THE NEWS HACK'S CREED:
I know more than you.
I make lots more money than you.
I'm smarter than you.
I'm sexier than you.
I appear on TV all the time.
I work ten minutes a day.
I rule the universe.
I'm going to live forever.
You are an idiot.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 2:
A lie isn't a lie when it tells THE TRUTH.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 3:
I've come to realize that the looseness of the journalistic life, the seeming laxity of the newsroom, is an illusion. Yes, there's informality and there's humor, but beneath the surface lies something deadly serious. It is a code. Sometimes the code is not even written down, but it is deeply believed in. And, when violated, it is enforced with tribal ferocity.
--JOHN "OMERTA" CARROLL.
THE NEWS HACK'S CREED, No. 4:
News isn't news when we don't report it.
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Saturday, September 26, 2009
We will not forget The Daily Kaplan's sa-LOHN because the news biz grants at least as many favors as ever, and every new favor is a new chance to scowl over it. When a cretin begins a press release with the words "M
ariah Carey could really use a nap" [SIC!] the client comes first -- and the reader comes LAST.
A NEUHARTHISM OF THE MONTH AWARD TO ELYSA!
ariah Carey could really use a nap" [SIC!] the client comes first -- and the reader comes LAST.
A NEUHARTHISM OF THE MONTH AWARD TO ELYSA!
Baucus Bill May End Up Being a Mere Rough Draft
Substitute "deke" and it means the same thing. This piece of -- legislation isn't going anywhere.
Substitute "deke" and it means the same thing. This piece of -- legislation isn't going anywhere.
When a Wacko can say THE MAN "isn't sexy at all", we count that as definitive.
(Via Tina, who runs too much of this sort of thing)
(Via Tina, who runs too much of this sort of thing)
The first public edi-TOR of The Paper of Re-CORD doesn't have much of a clue about what to do with Detroit either. Shrink the city, erect a green belt (or wall), go with trendy technology. Heck the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce just boasted how that town shrunk its way to prosperity. Well, he gets one thing right:
If what was once the most prosperous manufacturing city in the nation has been brought to its knees, what does that say about our recent past? And if it can't find a way to get up, what does that say about our future?
Which makes me now wonder how useful it is to put TWXSTERS in a house in Detroit. All they can do is anecdotal reporting with streaks of hopefulness. What happened to NoMotown is an allegory, and it will take more than the jernalistic equivalent of good intentions to bring it back.
If what was once the most prosperous manufacturing city in the nation has been brought to its knees, what does that say about our recent past? And if it can't find a way to get up, what does that say about our future?
Which makes me now wonder how useful it is to put TWXSTERS in a house in Detroit. All they can do is anecdotal reporting with streaks of hopefulness. What happened to NoMotown is an allegory, and it will take more than the jernalistic equivalent of good intentions to bring it back.
Friday, September 25, 2009
Odd -- when a company's founder or chairman dies its stock goes way up, a reflection of the Wall Street Casino's love of God and man. Apparently homebuilders are an exception.
More originality in the shoe biz:
Studio observers have said that the modern era of celebrity, with its 24-hour media coverage and scrutiny, makes the time ripe for a new "Star Is Born."
Ripe for a remake of a 72-year-old picture, a 55-year-old picture and a 33-year-old picture!
Studio observers have said that the modern era of celebrity, with its 24-hour media coverage and scrutiny, makes the time ripe for a new "Star Is Born."
Ripe for a remake of a 72-year-old picture, a 55-year-old picture and a 33-year-old picture!
While insisting she doesn't condone crime, Gotti calls Sicilian mobsters honorable men compared with hypocrites like corrupt politicians, perverted priests or crooked cops.
You know, given how our world "leaders" like to dish out wet noodles, I can understand that.
She also declares there is no difference between paying taxes to fund police and paying protection to the mob.
That, however, may go a little too far.
You know, given how our world "leaders" like to dish out wet noodles, I can understand that.
She also declares there is no difference between paying taxes to fund police and paying protection to the mob.
That, however, may go a little too far.
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Conservatives are rightly praising Bibi's speech, which alas condemns it to the same news ghetto as Van Jones and ACORN.
