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Monthly Archives: March 2016
Kasich’s Attack Ad Makes Him Look Worse Than His Target
Obviously, Donald Trump is contagious. How else to explain this through-the-looking-glass TV spot from pro-John Kasich Super PAC New Day for America attacking Ted Cruz? Seriously? Very much so, according to FishbowlDC: “When will it end?” you ask yourself. … Continue reading
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Tagged Demon Sheep, Donald Trump, FishbowlDC, Fred Davis, John Kasich, New Day for America, Ted Cruz
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The Weekly Standard Pimps Out Another Writer to an Advertiser
As the hardworking staff noted several weeks ago, The Weekly Standard has taken to renting its writers out to ad clients. Last month it was Joseph Bottum who was auctioned off to Xanterra Parks & Resorts for a promotional piece … Continue reading
Dead Blogging ‘Speech and Debate’ at Calderwood Pavilion
Well the Missus and I trundled down to the South End yesterday to catch the Bad Habit Productions production of Stephen Karam’s Speech and Debate (through April 10) and, say, it was . . . hilarious. Three teenage misfits in Salem, … Continue reading
Havana Cabana? Airbnb Checks in to Cuba
Once Pres. Obama ventured down to Cuba, you knew the forces of capitalism would soon follow. One of the early corporate Cubano$: Airbnb, which ran the full-page ad in yesterday’s New York Times. Text: The only thing in … Continue reading
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Tagged Airbnb, Cuba, Cuba libre, Cubano$, New York Times, Pres. Obama
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You Can Kiss the Prouty Garden Goodbye
Our kissin’ cousins at Two-Daily Town were apparently premature in posting a reader’s comment that Boston Children’s Hospital was already in the process of demolishing the Prouty Garden, which the medical facility wants to replace with a billion-dollar expansion. Premature, … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Children's Hospital, Boston Globe, Cognoscenti, DPH, Friends of the Prouty Garden, Jim McManus, Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Massachusetts Public Health Council, Maura Healey, Prouty Garden, Save the Prouty Garden, Slowey/McManus Communications, Two-Daily Town, WBUR
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There’ll Always Be a New York Times (Sex Shop Edition)
(With apologies to The New Yorker) Yesterday’s New York Times Thursday Styles section had the Grey Lady showing lots of leg. Raiding the Sex Shop, Eyes Wide Open Fetish wear has woven itself into the fabric of fashion “Hmm … Continue reading
Nadal’s Last Stand: Fail Better
The hardrooting staff has long been a fan of Rafael Nadal, the Half-Volley Hamlet of the men’s professional tennis tour. Rafa has been one of the most likable, ferocious, and – openly, sometimes painfully – introspective tennis players the game has ever seen. … Continue reading
Things Go Better with . . . Koch?
For the past few years, the liberati have been on the Koch brothers like Brown on Williamson. And, apparently, that’s hurt the billionaire industrialists’ feelings. So they’ve launched a $15 million feel-good campaign designed to burnish their image. As part … Continue reading
Correction: Union-Busting Front Group Didn’t Hijack Jackie Robinson’s Photo – Just His Image
As the hardtracking staff [at Sneak Adtack] noted yesterday, corporate gunsel Rick Berman’s stealth non-profit, Center for Union Facts, has been running this ad lately in the Weekly Standard. That raised a couple of questions for us, one of which … Continue reading
Anti-Union Front Group Hijacks Jackie Robinson
The hardtracking staff’s kissin’ cousins at Campaign Outsider have written extensively about Rick Berman, the corporate gunsel who sets up stealth non-profit groups to front for the liquor, fast-food, tobacco, and restaurant industries. Oh, yes – and for any companies … Continue reading
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