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Voters need to be more discriminating. This community doesn’t need more spin.

How Should LTC Be Funded?

Don’t be fooled by mainstream media spin. #LDN #LTC

How Much?

City Hall tries to pretend that building more roads will be healthy and reduce traffic.

So What?

Is MSM trying to spin the Patrick Kane story?

Spinning an Automobile Lifestyle

A Throbgoblinscontribution (published with permission ).

My LFP Reader Rant

Have you listened to the latest LFP “Reader Rant” podcast yet?

Do you agree that we’re increasingly bombarded by stealth advertising, and that it’s becoming harder and harder to distinguish hard news from spin?

When Does It Stop Spinning?

The world spins. In fact, I recollect a long time ago being told by a teacher that it’s a good thing, and that if it were ever to stop spinning we’d be in a heap of trouble.
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Academic McMotivation

Responding to criticism about it’s report-card promo in Florida’s Seminole County, fast-food giant McDonalds insists that it’s motives are entirely honourable. As opposed to a crass marketing campaign?
The campaign consists of a Happy Meal coupon, a cartoon of the chain’s Ronald McDonald brand mascot, the golden arches logo, and photos of Happy Meal menu items – all printed on the cover of a report-card jacket at the corporation’s expense ($1,600 for the 2007-2008 school year). Children who present their report cards to the local restaurant are entitled to receive a free Happy Meal, provided that they’ve scored As and Bs, have exhibited good behaviour or have had two or fewer absences.
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Rationalizations

An XKCD sketch.

How do you define affordable?

Over at the London Fog, Mapmaster notes that a study from the Frontier Centre for Public Policy places London near the top of affordable housing in Canada as measured by median house prices divided by median annual income.

But wouldn’t it be more revealing, and more useful, to measure housing affordability as measured against the annual income of those who are making minimum wage? Wouldn’t … Continue Reading