Kaplan, Inc.'s DailyKaplanJr.com site posted this 940-word story with the very leading hed, "A Low Point in Black Entertainment: Why do African-Americans keep seeing Tyler Perry's movies?" But try though I might, reading it forwards, backwards, every other word, every other letter, it was still 940 words of angry gibberish, and gibberish from "a pop-culture critic via print, online and broadcast" [!!!!!], which is no doubt why it drew the minions of KAPLAN, INC.
Which company was down sixteen points today but revived, dammit.
Which company was down sixteen points today but revived, dammit.
Today at a Rong-Aid I saw a young and not-unattractive woman buy a box of condoms, a pack of Camels, and a can of Red Bull. This would make a perfect assignment for a short-story class but instead I will leave it with no further comment.
1:38 PM Bullish Barclays Capital (BCS) thinks stocks are underestimating the strength of the recovery and raised its estimate on U.S. GDP near a robust 5% growth for the next six months: "We believe that a combination of surprisingly strong economic news and policy settings still at 'crisis' levels is a potent brew that will keep driving risky asset prices higher."
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the Dow's only down 75 points!
WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And the Dow's only down 75 points!
Also from Merrie Olde Englande, where the national hobby is alcohol:
Hand gels supplied to a prison to combat the risk of swine flu have been removed after inmates realised it contained alcohol and began drinking it to try to get drunk.
The only way this could have been better is if it had involved global warming.
Hand gels supplied to a prison to combat the risk of swine flu have been removed after inmates realised it contained alcohol and began drinking it to try to get drunk.
The only way this could have been better is if it had involved global warming.
A senior civil servant is facing the sack today after being found guilty of shouting that Israelis should be “blown off the f***ing earth” while exercising in a gym.
Rowan Laxton, 48, head of the South Asia desk of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, was watching a television report about the death of a farmer killed by Israeli bombs when he exclaimed: “F***ing Israelis, f***ing Jews”.
He'd be perfect at the League of Nations!
Rowan Laxton, 48, head of the South Asia desk of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, was watching a television report about the death of a farmer killed by Israeli bombs when he exclaimed: “F***ing Israelis, f***ing Jews”.
He'd be perfect at the League of Nations!
SUPERHYPERTHINKING at TNR: I'd bet contrary to what this SUPERHYPERTHINKER thinks, Ga-DAFFY is more respected at the League of Nations today. Why? He blabbered everything the assembled tyrants wanted to say but couldn't.
Well, it appears Steve Kornacki won't get his job.
You wonder if the picture did it.
P. S. Steve must be annoyed: The Boston Glob said Tank was the guy -- and then the Kennedys had to complain. And he'd have been such a fine senator too!
You wonder if the picture did it.
P. S. Steve must be annoyed: The Boston Glob said Tank was the guy -- and then the Kennedys had to complain. And he'd have been such a fine senator too!
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
We have quickly grown tired of the ACORN fuss. We have no doubt it is corrupt in word and deed; but WALTER WINCHELL!!!!!!!!!!'s former intern produced political Candid Camera, and seeing a few minutes of it we noticed a smell, so now (not entirely without reason) a corrupt organization is suing, which means knee-jerk liberals will belch, which means knee-jerk conservatives will belch, which means....
The phrase "You make me tired" so comprehensively applies to politics it is best for people to avoid it lest we all turn into sleepwalkers.
The phrase "You make me tired" so comprehensively applies to politics it is best for people to avoid it lest we all turn into sleepwalkers.
In still more prospective genius Goodthings Entertainment is making a Barbie movie!
Meantime in the soon-to-be-pay-again site (small loss), from Paramount Pete's sidekick, this confusing hed:
Twilight's Meyer Tackles Adult Pic Fare With Niccol
This is supposed to mean the director of that temporal teen heartthrob is directing a movee aimed at chronological adults, but so infantilized has the culture become we can only mistake "adult pic" for PR0N, especially as the biz can't make anything for older than a three-year-old.
Meantime in the soon-to-be-pay-again site (small loss), from Paramount Pete's sidekick, this confusing hed:
Twilight's Meyer Tackles Adult Pic Fare With Niccol
This is supposed to mean the director of that temporal teen heartthrob is directing a movee aimed at chronological adults, but so infantilized has the culture become we can only mistake "adult pic" for PR0N, especially as the biz can't make anything for older than a three-year-old.
Now that the Wall Street Casino is attempting to revive the economy with idiot speculation, when will the state press do its part and speak in its one voice of an "Obama recovery"?
