Nobody was surprised to see this pro-high-rise Board of Supervisors affirm its earlier support for a huge waterfront height-limit break for the 8 Washington St. luxury condo project, which now goes to the voters to decide (“Board upholds support for 8 Washington plan,” Wednesday).
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Supervisor Eric Mar took some heat for carrying legislation that banned toys in McDonald’s Happy Meals. But in the end, it appears his effort has paid off. McDonald’s announced changes to the Happy Meal on Tuesday.
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Dan McLaughlin at RedState.com notes an interesting parallel in acceptance rates at two of America's best-known institutions.
McDonald's recently received a million job applications during it's one-day application event, while Harvard completed consideration of applicants for its 2015 freshman class. The fast-food chain accepted 62,000 of those applicants, which means, McLaughlin observes:
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San Francisco’s legislation prohibiting toys from fast-food meals that don’t meet certain nutritional standards may get a light-hearted skewering soon on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show.”The legislation, introduced by Supervisor Eric Mar, has already been mentioned before on the show and has received local and national media attention as a “ban” on the McDonald’s Happy Meal.
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Here’s a total oddity, from a story about the return of McDonald’s cult sandwich, the McRib. It will be available at McDonald’s around the country for a limited time this year:
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Kudos to fast food chain McDonald's for not kowtowing to the Food Police, otherwise known as the Center for Science of Public Interest (CSPI). These are the folks who caused movie theaters to stop using coconut oil in the popcorn, forced the removal of MSG in Chinese food, and now they have threatened McDonald's to stop including toys in their Happy Meals.Enough, already!
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