January 2009
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The Internets win! →
“The vote on concealing British MPs’ expenses has been cancelled by the government! [This was a proposed law that would have made MPs’ expenses a secret, not available through Freedom of Information requests]
Over 7000 people joined a Facebook group, they sent thousands of emails to over 90% of all MPs. Hundreds of thousands of people found out about the story by emails, blogs,...
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Andrew Wyeth, Dies at 91
Above: “Christina’s World”— A paraplegic whom Wyeth had seen dragging herself across a Maine field, “like a crab on a New England shore,” he recalled. To him she was a model of dignity who refused to use a wheelchair rather than be beholden to anyone.
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You know you want your very own Hamburger Bed!! In the meantime, you can be friends on facebook… lol
Via Neatorama.
I am totally drooling over Vendetta, part of Chanel’s new Bohemian Fantasy collection. However, 23 bucks for nail polish? Eh…
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WatchPepsi’s New Year’s Eve commercial “Word Play” - introducing their Obama rip-off logo and shameless ‘hope’ campaign…
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Speaking of Obama vs Pepsi... →
CNN correspondent Alina Cho devoted an entire report on Monday’s American Morning program to how the Obama presidential run has apparently served as an inspiration for ad campaigns by big corporations.
Case in point: the ‘Pepsi Optimism Project,’ or POP. When I first saw that commercial, obviously playing off on the hope campaign and the debut of the ‘new’ pepsi logo, I seriously had...
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When Obama first hit the campaign trail, he was considered the Pepsi to Hillary’s establishment Coca-Cola - and called out on the ‘similarity’ between his campaign logo and Pepsi’s iconic logo. Now, Pepsi has rebranded itself, shamelessly riding on the Obama phenomenon (like books instantly going up on Amazon rankings after photos of him holding it go public, which I heard...
“Sea Salt is like Trader Joes, Banksy, or The Shins - entry level to their...”
– Via Stuff White People Like.
There's a wizard in Park Avenue...
Amazing blog by a NY-based film location scout - his job is to find unique and interesting places to film in. Along the way, he rediscovers a side of New York people just walk right by…
