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When A Nation Forgets Its Own Idioms . . .
. . . it looks sort of idiotic. The hardworking staff can’t help but notice that what once were familiar American phrases have become, well, unfamiliar. Some recent examples: • Democratic strategist on CNN describing Mitt Romney’s Latino problem thanks … Continue reading
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Tagged CNN, Ed Shultz, Elgin Marbles, forget our idioms, French Open, mangled phrases, MBTA, Mitt Romney, MSNBC, Nicolas Sarkozy, NPR, PBS NewsHour, Rick Perry, The Ride
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Do Not Track? Do Not Make Us Laugh
Despite all the hoopla in D.C. about protecting consumer online privacy, there’s this from the Wall Street Journal: Online Tracking Ramps Up Popularity of User-Tailored Advertising Fuels Data Gathering on Browsing Habits Online tracking on 50 of the most-visited websites has risen sharply since … Continue reading
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Tagged Krux Digital Inc., online auctions, online data collection, Sneak ADtack, Wall Street Journal
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Mitt Romney Isn’t Rich Enough? Now He Wants The Hardworking Staff’s Money!
The hardworking staff trundled down to the Global Worldwide Headquarters earlier today to open the old mailbag, and what poured out but a letter from Mitt Romney. O frabjous day! Calloou! Callay! The letter started out: Dear Fellow Republican, My … Continue reading
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Tagged Mitt Romney, Politico, RNC, Seinfeld election, Waiting for Godot
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Scott Brown Royal Meeting Edition)
Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown (R-Laundry Folding) has apparently sniffed a bit too much Fabreze. Yesterday morning he told Jim Braude Chris Collins and Margery Eagan on WTKK: “Each and every day that I’ve been a United States senator, I’ve been discussing … Continue reading
It’s A Seamus! Gail Collins’s Ca-nein Column
It was bound to happen sooner or later. We all have our limits. So today the New York Times featured a Gail Collins column that mentioned Mitt Romney but made no mention of dogs or cars or roofs. In fact, … Continue reading
Marina Abramovic Blushathon (The Artist Is Present Edition)
The hardblushing staff has followed performance artist Marina Abramovic over the past few years, so we feel constrained to note the flurry of coverage for the new documentary The Artist Is Present. Representative sample, via the New Yorker. Representative image, via … Continue reading
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Tagged Blushathon, Google, Marina Abramovic, New Yorker, The Artist Is Present
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Call It Obama’s “Wealthcare” Reform Act
Sign o’ the (New York) Times: Distaste for Health Care Law Reflects Spending on Ads Nut graf: In all, about $235 million has been spent on ads attacking the law since its passage in March 2010, according to a recent … Continue reading
Let The $4 Billion . . . Or $6 Billion . . . Or $9.8 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Everyone In The Pool Edition)
It’s an embarrassment of – not pandas – but TV spots in the presidential bakeoff betwen Barack Obama and Mitt Romney. Call the roll (via ABC’s The Note): OBAMA ADS: ROMNEY’S OUTSOURCING, FEE HIKES. From ABC’s Devin Dwyer: President Obama’s campaign … Continue reading
WGBH Sunsets “Eric in the Evening”
From a knowledgeable source at WGBH: Also no word on what/who will replace Eric. Re-reruns of The Takeaway? That’s what ‘GBH seems to do across the board these days. (Full disclosure: The hardworking staff worked hard at WGBH for 11 … Continue reading
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