[Sixstrings]

The ads are Google Adsense, no?

That means Google will throw up a Chevy ad anywhere cars and trucks happen to be mentioned, etc. It's all automated, you see, and computers can't appreciate irony.

[Tyler_JC]

What's not to like about the Chevy Traverse?

It's roomy, stylish, and has America's top safety rating. The controls are phenomenal and it handles like a luxury sedan. You'll feel like Magellan plotting a course from the Sears parking lot to the Wal*Mart parking lot with the Chevy Traverse's state of the art navigational system.

Priced significantly below its competitors and with available zero percent financing, the Chevy Traverse is a real bargain in today's rocky economic climate. With seating for 8, the Traverse is perfect for the average soccer mom needing to transport her children and their friends to and from the big game.

If you don't have a Chevy Traverse yet, you should buy one. If you already have one, buy another. If you already have two, three's the charm.



(PS. I get five hundred bucks from site management every time I sell one)

[mos6507]

A surprising number of peakers have big vehicles, mostly trucks to haul crap around the doomstead. And oh, do the rationalizations fly when this is brought up!!!

[AAA]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('mos6507', 'A') surprising number of peakers have big vehicles, mostly trucks to haul crap around the doomstead. And oh, do the rationalizations fly when this is brought up!!!

[bencole]

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Guilty as charged. My wife and I both drive full-size SUVs.

[AAA]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('bencole', '
')but, your picture is a sail powered ship are you into sailing?

[jasonraymondson]

http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/us/2009/04/03/kinney.duct.tape.prom.ktxa

This video is running on the cnn homepage disguised as a news story. Duck brand Duct Tape has been running this scholarship for several years.

Next commercial News Story... Mountain Dew can be used to cure cancer.

[Windmills]

My local Fox news station does this all the time. Almost on a nightly basis, they have a slot for some new invention or whatever that's basically a commercial for the product. The rest of the news is dedicated to covering crime, with a few odd stories sprinkled in.

[flapjax]

Here is a newsworthy article to add to yours from CNN Money, Jason

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/for ... index.html

Making the news today:

Snuggie
Ginsu Knife
The Clapper
Thigh Master
Bow Flex
Veg-O-Matic
Geoge Forman Grill

[Ferretlover]

At least, there was often a nugget of truth/fact in the past; seems like we are now seriously being weaned from any real news.

[Carlhole]

Dang$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'U')PDATE:--The New York Press reports that a New York City-based director was responsible for the now-infamous Sprite ad, and that the spot was produced without Sprite's permission. The ad is the work of Max Issacson, and was not produced in Germany, according to the NY Press.

The NY Press spoke to John Jones IV, the male model pictured in the video: "The funny thing is, it's a spec commercial--it's not even real," Jones said. Current TV initially reported that the ad had been banned from the air, for pretty obvious reasons. It combines oral sex and the desire for a refreshing Sprite to create a big finish that has to be seen to be believed.

[bodigami]

xxx TLD should become a reality...

[Sixstrings]

Ah, I got stuck watching the "Amish Heat Surge" infomercial about a supposedly "miracle Amish invetnion," painstakingly handcrafted by the Amish.

This thing has been selling for a couple years now, so I finally googled up some info, and yup it's a scam:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'O')riginally, my skepticism was aroused by the portrayal of the Amish in the ads. Most Amish men where I live have long hair that looks like it was hacked off with sheep shears; the men in the Heat Surge ad have short, neatly cut hair. Most Amish don't use buttons; the men in the Heat Surge ad appear to wear button down shirts.

Eventually, I realized that whether the Amish in the ad were real or not was a peripheral issue. Apparently the Amish do make the mantles for these heaters, although the heaters themselves are made in China. Most likely, non-Amish people are used to portray the Amish in the ads.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1410293/should_you_buy_the_amish_made_heat.html

[Ludi]

My husband tells me a friend of ours bought one of those things.

[Sixstrings]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Ludi', 'M')y husband tells me a friend of ours bought one of those things.

[Outcast_Searcher]

Um, anyone who believes anything in an informercial is either recently from off-planet or must be retarded.

On a related note, every time I see something I know about advertised on a shopping channel as I change channels - it is overpriced and generally a low quality brand.

I guess the same folks buy such stuff as those who elect our leaders.

[jdumars]

Another travesty is the food sold at "Amish Markets." I expected to see real canned goods and instead found MSG added, citric acid, various gums and all manner of chemical additives. I couldn't believe how adulterated the food was. Walmart has more pristine canned goods available.

[MarkJ]

We've had hundreds of heating customers that have purchased all different varieties of miracle heating solutions from Magic Heat reclaimers to light bulb powered furnaces. One of our customers bought 3 of these Amish Heaters.

They'd save much more money if they used the money to service their furnaces and boilers, or spent the money on window shrink wrap kits, weather stripping, caulk, rope caulk and expanding spray foam.


Using the Amish name to market cheap Chinese electric heaters is a brilliant marketing strategy.

[MarkJ]

The latest heating scam is the iHeater.

They're selling these things for over $300 and claim they'll heat 1,500 sq/ft.

We had a few customers that purchased these from traveling vendors.