Tomorrow marks the end of what seems to be the longest Presidential campaign in history. I cannot wait to have this over with. I want my television commercials back to selling beer and new movies.
I am curious to see where the readers of Duck Duck Gray Duck are at. Take my anonymous poll and see where you stand with others.
Posted in Politics & Religion, Polls
Tagged 2012 poll, Barack Obama, Democrats, Elections, Mitt Romney, Politics & Religion, President, republicans, voting
Image: Washington Post
On November 6th, besides the presidential election, the people of Puerto Rico are set to vote on something VERY important.
1. Whether they want to continue to be a territory of the United States.
2. To become a sovereign nation.
3. Become the 51st state.
This is sort of a big deal for our country yet I don’t think it’s even been reported on. It’s been 53 years since we added to the empire, I like many others are hoping for statehood.
What do you want to see happen?
Thanks for bringing this to my attention Tim
There will be a relaunch of MySpace, the one-time titan of social networking. The site will apparently be reborn as a media-centric network and look a lot like Pinterest according to this video. It won’t be exclusively for musicians and bands. Photographer, filmmakers, designers and dedicated fans of them are encouraged to sign up for an invite.
On the new site posts are laid out in the gridded format that emphasizes large photo icons. Users can scroll through these posts horizontally, in contrast to the vertical scroll format used by many popular social networks. Pages showcase personal playlists, upcoming concerts and trending music news. There’s even a nifty analytics page that lets those making films or music see the gender, age and geographic breakdowns of their audiences.
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Posted in Art and Design, Books Music Movies & Entertainment, New Products & Gadgets, Polls
Tagged Facebook, Justin Timberlake, Myspace, Myspace Design, Myspace New Look, MySpace Redesign, Myspace Revamp, New Myspace, Pinterest, Social network, Technology News, video
Prince has a new look and a new song and album, and both fall squarely under the category of old school. He showed them off on ABC’s The View this morning. Watch.
A new Prince song titled “RnR Affair” (“Rock & Roll Love Affair” ) is a throw-back poppy track that is reminiscent of the old stuff we loved from our beloved Minnesota music export. Listen to it below.
Prince is also rumored to be dating his new young protégé Andy Allo. Allo’s new album was executive produced by Prince and features three songs he co-wrote.
For the first time in my life, I am seriously considering staying home on election day. I am opting-out of the political process. I have come to believe “freedom” to choose who runs our country is an illusion and that American society has no real choice in who becomes President. These two candidates we have today were bought and paid for long ago.
The electoral college is bullshit. The current system of “winner takes all” in each state warps presidential elections. Through polling, candidates and media divide the country into red and blue states, and those categorized as “swing” acquire the attention. A Washington Post analysis shows the 2012 election will be decided by roughly 916,643 “undecided” voters in six swing states.
Consider me “decided.” I have decided to sit at home, pour some Grey Goose over ice, and exercise my right NOT to vote. Am I wrong?
Guns n’ Roses At Stardust Ballroom June 28, 1985. (Photo by Jack Lue/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Dude, I have knots in my stomach over this induction.
Besides hating the fact that Green Day are inducting Guns N’ Roses at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony this Saturday, I now have to wait on Axl AGAIN to not crush my hopes for a reunion.
The hopeful part of my heart wants Axl to show up, scream, and completely destroy the naysayers by melting the hipster glasses right off their faces with a crushing performance of Sweet Child O’ Mine, while ushering in a new wave of hair metal to fill the void of good music we live with today.
The blackened, cynical part of my heart understands that Axl will probably let us down again.
Slash thinks so too. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Slash said that Axl hates him and that a reunion performance is not likely. Then again, if you read the Slash autobiography, you’ll learn Slash is deeply scarred by his relationship with Axl. A psychiatrist could write a book on how mental Slash and Axl really are.
Do you think Guns N’ Roses will reunite and perform on Saturday?
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Tagged Axl, Axl Rose, Duff, GNR reunion, Green Day, Guns N' Roses, Guns reunion, Izzy Stradlin, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Rolling Stone, Slash, Slash book, Slash: “Axl Hates My Guts”, Sweet Child O' Mine, Will Guns N Roses reunite?
Two awesome comedy movies have sequels coming out. Which one are you more excited for? Last week, we learned that Will Ferrell has agreed to a sequel to Anchorman. Today we learn that production on Dumb and Dumber 2 is set to begin by September of this year.
Which sequel are you more excited for?
Posted in Books Music Movies & Entertainment, Celebrity News & Gossip, Funny Pictures & Videos, Polls
Tagged Anchorman 2, anchorman sequel, Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy, celebrity news, comedy movies, Conan, Dumb And Dumber, dumb dumber sequel, Film, hollywood news, Jeff Daniels, Jim Carey, movie sequels, Sequel, Will Ferrell
The American Family Association provided a list of companies that do and do not use the word “Christmas” in their advertising or promotions this time of year. If you are interested in seeing how they determined this, then click here.
I am indifferent on this topic because I’m pretty sure Jesus Christ doesn’t care about Black Friday. I think a company should use whatever word they want. However, I don’t think retailers should be letting the political correctness crazies out there push them around either. Use whatever word (Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Holiday) is going to make your company wheel barrows full of money and ignore the idiots that tell you how to run your business.
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Posted in Marketing & Advertising, Politics & Religion, Polls, Weird News Crazy Videos and Conspiracy
Tagged American Family Association, attack on Christmas, Christmas, holiday, political correctness, retailers
Oh fer Pete’s sake! This childhood game has created some debate here and on this blog in the past. So I figured I’d try to set the record straight. As Minnesotans, we know that the rest of country is backwards with this game. But let’s find out how backwards with a poll of our own. Meanwhile, I’ll kick back and think of rules for the adult version of this game I want to create – “Duck Duck Grey Goose.”
What do you say? Duck Duck Goose or Duck Duck Gray Duck?
Photo: frugivore
U.S. Department of Agriculture records show that the number of businesses approved to accept food stamps grew by a third from 2005 to 2010. Vendors from convenience and dollar discount stores to gas stations and pharmacies increasingly joined the growing entitlement program. Now, fast food chains like the YUM! brand are trying to get government approval to accept food stamps too. If it’s approved, the government will technically be paying for low-income people to eat at places like Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, KFC, and Long John Silver’s.
The food police and public health advocates are not happy about this. I assume that many of you who pay taxes are not happy about it either. Obviously, the public would prefer that food stamp recipients make good nutritional choices with our hard-earned money. Fast food is bad for you right? How bad? Are you assuming welfare recipients are making good decisions in the grocery store aisle and that fast food options will derail that sensibility? Should poor people not be able to enjoy a Whopper? Should we have special EBT aisles in stores where people can only buy what we deem as healthy? Lots of questions. Not a lot of good answers.
What do you think the answer is?
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Tagged fast food, feature, food stamps, health, KFC, News, Nutrition, Pizza Hut, public assistance programs, SNAP, Taco Bell, USDA, Yum! Brands
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