when my son was fiveyearsold he wanted nothing to do with bob books or any other kind of early reader. they were too boring.
instead i had to sneak in material that he wanted to read. cunning mother that i am i gave him a nintendo ds with pokamon games. i knew that he would have to read the instructions to advance in the game. he couldnt avoid practicing his reading skills.
play your video games s... [Show More]
people who remember when tobacco advertising was a prominent part of the media landscape and others who recall what they learned in marketing 101 probably recollect that actors like barbara stanwyck and athletes like mickey mantle routinely endorsed cigarettes.
a 2008 advertising age full story...... [Show More]
poison was the cure Post Source: rendit.tumblr.com Posted: Oct 06 2008 17:02:00
cowed by the financial crisis american consumers are pulling back on their spending all but guaranteeing that the economic situation will get worse before it gets better.
yes but....... [Show More]
blogroll Post Source: www.writingfordesigners.com Posted: Oct 05 2008 19:49:00
ive added a link to a collection of the new york times magazines wonderful consumed column which gets into product design marketing and quite often where those topics intersect with graphic design. its suggested reading for all gd students. for a taste see todays piece on brands and personal performance....... [Show More]
note this post has nothing whatsoever to do with energy or conservation its a political rant
fox news.com reports that mccain spokesman tucker bounds responded to an obama ad.
were going to talk in truthful terms which they are not in that advertisement bounds said. we also want to talk in truthful terms about who barack obama is. these are important things for voters to know.
just curious is trut... [Show More]
note this post has nothing whatsoever to do with energy or conservation its a political rant
fox news.com reports that mccain spokesman tucker bounds responded to an obama ad.
were going to talk in truthful terms which they are not in that advertisement bounds said. we also want to talk in truthful terms about who barack obama is. these are important things for voters to know.
just curious is trut... [Show More]
pitbull palin mauls mccain
enlarge this image
barry blitt
go to columnist page
fred r. conradthe new york times
frank rich
digg
by frank rich
published october 4 2008
funny how the youtube links embedsorrydont know what to do about it.j
sarah palins postcouricfey comeback at last weeks vice presidential debate was a ... [Show More]
the new york times log in
chicago at a tumultuous meeting of antivietnam war militants at the chicago coliseum in 1969 bill ayers helped found the radical weathermen launching a campaign of bombings that would target the pentagon and united states capitol.
twentysix years later at a lunchtime meeting about school reform in a chicago skyscraper barack obama met mr. ayers by then an education pr... [Show More]
report... the rescue represented an extraordinary federal intervention in private
enterprise and could become one of the most expensive in history. the
plan commits the government to provide as much as 100 billion to each
company to backstop any shortfalls in capital. it enables the treasury
to ultimately buy the companies outright at little cost. it also
eliminates dividend payments while p... [Show More]
frank rich nails it Post Source: feedproxy.google.com Posted: Oct 05 2008 03:40:02
john mcwho
oped columnist pitbull palin mauls mccain
from nyt opinion
the 2008 election is now an obamapalin race about the future and the only person who doesnt seem to know it is mr. past poor old john mccain.
sarah palins postcouricfey comeback at last weeks vice presidential debate was a turning point in the campaign. but if she won as her indulgent partisans and press claque would have it ... [Show More]
a
httpww w.nytimes. com2008100 4uspolitic s04ayers.h tml r2partnerm ywayei5065 orefslogin orefslogin
in anticipation of mccainpalin weighing on the corruption factor this coming week here is the first denial piece. the distance piece. bullshit
twentysix years later at a lunchtime meeting about school reform in a chicago skyscraper barack obama met mr. ayers by then an education professor. th... [Show More]
logging on to gmail or other email service has become a routine of daily life completed without a thought. what would you do however if you woke up tomorrow plugged in your user name and password as you always do but then received an unfamiliar message user name and password do not match
if youre a gmail user what youll want to do after a few more unsuccessful increasingly frantic attempts is to s... [Show More]
jury verification Post Source: feeds.feedburner.com Posted: Oct 04 2008 22:40:35
i still remember where i was when i heard that oj simpson was cleared of criminal charges for murdering his wife and her friend. i was in an fa18 in marshal behind the uss independence waiting for a night recovery. the catcc controllers passed the news on the radio like we didnt have anything else to worry about. like oh say 80000 tons of cold pitching steel 20odd miles away turning into the wind.... [Show More]
in remarks at a colorado airport hangar today gov. sarah palin tore into senator barack obama with a twist that she ripped right from the headlines of this very newspaper.
