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Girl Spends $5,000 to Fight McDonald’s Lawyers

January 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Three recent headlines convinced me that the Happy Meal® has been replaced with the Politically-Correct Meal® at your neighborhood McDonald’s®.

Recently, I came across the story of Lauren McClucky, a big-hearted 19-year-old who lives in the Chicago area and has been using “McFest” as the name for her charitable concerts that raise $30,000 for Special Olympics® [...]

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Order Fries, Get Ketchup, Ban Landmines

December 1st, 2009 · No Comments

Shown in photos above and below, a ketchup packet designed by the advertising agency Publicis Mojo for the New Zealand Campaign Against Landmines is clever, though I doubt it will end the use of landmines.
What’s next? I fully expect the concept to be adopted soon by promoters of Hollywood slasher, horror movies of the “Friday [...]

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Uncle Jay Explains the News: Nov. 2, 2009

November 2nd, 2009 · No Comments

Uncle Jay says you can stare at goats, or at a dead singer’s movie, or at a health care bill that’s ready for its close-up. Any way you slice it, the news is pretty much a constant paranormal activity.  Still, Uncle Jay explains it all in this week’s edition of Uncle Jay Explains the News.
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Fast-Food Giant Helps Recruit Future Spies

July 21st, 2008 · No Comments

Spies, spooks and others involved in the gathering and collection of intelligence data are in high demand these days as employees of a nation engaged in a difficult and dangerous Global War on Terror. Thanks to a soon-to-be-launched promotion by McDonald’s, efforts to recruit new civilian and military intelligence agency employees might get a [...]

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Coming Soon: Campaign Ads on Report Cards

December 6th, 2007 · No Comments

Advertising Age reports today “McDonald’s has found a nifty way to reach kids even as TV ad options toward the demographic shrink: Advertise on report cards.” Makes me wonder how long it will take for political entities to seize upon this new advertising medium as a cost-effective tool for reaching voters with school-age children.
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