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UPDATE: Kieffe & Sons apologized for the ad
Kieffe and Sons, a California Ford dealership, decided for some reason to launch a radio ad attacking non-Christians and people who believe that prayer shouldn't be in public schools. Audio and transcript of the ad, inside. More »
California Ford Dealership Radio Ad Tells Non-Christians To "Sit Down And Shut Up"
UPDATE: Kieffe & Sons apologized for the adKieffe and Sons, a California Ford dealership, decided for some reason to launch a radio ad attacking non-Christians and people who believe that prayer shouldn't be in public schools. Audio and transcript of the ad, inside. More »
controversy
Fake, Funny Poncho Ad Causes Outrage, Laughter
One person's joke is someone else's insult it seems. Reader Nate sent in a photo of a fake poncho ad that ran in the LOLCats themed issue of the Boston-area free magazine Weekly Dig. He thinks the ad is hilarious, but we found at least one complaint from a Weekly Dig reader who thought the fake ad was "misogynist" and that the "potential hilarity was ruined by bad taste and poor judgment." See the (fake) ad inside if NSFW language doesn't bother you... More »
controversy
Beer T-shirts For Teenage Girls Bad For America?
The Center for Science in the Public Interest has its knickers in a twist over Forever 21 selling "beer shirts," because the clothing retailer is "popular with teenage girls." More »
lawsuits
First BPA Class Action Lawsuit Announced!
It begins! A woman in California, no doubt under the expert legal advice of people who only have her best interests at heart, has filed a lawsuit against Nalgene alleging that they "knew, but downplayed risks, that a toxic substance in its popular... plastic sports bottles could leach into the bottles' contents and sicken consumers." The woman says she used Nalgene bottles for herself and her two daughters for years.More »
landlords
After Weekend Controversy, Wisconsin Landlord Releases Man From Lease On Murder Scene Apartment
This morning, WKOW in Madison, Wisconsin, reported that Wisconsin Management Company had refused to let a University of Wisconsin student out of a lease a year and a half early. What was surprising about the story was that the man had found his fiancĂ©e murdered in the apartment last week. Even worse, the company wouldn't confirm that it would replace the carpet or re-paint the walls until it had completed "further investigation" of the situation. Before we posted the story this evening, the management company had posted a press release on its website saying the whole thing was a misunderstanding and the lease has been dissolved. Download the press release here (PDF), or read it below. More »
polls
Absolut is running an ad in Mexico that some in this country are finding offensive because it favorably depicts our borders as they existed before the 1848 Mexican-American war. We're going to bite and talk about the ad even though it means that the advertisers win and America dies just a bit more.
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Is This Absolut Ad Cheeky Or Distasteful?
Absolut is running an ad in Mexico that some in this country are finding offensive because it favorably depicts our borders as they existed before the 1848 Mexican-American war. We're going to bite and talk about the ad even though it means that the advertisers win and America dies just a bit more.
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Going along with all the recent posts about reciept checking, I've been thinking about tricky ways stores could make reciept checking mandatory. My favorite theory (which I hope never comes to fruition) is the following:
What if a store were to sell you merchandise, but claim that the bag and reciept were their property (akin to my University ID stating "This card is University property")?
Could they print a line on the reciept & bag to the effect of "This reciept/bag is WallyWorld propety and must be surrendered on request of WallyWorld or their designee"? Your merchandise is yours once it's been paid for, and they have no business seeing it, but the reciept and bag were not purchased- they technically still belong to the store.
Any thoughts?
controversy
NFL: "You Can Have The Patriots Game If You Agree To Binding Arbitration." TWC: "Bite Me."
The NFL has offered Time Warner Cable the option of entering into binding arbitration in exchange for "free" access to the much-anticipated last regular season Patriots game after two U.S. Senators threated to reconsider the NFL's anti-trust exemption if it didn't make NFL Network games available to more viewers. Sadly for the NFL, Time Warner Cable has decided to decline this generous offer to screw themselves. More »
Red Bull has pulled a nativity-themed ad from Italian television after a priest from Sicily denounced it as a "blasphemous act." [Reuters]
starbucks
4 Days Until "Juicy Raspberry!"
Emily from Houston brings us breaking news of the Starbucks raspberry syrup situation:I went to Starbucks today and read their countdown message board - 4 days to raspberry mochas and frappa-wappa-who-whatsits.More »
customer service
Starbucks "Juicy Raspberry" Controversy Continues
Boy, Andy really unleashed the inner demons of the Starbucks faithful with his "Juicy Raspberry" letter. There is the most hilarious thread going on at the Starbucks Gossip blog about whether is its, in fact, ok to serve "Juicy Raspberry" to customers before June 26th, and whether Andy is, in fact, too long-winded. It seems that Starbucks people are pretty long-winded themselves. More »
chain stores
Starbucks Moving Into The French Quarter?
After Hurricane Katrina, La Madeleine, a cafe and bakery that had occupied space in the French Quarter for 23 years, moved out, claiming that it didn't get enough of a break on its rent following the storm. Now the site sits vacant, waiting for its next tenant. Will it be Starbucks?More »
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