Monthly Archives: June 2012

Saddest Story o’ the Day (Elizabeth Edwards Edition)

From Politico’s Morning Score: ELIZABETH EDWARDS still does not have a grave stone. Only a tiny card printed with her name and a bouquet of purple flowers marks where she’s been laid to rest at a Raleigh cemetery. The story originally … Continue reading

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Let Lord Stanley’s Wild Rumpus . . . Conclude! (Crowning The Kings Edition)

You knew it wasn’t the New Jersey Devils’ night in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals when, at the start of the second period, with the Devils already down 3-0, a linesman inadvertently set a pick on a Devils … Continue reading

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No Djoke: Rafa CAN Beat This Guy

As the hardworking staff has painstakingly chronicled, Rafael Nadal has been a wholly owned subsidiary of Novak Djokovic for the past year, never so much as in the last three Grand Slam finals. That was then. Here’s the climactic conclusion … Continue reading

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Quote o’ the Day (Mitt Romney Chutzpah Edition)

In a Sunday Boston Globe piece by Michael Kranish detailing Super PAC domination of the current election cycle (pro-Mitt Romney Restore Our Future alone has raised $57 million to kneecap primary opponents and Pres. Obama), there was this helpful graphic. … Continue reading

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Bring The Bain! (Priorities USA Action Edition)

Cory Booker, Deval Patrick, and Harold Ford Jr. be damned – Democratic Super PAC Priorities USA Action has launched another advertising assault on Mitt Romney’s Bain Capital track record. Via BuzzFeed: Obama Super PAC Steps Up Bain Capital Attack Undeterred by … Continue reading

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How I Met Your [Product Placement]

Call it product REplacement. From this week’s TV Q&A (via the Boston Herald): Q. On reruns of “How I Met Your Mother,” there are ads in the background for the 2012 Toyota Prius V. How is that possible when some of the episodes … Continue reading

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Dr. Ads Presents “The Baggies”

Yo. Check it out at the in restauro (as the Italians say) Sneak ADtack. Yo.

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Tim Murray/Bob Kraft Edition)

A twofer on Friday from our Two-Daily Town desk Start with the Tim Murray Experience. Boston Herald columnist Howie Carr submitted a slapdash slap at the Lt. Governor over his recusing/not recusing himself in the approval of a Massachusetts judicial … Continue reading

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WSJ Disrespects The 1960s Boston Celtics

Friday’s Wall Street Journal featured this story in its Friday Journal sction: Is Spain’s ‘La Roja’ The Greatest Team Ever? Not just the best in soccer: the best of all time in any sport. Why the Spanish national team could … Continue reading

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Presidential Jobapalooza! (Mitt Romney “Did So” Edition) [New Series!]

Mitt Romney’s penurious campaign (it has spent under $5 million dollars on advertising since clinching the Republican presidential nomination vs. umpteen million dollars spent by GOP Super PACs) is actually dropping some coin on a TV spot defending his jobs … Continue reading

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