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At the start of World War II, the invading Wehrmacht made swift progress through France and by 14 June 1940, they had occupied Paris. They wasted no time in raising their military flag on the Eiffel tower and the swastika above the Palace of Versailles. Naturally, such triumphant use of these flags was highly symbolic. Versailles had been the venue both for the Proclamation of the German Empire (Deutsche Reichsgründung) in January 1871 following the Franco-Prussian War, and, on 28 June 1919, it had been where the Treaty which bore its name was to conclude the First World War. Hitler...

False advertising is a stain on the fabric of our society. In order to thoroughly bleach this fabric and make it soft with extra fabric softener, we have assembled honest company slogans that we now demand all businesses to switch to.NO EXCEPTIONS!Nike: Slavery: just do it.Walmart: We clean the bathrooms sometimes!Doritos: Better go ahead and buy two bags, fatty.Applebee's: Eatin' Food In A Place.Subway: Eat…something?!United Airlines: We just said the skies are friendly. We made no promises about what happens inside the plane.Spirit Airlines: You're poor, aren't you? The American Federation Of Teachers: We care. About ourselves.Google: Don't Be Evil.Twitter:...

A YouTube video of Xinjiang detention facilities has rekindled concern over China's crackdown on ethnic minorities. Researchers say the videos offer new evidence, but many fear for the vlogger's safety.A 20-minute video featuring more than a dozen detention facilities in China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region has offered fresh evidence and renewed the discussion around China's large-scale crackdown on ethnic minorities in the region. The video was filmed by a Chinese man named Guanguan, who went to Xinjiang after reading a series of articles from US news outlet BuzzFeed News, indicating the locations of several detention centers in the region. His...

“White” does not mean white. “White” in radical parlance means anyone of any race, creed, nationality, color, sex, or sexual preference who embraces capitalism, free markets, limited government, and American traditional culture and values.” This philosophical concept belongs to Noel Ignatiev, a white American of Russian origin, who is the ideological founding father of numerous radical black movements in America. The author of this concept was even lucky enough to see his best students -- Black Lives Matter (BLM) -- in action. Research into the work of this former Harvard professor finally answered the question of why BLM proponents...

Dr. Robert R. Redfield of the Centers for Disease Control largely echoed Dr. Anthony Faucci, but he added that America could emerge from the pandemic if we continued the economic shutdown and social distancing as dictated by the medical experts because we are "Stronger Together." This was Hillary Rodham Clinton's 2016 campaign slogan. It caused not a titter. Imagine the outrage if Redfield called upon us to "Make America Great Again."

The Trump Organization didn't disclose when the damage occurred or whether the president, who stayed at Bedminster over the weekend, was present when the vandal struckFour Trump Organization golf courses, including one at President Donald Trump’s Bedminster, N.J., residence, were vandalized with slogans critical of the administration etched into putting greens. Police have a suspect in custody. Nine greens at Trump courses in Ferry Point, Hudson Valley, and Westchester — all in New York — and Bedminster were damaged in similar acts of vandalism, according to a person familiar with the incident. The Trump Organization said a suspect has been...

You've probably already heard it, but now, my vote for greatest bumpersticker is: There's always more free cheese in a mousetrap. It unseats my former numero uno, 'I may be slow, but I'm ahead of you. Convince me your greatest slogan is better than these. I am hopeful about high-minded slogans.('Kids Need Encouragement Every Day' is apparently not very widespread.)However, for those with a morbid cast of mind, I have to be equipped with an appropriate response for the ultimate deprecatory sign:

Ad Age is continuing to review hacked emails from Hillary Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta -- what WikiLeaks has packaged together as "The Podesta Emails," and keeps expanding with daily additions -- for insights about the Clinton campaign's marketing, branding and overall messaging strategy.

George Orwell's 1984 had three slogans that were repeated constantly.  They were counter factual, they showed that people were repeatedly told and were expected to believe the most outrageous, anti-rational, contradictory lies in order to inculcate obedience. The same is true in the United States of today.  Political Correctness is what we are expected to believe without any rational examination.  We are expected to believe direct contradictions as a matter of public policy.  The irrational assumptions of that policy may not be challenged. We are constantly lied to and expected to accept the lies. I posit that Orwell's three...

