Tag Archives: Wall Street Journal

Will Pod Cast A Shadow On Novak Djokovic’s Success?

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Boffo at the men’s tennis box office: Attack of the Pod Person, starring Novak Djokovic. From Monday’s Wall Street Journal: Novak Djokovic’s Secret: Sitting in a Pressurized Egg Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic hasn’t earned his No. 1 ranking by taking … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged CVAC Pod, djope, gluten-free diet, Novak Djokovic, personal asterisk, podformance-enhancing device, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment

(Paper) Clip ‘n’ Save This WSJ Piece

Posted on August 30, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Excellent Wall Street Journal A-Hed in Monday’s edition: Mousetraps, Maybe, but Can You Build a Better Paper Clip? U.S. Manufacturers Churn Out Billions Each Year; Hoping a New Model Clicks LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill.—The basic paper clip, a simple twist of steel … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A-Hed, ACCO, brandinista, clickiness, Klix, paper clips, Wall Street Journal | 7 Comments

A (Jason) Gay Old Time For Kim & Kris

Posted on August 23, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff has long been an unabashed fan of the Wall Street Journal’s Jason Gay (evidence here), and his column today is no exception: A Brooklyn Bash for Kim and Kris? It’s the most significant NBA transaction of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Brooklyn, Jason Binn, Jason Gay, Kim Kardashian, Kris Humphries, New Jersey Nets, Wall Street Journal | Leave a comment

Peggy Noodnik Writes Again (Obama Vacation Edition)

Posted on August 21, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Peggy Noonan’s latest Wall Street Journal column seems to suggest that Barack Obama’s Excellent Vacation is some kind of White Flag of Discourage: The market is dispirited. I’m wondering if the president is, too, and if that won’t carry implications … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Barack Obama, Martha's Vineyard, Peggy Noodnik, Peggy Noonan, rightwingerati, Wall Street Journal | 3 Comments

Hulubaloo Over Online Tracking

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The Wall Street Journal, which has been on the issue of computer privacy like Brown on Williamson, has revealed the next level of online tracking: Latest in Web Tracking: Stealthy ‘Supercookies’ Major websites such as MSN.com and Hulu.com have been tracking people’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged hulu, MSN, online ads, supercookies, Wall Street Journal, web tracking | 1 Comment

AftershockNow Shock Tactics

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The hardworking staff knows a lunatic fringe group when we see one, and the Aftershock Survival Summit folks certainly fit the bill. But when that group takes out a full-page ad in the Wall Street Journal at well into six … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aftershock Survival Summit, lunatic fringe group, Newsmax, rightwingnuts, Wall Street Journal | 4 Comments

My London Riot Story

Posted on August 10, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

This week’s horrific London riots thankfully seem to be subsiding. Up to now, many news reports, such as this New York Times piece, have likened the wave of civilian violence to riots 25 years ago: Nothing remotely like it had … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged BBC, Broadwater Farms riots, London riots, Margaret Thatcher, New York Times, poll tax riot, Rude Britannia, The Man of the Hour, Wall Street Journal, West End | Leave a comment

Danica Patrick = The Internet

Posted on August 7, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

The current Weekend Wall Street Journal Sentiment Tracker (sorry, no graphic available) features this: Ladies and Gentlemen, Start Your Engines The online buzz about the possibility of driver Danica Patrick leaving IndyCar to do Nascar full time. The numbers: SHOULD … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Danica Patrick, IndyCar, Nascar, Sentiment Tracker, Wall Street Journal | 5 Comments

Why The WSJ Is Still A Great Newspaper

Posted on August 6, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

We know, we know – the Wall Street Journal has been truncated, general-interested, Rupertverted, yak yak yak . . . But what other paper puts a two-pound hailstone on its front page? The Journal’s Friday A-Hed: All Hail the Record Chunk … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Les Scott, Rupertverted, two-pound hailstone, Vivian S.D., Wall Street Journal | 6 Comments

Bob Ryan v. Jason Gay On Pats v. Jets

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Campaign Outsider

Compare and contrast in clear idiomatic English: Bob Ryan’s Boston Globe column on the New England Patriots-New York Jets rivalry: It rivals anything we’ve seen Excerpt: Now while we can’t see Coach Bill and Regal Rex wrestling at the 50 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bill Belichick, Bob Ryan, Boston Globe, Charlie Sheen, Jason Gay, New England Patriots, New York Jets, Rex Ryan, Wall Street Journal | 1 Comment