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Al Gore, a Champion for Marketers Everywhere

( News and Marketing and Ramblings )

The triumphs of marketers are largely unsung. Sure, there are the industry awards that we pass among ourselves. We pretend to admire each other’s campaigns as if they were works of art, while all the time wondering how we could steal the ideas for our own. We slap each other on the back […]

Goodbye, Jessie Davis.

( News )

The nation’s attention has turned here to Canton, Ohio in the Jessie Davis story. The way things look right now, one of Canton’s finest, Bobby Cutts Jr., murdered Jessie and her unborn baby girl, to be named Chloe. This case is so popular because it has a little bit of everything: murder, […]

“In the purview of the diplomats”

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“There are three things to remember about being a starship captain, keep your shirt tucked in, go down with the ship and never abandon a member of your crew.” - Kathryn Janeway, “Dark Frontier”
On March 23, 2007, 15 sailors and marines from the HMS Cornwall were captured by the Iranian Navy while conducting boarding and […]

Welcome to the world, Knut. Now arm yourself.

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Berlin Zoo’s abandoned polar bear cub Knut looks cute, cuddly and has become a front-page media darling, but an animal rights activist insisted Monday he would have been better off dead than raised by humans.
“Feeding by hand is not species-appropriate but a gross violation of animal protection laws,” animal rights activist Frank Albrecht was quoted […]

It’s not wise to upset a Wookie.

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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — A man dressed as Chewbacca was arrested after police said the street performer head-butted a tour guide operator in front of Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.Frederick Evan Young, 44, of Los Angeles, California, was booked Thursday for investigation of misdemeanor battery, police Lt. Paul Vernon said.Police said the 6-foot-4 street […]