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McDonald's Faces Happy Meals' Lawsuit
(http://www.latimes.com/news/health/sns-health-mcdonalds-happy-meal-lawsuits,0,1457303.story)
I saw this story today and felt it needed some commentary. But the first line I saw was this:
"Weeks after a Silicon Valley county in California became the first in the nation to ban toys from McDonald's Happy Meals and other food promotions aimed at ...
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California is a wonky state and now, it seems a hypocritical one.
The Global Warming Solutions Act, which Governor Schwarzenegger signed into law in 2006, is essentially 'Cap & Trade' on the state level, with the lofty goal of reducing CO2 levels to 1990 levels, by 2020. While this is a ...
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Unless you've been living under a rock, you've no doubt heard about the rich Nigerian that tried to blow up a NorthWest Airlines jet from Nigeria to Detroit.
This story kinda touches on my feelings on the subject: LINK, as the media seems to be taking the wrong approach ...
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There's a new fad that I noticed more, now that I moved to Texas: "KEEP CHRIST IN CHRISTMAS".
While I'm all for expressing one's faith and beliefs, there's an air of hypocritical assholery that accompanies these magnets and stickers, plastered to the back of the SUVs I see.
From what ...
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Today, it was announced that a Florida jury awarded a 60 year old with emphysema $300 million in compensatory and punitive damages, 'because she claims the cigarette company committed fraud against her.'
The claimant stated she took up smoking at age 20 in 1968, 'because she thought it made ...
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