Current "'obama recovery'" index: 82.
Current "'obama recovery'" index: 82.
Art Ferrante has died a year after his piano partner Lou Teicher, which sadly makes it official: no one has played a decent pop tune on a piano in ages.
Sun-Times bidder Tyree "is hardly alone in his contempt for working people" [Romy link]
True enough -- what about all our superiors in the luxury news suites?
True enough -- what about all our superiors in the luxury news suites?
And speaking of -- I hate this term -- BFF:
Unconfirmed reports have suggested Mr Brown might use ill-health as an excuse for standing down before the poll, and former Cabinet minister Charles Clarke said he should go "for his own dignity".
I was about to say something about mental but that would be low, wouldn't it?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
Unconfirmed reports have suggested Mr Brown might use ill-health as an excuse for standing down before the poll, and former Cabinet minister Charles Clarke said he should go "for his own dignity".
I was about to say something about mental but that would be low, wouldn't it?
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
"Based on the current rate of sales, we anticipate that September's SAAR will be 8.8 million units," stated Edmunds.com Senior Statistician Zhenwei Zhou. "Last year when the bottom was falling out of the economy, September SAAR was 12.5 million, and prior to that it had been over 16 million for years. Many people regard February as the darkest month of the recession, but even then the SAAR was higher, at 9.1 million units."
DOW 40,000!!!!!
(Via Seeking Alpha)
DOW 40,000!!!!!
(Via Seeking Alpha)
OH oh, I think some more of those people who live and die by their own pocket-sized electronic obsessions are furious today!
What makes such outages so delicious is this is when the Pointy-Haired Bosses of the world get their comeuppance.
What makes such outages so delicious is this is when the Pointy-Haired Bosses of the world get their comeuppance.
As we think we've noted before there's practically a whole genre of news stories about declining media in which the typists work extraordinarily hard not to say the product is at fault. This is just the latest example -- but then what would one expect from a Web site run by SLIME?
The advantage of The Econowiz not running bylines is it can get all sorts of people to contribute -- like the Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce. We may start with the inconvenient fact (which the Chamber doesn't mention here) that Pittsburgh has lost over half its population in sixty years. And when a city's "main industries" [SIC!!!!!] are "health care and education" it doesn't have any industry. "Ed Rendell, Pennsylvania’s governor, observed that it used to be 'you couldn’t see a bloody thing'." Thank GOD there's no manufacturing now, Guv -- next time you're in Pittsburgh you can SEE the women you...attract.
This article is proof that charging $1,000 a year and putting everything behind a pay wall is no guarantee you get any closer to the truth -- indeed we surmise The BUGMEISTER's devotion to this rag has allowed its staff to get slack -- but just so long as they can type those snide adjectives they'll be okay.
A NEUHARTHISM OF THE MONTH AWARD TO THE GREATER PITTSBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE!
P. S. When USAOKAY!!!!! does a better job with a subject than The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce's new house organ you know lots of money is still wasted in the jernalism biz.
This article is proof that charging $1,000 a year and putting everything behind a pay wall is no guarantee you get any closer to the truth -- indeed we surmise The BUGMEISTER's devotion to this rag has allowed its staff to get slack -- but just so long as they can type those snide adjectives they'll be okay.
A NEUHARTHISM OF THE MONTH AWARD TO THE GREATER PITTSBURGH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE!
P. S. When USAOKAY!!!!! does a better job with a subject than The Greater Pittsburgh Chamber of Commerce's new house organ you know lots of money is still wasted in the jernalism biz.
Met's Opening-Night Crowd Greets Tosca With Boos [AHTSJournal link]
Let me guess: RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREGIETHEATERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
Or as this direc-TOR puts it:
“If people would be happy after “Tosca,” then I would be upset.”
TRANSLATION: That 9/11 ad is a work of genius. Our consolation is opera is irrelevant, and becomes more irrelevant the more trendy it gets. Moreover it is the opposite of children: it should be heard and not seen. And we have plenty of opera recordings.
Let me guess: RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREGIETHEATERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!
Or as this direc-TOR puts it:
“If people would be happy after “Tosca,” then I would be upset.”
TRANSLATION: That 9/11 ad is a work of genius. Our consolation is opera is irrelevant, and becomes more irrelevant the more trendy it gets. Moreover it is the opposite of children: it should be heard and not seen. And we have plenty of opera recordings.
