McDonalds eggs/Carlyle Group partners with Subway Restaurants

http://heavenstaxforce.blogspot.com/2011/11/natalie-woods-death.html
I've placed this blog here as I'm not sure I'll get back to it for a few days.  It's about the rivalry between Joan Crawford and Bette Davis but the part I found most interesting is the homosexual goings on back in the day and there were lots of goings on........  Barbara Stanwyk and Robert Taylor.  hmmmmmm and this all started today with the headline about Natalie Wood's death and the fact that Robert Wagner had an 4 year affair w/Ms. Stanwyk.  (She was a cougar back then.  OMG!)  Oh yeah, did you know that Crawford was married to a Pepsi exec?   ...cal

http://news.yahoo.com/u-investigates-cyber-attack-water-system-201719205.html
US probes cyber attack on water system
Excerpt:
(Reuters) - Federal investigators are looking into a report that hackers managed to remotely shut down a utility's water pump in central Illinois last week, in what could be the first known foreign cyber attack on a U.S. industrial system.

The November 8 incident was described in a one-page report from the Illinois Statewide Terrorism and Intelligence Center, according to Joe Weiss, a prominent expert on protecting infrastructure from cyber attacks.

http://www.carlyle.com/Media%20Room/News%20Archive/2011/item12036.html
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Carlyle Infrastructure Partners invests in companies that contract with state and local governments throughout the United States to provide services, such as treatment of biosolids at the end of the wastewater treatment process, school bus transportation, and other infrastructure-based services. I would like to highlight our recent innovative partnership with the State of Connecticut to redevelop, operate, and maintain Connecticut’s 23 highway service areas across the state.

McDonalds McDonalds McDonalds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIrZcrKRD_0


http://news.yahoo.com/activists-expose-cruelty-mcdonalds-egg-supplier-210150200.html
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McDonald's confirmed it had directed its supplier, Cargill, to stop sourcing McDonald eggs from Sparboe, the company at the center of the cruelty video.

"The behavior on tape is disturbing and completely unacceptable," McDonald's said in a statement.

"McDonald's wants to assure our customers that we demand humane treatment of animals by our suppliers. We take this responsibility -- along with our customers' trust -- very seriously."

http://www.greenoptions.com/products/sparboe-farms-organic-eggs
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/money_co/2011/11/mcdonalds-cuts-egg-supplier-after-undercover-animal-cruelty-video.html
Excerpt:We are a founding member of the Coalition for Sustainable Egg Supply (CSES) and are participating in an unprecedented three-year study that compares traditional, cage-free, and enriched laying hen housing systems on a commercial scale. For our customers, that means we’re working with scientists and suppliers to determine the most optimal hen housing method considering impacts on hen health & welfare, food safety, environment, and other important factors. McDonald’s is proud to be recognized as a leader in the restaurant industry for serving safe, quality food. Customers can feel good about eating at McDonald’s.”
 
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Investigators recommend changes at Virginia factory farm where Humane Society alleges abuse against pigs
-- Tiffany Hsu
Photo: Chickens at an unrelated farm in 2008. Credit: Mercy for Animals


Mercy For Animals - Ohio Fresh Eggs Investigation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okTFzbsSFGs

Mercy For Animals - Ohio Fresh Eggs Investigation
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Between August 2001 and November 2004, members of the non-profit Ohio animal advocacy organization Mercy For Animals have conducted four undercover investigations of Ohio's largest egg factory farms. At every facility investigated, MFA found severe overcrowding and confinement, countless sick and injured hens, hens who had become trapped in the wire of their cages, and dead birds left to slowly rot and decompose next to birds still producing eggs for human consumption. The cruel conditions illustrated on their website are not isolated incidents. Sadly, similar abuses run rampant on factory farms across the country. The abuses stem from a system in which living, feeling animals are regarded as mere property, commodities to be exploited for every last penny. The most important thing you can do to stop the suffering of these animals is to stop eating eggs and other animal products.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/07/news/companies/subway_mcdonalds/index.htm
Excerpt:
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Move over, Mickey D's, and bring Ronald McDonald with you -- there's a new fast food king in town.
Subway has surpassed McDonald's to become the world's largest restaurant chain in terms of units, the sandwich company confirmed Monday.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phil_Hartman/
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Hartman appears as Bill Clinton on an episode of Saturday Night Live. In this episode, Clinton visits a McDonald's restaurant, in one of Hartman's most famous sketches.^[16][17]

http://snltranscripts.jt.org/94/94aclinton.phtml
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"Love to be the President..
Love to be the President.

I'm the President, I think I'm so great Did you know grizzly bears like to hibenrate?
I like McDonald's, and Chelsea likes eggs
Did you ever notice Hillary's got big legs?

The White House has so many antiques.
I would sneak girls in there, but the floorboards squeak.
Got caught!

Pres-pres-presi-presi-presi-di-doo!"

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=McDonald's
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General media & ad campaigns

Polluting MTV

"Magazine Advertising Age reported that McDonald's has hired marketing firm Maven Strategies to help get the sandwich name checked into upcoming songs. Maven Strategies performed well last year, after landing the Seagram's Gin into five rap songs, from such acts as Kanye West, Twista, Franchise Boys and Petey Pablo," Nolan Strong wrote in an article.[11]

Ad boycott against Air America Radio

McDonald's refused to advertise on the progressive Air America Radio. In October 2006, around 90 companies, including McDonald's, told ABC Radio Networks that they did not want their ads to play on radio stations that carried Air America Radio. ^[36], ^[37], ^[38]

Maven Strategies
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Contact details
Maven Strategies
4200 Parliament Place, Suite 230
Lanham Maryland 20706
Web: http://www.mavenstrategies.com/

http://www.carlyle.com/Fund/Real%20Assets/Global_Infrastructure_Buyout/Carlyle%20Infrastructure%20Partners/item10102.html
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http://www.carlyle.com/Media%20Room/News%20Archive/2009/item10783.html
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November 19, 2009 #2009-056 Major Upgrades Ahead for Connecticut Highway Service Areas; Public-Private Partnership Planning New Look, New Services for 23 Locations; Job Creation and State of the Art Facilities

Milford, CT – Project Service LLC, a joint venture formed by Doctor’s Associates, Inc., the parent company of SUBWAY Restaurants; Subcon, Inc.; and global private equity firm The Carlyle Group, today announced that it has entered into a 35-year public-private partnership with the State of Connecticut to redevelop, operate and maintain Connecticut’s 23 highway service areas across the state. Project Service and its tenants expect to invest approximately $178 million in improvements and upgrades to the service areas and create approximately 340 jobs. In total, the State is expected to receive approximately $500 million in economic benefit from the redevelopment. The public-private partnership will generate major improvements for Connecticut’s highway service areas on Interstates 95 and 395 and Route 15 (The Wilbur Cross and Merritt Parkways). The current facilities were built in the 1940s and 1950s, and with the exception of a few renovations, have had no significant capital improvements in the past twenty-five years. The redevelopment will include major rebuilds http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Jay_Love Excerpt: Positions, record and controversies Bio Love was elected to the Alabama Legislature in November of 2002 and is currently serving his second term in office. He used to own 16 Subway Sandwich restaurants, but sold them in 2006 to manage a commercial real estate investment company. [2]