by Dish Staff
Some marriage equality proponents in Ireland offer a helpful reminder about the non-impending apocalypse:
Category: Cool Ad Watch
Cool Ad Watch
by Dish Staff
Jason Sudeikis and NBC Sports master the art of the viral video:
Update from a reader:
Coach Lasso is pretty good, but he’s got nothing on Coach Hines.
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A full-page ad from Sunday’s NYT:
Jesse Walker comments:
The most striking thing about the ad is that it isn’t striking at all. It would be easy to flip past this quickly without recognizing that it’s about cannabis—and even if you do pause long enough to see what’s being advertised, the idea of an ad for a marijuana review site in The New York Times just doesn’t sound all that bizarre anymore. That’s when you know a social revolution is succeeding: when it starts to feel banal.
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For some dude’s used car:
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Scott Beale spots one in the backseat of his cab:
The Uber car we were riding in was equipped with Delta-branded USB ports attached to the top of the passenger seat, making it easy for riders to charge their USB powered devices. The ad campaign promotes the availability of USB ports on Delta’s long-haul international flights.
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Stephen Merchant imagines if the Brits won the war:
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by Patrick Appel
New CDC ads make passing reference to Truvada:
Following the CDC’s announcement last week, Russell Saunders, a gay pediatrician, came around on PrEP:
How can I justify qualms about Truvada when I don’t have them about Ortho Tri-Cyclen?
In truth, I can’t. If I’m going to be honest, I will admit that my misgivings are more about wanting my patients’ experience to conform to my own, and their identities to look like mine. And that’s not medical care, it’s moralism.
My job is to prevent HIV infections when I can. As the nation’s top AIDS doctor is quoted as saying, I cannot let the perfect be the enemy of the good. My personal feelings about the AIDS crisis are not a valid factor in my medical decision-making, and for patients who would benefit from a preventive prescription for Truvada I will start providing them.
The Dish’s thread on Truvada is here.
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A reader writes, “Looks like somebody at Airbnb’s advertising agency is a Dish reader”:
Update from a reader who sends her “view from my airbnb this am:)”:
She adds, “Santa Fe!”
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Some hathetic moments, but I loved it:
Some religious fussbudgets, however, were not amused:
A Tea Party candidate challenging House Speaker John Boehner got a few chuckles, and a lot of Internet views, with a recent raunchy campaign ad about “electile dysfunction” — but the spot has cost him one of his day jobs. J.D. Winteregg, one of two candidates running against Boehner in the Republican primary for Ohio’s 8th District, got into trouble with Cedarville University, a Baptist school in Ohio where he taught as an adjunct professor. He confirmed to FoxNews.com that his contract was not renewed, on the heels of that ad. He said he was contacted by a supervisor who informed him his contract would lapse because the commercial “did not correspond with university values.”
Winteregg said it crossed his mind that the ad may draw concern from the university, but he and his team attempted to mitigate any concerns. “We actually worked really hard to put something out that I could be comfortable with as a faithful person,” he said. “I knew it might upset some people, but we did the best we could to keep it as a parody.”
Still, Winteregg said he has no regrets about the ad, saying he believes what Boehner has done in Congress is more offensive. “I’m all in with this,” he said. “You got to do this the right way. People lose elections because they are passive, and I’m going to fight for this.”
The Dish 