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  • Hack state rep tries to get rival arrested (Massachusetts politics)

    09/15/2012 6:32:47 AM PDT · by BillGunn · 21 replies
    Boston Herald ^ | 9/14/2012 | Howie Carr
    The hack du jour is state Rep. Denise Andrews (D-Orange). She may be the most desperate politician in Massachusetts this year. She is so desperate that she accused her GOP opponent of buying cocaine — and didn’t have some coatholder make the allegation anonymously, but did it herself, in person, to the chief of police in her rival’s hometown of Athol. Rep. Andrews then doubled down, telling the chief that one of his cops had gone to her opponent’s home and taken the cocaine away from her and brought it back to the station house. Turns out, the cop she...
  • Happy Meal toys could be banned in Santa Clara County

    04/27/2010 9:29:31 AM PDT · by BigEdLB · 33 replies · 808+ views
    Los Angeles Times ^ | 4/27/10 | LA Times
    The latest target in the battle over fast food is something you shouldn't even put in your mouth. Convinced that Happy Meals and other food promotions aimed at children could make kids fat as well as happy, county officials in Silicon Valley are poised to outlaw the little toys that often come with high-calorie offerings. The proposed ban is the latest in a growing string of efforts to change the types of foods aimed at youngsters and the way they are cooked and sold. Across the nation, cities, states and school boards have taken aim at excessive sugar, salt and...