Speed and Pot(holes)

Creative Speed Control

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It's that time of year again if you live in areas where it warms and freezes.

Pothole time. Here's a few pictures of a company which used potholes to their ad-vantage.






ANATOMY of A GREAT AD STUNT: Several large stickers of pictures of a pothole were laid on the road to create the illusion of real potholes. Approaching drivers would see the stickers, think they were real potholes, and slow down.

But they didn't feel anything when they ran over the stickers.

The message "FEELS LIKE PIONEER SUSPENSION" was painted on the road immediately ahead.

The drivers probably had mixed emotions. Happy that their car wasn't jarred apart by the humongous potholes; "WTF?!?" for putting them through the aggravation of perhaps slamming on their brakes for a sticker.

These stickers have a great future in speed control.

by Mondoreb
image/idea: RidesAPaleHorse
Source: Pioneer Suspension: Pothole


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Mainstream Media: New Cutbacks in Jobs, Bureaus, Stock Prices, Advertising, Ratings

Cutbacks in Everything
--Except Left Wing Rhetoric



When you're Selling What No One's Buying

The big story of the Mainstream Media in the last week is cuts.

Cuts in jobs, in advertising revenue, in circulation, in ratings: in short, cuts in every meaningful indicator of how successful the Mainstream Media is.

Which is to say, they're not.

Not doing their job, not successful.

What the MSM is selling--liberal viewpoints, solutions, hand-wringing, harangues and advice--is the one area news consumers aren't buying.

Some news blurbs from the last week amplify this point.

NBC is closing their Chicago and Dallas bureaus.

NBC: Atlanta, which has managed Miami and New Orleans assignments, will add Dallas. Chicago will report in through the Northeast bureau.

The Liberal Lady, the New York Times is cutting newsroom jobs.

After years of resisting the newsroom cuts that have hit most of the industry, The New York Times will bow to growing financial strain and eliminate about 100 newsroom jobs this year, the executive editor said Thursday.

The Washington Post is closing a printing plant and offering buyouts to all employees.

Washington Post Co. will offer buyouts to employees at its flagship newspaper to cut costs as revenue and readership decline.

Buyouts will be offered to all newspaper employees. The newspaper employs 2,400 people, including 800 in news, she added. Revenue at the publishing division, which includes the newspaper, fell 8 percent to $657.2 million in the first nine months of 2007.

At the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, 100-150 jobs are being cut at each.

Tribune Co. employees were notified Wednesday that hundreds of jobs will be cut at the Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and other publications — the first cutbacks since billionaire Sam Zell took the media company private last year.

In separate memos, Tribune Publisher Scott Smith said 100 jobs would be cut and his counterpart at the Times, David Hiller, said 100-150 jobs would be eliminated.

Last fall, CNN dropped Reuters--but said the move wasn't about falling ratings and cutting costs.

Honest.

But in a twist, the cable news network CNN asserted that a decision to drop the Reuters news service after 27 years was not done to cut costs.

Newsweek is cutting the amount of copies it is guaranteeing advertisers by a half million.

Newsweek magazine plans to cut its guaranteed paid circulation by 500,000 copies, according to industry magazine Advertising Age.

The 16 percent reduction would lower the number of paid subscribers Newsweek promises advertisers from 3.1 million to 2.6 million, Advertising Age reported, citing people with knowledge of the move.

About a year ago, Time announced cuts in its news operations staff. It said at the time that there was no timetable as to future cuts.

As anyone who follows news closely, the nine MSM companies above are all flagship liberal operations. Whether it's big government, Blame America First, Global Warming, more taxes and regulations or endorsement of Democrat candidates and their programs, the MSM is all liberal, all the time.

In most cases, the MSM "news" shows and editorial staffs operate as a wing of the Democrat National Committee.

Don't expect the continuing MSM death spiral to change the outlook of either the reporting or the personnel responsible for the slide.

