the battle of xmas #1

...they're on a Facebook /Twitter campaign to get their song, Killing In...band had earlier discussed the internet campaign to get them to the ...'s records instead." A BBC spokesman said a handful of listeners ... the airwaves. We see this [campaign] as a necessary break of ... to back the fan-led campaign. He said: "People are tired ... slot. Cowell has slammed the campaign, calling it "stupid", "cynical" and ...

... got behind it to some degree. Probably others I missed. The campaign got tied into a charity drive. Rage members pledged to donate ... have been dead and buried." On the other hand, HMV's spokesman noted: "It's not so much that Joe lost the race ... people uninvolved in its production and, as it's a download campaign and Amazon, iTunes, etc have sturdy servers, virtually uninvolved financially in ...

Yao Ming aims to quell China's appetite for shark fin

... that need our attention and protection," Yao told reporters at a press conference launching the campaign. "They are endangered by excessive hunting by humans and deprived of habitats due to human greed... ranked as China's most successful celebrity six years running by Forbes magazine, has been a spokesman for shark preservation since 2006 and bought the Sharks basketball team in July. "Hopefully ...

2009 in Photos

... a militant sanctuary near the Afghan border, with both sides claiming early victories in an army campaign that could shape the future of the country's battle against extremism. An eruption of Mt.... after its inauguration in September 2008 amid technical faults, and restarted on November 20, 2009. CERN spokesman James Gillies said the injections lasted a fraction of a second, enough for "a half ...

Are the Dems in danger or are they prepared to ekk out another victory?

... takeover? Pretty unlikely it seems, as TPMDC explored the question by talking to political consultants and campaign hands to see what conditions existed in 1994 and whether they exist now. Timing is everything Here... improve by next summer, they will lose a lot more seats than it stands today. NRCC spokesman Paul Lindsay tells TPMDC they are aiming to put as many seats in play as possible: ...

another reason why modern agribusiness is fucked up shit

...allegations about our licensing agreement or the terms within,'' said Monsanto spokesman Lee Quarles. He said he couldn't comment on many specific..., Syngenta called the discounts part of Monsanto's ''scorched earth campaign'' to keep Syngenta's new traits out of the market.... about its marketing practices. The DOJ wouldn't comment. A spokesman for Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller said the office is ...

Italian man overpowered as he targets Silvio Berlusconi

...from "persistent pain" and was having to eat through a tube. Paolo Bonaiuti, Mr Berlusconi's spokesman, said he was still suffering from pain to his neck, as well as a broken nose,... angrily denounced online messages of support for the assault, saying they amounted to a "growing personal campaign" which risked provoking "a spiral of emulation". Renato Schifani, a close Berlusconi ally and the ...

NYC Children Face Paying to Ride to School

... public transportation, their rides are subsidized. Frank Shuftan, a spokesman for Chicago Public Schools, said 90,000 Chicago students ride...cents a ride - a steep discount. Matthew Wilder, a spokesman for Boston Public Schools, said Boston students who live ...$6 million. Transit advocate Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers Campaign, whose two daughters use student Metrocards, said he hopes ...

Rep. Rosa DeLauro to Lieberman: GET THE FUCK OUT!!!

...for all of his life. It’s thoroughly frustrating and disappointing for so many of us.” Lieberman spokesman Marshall Wittmann denied that the senator was trying to block health care legislation. “The truth is ...flip-flopping on the Medicare buy-in proposal, saying that his support for the plan during his campaign for vice president in 2000 came at a time when the national debt was less than half ...

Winning campaign becomes marketing mess for Gillette

... marketing programs,’’ Mike Norton, a Gillette spokesman, wrote in an e-mail. ... unavailable yesterday. Gillette unveiled the Champions campaign in 2007 as its largest ... Arab Emirates to launch the campaign, which one Boston advertising executive ...’s advertising including the Champions campaign. A spokeswoman for the agency ... inaugural athletes in the Champions campaign, Woods’s recent media frenzy ...