According to a New York Post columnist, the McDonald’s Mcdouble may be the healthiest food you can get for cheap. Post columnist Kyle Smith argued that the McDouble has 390 calories but is loaded with 23 grams of protein, 7
On Thursday, NBC News reported that fast-food workers are upset with their level of pay. “They work for some of the biggest businesses in the United States, yet they are among the country’s lowest-paid workers,” wept Barbara Raab, senior producer
Burger King’s twitter was hacked and replaced with McDonalds and guess who is taking credit for it? You guessed it, Anonymous. Responsible for several high profile hacks they appear to be at it again, messing with the folks at Burger
HEMET, Calif., Dec. 29 (UPI) — Two men were arrested in Hemet, Calif., for allegedly stealing cooking grease from a McDonald’s restaurant, police said. The suspects, identified as Noel Portillo, 22, and Ricardo Robles, 24, were arrested early Friday at
Note to Michelle: don’t mess with the Golden Arches. Olympic gold medal gymnast Gabby Douglas appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last week, where she told Leno that after winning her medal, she “splurged on an Egg McMuffin
Here is what to keep an eye on on Wednesday in the presidential race. Of note: Illegal immigrants under 30 years of age who meet certain requirements can apply for work and residency permanents starting on Wednesday. Obama’s executive action
You’ve gotta feel sorry for Jesse Jackson; his time is so far gone, people don’t even remember when his time was. He reminds me a little of Willie Mays playing for the Mets in 1973–the best all-round baseball player who
Occupy Wall Street has often been compared to the Tea Party; I think it’s usually meant as an insult. By comparing the grass roots protest of the Tea Party to the amalgam of radicals at Occupy, they can diminish the
A fight over an order at a Manhattan McDonald’s lead to a cashier to use a metal rod to brutally beat two female customers inside a Greenwich Village McDonald’s. This video is graphic.
Morgan Spurlock exploded on the American pop culture scene as the star, writer, and director of the humorous documentary “Super Size Me” in 2003. In that film, he ingeniously shined a spotlight on the epidemic of obesity and the rampant
Why has the Food Safety Modernization Act (S510) encountered opposition from the Tea Partiers and their unlikely ally, the hippy, natural food, organic farmer, granola crowd? Look at the history of the FDA and see if they truly have the
McDonalds Corp. conducted its much-publicized one-day, national hiring event Tuesday. Seeking to hire up to 50,000 employees, both full-time and part-time, the fast-food giant and its franchisees state that, while many of the jobs are of the minimum wage variety,
The loud clanging alarm clock went off promptly at 6:00 a.m. as it always did. I hopped off my government-issue twin mattress right away. As an unmarried single dweller, I’m not permitted to own a queen-size mattress, and concealing a
Something HUGE happened Tuesday… No, not the shift in power in the House or the Republican gains in the Senate, this wasn’t done be the voters. No, the big story is… …San Francisco banned the Happy Meal. The new law
“…to the end it may be a government of laws and not of men.” John Adams, Samuel Adams and James Bowdoin, Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, 1780 In a blatantly unconstitutional move, the Feds have let McDonalds off the
[audio: http://newledger.com/podcasts/CoffeeandMarkets100810.mp3] Download Podcast | iTunes | Podcast Feed In today’s edition of Coffee and Markets, Brad Jackson and Ben Domenech are joined by Francis Cianfrocca to discuss the unexpected unemployment figures, what the waiver of McDonalds and other companies
He also says that Sarah Palin and Newt Gingrich are America’s Taliban and their bigotry is un-American. At long last, Mr. Moore, have you no decency?
As the Federal Election Commission (FEC) scans the political landscape scrutinizing tea party activist and most every other citizen who participates in this year’s federal elections, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) got a “a get out of jail free
As we mentioned in our last article, the prevalence of the Triple Bottom Line philosophy is signaling a changing paradigm, a time of transformation. Our question, then, is this: What exactly are we transforming into? The knee-jerk answer might be
Daily Mail: McDonald’s said the ad was intended to show that it welcomed people from all walks of life.
Many fine Republicans argue we should privatize Social Security. Just like George Bush – they are right. They are noble. They are dust. The last time we mentioned it, we found our ass booted around our neck. An obscene daisy.
[youtube oAE3sGQpD14 nolink] — NewsBusters: Cameron claims “Great wealth makes me uncomfortable,” and he has a track record of producing “quasi-Marxist epic[s],” as Newsweek described Titanic. Cameron himself said that Titanic was “holding just short of Marxist dogma.” Critic James
The really nice thing about having left-wing comedy hosts is that Democrat officials have absolutely no problem appearing on their talk shows. It’s really nice to have these people interviewed in a comfortable non-confrontational setting, because the darndest things will
So according to new research, having sex without a condom is healthy – at least for your head. A leading Scottish psychologist claims that unprotected straight sex can dramatically boost men’s and women’s mental well-being – with or without the
Fox News: A displeased McDonald’s customer spent a night in jail after repeatedly calling 911 to report the restaurant had robbed him, Komonews.com reported. Jeremy Martin, 23, was charged with improper use of the 911 service, the Clackamas County Sheriff’s
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Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy Navajo acting police chief Steven Nelson said the “winds were pretty bad’’ Wednesday, when a McDonalds restaurant sign blew off the pole it was attached and smashed into
I heard today that the eighteen million jobs that are supposed to be created by the Obama Over-Stimulating Bill are to be paid at union wage. It is a small detail. Apparently it was in the fine print that nobody
I grew up in a small town in Eastern Kentucky. There were two major industries there – an oil company and a steel mill, and yet I’m only the seventh most famous person from that town. There was Henry Clay
During the 1963 Moscow International Film Festival, few doubted Federico Fellini’s “8 ” was a masterpiece. The film was not merely contending for the Grand Prize; it was clear that no conventional prize could put a tag on the sheer
As a writer and consumer of entertainment, I really hate clichés and stereotypes. They’re only useful for misdirection, making readers believe the story is going a certain way so you can fool them. But Hollywood keeps trotting out the following
Embedded video from CNN Video Starbucks could fire back that not all of its coffee costs four bucks, or that extra cents help pay for health care for baristas. (A 12-ounce cup of brew starts at $1.40 at Starbucks, a
WSJ: The television ads McDonald’s will run during the Games stick to now-familiar feel-good themes such as athletic success and unity. One ad features two Asian children, armed with chopsticks, battling over the last Chicken McNugget in the carton.
Reuters: McDonald’s has switched to cooking oils free of trans fats in all of its restaurants in the United States and Canada.