All nine of the above MSM mouthpieces staunchly maintain that they are unbiased "news" operations.

Their viewers and readers and in many cases, their stockholders, beg to differ.

And have been for some time now.

NBC denied that they were even scaling back their operations, labeling the cutbacks as streamlining in an "effort to achieve more journalism and less bureaucracy in the newsgathering operation."

They could achieve all of the above aims by simply requiring their newsrooms to drop their liberal viewpoints by hiring a few conservatives and losing the liberal herd mentality that infects their news operations.

When the National Enquirer reported on the John Edwards Love Child Scandal in November, not one--not a single, solitary, lonely--reporter from a MSM outlet asked Edwards one, single, solitary question about it.

NOT ONE ever asked the candidate if he had been in telephone contact with Rielle Hunter--the woman the Enquirer kept under tabs for months after the campaign spirited her out of sight within 5 miles of Edwards' campaign headquarters from New York--since Hunter had found out she was pregnant.

NOT ONE.

In the meantime, their viewers and readers were buying up Enquirers by the millions and Googling "Rielle Hunter" at such a pace that the woman's name became the most-searched for term on the Internet for awhile.

The news public was buying "Rielle Hunter"--and the Mainstream press wasn't selling any. They were selling anything and everything else that they were interested in, not their potential consumers.

[DBKP John Edwards Love Child Scandal Library of 25 stories on John Edwards, Rielle Hunter, the National Enquirer and the MSM news blackout on the story.]

The MSM tries to put the blame for their decline on the medium and hopes to counter it by creating blogs on the Internet. One suspects that they won't be selling anything different on their MSM blogs--and the public won't be doing any buying of their news there, either.

The Mainstream Media should borrow a page from the playbook of one of their heroes, Bill Clinton and have signs printed up:

ITMS

It's the message, stupid.



So, our advice to the Mainstream Media, as a member of the right wing blogosphere:

"Stay just the way you are, baby. Never change, we love you just the way you are!"

by Mondoreb
image: spittleandink
Sources:
* NBC News Streamlines News Bureaus
* New York Times Plans to Cut 100 NewsRoom Jobs
* Washington Post Cuts
* Post's Newsweek Cuts Circulation by 500,000
* CNN Cuts a Wire to invest in itself
* Tribune Company announces hundreds of jobs cut



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Today in History: January 10, 2008

ADVERTISING, WAR!, TERRORISM, DISASTERS, DIPLOMACY, REBELLION, POLITICS, SEIZURES, UNREST, ACCIDENTS, LAWSUITS, ORDERS, POPES, ANNULLED, POETS, SPORTS, PROGRESS, BUSINESS, MARRIAGE, WOMEN, EXILE, MOVIES, CARTOONS, JEWS, SCIENCE, MUSIC, RESIGNATION, MAINSTREAM MEDIA, CIVIL RIGHTS, DRUGS, MARTIAL LAW, TRIALS, BORN, DEATH



ADVERTISING

1984 Clara Peller 1st asks, "Where's the Beef?"

WAR!

1861 US forts & property seized by Mississippi.

1861 Florida becomes 3rd state to secede from US.

1861 Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops.

1862 Battle of Big Sandy River KY (Middle Creek).

1862 Battle of Romney WV.

1863 General McClernand's Union troops surround Fort Hindman AR.

1900 Lord Roberts & Lord Kitchener reach Capetown.

1916 Russian offensive in Kaukasus.

1942 Japan invades North-Celebes, Dutch East Indies.

1943 1st US President to visit a foreign country in wartime-FDR leaves for Casablanca, Morocco.

1943 Russian offensive against German 6th/4th Armies near Stalingrad.

1944 British troops conquer Maungdaw, Burma.

1966 India & Pakistan sign peace accord.

TERRORISM

1969 Pirate Radio Station Free Derby begins operation by Northern Ireland.

DISASTERS

1883 Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee WI kills 71; General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt.