without apparently mentioning the name of william c. ayers a professor in chicago who is a former member of the radical weathermen ms. palin said according to a pool report from her appearance
there is a lot of interest i guess ... [Show More]
mark landler edmund l. andrews ny times
it will be one of the worlds largest asset management firms with an impressive
700 billion war chest. nothing short of the global economy depends on its
success. and the treasury department has barely a month to get it up and
running.
the bailout
bill that president bush quickly signed into law on friday must do what
financial experts have been... [Show More]
o. j. simpsonawas found guilty late friday on all 12 counts stemming from a confrontation in a hotel room last year including armed robbery and kidnapping....... [Show More]
after the house vote president bush was greeted by treasury secretary henry m. paulson jr. outside the treasury department.
by david m. herszenhor n
publishe d october 3 2008
washington after the house reversed course and gave final approval to the 700 billion economic bailout package president bush quickly signed it into law on friday authorizing the treasury to undertake what could become t... [Show More]
pool photo by steve marcusgetty images
o.j. simpson and his attorney yale galanter listened as a guilty verdict was read at his trial in las vegas. las vegas o.j. simpson
was found guilty late friday on all 12 counts stemming from a
confrontation in a hotel room last year including armed robbery and
kidnapping.the verdict which comes 13 years to the day after mr. simpson was
acquitted in the hig... [Show More]
leading stupidities Post Source: feeds.b5media.com Posted: Oct 04 2008 12:30:28
post from leadership turna
the economic meltdown and political action has pushed other stupidities to the bottom of the page so i thought id offer up three that ive found over the last month or so.
first up is a sad story about a guy who has been forced out of his normal ride because of high gas pricesfamiliar enough that you feel his pain
dont. because the guy is sean diddy combs and the ride is... [Show More]
oj stands to spend a good portion of the rest of his life in prison. good riddance to a real piece of human trash.
quote
las vegas o.j. simpson was found guilty late friday on all 12 counts stemming from a confrontation in a hotel room last year including armed robbery and kidnapping.
skip to next paragraph daniel gluskoterassociated press
o.j. simpson left and... [Show More]
here is a fair article from todays new york times about a recent brotherafrom our communityawho passed away in a car accident ashafayet reja. his mother is a hindu and chose for him to be cremated while many muslims in our community including his own muslim friends have tried to convince her to have a traditional muslim burial.a
a
october 4 2008
hindumuslim family in queens chooses cremation and f... [Show More]
a jury has reached a verdict in the o.j. simpson armed robbery and kidnapping case and simpson has been found guilty of all charges. simpson was found guilty on all 12 charges stemming from a september 2007 confrontation in a casino hotel room in which he and five cohorts departed with hundreds of items of sports memorabilia. simpson and a codefendant clarence stewart face 15 years to life.
from t... [Show More]
okay not really to the new york times itself but to one individual in particular adam nagourney. you might be asking yourself wtf is wrong with you..and why hima well mr. nagourney is a political journalist.a he emailed me last night in response to a post.a i responded back to him.a within minutes he again responded.a we had a pretty decent little chat of no particular significance that woul... [Show More]
the house of representatives gave final approval on friday to the 700 billion bailout for the financial system reversing course to authorize what may be the most expensive government intervention in history.
700 billion can buy 9735afivebedroom threebath midcentury houses overlooking barton creek in austin texas....... [Show More]
Feeds and posts are not affliated with ://URLFAN. They are displayed here simply for informational purposes, if you would like to remove your feed please contact us.
Show Posts | 
