Posted 5:32 PM by Gene

If it's Sunday it must be Big Double-A-Scribble Time:

1. Starbucks Hits No. 3 Despite Limited Ad Spending

How to explain that one, Crainiacs? Oh, it's a BRAND, it's a CULT, it's a -- well though Starbucks is the NPR of coffee and annoying enough for that it's not the MICKEY D'S, which got its stellar rep largely through OVERADVERTISING.

2. The Crainiacs let out a mournful howl because they've concocted a number that suggests the NFL's disappearance would mean the end of capitalism as we know it. Given some capitalists (like, say, BEN) the prospect is alluring, and though lots of stadium janitors will lose their work that won't be as telling as the "screams" from the CORNER OFFICES of idiot CEOs losing a few of their constitutionally-protected PERKS.

We root for this strike much as we rooted for the writers', keeping in mind that the latter didn't prevent the ad fiefdoms from wasting money on Hollywood schmoozing.