Tuesday Godbytes: Florida Robocalls; Bicultural Marketing; Kim Kardashian

Florida is voting. Right now. Guess what that means? …Religion issues!  (Wait, you were thinking something else?) In recent days, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has been courting the Jewish vote in the Sunshine State by accusing opponent Mitt Romney of being less-than-sensitive to Judaism. Today, though, Newt brought out the big guns: his campaign is […]

Florida is voting. Right now. Guess what that means?

…Religion issues!  (Wait, you were thinking something else?)

In recent days, Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has been courting the Jewish vote in the Sunshine State by accusing opponent Mitt Romney of being less-than-sensitive to Judaism.


Today, though, Newt brought out the big guns: his campaign is reportedly blanketing the state with a “Robocall” accusing Mitt Romney of having forced Holocaust survivors to eat non-kosher food.

For such a sunny state, things seem to get dark in Florida pretty quickly. Or, as the ever-snarky Tweet of God put it,

 

 

 

 

How does one market to American Muslims? Saffron Foods knows, and is exploring the future of “bicultural marketing” for Muslims.

With debates over school prayer still in the news, The Atlantic is looking at the “devilish details” of the issue.

Salon.com reports on the similarities between evangelical weight-loss and ex-gay movements.

Your Tweet of the Day is an actual tweet from famous person Kim Kardashian, best known for a super-short, scandal-wridden marriage and for, well, just being famous. I am posting it below without further comment.

 

 

 

 

Finally, your Video of the Day follows this week's music trend.  This time we've got the world of Jewish Music (which is it's own genre), with a song by Eig8th Day. Catchy.

 

– Jack “My Florida Friends Should Really Let Me Use Their Beach Houses” Jenkins

 

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