Romney (R-Bonjour!) has contracted the French disease. It’s an LTD (Linguistically Transmitted Disease) that also plagued John Kerry (D-Adieu), as this Newt Gingrich web video helpfully reminds us: That’s drawn a variety of reactions, starting with the BBC’s deadpan … Continue reading
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Tagged AlterNet, BBC, French Connection, John Kerry, Linguistically Transmitted Disease, LTD, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich
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Ladies’ Homemade Journal
The outsourcing of news content continues apace, in this case with the venerable Ladies’ Home Journal. From Advertising Age: Ladies’ Home Journal Lets Readers Write the Magazine Crowdsourcing has been common in advertising for some time, but in a highly … Continue reading
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