1947 Greek steamer "Himara" strikes a wartime mine in Saronic Gulf south of Athens with loss of 392 of 637 aboard.

1962 4,000 die in avalanche, Ranrahirca, Perú.

1962 Eruptions on Mount Huascaran in Peru destroy 7 villages & kill 3,500.

1973 Gas tank on Staten Island explodes, 40 die.

1984 Bulgarian Tupolev 134 crashes at Sofia airport in Bulgaria, 50 die.

DIPLOMACY

1920 League of Nations' 1st meeting, Treaty of Versailles in effect.

1951 UN headquarters opens in Manhattan NY.

1964 Panamá severs diplomatic relations with US.

1969 Sweden (1st Western country) recognizes North Vietnam.

1984 US establishes full diplomatic relations with Vatican after 117 years.

REBELLION

49-BC- Julius Cesar crosses the Rubicon, invades Italy.

1811 Louisiana slaves rebel in 2 parishes.

1863 January-uprising begins in Poland.

1981 El Salvador guerrilla group FMLN opens "general offensive".

POLITICS

1776 "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, published.

1967 Lester Maddox inaugurated as Governor of Georgia.

SEIZURES

1923 Lithuania seizes & annexes country of Memel.

UNREST

1964 Battles between moslems & hindus in Calcutta.

ACCIDENTS

1993 - About 400 residents of Oakville, Man., were allowed to return home for the first time in three weeks. They had been forced from their homes after a train derailment spilled a load of toxic chemicals.

1997 Alvinio Misciano Italian tenor, killed in a fall from a window.

POPES

0236 St Fabian begins his reign as Catholic Pope.

0681 St Agatho ends his reign as Catholic Pope.

1890 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Sapientiae Christianae.

ORDERS

1429 Order of the Golden Fleece established in Austria-Hungary & Spain.

1430 Order of the Guilder forms.

LAWSUITS

1997 Dow Corning provides $2.95 billion to settle breast implant suits.

ANNULLED

1810 French church annuls marriage of Napoleon I & Joséphine.

PROGRESS

1839 Tea from India 1st arrives in UK.

1840 Penny Post mail system started.

1863 The London Underground, the oldest subway system in the world, opened 145 years ago today, in 1863. The first trains using steam locomotives that burned coke and later coal began running from Paddington to Farringdon in the City of London.

1911 1st photo in US taken from an airplane, San Diego.

1912 World's 1st flying boat's maiden flight, (Glenn Curtiss in NY).

1944 1st mobile electric power plant delivered, Philadelphia.

1945 Los Angeles Railway (with 5 streetcar lines) forced to close.

1946 UN General Assembly convenes for 1st time (London).

1951 1st jet passenger trip made.

POETS

1845 Poets Elizabeth Barrett & Robert Browning begin corresponding.

SPORTS

1957 Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates.

1996 Jimmy Johnson announced as new coach of Miami Dolphins.

MARRIAGE

1948 - Future country superstar Loretta Lynn married Oliver (Mooney) Lynn. She was not quite 14 years old.

BUSINESS & FINANCE

1870 John D Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil.

1901 Oil discovered at Spindletop claim near Beaumont, Texas.

1920 Silver reaches record $1.37 an ounce.

WOMEN

1878 US Senate proposes female suffrage.

1925 Miriam (Ma) Ferguson sworn in as Texas Governor, nation's 2nd woman governor.

EXILE

1928 Soviet Union orders exile of Leon Trotsky.

CARTOONS

1932 "Mickey Mouse" & "Silly Symphony" comics syndicated.

1932 "Pete the Tramp" cartoon strip by C D Russell debuts.

MOVIES

1935 Actress Mary Pickford marries actor Douglas Fairbanks.

JEWS

1941 Seyss-Inquart begins registration of Jews.

1947 British stop ships Independence & In-Gathering from landing in Israel.

1949 1st Jewish family show "The Goldbergs" premieres on CBS.

