I believe this qualifies as an example of what’s called in the ad business the vampire effect, which is where the content of the ad is so effective you forget what the product was.  Commenter steelyjack links to a bit by Bill Hicks on the subject of sex in ads.   I think you’re now legally required to refer to him as “the late, great” Bill Hicks.  It’s funny, I was

Lionheart writes of his arrest, detention and interrogation for expressing anti-Islamic sentiments in his blog, and notes the extraordinary double standard with which laws pertaining to “hate speech” are applied in Britain.  Meanwhile, of course, the movement towards disestablishment of the C of Econtinues apace, which only makes sense, when you consider that they need to make room for Islam. h/t Enoch_Root  No longer Top of the Pops

David Thompson has a typically excellent post up about the reactions to Fitna.  In the Guardian, Ali Eteraz described Fitna as “an effort to turn the entirety of Islam into a demonic edifice” – which may or may not be Wilders’ personal view, but is a somewhat loaded reading of the film. Wilders may well be an objectionable self-regarding oaf, as Eteraz and others claim, but that doesn’t address the

We’re a little selective here about what we promote, but this one’s a cinch: Dan, I hope all is well. I am just sending you another reminder as you had asked for to blog on Protein Wisdom the 2008 EPBT. We have several new exciting additions to this year. Dance4Equality and CRISPE will be at the departure. It is all in the above link. 2008 2007 2007 Photos Thank you