DSCC's 'Really' ad on Dole (1)
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Selecting/Electing the Next Councilmember (1)
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Due to the unfortunate passing of Councilmember Bill Thorpe a seat has opened on the Town Council. I met Bill when we ran for Council in 2005. Many folks who knew Bill have lovingly weighed in on his work on behalf of our community, his wry sense of humor, his particular practice of governance. Fellow colleague Laurin Easthom, for one, had this to say about our friend Bill. Today’s Herald-Sun reports that the Council will ...
Hackney to Congress: do something (1)
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From N.C. House Speaker Joe Hackney's office: North Carolina House Speaker Hackney has issued the following statement with respect to action in Washington on the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008: "I am encouraging members of Congress to act quickly on a plan that will restore confidence in the U.S. economy. The ongoing crisis is driving down the value of homes, college saving funds and retirement accounts. Small businesses continue to suffer and some local ...
Coble opposed bailout (1)
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Congressman Howard Coble was among the Republicans who voted against the bailout plan. His vote was influenced by constituent comments. "The phone just literally rang off the hook, and it ran 90-to-95 percent in opposition," Coble said. Coble said that he didn't think the rush the administration was pushing was necessary. "I just don't believe the sky is going to fall," Coble said. Congressmen, he said, will likely be called back to Washington later in ...
The Fix on N.C. Senate race (1)
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The Fix has moved North Carolina's Senate race up.After ranking it 10th in his regular listing of competitive Senate races, Washington Post columnist Chris Cillizza moved it to eighth place today.Something is going on in once reliably Republican North Carolina. Barack Obama is running even (or close to it) with McCain in a series of recent polls and Sen. Elizabeth Dole (R) is suddenly in serious trouble against state Sen. Kay Hagan (D). This is ...
This just gets better (and sadder) (1)
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G.D. Gearino - Words Assembled Well - Raleigh, NC (2)
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What follows here is the complete text of an email message I got from News & Observer senior editor Linda Williams, in the wake of two posts last week that brought into question the N&O’s public stance of non-partisanship. (You can see those previous posts here and here.) I publish Williams’ email at her urging, as you’ll see, and exactly as it was received. What a sanctimonious, phony gasbag you are. Your recent posts are ...
Subpoenaed! (1)
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The AP is reporting that Todd Palin, husband of the GOP's vice presidential nominee, has been subpoenaed in a state abuse of power investigation involving AK Gov. Sarah Palin. AP: Republican efforts to delay the probe until after the Nov. 4 election were thwarted when GOP State Sen. Charlie Huggins, who represents Palin's hometown of Wasilla, sided with Democrats. "Let's just get the facts on the table," said Huggins, who appeared in camouflage pants to ...
Open Thread (3)
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Looks like we have raised about $7-9k in the past week or so, which is a solid effort. At any rate, toss in 5 bucks and have one less beer tonight at happy hour. And, for your entertainment value, the RNC in one minute (via Rumproast): Meanwhile, the ladies at the view just bitch-slapped McCain. Here is a snippet from Ben Smith: Personally, I am sick and tired of hearing that lying sack of shit ...
KLEIN CAMPAIGN ADVICE. (1)
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Me, yesterday: The problem with the "more of the same" charge is that it's a campaign against Bush, not McCain. At some point in the election, though, the Obama campaign needs to provide the reason to vote against John McCain -- a politician whom, lest we forget, ranked as one of the most popular in the country for most of this decade. Happily, McCain provided them with plenty of ammunition for a charge that's organic ...
The web doesn't care (17)
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When I first started talking about Permission Marketing ten years ago, marketers asked, "sure, but how does this help us?" A decade later, marketers look at Wikipedia or social media or the long tail or whatever trend is finally hitting them in the face and ask the same question. Here's the essential truth: This is the first mass marketing medium ever that isn't supported by ads. If a newspaper, a radio station or a TV ...
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Jeff A Coon said:
I love this. Our question as a marketer must be "How can we help our potential customers meet their goals."
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Gavin Rehkemper said:
The question to ask is, "how are people (the people I need to reach, interact with and tell stories to) going to use this new power and how can I help them achieve their goals?"
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bigstrings said:
Liked this: The question to ask isn't, "but how does this help me?" as if you have some sort of say in the matter... The question to ask is, "how are people (the people I need to reach, interact with and tell stories to) going to use this new power and how can I help them achieve their goals?"
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exactaBob said:
Billion dollar question, at the end of Seth's excellent post, that all marketers should ask themselves.
Life's choices in a stark context (1)
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Today I was going to write about that fact that I've felt immersed in bad news this week, and I am therefore looking forward to seeing Mamma Mia! rather than The Dark Knight over the weekend. But this morning I read an newspaper article that shed some light on our local bad news in a relevant way. So I am going to go ahead and dive in to the real-life darkness.I've been immersed in rewriting ...
“lightning through my camera” (13)
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SLOWLORIS was hanging out a window when she was struck by lightning. You may find the video disturbing, but please rest assured that she’s ok: Because you insisted, here’s the unedited screaming version. I also added video from a minute before the lightning struck so you can get an idea of how hard it was raining. From what i understand, it went through my left hand holding the camera, crossed my back and exited out ...
N.C. a presidential bellwether? (1)
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Larry Sabato says North Carolina could be a bellwether.In a column on Real Clear Politics, the University of Virginia political professor tags North Carolina, Missouri and Florida as three states that lean toward John McCain but are "reversible." McCain will have to work very hard to hold these three usually Republican states. If he loses even one of them, he will be up against the Electoral College wall. His margins in all are currently weak ...
Iranian Govt: Persian Pixels Pwned (4)
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Not only do Iran's missile pictures reveal a shocking gap in that nation's ability to use the clone tool, our patented Extra-Contrast-O-Vision shows how clumsy they are at comping. Presumably the third missile didn't go off and rather than trying to relight the touchpaper they resorted to Photoshop.Getty has the original here. Reddit has an interesting discussion on this here. I haven't checked my mail yet, but thanks to everyone who sent this in.
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standard oil said:
Dude, I just FPed this at BlueNC.
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Rem said:
pas mal le fake
Track Rumored Starbucks Closings [Mashups] (6)
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If you're curious whether your local caffeine-fixing/Wi-Fi providing Starbucks is one of the 600 shops slated to quietly close, the Seattle Times is updating a Google Map with stores heard to be closing by baristas and customers. [via]
At Least Someone Has a Plan (1)
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T. Boone Pickens, oilman and swiftboat vet funder, in the WSJ: How will we do it? We’ll start with wind power. Wind is 100% domestic, it is 100% renewable and it is 100% clean. Did you know that the midsection of this country, that stretch of land that starts in West Texas and reaches all the way up to the border with Canada, is called the “Saudi Arabia of the Wind”? It gets that name ...
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standard oil said:
How sad that it takes an 80 year old oil man to come to the conclusion that wind can be pillaged for power as easily as oil.
