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Monthly Archives: April 2012
More Wind From The GOP’s Biggest Gasbag
A new ad from GOP gunsel Karl Rove’s front group, via Politico’s Morning Score: CROSSROADS GPS – GOING UP WITH A $1.7 MILLION BUY IN 6 STATES: In an ad entitled “Too Much,” focused on President Barack Obama and energy prices, … Continue reading
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Tagged Crossroads GPS, Gallup, Great Gas Price Bakeoff, Karl Rove, Marketplace
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Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus Begin!
The 2012 Stanley Cup playoffs started tonight in an auspicious manner. First game, first overtime. Flyers rally to beat Penguins 4-3 in overtime PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jakub Voracek has no idea how good the Philadelphia Flyers could be if they … Continue reading
The Things WordPress Says To Us (IV)
A while back, Wordpress stopped telling the hardworking staff that its new posts were groovy and rad, and started quoting Writers on Writing with each new addition. Some new representative samples: I’m a drinker with writing problems. – Brendan Behan … Continue reading
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Tagged Brendan Behan, E.B. White, Elmore Leonrd, Leo Rosten, W. Somerset Maugham, Wordpress
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Mitt Romney’s Anti-Santorum Ad That Pennsylvanians Will Not See
Now that Rick Santorum (R-Never Did Beat Me, Mitt) has dropped out of the GOP presidential primary race, the good citizens of the Keystone State will not have to suffer incessant viewings of this Romney campaign scorched-earth TV spot (view … Continue reading
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Tagged attack ad, Burns & Haberman, Mitt Romney, Pennsylvania, Politico, Rick Santorum
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Let The $4 Billion . . . Or $6 Billion . . . Or $9.8 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Big Bold Ron Paul Edition)
Presidential wannabe Ron Paul (R-Did You Miss Me?) is back in da hizzouse! (Via Politico’s Morning Score) EXCLUSIVE – PAUL GOING ON THE AIR IN TEXAS: As he kicks off a three-day campaign swing across his home state—with town halls in College … Continue reading
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Tagged Big Bold Texan, Morning Score, Politico, Ron Paul, Vote Texas
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Mitt Feeling: Romney Havahart Edition
Act One: Presumptive presidential nominee Mitt Romney (R-Are They Gone Yet?) has gone all-in on the GOP Pennsylvania primary (via the Wall Street Journal): After previously debating how much of an effort to make in Mr. Santorum’s home state, the … Continue reading
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Tagged Ari Shapiro, Havahart, John Brabender, Mitt Romney, NPR, Pennsylvania primary, Rick Santorum, Wall Street Journal
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Ridiculous Stat o’ the Day (Media Switching Edition)
From our Fun Facts to Know & Dispel desk The current issue of Advertising Age brings this: Study: Young Consumers Switch Media 27 Times An Hour Survey of ‘Digital Natives’ Indicates Brands Must Step Up Creative Game to Hold Their … Continue reading
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Tagged Advertising Age, digital natives, Innerscope Research, media switching, Time Warner
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Is It Just Us, Or Did Mad Men Jump The Shark Last Night?
Don’s Dream? Really? How stupid was that. As for jumping the shark, let’s go to the Googletron. Screen grab for Mad Men Don’s Dream: Screen grab for Mad Men Don’s Dream Jump the Shark: No intersection as far as we … Continue reading
Thomas Kinkade: Light-Fingered Painter
Self-styled “painter of light” Thomas Kinkade died last week, as the Sunday New York Times obits duly noted: Thomas Kinkade, Artist to Mass Market, Dies at 54 Thomas Kinkade, the prolific painter of bucolic and idealized scenes who estimated that his … Continue reading
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Tagged New York Times, New Yorker, painter of light, Susan Orlean, Thomas Kinkade
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Correction o’ the Day (II)
From Sunday’s New York Times: MAGAZINE The Riff column on Page 52 this weekend, about musical obscurity and how it is no longer an honor, misspells the surname of a singer about whom everybody knows something (or at least something other … Continue reading
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