Archive for January, 2008

Soda Review: Inca Kola, “the golden kola”

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

So begins a deluge of filler content on the Provocateur at Large website, as we begin the first of so many god-damned soda reviews. On tap for today? Inca Kola, the most popular soft drink in Peru.

Inca Kola’s tag line is “the golden kola,” which is remarkable for being a rare, objective piece of marketing. […]

Huckabee must be President.

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Why should former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee be elected President of these United States? Is it because he doesn’t believe in evolution? Is it that he thinks Jesus would believe in the death penalty? Is it that he wants to isolate all people carrying the AIDS virus? Is it that he thinks homosexuality is […]

105 years ago today: Edison westinghoused an elephant.

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Quickly, do you know who created the phonograph? The carbon filament found in incandescent light bulbs? The stock-ticker? How about movie production as we currently know it? Now, do you know who electrocuted an elephant as a marketing gimmick to slander the name of alternating current?
The answer to those question is one name: Thomas Edison. […]

John McCain’s biggest pet peeve: hypocrites, self.

Friday, January 4th, 2008

One of the hardest things about being a politician, I imagine, is the necessity to constantly change your opinions even when they fly in the face of everything you stand for. We’re not talking about “view realignment” here or simply representing the will of the collective population at any given moment – no. […]