1979 1st brother Billy Carter makes allegedly anti-Semitic remarks.

1996 Israel frees hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

SCIENCE

1946 US Army establishes 1st radar contact with Moon, Belmar NJ.

1969 USSR's Venera 6 launched for parachute landing on Venus.

1978 Soyuz 27 carries 2 cosmonauts to Salyut 6 space station.

MUSIC

1949 RCA introduces 45 RPM record.

1956 Elvis records "Heartbreak Hotel".

1958 Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" reaches #1 on the country and r&b charts, #2 on the pop chart.

RESIGNATION

1957 Anthony Eden resigns & Harold Macmillan becomes PM Britain.

MAINSTREAM MEDIA

1964 US version of "That Was The Week That Was" premieres.

1967 PBS (the National Educational TV) begins as a 70 station network.

1980 Last broadcast of "Rockford Files" on NBC.

1995 "Late Late Show" with Tom Snyder premieres on CBS at 12 30 AM.

1997 4,000th episode of "Entertainment Tonight".

CIVIL RIGHTS

1967 Edward Brooke, takes (Senator-R-MA) seat as 1st popular elected black.

1991 Japan ends routine fingerprinting of all adult ethnic Koreans.

1998 18th United Negro College Fund raises (re-broadcasted Jan 17th).

DRUGS

1990 NCAA approves random drug testing for college football players.

MARTIAL LAW

1990 China lifts martial law (imposed after Tiananmen Square massacre).

1991 US Congress begins debate on Persian Gulf crisis.

TRIALS

1994 Trial of Lorena Bobbitt who cut off her husband's penis, begins.

FREE TRADE

1994 Uzbekistan & Kazakhstan agrees to abolish trade tariffs.

BORN

1738 Ethan Allen Revolutionary War fighter (led the Green Mountain Boys)
1769 Michel Ney French marshal (Waterloo)
1834 John Acton English historian/MP
1864 George Washington Carver agricultural scientist (estimate date - actual birthdate unknown)
1883 Francis X Bushman Norfolk VA, silent film actor (Ben Hur, Spy's Defeat)
1904 Ray Bolger Dorchester MA, actor/dancer (Wizard of Oz)
1908 Bernard Lee London England, actor (M in James Bond movies)
1926 June Haver Mrs Fred MacMurray/actress (Dolly Sisters)
1927 Lee Philips Brooklyn NY, actor (Ellery Queen)
1928 Wallace Berry composer
1930 Byron "Wild Child" Gipson blues singer
1930 Roy E Disney CEO (Disney)
1938 Francis W "Frank" Mahovlich NHL Hall of Famer (Montréal Canadiens)
1938 Willie "Stretch" McCovey 1st baseman (San Francisco Giant #44)
1939 Bill Toomey Philadelphia PA, decathlon champ (Olympics-gold-1968)
1939 Sal Mineo New York City NY, actor (Exodus, Rebel Without a Cause)
1940 Harry Gant NASCAR driver
1943 Jim Croce Philadelphia PA, singer/songwriter (Time in a Bottle, Bad Bad Leroy Brown)
1945 Frank Sinatra Jr Jersey City NJ, singer/bandleader (Golddiggers)
1945 Rod Stewart London England, singer (Maggie Mae, Da Ya Think I'm Sexy)
1946 Bob Lang rock bassist (Wayne Fontana & The Mindbenders)
1948 Cyril Neville US singer/percussionist (Neville Bros-Yellow Moon)
1948 Donald Fagen Passaic NJ, rock vocalist/keyboardist (Steely Dan-Peg)
1948 William Sanderson Memphis TN, actor (Larry-Newhart, Deuce-Babylon 5, Blade Runner)
1949 Teresa Graves Houston TX, actress (Laugh-in, Get Christie Love)
1949 Walter S Browne US chess champion (1974-78, 1980-84)
1949 George Foreman Marshall TX, world heavyweight boxing champ (1973-74, 95)
1951 Kathleen Bradley Youngstown Oh, model (Price is Right)
1953 Bobby Rahal Indy-car racer (over 15 wins)
1953 Pat Benatar [Andrezejewski], Brooklyn NY, singer (Hit Me With Your Best Shot, Hell Is for Children)
1958 Shawn Colvin singer/guitarist
1959 Chandra Cheesborough Jacksonville FL, 4X100 runner (Olympics-gold-84)
1959 Don Letts rocker (Big Audio Dynamite)
1959 Kirk & Curtwood musician (Meat Puppets)
1968 Lyle Menendez NY, accused of killing his parents (Menendez Brothers)
1969 Doug E Doug rapper/comedian (Operation Dumbo Drop, Jungle Fever)
1979 Chris H E Smith [Daddy Mack], Atlanta, rapper (Kris Kross-Warm it Up)

