Get it yourself, Vlad: A Russian company, Oasis Beverages, has bought the maker of Pabst Blue Ribbon, Rainier Beer and other bargain brands. Oasis Chairman Eugene Kashper called PBR the “quintessential American brand” representing “individualism, egalitarianism and freedom of expression — all the things that make this country great.”
Just a couple words of advice, Eugene: No potatoes. Or did we learn nothing from Bud Light Lime? And we don’t want to see a Rainier ad with a bare-chested Vladimir Putin carrying a six-pack and riding a horse through a mountain stream.
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I want to play with my ding-a-ling: Apple devotees waited in line overnight to get their new supersized iPhone 6 or 6 Plus. “I’m not going home to sleep. I’m going to be playing with it,” said one delirious customer.
And until you’ve played Angry Birds on a 5.5-inch screen, rather than a 4-inch screen, you just won’t understand.
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Was there a Batboy? Fox on Monday premieres “Gotham,” its Batman origins series that focuses on a young detective, James Gordon, before he became Commissioner Gordon and got his bat signal and bat phone.
Well, OK, he had the BatPhone 5, but he was embarrassed to use it because it wasn’t the new BatPhone 6 Plus with the bigger screen.
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