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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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The New Barnes Museum Gets Boffo Reviews (Mostly)

The legendary Barnes Foundation has been a slow-motion train wreck the past few years, as efforts to move its iconic museum from its original location in Merion, PA to new digs near the Philadelphia Art Museum have been subject to an … Continue reading

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New Paywall – Sorry, “Membership Program” – At The Los Angeles Times

The hardworking staff just received this email from the LA Times: Dear Readers, We are making an exciting change to latimes.com, and we want you to be the first to know how we’re evolving. NEW LOS ANGELES TIMES MEMBERSHIP PROGRAM On … Continue reading

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Twitter’s MisAPPropriation Of Your Private Data

The Los Angeles Times gets this week’s Long Subhed Award (pat. pending) for this piece (via Politico’s Playbook): Smartphone apps dial up privacy worries Undisclosed gathering of smartphone users’ address book data by Twitter and other social networking companies brings heightened scrutiny by … Continue reading

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It’s Good To Live In A Two-Daily Nation (Newt Gingrich Bookselling Edition)

Newt Gingrich is the accidental candidate: He went on a book tour and a presidential campaign broke out. The truth is, Gingrich’s entire career – political and otherwise – has been a comercial enterprise, currently managed by wife #3 Callista, … Continue reading

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Hormone Cain Goes All In

You gotta admit – Herman Cain is one gutsy bastard.   Talk about upping the ante: At his press conference Tuesday afternoon, Cain shot the moon (via the Los Angeles Times). “The charges and the accusations, I absolutely reject,” Cain … Continue reading

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Sneak ADtack’s Recommended Reading

Every now and then the articles start to pile up at Sneak ADtack Central, so to kind of clear the coffee table, here are some pieces you might want to check out: • Ad Age: Twitter Landing More TV Roles Than Most … Continue reading

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Scary Photo o’ the Week

So far, anyway. From today’s Los Angeles Times: Texas Gov. Rick Perry attempts to quiet the crowd after his introduction by Reverend C. L. Jackson during “The Response” at Reliant Stadium in Houston on Aug. 6. (Richard Carson, Reuters Yikes. Your … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Crossroads GPS Edition)

Crossroads GPS – the Karl-Rove-founded, who-knows-who-funded advocacy group – has launched the second Barack-seeking missile in its promised $20 million Summer Blitz of the president and his record. It’s a one-minute spot that opens with a clock showing 3:01, “evoking … Continue reading

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Federer Reserve

The hardwatching staff has seen the great Roger Federer play a ton of matches over the past half-dozen years, but we’ve rarely seen him perform the way he did against Jo-Wilfried Tsonga yesterday. From the Los Angeles Times: Roger Federer … Continue reading

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