DEATH

1824 Victor Emanuel I king of Sardinia (1802-21), dies at 64
1862 Samuel Colt inventor (6 shot revolver), dies at 47
1917 Buffalo Bill Cody army scout & Indian fighter, dies
1951 Harry Sinclair Lewis US writer (Nobel 1930), dies at 65
1957 Gabriela Mistral Chilean poet (Nobel Prize 1945), dies at 67
1961 Dashiell Hammett author (Maltese Falcon, Thin Man), dies from throat cancer at 66
1971 Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel French fashion designer, dies at 87
1976 Howlin' Wolf singer/guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65
1978 John D Rockefeller III US billionaire/philanthropist, dies at 71
1980 George Meany labor leader, dies at 85
1981 Richard Boone actor (Paladin-Have Gun Will Travel), dies at 63
1982 Paul Lynde comedian/actor (Uncle Arthur-Bewitched, Bye Bye Birdie, Bewitched), dies at 55
1994 Charles "Chub" Feeney baseball president (National League), dies at 72
1996 Arthur Sydney Martin spycatcher, dies at 81

January 10, the 10th day of 2008. There are 356 days left in the year.

compiled by Mondoreb
[image: relentlessevilsnowflake]
Source: Today in History





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Muscular Bronze Horse Statue Sports Human Package

Those crazy Russians.

Once they got a taste of the decadent West, it seems they enthusiastically joined in the fun. At least they picked up a maxim of the advertising industry: sex sells.

At first, it was hard to decide if this story was a spoof or not: after all, the artist is named "Maxim Dikinov". But the photos were real enough, so as always, we'll leave it up to the reader.

A bronze sculpture of a stallion holding a piece of rail in its mouth was built last week in the yard of Yar Hotel situated at the entrance to the Russian town of Voronezh. The 3.5-meter-high statue weighs more than 3 tons. The stallion has a short-cut tail and the well-marked reproductive organ which greatly resembles the one of a man.

Maxim Dikunov named his stallion Yaryzh and said that it symbolizes the struggle between nature and civilization.

Of course, an artist is usually proud of his creations. After working many hours, a vision is made real.

But what about the artist's parents? What do they think?

According to Maxim’s mother, the management of Yar Hotel arranged a contest to choose the sculpture which could perfectly express the atmosphere of the hotel. A lot of sketches were suggested to the hotel Muscular bronze stallion with weird human genitalia advertises provincial hotel administration. Finally they choose the stallion.

When the sculptor’s father was asked about the stallion’s human sex organ he said that “it is just a matter of nature and peopel should not stick noses in it.”

One can understand a parent being proud of their offspring; it's more difficult to explain the reaction of the Yar Hotel's director. She seems downright gleeful at her property's purchase.
Yana Chernyshova, the hotel’s director, said she "liked this sculpture very much. The artist exceeded expectations."

When she saw the sculpture she realized that it was "exactly" what she wanted.

We'll have the good taste not mention that Catherine the Great was also Russian.

Source: Muscular bronze stallion with weird human genitalia advertises provincial hotel


by Mondoreb



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