Monday, September 21, 2009
PRESS RELEASE OF THE WEEK!
Frank Sinatra Jr. - Actor and singer still performing around the world. [SIC]
Robert Culp - I SPY - The Outer Limits - Bob, Ted, Carol, & Alice [SIC]
Nancy Kwan - The World of Suzie Wong - Flower Drum Song - Dragon The [SIC] Bruce Lee Story
David Hedison - The Fly - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - The Lost World
Don Stroud - The Buddy Holly Story - Cogan's [SIC] Bluff - Joe Kid [SIC] (both [SIC] with Clint Eastwood)
HM [SIC] Wynant - Twilight Zone's 'The Howling Man' - Run Silent Run [SIC] Deep (with Clark Cable) [SIC!!!!!]
Henry Silva - Oceans 11 - The Manchurian Candidate - Sergeants 3 (all with Frank Sinatra)
Edd Byrnes - Grease - 77 Sunset Strip - Darby's Rangers
Barbara Leigh - Junior Bonner (with Steve McQueen) - Pretty Maids All in a Row (with Rock Hudson)
Gary Lockwood - 2001 a [SIC] Space Odyssey - It Happened at the Worlds [SIC] Fair - Wild in the Country (both [SIC] with Elvis Presley)
Alan Young - The Time Machine - Tom Thumb - Mr. Ed
(Via PublishersWeekly.com, where the press releases are usually in book form)
(Revised 2/18/2010 at 10:35 a. m. I didn't notice "CLARK CABLE"?!?!?)
Frank Sinatra Jr. Narrates the Largest Production in Audio-Book History
'McKnight's Memory' is a full cast [SIC] 4 hr. audio-production [SIC] that has 11 star actors of the '60s. In this romantic thriller, Robert Culp plays a CIA agent with amnesia obsessed with 'the ultimate woman' played by Nancy Kwan. Is she on his side or helping his enemies destroy him as they are pursued by both the CIA and the mafia. [Double SIC]
Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) September 20, 2009 -- The just released full cast [SIC] audio-novel [SIC] 'McKnight's Memory', with film quality [SIC] effects and music, has 11 name actors of the '60s in the cast:The Largest Production in Audio-Book History
Frank Sinatra Jr. - Actor and singer still performing around the world. [SIC]
Robert Culp - I SPY - The Outer Limits - Bob, Ted, Carol, & Alice [SIC]
Nancy Kwan - The World of Suzie Wong - Flower Drum Song - Dragon The [SIC] Bruce Lee Story
David Hedison - The Fly - Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea - The Lost World
Don Stroud - The Buddy Holly Story - Cogan's [SIC] Bluff - Joe Kid [SIC] (both [SIC] with Clint Eastwood)
HM [SIC] Wynant - Twilight Zone's 'The Howling Man' - Run Silent Run [SIC] Deep (with Clark Cable) [SIC!!!!!]
Henry Silva - Oceans 11 - The Manchurian Candidate - Sergeants 3 (all with Frank Sinatra)
Edd Byrnes - Grease - 77 Sunset Strip - Darby's Rangers
Barbara Leigh - Junior Bonner (with Steve McQueen) - Pretty Maids All in a Row (with Rock Hudson)
Gary Lockwood - 2001 a [SIC] Space Odyssey - It Happened at the Worlds [SIC] Fair - Wild in the Country (both [SIC] with Elvis Presley)
Alan Young - The Time Machine - Tom Thumb - Mr. Ed
The story concerns CIA chief James McKnight, who wakes up in Columbia [SIC] in the middle of a shoot out with no memory. He is returned to Washington DC where he meets the beautiful Carla, the women [SIC] he lives with. Yet, [SIC] he doesn't remember her. "It's like sleeping with a beautiful stranger," he tells her.
Carla captivates McKnight to the extent of trusting her [SIC] when he shouldn't. Carla seems drawn to McKnight's power and position in the CIA, giving her a lifestyle that she couldn't have on her own. But is that all she's there for?
Is she really his lover? The one he chose for himself? Or did someone else choose her for him to keep him erotically sedated until the kill? And who is that other woman that he has nightmares about? And those bandits that he killed in Columbia [SIC] . Did they really come back to life? Or are they just a part of his amnesic dreams?
