Sugar Editorial Picks
Dec 16, 2008 -
Tough times have hit state governments, and as a result New York's Gov. Paterson plans to put his state's budget on a diet by cutting funding of education and health care. But he's also hoping lean measures can raise money — the governor wants to tax non-diet soda, that he claims will bring in $404 million for the state.
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Nov 23, 2006 -
Just in time for Thanksgiving! Jones Soda, famous for their crazy flavors (remember their fish taco flavored soda?!), introduces their "Holiday Pack." Sure to be a hit, this soda extravaganza includes lip-smacking flavors such as "Turkey & Gravy," "Brussels Sprout," "Wild Herb Stuffing," and the only flavor I could imagine choking down-- "Pumpkin Pie."
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Nov 19, 2007 -
Although that "Soulja Boy" song and dance has taken every club in the country by storm, there are some of us who just aren't having it. We prefer the more dignified dances of the past. But while everyone's bouncing around like a bunch of baffoons, let's at least have fun with the lyrics, why don't we?
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Jul 20, 2008 -
Jones Soda wants you to have a drink with your favorite candidate. OK, a drink with you favorite candidate on it. They've launched a flavor in favor of the political season called Campaign Cola 2008.
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May 07, 2007 -
His mom wants to know who drank all the orange soda and this little punk looks her straight in the eyes, smiles, and pins the blame on his brother. Don't mind the orange mustache he happens to be wearing-- it means nothing. Sure, he may have taken a sip or two from the bottle, but he definitely didn't "inhale."
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Jan 27, 2009 -
When it comes to letting the government watch out for public safety, some things are off-limits for Americans. A new survey shows that while 62 percent of US adults think there should be a national ban on smoking in public locations, only 38 percent support a ban on cell-phone use while driving, and 70 percent oppose a tax on nondiet soda.
Despite the fact that smoking, driving distractions, and soda all pose health risks, Americans seem to single out smoking as a vice not protected from government control.
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Sep 10, 2008 -
Oh, answer from the heavens to the existential question that's plagued mankind since the dawn of liquid, what, oh what, in all that is holy-regional-specificity do we call that most bubbly of beverages? Oh, map of the ages, slake my thirst for knowledge!
So yeah.
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Jan 29, 2008 -
By now, we've all seen the vid of a bird taking a surprise crap on a reporter in the middle of a live news broadcast. It was the talk of the net last week, but there's a new development in the story. Was this really the accident it seemed to be, or was it the work of a couple of marketing gurus?
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Aug 29, 2009 -
Advertising from the '60s has a bad rap for always being targeted to men. Mad Men proved this last Sunday when Peggy says a beautiful woman throwing herself at a camera is not going to sell diet soda to its audience — women. Don replies, you know how this works: men want her, so women want to be her.
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Mar 06, 2009 -
Of course the United States doesn't have an official language — Americans can't even agree on one version of English!
Luckily the Dictionary of American Regional English is here to document the words that you don't hear everywhere in the US. Did you know "discomgollifusticated" is how some New Englanders say "discombobulated?"
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