With two weeks until primary day in Pennsylvania (May 18th), Democratic primary candidate for governor Joe Hoeffel calls out jagoff tag-team Dan Onorato and Anthony Williams with a television ad of his own:

Last week, Rasmussen polled the Democratic primary for Pennsylvania's senate seat at 44% Arlen Specter to 42% for Joe Sestak. Those remaining were undecided, leaving the race in a dead heat. Specter is obviously concerned, as he has released an attack ad this week:

Every time Specter has attacked Sestak, he has been grasping at straws. What is ( Read more... )

Xiu Xiu - "This Too Shall Pass Away (For Freddy)"

I'm happy they've decided to revisit the video game motif. It just fits the music perfectly. And in case you need a reminder...

Xiu Xiu - "Boy Soprano"

I can think of three music videos that were made to look like computer or video games (or at least cheap and pixelated) off of the top of my head. Does anyone know of any more like these? Suffice it to say that this doesn't seem to be an overly-exploited music video cliché...yet.

Junior Senior - "Move Your Feet"

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Xiu Xiu - "Boy Soprano"

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California One Care is an organisation pushing for the passage of SB 810, a bill in that state's legislature which would create a single-payer health care system there. This is one of their ads:

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At the federal level, we are not going to see real health care reform. It is going to have to be done state by state. Inefficient, yes; but is ( Read more... )

From The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien:

I second what Joseph Cannon said regarding the Michael Moore video posted below: "Nice to see Michael Moore finally free himself from his illusions about Barack Obama. Too bad he couldn't give up his delusions about Hillary back in 2008."

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There are two things politicians listen to: 1.) the money pouring in from corporate lobbyists and 2.) the ( Read more... )

Filed under amusingly ridiculous marketing tie-ins:

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Over a decade after their first album, Weezer is no longer into sweaters.

Just in case you forgot how bad eight years of Bush was, Ted Rall is here to remind us. Good thing we've got Barack Obama in office now doing his best to...maintain the status quo?

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Right then - back to my tasks at hand. Break time is over and I've a busy day tomorrow...err, today.

Moveon.org has a new ad:

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Moveon.org is too lame to push for Single-Payer.