Monthly Archives: February 2012

Sancta Santorum (II)

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

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 by Campaign Outsider

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 by Campaign Outsider

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 by Campaign Outsider

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 by Campaign Outsider

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 by Campaign Outsider

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 by Campaign Outsider

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 by Campaign Outsider

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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The Least Interesting Man In The World

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

MediaPost’s Marketing Daily reports that Colorado craft brewer Breckenridge Brewery has launched two new TV spots in its “Truth in Beervertising” campaign. One of the new 30-second spots, dubbed “The Least Interesting Man in the World,” shows Breckenridge’s head brewer, … Continue reading →

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Invasion Of The Data Snatchers (Google Edition)

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Campaign Outsider

Yesterday it was Twitter engaging in misAPPropriation of smartphone users’ address book data. Now it’s Google end-running privacy settings to monitor its search engine users. From Friday’s Wall Street Journal: Google’s iPhone Tracking Web Giant, Others Bypassed Apple Browser Settings for Guarding Privacy … Continue reading →

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