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• in Family
  Keeping Christmas Authentic - Dollars & Sense this Christmas
  This year I am taking Christmas back to basics and celebrating on my terms.
  by kimmybabe74 / on Dec 5, 2012
• in Business
  Buy Nothing Day: The Anti Black Friday
  The day after Thanksgiving is also known as Buy Nothing Day for some. Will you join in by not joining in?
  by savingadvice / on Nov 22, 2012
• in Politics
  Politics as Product
  Obscuring the political product.
  by jwalk6 / on Nov 6, 2012

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “consumerism”

 

• Christopher Noël: Confident There is a Body

  
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  Why "Hank"? [IMG: http://www.cryptomundo.com/wp-content/uploads/hank.jpg]
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• Insured Against Nessie Attack

  
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  The legendary Loch Ness Monster might have turned 80 this week, but one overly cautious cruise company isn’t convinced that she’s any less of a threat. While “Nessie” hasn’t reportedly harmed a soul—or ship—to date (or actually been proved to exist, for that matter), Scottish cruise line Jacobite Cruises ...
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• Video: Ten Years on the Trail of the Loch Ness Monster

  
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  Loch Ness investigator Gordon Holmes is marking ten years of amateur research with an exhibition about the legendary monster – and has no intention of giving up searching.
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• War of the Gargantuas

  
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  War of the Gargantuas (1966) is a perennial fave for late-night t.v. addicts from the 1970s, where it played in heavy rotation courtesy of Henry Sapersteins importing of Toho efforts when no one else was interested. Though often poorly dubbed owing to Sapersteins limited budgets, at least these films were shown ...
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• Champ vs. Nessie

  
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  A case of sea serpent sibling rivalry...
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• Navigating the Eco-Beauty Products World

  
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  EcoYogini shares her secrets to figuring out beauty and baby products... Ever find yourself in the beauty-baby-makeup section of a natural/health foods store feeling like you just want, for once, companies to be HONEST about what the eff they put in their products? These days being a green consumer in the beauty ...
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• The Great Gatsbys Daisy Problem

  
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  Watching Baz Luhrmann’s new film The Great Gatsby feels like chugging an entire bottle of cheap champagne: A giddy, fantastic, sugar rush quickly becomes a morose headache. read more
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• Consumers Love Transparency

  
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  Consumers do love the fact the internet makes transparency greater in the marketplace. The reason is no one wishes to be taken advantage of by a seller offering a low quality product or service. To help avoid being drawn into spending money on something that is disappointing, consumers will look for reviews and other ...
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• Take Action: Tell McDonald’s to Stop Advertising to Kids

  
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  This Mother’s Day, Corporate Accountability International (CAI) is calling on parents everywhere to join together to help put an end to McDonalds’ predatory marketing to kids. McDonald’s has always marketed to children, so that’s nothing new, but now they’ve infiltrated our schools as well with ...
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• Abercrombie Meme = Free Advertising For Amazing Marketing

  
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  Ok – you are fat. You are ugly. You are not welcome at Abercrombie and Fitch. Well at least according to the following meme – which admittedly kinda twists dude’s words… but.. The CEO was recently quoted as saying the following: I think this is downright genius. Let’s look at the tactic: Step 1) Call ...
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• Truth-Telling in Vulgaria

  
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  “They said father didn’t keep his Life Insurance paid up!”—advertisement for Prudential Insurance Company of America. You’ve set yourself to questioning the motives of those who take orphan children into their homes. How dare you? It was at times an incredibly difficult subject to write about because ...
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• Constellation: A new mini painting

  
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  Normally I dont even give my mini paintings titles, but for this one, I decided to make an exception. detail of Constellation | acrylic and ink on canvas | 2" x 4" | 2013 | $25 Just as I did with Adaptive Reuse , I started on this painting about a year ago and set it aside because I didnt know ...
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• Slavery?! With The Products We Buy?

  
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  With the recent factory collapse in Bangladesh killing almost 900 people, I’ve been thinking about the topic of the Western world’s consumerism and how others pay the ultimate price for our cheap lifestyle. Now, I’m not an overly hippie, green, eco-friendly, organic mom- I’m just your average mom thinking ...
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• The Wizarding World of Harry Potter announces expansion, surprising no one

  
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  The rumors from last year haven (finally) proven true.Ater shuttering the Jaws theme park attraction, Universal Studios has officially announced that Harry Potter World The Wizarding World of Harry Potter will expand to include a Diagon Alley and "London" area in addition to the already present (and already kick ass!) ...
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• Betting shops blight on our high streets

  
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  The recent Future of Britain report asked consumers what would constitute their ideal high street. Top ranking were a bank, a chemist/health store, newsagents and family butcher/baker. Bottom of the list came a pawnbroker (3%) and a bookmaker (9%). To quote the report:The fate of the high street is one of the issues ...
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• The Immodest Republic

  
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  My colleague Mark Mitchell has co-edited a new book entitled  The Culture of Immodesty in American Life and Politics: The Modest Republic.  It’s not just about women’s fashions.  From the description at Amazon: The Culture of Immodesty in American Life and Politics is a collection of thirteen essays from a ...
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• The World Inside CNN Center Atlanta

  
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  After our fun adventure at the World of Coca- Cola and brief detour to   Centennial Olympic Park , Thanks for "walking" with us, we detoured next towards CNN Center, which was just across the street from the Park. The Center was packed with athletes! It was at the height of the NCAA competition and the ...
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• The Man Who Cried Bigfoot

  
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  An Investigation of the Rick Dyer Claim by J.R. Bob Dobbs Jr.Watch all of the videos here at Cryptomundo!
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• Poor Yt’s Guide To Wine

  
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  I’ve got nothin to talk about so I’m gonna write about wine to meet my jtts deadline. It’s no secret I love me some red wine. JK-3PO and Treez can attest to this. I’ll probably be a red wine drinker from now until I die. In a way I see it kind of as a progression. As a yung yt male, most of us start by ...
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• Engelhardt, The Last Empire?

  
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  This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To receive TomDispatch in your inbox three times a week, click here . And Then There Was One  Imperial Gigantism and the Decline of Planet Earth  By  Tom Engelhardt Tom Engelhardt on the rise of American empire and the decline of America and the ...
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