Witnesses are reporting gunfire and explosions in the Paris suburb commune of Magnanville. French special police have surrounded a house where a man is holding hostages. The attacker stabbed the home owner, a police officer who was reportedly his neighbor.

Okay, now that she's locked up the nomination let's get hrc a good campaign slogan.

Bernie Sanders Top 5 Quotes #5. "A nation will not survive morally or economically when so few have so much while so many have so little…We need a tax system which asks the billionaire class to pay its fair share of taxes and which reduces the obscene degree of wealth inequality in America" #4. "Education should be a right, not a privilege. We need a revolution in the way that the United States funds higher education." #3. "Social Security is a promise that we cannot and must not break."#2. "Meanwhile, as the rich become much richer, the level of income and wealth...

She personally performed abortions on women, using a bicycle pump, and later boasted that she and her group had personally murdered exactly 10,141 children in the womb. She supports the legalization of euthanasia, the liberalization of drug use, and the legal prohibition of conscience exemptions for doctors who refuse to perform abortion. She even opposes the burial of aborted children in cemeteries. She is Emma Bonino, the radical leftist Italian politician, a member of the Italian Radical Party currently serving, incredibly enough, as Foreign Minister for the corrupt Italian government. And she was greeted warmly days ago by Pope Francis,...

".......An Instagram of that “No Cops No Prisons” banner displays a number of hashtags, including #turnuptheanger, a hashtag associated with TMOC. (The first mention of #turnuptheanger on Twitter, for example, directs to a Facebook page hosted by the Trayvon Martin Organizing Committee NYC.) It’s not the only apparent link between the “dead cops” chant and TMOC. At the beginning of the video and before the call to kill police, you can hear what sounds like, “arms up, shoot back!” That slogan appears on TMOC’s Twitter account....... [SNIP] ......There are not many TMOC members willing to openly admit that they’re part...

Burger King is scrapping its 40-year-old “Have It Your Way” slogan in favor of the more personal “Be Your Way.” […] Burger King says in a statement that the new motto is intended to remind people that “they can and should live how they want anytime. It’s ok(ay) to not be perfect … Self-expression is most important and it’s our differences that make us individuals instead of robots.” It may seem odd for a fast-food company to champion individuality, but Burger King isn't the only one trying to project a hip, non-corporate attitude to gain favor with customers. Since 2012,...

My series of graphics about honest slogans in liberal advertising (see that post here) was in part inspired by my collection of these images.

Many of these I've created (they're either original or adapted from somewhere else), some are classics (like the Sham Wow one) and some I just discovered for the first time today.

Here are some samples: #ObamacareSlogans: The quicker you die, the quicker you can vote Democrat. #ObamacareSlogans: Now accepting appointments for 2023. #ObamacareSlogans: Ask you doctor is a death panel is right for you. #ObamacareSlogans: At ACA, we don't make of lot of your healthcare products, we make your healthcare products worse. #ObamacareSlogans: Who needs a slogan with this EZ to remember phone number 1-800-F1UCKYO #ObamacareSlogans: Like a nosy neighbor, Obamacare is there. #ObamacareSlogans: Hey, you weren't that close to grandma anyway. #ObamacareSlogans: Because you are never too old to be aborted.

Ah, the Tweets on Twitter are at it again. Obama's used car salesman/Sham Wow guy speech in the Rose Garden brings out the best in some folks. Now it is: #FailedObamacareSlogans Here is a little of what is being posted: #FailedObamacareSlogans Now with more surge Join us! Folks everywhere are signing up fast and furious. The Best Healthcare a Community Organizer Can Provide Today Socialism, Tomorrow Communism. If you like your huge government, you can keep it. Free rectal exams courtesy of the #IRS I just spent an extra 15% on my health insurance by switching to Obamacare Spending just...

Oh those wacky Tweeters are at it again with: #ObamacareTshirtSlogans. Here are some of the offerings this morning... #ObamacareTshirtSlogans I never said you could keep your doctor If You Like My Health Insurance You Can Keep Paying For It For Me Singlepayer Exemptions for the 1% The best reason to buy Identity Fraud Insurance. You didn't infect that. You can keep your Doctor....except he's retired If It's Good Enough For Your Family, It's Good Enough For....nevermind My grandma went up before a death panel and all I got was this stupid t-shirt Until death do you part Good news: Healthcare...