August 2008
37 posts
How the public relations industry sold the Gulf... →
Throughout the campaign, the Wirthlin Group conducted daily opinion polls to help Hill & Knowlton take the emotional pulse of key constituencies so it could identify the themes and slogans that would…
Barack Obama: He Completes Us | The Daily Show |... →
The earthly son of a goat herder and an anthropologist, one man seems ready enough-ish to lead.
Bloc Party - Plans
Color Is Relative : Art Gabriel Mott :... →
In Nuclear Net’s Undoing, a Web of Shadowy Deals -... →
The C.I.A. declined to comment on the Tinner case, but a spokesman, Paul Gimigliano, called the disruption of Dr. Khanâs network âa genuine intelligence success.â
Anxious Party Hopes to Show Strong Obama -... →
The Obama campaign is leaving little to chance. It has created a rapid response team â led by Craig Smith, a former top operative in the Clinton world â to head out to the convention floor at the…
Kennedy's A Presence, Even if He's Absent →
A convention week that starts with a Kennedy tribute and ends with an African American accepting the Democratic presidential nomination “is unbelievable,” said Lewis. “It is unreal. It is the coming…
2008 is going to be a good year for Kenya.
Joe Biden is articulate and bright and clean. Good of Barack Obama to pick him.
It is Biden. Adam RL was right.
Who is Jack Reed? Obama’s VP?
Mok Maru Jong? (Korean question.) My answer; Yes I am.
Madvillian - Accordian
Chart: Top 10 Advertisers on Local Broadcast TV -... →
Local broadcast is having a tough year. In the second quarter, spending was down 6.1%. The chart below shows that of the 10 top advertisers on local broadcast, seven registered lower spending in the…
McCain and Obama Court Swing Votes in Business... →
The surge in oil prices, the housing collapse, staggering Wall Street losses and consumer anxiety have caused voters to put their pocketbooks front and center, and an election once thought to hinge…
Former DirecTV head named LA Times publisher -... →
Hartenstein was chairman and CEO of DirecTV from 2001 to 2004.
Wired 13.03: Howard Stern and the Satellite Wars →
Thanks to his particular talent for connecting, for making each listener feel talked to instead of at, Stern is transforming an abstract fight about rights and values into one about the guy next…
Why are there no good tacos in Culver City?
I went to Family on Fairfax. Cool bookstore. Saw @RyanGattis and flocks of hipsters.
God and Jerk at Yale - ChronicleReview.com →
The difference between having a college degree and not having one is far greater than where you go to college. But where you go can determine, to a large extent, who you become. Some of us become…
Could a Little Indecency Save Network TV? |... →
“Without a doubt, the business model of network television is suffering from competition with other channels who operate with fewer content restrictions,” says Robert Thompson, a professor of popular…
Obama will announce his VP by SMS. To get it text VP to 62262. http://my.barackobama.com/page/community/post/stateupdates/gG5KD4
Watching the torch being lit. Way to go Red China.
The tacos at El Farolito off east on the 91 in Anaheim are superb and cheap.
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Unexpected Primary Upset Ousts Tennessee Lawmaker →
David Davis is the fourth House incumbent to lose a primary this election cycle. Others include Republican Reps. Chris Cannon of Utah and Wayne Gilchrest of Maryland, and Democratic Rep. Albert Wynn…
Olympic Blood Sport
Nick Gray: are you watching the Opening Ceremony
Me: yep. who are you rooting for? Georgia or Russia?
Nick Gray: Georgia!!!! go Dawgs
Havocscope blog - Identity thieves target Twitter: http://tinyurl.com/6f9syb
Men more generous when with pretty women -... →
Men, it would seem, always have an ulterior motive â even when it comes to giving to charity. Psychologists have discovered that men give more money when in the presence of a woman they find…
Comcast Sets Deal to Buy Daily Candy - WSJ.com →
Comcast is purchasing Daily Candy from investment firm Pilot Group LLC. Under the arrangement, Daily Candy will become part of Comcast’s Interactive Media division, the company said.
Ben Smith's Blog: Paris Hilton responds. Really. -... →
Paris Hilton makes fun of John McCain’s age and unveils her own energy policy. Really.
Bjork - Venus as a boy
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AMC looks for drama from Jason Horwitch →
The cable channel has handed out a pilot order to the untitled project that revolves around a secret society that pulls the strings on the world political stage and an analyst at a national think…
Listening to Gustav Mahler and reading @GustavoArellano ‘s new book Orange County; A Personal History. Both are splendid.
I am a sucker for a good story. Obama’s got a good story and that will be just enough until we are told a better one by McCain.
Finally at home in Orange County. Having lunch tomorrow with @RyanGattis and @GustavoArellano.