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Memes Go Better With Coca-Cola?
Campaign Outsider Headscratcher o’ the Day (pat. pending) Via Art Knowledge News (about a 125th anniversary Coca-Cola book): New Illustrated Book Celebrates the World’s Most Iconic Coca Cola NEW YORK, NY- This illustrated book celebrates the world’s most iconic beverage with the … Continue reading
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Tagged 125 anniversary, Amazon, Andy Warhol, Art Knowledge News, Assouline, bum on the corner, Coca-Cola, Liz Taylor
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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Town (Brown/Warren Kabuki Edition)
In reaction to the Super PAC Mania currently gripping the GOP presidential primary campaign, Massachusetts US Senate opponents Scott Brown (R-LL Bean) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Harvard Yard) are looking to rid their battle of outside-group influence. From Saturday’s Boston Globe: … Continue reading
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Tagged Boston Globe, Boston Herald, Elizabeth Warren, outside groups, Scott Brown, Super PACs
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Parlez-Vous Romnais?
Mitt Romney (R-Bonjour!) has contracted the French disease. It’s an LTD (Linguistically Transmitted Disease) that also plagued John Kerry (D-Adieu), as this Newt Gingrich web video helpfully reminds us: That’s drawn a variety of reactions, starting with the BBC’s deadpan … Continue reading
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Tagged AlterNet, BBC, French Connection, John Kerry, Linguistically Transmitted Disease, LTD, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich
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Ladies’ Homemade Journal
The outsourcing of news content continues apace, in this case with the venerable Ladies’ Home Journal. From Advertising Age: Ladies’ Home Journal Lets Readers Write the Magazine Crowdsourcing has been common in advertising for some time, but in a highly … Continue reading
Andrew Sullivan Says Mitt Romney Could Be Toast
Blogger extraordinaire Andrew Sullivan believes the Bainific attacks on Mitt Romney might be fatal. From the Daily Beast Cheat Sheet: Exhibit A: This New York Post piece that details Romney’s robber-baron past in excruciating detail. Hard to believe Romney won’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrew Sullivan, Bainific, Cheat Sheet, Daily Beast, Mitt Romney, New York Post
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Gail Collins Say Seamus On Newt Gingrich
New York Times dogmatist Gail Collins weighs in with a Primary Primer today, and she’s not happy: I am feeling totally cheated. The New Hampshire primary is over, and none of the Republicans went away. This is not how things … Continue reading
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Tagged family dog strapped to the roof of the car, Gail Collins, Mitt Romney, New York Times, Seamus
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New “Google Search Plus” Yields Unintended Results
Google is turning the faceless Web into the Facelook Web with its new “personal search tool linked wih social media.” From the Washington Post: Google is taking Googling yourself to a whole new level, by folding users’ personal data into Google search results. The personalized … Continue reading
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Tagged betanews, faceless Web, Facelook Web, Google, Googleniks, Reuters, Search Engine Land, Search Plus Your World, Sneak ADtack, Twitter, Washington Post
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