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American Vets Get Honored with . . . a Cup of Coffee
Tomorrow is Veterans Day, which means the sacrifice of U.S. military service members will be commemorated with the traditional mattress sales, automobile clearances, and – excellent! – coffee giveaways. From Sunday’s New York Times: Turns out Starbucks is “inviting … Continue reading
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Tagged Forbes, New York Times, Sgt. Darcey, Starbucks, veterans, Veterans Day
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Presidential Ad Flashbacks (1956 Adlai-Ike Rematch Edition)
Among the greatest headscratchers in American history (How did George Custer think he was gonna win the Battle of Little Bighorn? . . . Why did Grady Little leave Pedro Martinez in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS? . . … Continue reading
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Tagged 1956 presidential ads, 2003 ALCS, Adlai Stevenson, Adlai-Ike Rematch, Chris Matthews, Dustup 2016, Dustup 2016 NostADgia desk, Dwight Eisenhower, Eisenhower Answers America, Estes Kefauver, George Custer, Grady Little, Harry Truman, History Today, hole in his shoe, How's That Again General?, John F. Kennedy, Little Big Horn, Living Room Candidate, Pedro Martinez, The American Presidency Project, The Living Room Candidate, The Man from Abilene, The Man from Libertyville
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Marshall McLuhan, What Are You (Not) Doin’?
All kinds of folks are in a tizzy over the not-tested, Obama-approved Trans Pacific Partnership and its laws of unintended consequences. Representative sample from Tikkun’s Michael Lerner: The TPP agreement violates a basic command of the Bible: that human beings … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright law, Donald Creighton, Gabrielle Roy, Henry Gibson, intellectual property, Laugh-In, Margaret Laurence, Marian Engel, Marshall McLuhan, Marshall McLuhan what are you doin', Michael Geist, Michael Lerner, not imported for immediate slaughter, Rowan and Martin, Tikkun, Trans Pacific Partnership, Trojan Mule, University of Ottawa
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To Know Trump (All Bagel and No Schmear Edition)
What a difference a Tslump makes. One month ago, GOP Hair Apparent Donald Trump was bragging that he didn’t need advertising to fuel his presidential run because “I’m getting so much coverage. It would almost be — you’d OD on … Continue reading
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Tagged @realdonaldtrump, ABC, all bagel and no schmear, Donald Trump, Dustup 2016, five-cent Trump, GOP Hair Apparent, Iowa, John Di Domenico, Morning Joe, MSNBC, NBC, New Hampshire, ObamaCare, Politico, Real Clear Politics, Ryan Struyk, South Carolina, The Note, The Trail Tapes, Trump poll numbers, Trump Slump, Trump Stump, Tslump
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2016 Ads ‘n’ Ends (‘Take a Bullet for Donald Trump’ Edition)
Itemizing a few deductions from the presidential campaign trail . . . Item: Sanders campaign starts to ‘Air the Bern’ Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders’ quixotic presidential run is so revolutionary, he has just: 1) hired a pollster; 2) prepared … Continue reading
The 2015 World’s Serious (Serious Second-Guessing Edition)
(Tip o’ the pixel to Ring Lardner’s classic A World’s Serious) Well, that kind of blew for any righteous New York Mets fan, eh? The Junior Pinstripes went Chernobyl for the second straight night, starting with a disastrous top of the … Continue reading
The World’s Serious Just Got Serious
. . . in a seriously bad way, given that the New York Mets went Chernobyl in Game 4. The gruesome details, via Newsday: Nightmare eighth inning leaves Mets with 3-1 deficit in World Series The Mets could see new life. … Continue reading
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Tagged A World's Serious, Citi Field, Daniel Murphy, Kansas City Royals, New York Mets, Newsday, Ring Lardner, World's Serious
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Dead Blogging ‘Choice’ at Calderwood Pavilion
Well the Missus and I trundled down to the South End Saturday to catch the Huntington Theatre Company production of Choice (through November 15) and say, it was . . . swellish. The cast – especially Connie Ray and Madeline Wise … Continue reading
Good Grey Lady Opens the Kimono (Full Frontal Nudity Edition)
This has to be a first for the New York Times. From Friday’s Weekend Arts II section. Money screenshot: Is it just us? Or is this a Timesworthy moment in the Without Fear or Favor tradition … Continue reading
New York Times Gets Yahoodwinked by Toyota Ad Exec
Fact #1: This Sunday, Yahoo will live-stream from London an NFL game between the Buffalo Bills and Jacksonville Jaguars. Fact #2: Yahoo has sold ads during the game to over 30 advertisers. Fact #3: A Toyota advertising executive apparently (we don’t … Continue reading
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