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It was the sip heard round the world! Marco Rubio paused during his response to Obama’s State of the Union address to take a sip of water. The mainstream media, predictably, began mocking immediately. CNN even suggested to its viewers that Rubio’s might be “a career ender.”
The only person who hasn’t seemed bothered in the whole ordeal is Rubio himself. He immediately took to twitter to poke fun at himself, posting a photo of the infamous water bottle. The next day he started selling water bottles on his website.
Since Wednesday, Rubio has sold over $100,000 in water bottles!
from Buzzfeed:
When Marco Rubio paused to take a sip from a water bottle during his response to the State of the Union this week, it become an instant viral sensation. The Florida Senator has now capitalized on the moment to raise more than $100,000 for his Reclaim America political action committee by selling branded water bottles.
A source close to Rubio tells BuzzFeed that the water bottles, which were sold on the senator’s PAC website to anyone who mades a donation of $25 or more, sold like hotcakes. In the period since they went on sale Wednesday, more than 3,100 of the PAC’s “Marco Rubio Water Bottles” have been sold.
“Send the liberal detractors a message that not only does Marco Rubio inspire you…he hydrates you too,” the donation page reads.
Rubio is smart enough to know that if the best the left has on you is the fact that you go thirsty, you’re in pretty good shape!
Plant a seed, water the plants, watch the plant grow.
One thing the article doesn’t point out: while the design was fairly progressive in the 1950s, the fact that in 2015 the paper is largely using the same design as it was 50 years ago and still not running any color on its front page is also pretty egregious.
“It is equally unclear why the Telegraph’s editors would devote such extensive space to Biff Tannen gambling coverage.”
By Joel Abrams, Senior Product Manager
I’m a contrarian, so instead of the usual top list, I decided to put together a bottom list.
Note: All of these are actual search terms that users typed into the search box on boston.com in 2012, but they aren’t the true bottom. Our analytics system only let me get the top 100,000 search terms, and many are actually quite prosaic. These are my selection of the most obscure, random, and unlikely to yield useful results.
- mass. witches assembling to end tim tebow’s season, keep tom brady’s alive
- Video of unknown male murder feburary 19 2012
- bhjgffghyfgfrfdfffffffffffffffffffffffjhghuehwyhbhhduddddddddiyhygugy yugy
- Sex in Kenya
- and rabbi akiva said it was 200 plagues as we got closer to the sea
- What are the two qualities looked for in choosing sled dogs?
- what do it look like when the sun tern to a blak hole
- why globe is placed on the table in every office?
- internet explorer and its helpful features
- Would you wait in line 8 hours for a beer?
What’s the most popular search on Boston.com? Same as it was last year: obituaries. The most popular topical term of the year? Liberty Mutual.
Bonus popularity contest: the most popular entry on our Big Picture photoblog was the Russia in color, a century ago and least popular was the death of Cambodia’s King Sihanouk.
Yes, I would wait in line 8 hours for a beer.
People used to say this at school, I would respond with me too and look at their shocked faces.
The Times of Oman consistently put out in depth graphics that you can really dive into and this Olympic season has provided for lots of great content for them to dissect and explain.
The difference between the Times and other places is the cool and funky ways they deliver the information. Take this page for example.
The information presented here isn’t new or really that exciting - it’s just a breakdown of the final medal count after the games. But instead of just showing us a big number or creating a bar graph, the team created this awesome Hryulian-looking centerpiece that really engages the audience. Add in five smaller sidebars that are clean and well-executed and you have an entire page dedicated to data reporting and a two sentence lead in.
Just awesome.
Check out more of their work at their NewspageDesigner page.
This is just straight out graphic awesomeness, the kind of work I hope one day to do.
This ad is awesome.. a totally new take on a story we all know
Brilliant….
Ever randomly come across something on your computer that just makes you smile? Yeah, I saved this onto my computer 4.5 years ago, I wanted to use it for my Myspace at the time…
