Lenin is officially spinning in his sarcophagus

MEDIA & MARKETING: "Moscow Starts to Tackle Billboard Buildup," by Daria Solovieva, Wall Street Journal, 7 November 2008.

Story is about cracking down on too many billboards, but the pic that caught my attention showed the wall along the Moscow River that separates Red Square from the water. It now contains a1,300-foot-billboard operated by BMW. It appears to be electronic.

Stunning.

You'd have to imagine something equivalent in the Mall's Reflecting Pool.

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[Joseph Nobles]

Or like in WALL*E, where they cruise by the Apollo 11 landing site and a BnL billboard flickers on when it senses the activity. I involuntarily groaned like I'd been kicked in the stomach.

And then I was a little more sad because I was the only one.