Category: Old Stuff

The American leader, who has been condemned throughout his presidency for failing to tackle climate change, ended a private meeting with the words: “Goodbye from the world’s biggest polluter.” He then punched the air while grinning widely, as the rest of those present including Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy looked on in shock. President George…

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The AAAFFF Presents: The Cut-n-Paste Ad Offer Responder! If you run a website or blog, chances are your email inbox is filled to brimmin’ with offers from friendly advertisers willing to allow you a once- (or maybe twice!) in-a-lifetime opportunity to display their content on your site. Sometimes, sure, they offer to pay for the…

Preoccupations – I Freed Myself From E-Mail’s Grip – NYTimes.com http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/29/jobs/29pre.html EARLIER this year, I became tired of my usual morning ritual of spending hours catching up on e-mail. So I did something drastic to take back control of my productivity. I stopped using e-mail most of the time. I quickly realized that the more…

Media Matters – Fox News airs altered photos of NY Times reporters http://mediamatters.org/items/200807020002 Summary: During a segment in which Fox & Friends co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade labeled New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe “attack dogs,” Fox News featured photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe that appeared to have been digitally…

Weekend of Independence Workshops: Saturday July 5, Chicago oFFFice The co-founders of the Anti-Advertising Agency Foundation For Freedom, Steve Lambert, CEO of the Anti-Advertising Agency, and Anne Elizabeth Moore, Executive Director of the Foundation For Freedom, present four FREE workshops this weekend at our oFFFices to celebrate your personal independence from oppressive working conditions! The…

Pootie Tang meet John Cage. So good. open

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Ride the City: safe bike routes made easy google maps for bikes – the safest, most efficient bike routes in New York City open

What do our best colleges, Barack Obama, and the AAA have in common? We all want you to get out of advertising. More or less. This recent NY Times piece, “Big Paycheck or Service? Students Are Put to Test” talks a lot about the financial sector, but the spirit is the same. Just substitute Madison…

United States Department of Defense http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Defense Total Funding $439.3 Billion (The War on terror, Iraq, Afghanistan are not included) open