messaging

Who Is Van Jones?

Pareene · 09/04/09 11:44AM

The story of how the President's Special Advisor for Green Jobs became the biggest, scariest villain of the right wing (this week, anyway) is also the story of how the right wing information delivery process works now.

Environmental Guilt To End Cocaine Use

Hamilton Nolan · 11/19/08 12:35PM

Yuppie cokeheads, stop snorting massive rails for the sake of the endangered tree frogs! That's the new anti-drug message coming out of the UK. And it just might work! You might not stop for the sake of your money, your police record, or your septum, but would you give up blow if you knew that every eight ball cost ten square meters of precious rainforest habitat, you Whole Foods junkie? It's true, according to the vice president of Colombia!

Floridians Confused By Fairy's Message

Hamilton Nolan · 05/01/08 09:40AM

This billboard simply appeared one night last month in Orange County, Florida, and greatly upset passersby, as well as the owners of "the popular Straub's Seafood Restaurant," who feared that they could be mistaken for the billboard's owner. Straub's business was nevertheless down by two-thirds on the Sunday after the sign went up. "When you condemn all religions and say they are a fairytale, that is wrong," explained one business owner. The sign ended up being taken down—turns out "someone put it up illegally in the middle of the night." Satan? Click through for a bigger picture.

Waterboarding Is Stylish But Still Uncool, Says Ad

Hamilton Nolan · 04/29/08 10:18AM

Amnesty International, well known whiners for freedom, released a new anti-torture ad last week. And it's really good! The ad, not torture. At the very least, it's the most stylish portrayal of waterboarding America has seen since it became the hot new YouTube trend. There's also a nice, subtle nod in here to overblown bottled water ads; both are bad things that will kill you. Through economic paralysis and environmental degradation. Oh, the waterboarding will also kill you by drowning. The ad, which Dick Cheney doesn't even realize is supposed to be disturbing, is after the jump.