When McKnight thinks that both the CIA and the Mafia are trying to kill him, he has two choices, fight back or run with Carla. But can he trust her? Is she on his side or helping his enemies destroy him? Perhaps his strange dreams hold the answers to his bizarre situation and the truth about Carla. McKnight continues on his mysterious adventure, heading towards a startling revelation.
The audio-novel was written by Paul Kyriazi director [SIC] of six feature films including 'Omega Cop'.
Listen to an exciting free sample performed by Sinatra, Culp, & Kwan at:
http://lodingo.com/_catalog_49120/Ronin_Audio_Book_Downloads (McKnight's Memory Download Site)
###(Via PublishersWeekly.com, where the press releases are usually in book form)
(Revised 2/18/2010 at 10:35 a. m. I didn't notice "CLARK CABLE"?!?!?)
NBC Universal’s total value may be $21 billion to $23 billion, Aspesi said.
Ouch! It wasn't too long ago the hacks and the sales -- ANALYSTS invented the number $40 billion. Very Littler Jeffy! You should have quit while you were ahead -- in more ways than one.
Ouch! It wasn't too long ago the hacks and the sales -- ANALYSTS invented the number $40 billion. Very Littler Jeffy! You should have quit while you were ahead -- in more ways than one.
Oh we are distressed, Brian, we are heartbroken, that Jut-Jaw portends a Saharan age for television, where reality shows and talk shows will decimate the GENIUS the CURE FOR CANCER just honored. We are DISTRAUGHT that cult shows may not get produced! That TV ad-blurbists cannot write their raves! That ADVERTISERS can't burn more ZILLIONS on the glory that is television!
Last one out turn off the set!
(Via MediaBistro)
Last one out turn off the set!
(Via MediaBistro)
One Wall Street analyst who had been bearish on the home-builder group last week turned positive on the sector, saying the worst is now behind for housing.
Perfect timing!
Perfect timing!
While we are pleased the JINTS spoiled the opening of Jerry's Taj Mahal, we're pleased even more they did it with a good game up against A CURE FOR CANCER.
P. S. at 1:08 p. m. Shucks, more people watched the CURE this year -- but it still got clobbered by football.
P. S. at 1:08 p. m. Shucks, more people watched the CURE this year -- but it still got clobbered by football.
Alas, even with the depr -- reces -- ECONOMY OVER, the rich are scrimping on automobiles:
Take Porsche, whose models start at $46,000 and top $130,000. Its average incentives, which include cash-back rebates and other deals, were $4,412 through August, according to estimates from Autodata Corp. That's up 657% from the same period last year.
Bentley, meanwhile, is offering 0.9% financing on the Bentley Continental GT luxury coupe, which starts at about $180,000, said Edmunds.com auto analyst Jessica Caldwell.
"I've seen low APRs before, but 0.9% for Bentley -- that's more like what Chevy offers," Caldwell said.
And it's made by Volkswagen!
Take Porsche, whose models start at $46,000 and top $130,000. Its average incentives, which include cash-back rebates and other deals, were $4,412 through August, according to estimates from Autodata Corp. That's up 657% from the same period last year.
Bentley, meanwhile, is offering 0.9% financing on the Bentley Continental GT luxury coupe, which starts at about $180,000, said Edmunds.com auto analyst Jessica Caldwell.
"I've seen low APRs before, but 0.9% for Bentley -- that's more like what Chevy offers," Caldwell said.
And it's made by Volkswagen!
“We’re the only country to host two Olympic Games and never have won a gold medal at our Games, WAAAAAAH!!!!!” Priestner Allinger said, referring to the summer of 1976 (Montreal) and the winter of 1988 (Calgary). “It’s not a record we’re proud of!!!!!” (EH overemphasis added)
This will happen when a first-world country with a third-world mentality runs THE GAMES.
This will happen when a first-world country with a third-world mentality runs THE GAMES.
Post Executive Editor Marcus Brauchli said he worries "that we are not well-enough informed about conservative issues. It's particularly a problem in a town so dominated by Democrats and the Democratic point of view."
What's wrong with that?
