Casual racism in marketing Source

Is new Australian TV comedy Bogan Pride the next Kath and Kim? You decide.

Picture this: This guy’s going to make a great dad.

Dead cat, no longer bouncing: Trying to keep on top of what is being written about the current economic crisis? Everything you need to know (and read) is in one spot at The Money Meltdown.

Warning: homos ahead! A clergyman stated in a blog that homosexuality was “clearly unnatural, a perversion and corruption of natural instincts and affections” and “a cause of fatal disease” and recommended that homosexual practices be discouraged “after the style of warnings on cigarette packets”. He wrote: “Let us make it obligatory for homosexuals to have their backsides tattooed with the slogan SODOMY CAN SERIOUSLY DAMAGE YOUR HEALTH and their chins with FELLATIO KILLS.” But he claims it was satire.

Eco-friendly clothing company called Goodone has created this anti-plastic bag with attitude in response to the popular Anya Hindmarch “I’m Not a Plastic Bag” tote that has been seen swinging from the shoulders of do gooder celebrities. I want one.

Original thought: Did anti-depressants cause the mortgage crisis? (Sometimes a little anxiety is a good thing.)

Video: The literal version (if songs sang what was happening in the music video) of a-ha’s famous pop song “Take On Me”; could be the start of an new internet meme. And then, in a few years, maybe it can become an innovative Telecom ad!

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