(Via -- oh well -- Jennifer at Commentary)
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Lately as another excuse for the people they write résumés to news hacks have said star power doesn't work in movees anymore. When asking themselves why the hacks turn to PAUL DRECK who says something about BEEEEEEEEEO being so TREMENDOUS MOVEES DON'T NEED STARS!!!!! The poor performance of two movees this weekend says otherwise. We hate to write about Jennifer again but if her mug weren't plastered on every celebrity rag and Web site every week would anyone outside her fan club know her from Eve? Dammit I want my stars to look like something. And clearly neither a certain prima-donna's outbursts nor her TATTOO drew fans to the whatisit she starred in -- and we can't excuse her for her looks because just like Jennifer we wouldn't know her from Eve either as hundreds of thousands of pretty girls haven't hit the jackpot. No, star power would work in the movies -- if there were stars worth seeing.
We haven't said this for a while, as the Crainiacs have been slow posting their contents, but -- if it's SUNDAY it must be BIG-DOUBLE-A-SCRIBBLE TIME:
1.
Colgate-Palmolive Co.'s SoftSoap maintained its share in the highly competitive body-wash category last year despite spending less than $5 million on measured media, according to TNS -- a fraction of spending by such behemoths as P&G's Olay, Unilever's Dove and Johnson & Johnson's Aveeno and Neutrogena. The recent launch of SoftSoap's Nutri Serum body wash added 3.9 share points for Colgate in the category to reach 12.4%, even before most consumer marketing for the brand switched on, according to Information Resources Inc., measuring the four weeks ended Sept. 6.
So why? WHY? WHY? must the American Society of Willfully Ignorant Advertisers finance JUNK TELEVISION?
2.
But what happens when the ads themselves become a negative inducement -- a form of punishment for users unwilling or unable to pay for the premium version? Online and mobile ads are already maligned for sorry targeting and bad creative and the fact that freemium models are counting on an "annoyance factor" isn't likely to help that case.
"Advertising in general is annoying and intrusive when it is not relevant," said Chris Cunningham, CEO of Appsavvy. "A lot of mobile ad networks have completely dropped the ball and let CPMs fall far below what they're worth."
So why? WHY? WHY? did you frauds move the GEORGE WASHINGTON HILL MODEL to the Web and mobile networks?
1.
Colgate-Palmolive Co.'s SoftSoap maintained its share in the highly competitive body-wash category last year despite spending less than $5 million on measured media, according to TNS -- a fraction of spending by such behemoths as P&G's Olay, Unilever's Dove and Johnson & Johnson's Aveeno and Neutrogena. The recent launch of SoftSoap's Nutri Serum body wash added 3.9 share points for Colgate in the category to reach 12.4%, even before most consumer marketing for the brand switched on, according to Information Resources Inc., measuring the four weeks ended Sept. 6.
So why? WHY? WHY? must the American Society of Willfully Ignorant Advertisers finance JUNK TELEVISION?
2.
But what happens when the ads themselves become a negative inducement -- a form of punishment for users unwilling or unable to pay for the premium version? Online and mobile ads are already maligned for sorry targeting and bad creative and the fact that freemium models are counting on an "annoyance factor" isn't likely to help that case.
"Advertising in general is annoying and intrusive when it is not relevant," said Chris Cunningham, CEO of Appsavvy. "A lot of mobile ad networks have completely dropped the ball and let CPMs fall far below what they're worth."
So why? WHY? WHY? did you frauds move the GEORGE WASHINGTON HILL MODEL to the Web and mobile networks?
ARCHDaily!
Scary: the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, in Jeddah. It would have to look like a place where...never mind.
Scary: the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, in Jeddah. It would have to look like a place where...never mind.
How many have smiled reading this? I have. ATHUHLETES are among the prime luckiest of the media-industrial complex, so it is just they should be the prime targets of scamsters. They are not very bright, and their deliberate lack of education has made them carcasses for vultures to pick clean of their money. It is also easy (to cite two examples given) to smile over two men who've had sixteen children by fifteen women. Clearly their alimony payments aren't high enough.
The generation of Slick and NEWT!!!!! and the Bugmeister has redefined the word ASS. Not only do the Boomers appear intent on emulating THE MAN's biceps but in doing so they're using medicine as a crutch. (His Omnipotence genuflects humbly.) It would be nice to learn after all this exertion these buffoons do not live longer. On the evidence here it's not certain they're living healthier. Few of us age gracefully, but we Boomers will surely be the first generation to age gracelessly.