Union made Halloween candy shopping list.

[Whovian]

[Snotcicles]

1. Great, and all the best stuff ta-boot. nt

[Brickbat]

2. K&R

[dballance]

3. So proud of USA products - seriously

I cannot say how much I love the occasional Butterfinger or Jelly Bellies.

To Know those are made in the USA makes me happy.

[Whovian]

4. Please, God. Let peanut butter cups be Union made.

[Brickbat]

5. They're not.

Sorry.

ETA: Actually, I'm finding mixed reports. Hold the phone...

[Whovian]

8. Waaaaah! OMG!

Please, someone unionize them fast!

[Brickbat]

9. I always thought the Reese's factory was nonunion, but some lists say they are union-made.

I don't know why it's so hard to find this shit. ARGH!

[barnabas63]

6. Reese's - nectar of the gods.

I know what you mean. I try not to eat them much anymore, but when I eat candy - it's Reese's peanut butter cups!

[BainsBane]

29. and Snickers n/t

[Greybnk48]

7. I just post this list to FB.

Are there more? How to check?

[Auggie]

10. Complete list from the website

1. Baby Ruth
2. Butterfinger
3. Caramello
4. Hershey's Candy Corn Kisses
5. Hershey's Extra Dark Chocolate bar
6. Hershey's Hugs
7. Hershey's Kisses
8. Hershey's Nuggets
9. Jelly Belly
10. Kit Kat
11. Laffy Taffy
12. Mike and Ike
13. Rolo
14. Super Ropes
15. Tootsie Roll
16. Trolli

[Greybnk48]

11. Thanks! n/t

[pinboy3niner]

13. Longer list from the AFL-CIO here:

http://www.unionplus.org/union-made/halloween-treats

[Auggie]

44. +1

[slackmaster]

12. Union-made poison kills just as surely as any other poison

Everything on that list is pure junk.

[Whovian]

15. Give it a break. Never had a slice of cake or pie?

Howsabout Guns? Do Union made guns kill more or less efficiently than one another?

Yeah, that's pretty much how many think of you when they see your name in a thread.

[slackmaster]

18. I eat foods with refined sugar only on very rare occasions

That's my body, and my business.

You won't ever see me handing that crap out to other peoples' children.

Yeah, that's pretty much how many think of you when they see your name in a thread.

This may come as a shock to you, but I really don't care much what people think of me.

Howsabout Guns? Do Union made guns kill more or less efficiently than one another?

The top five leading causes of death in our country are:

1 Heart Disease
2 Malignant Neoplasms
3 Cerebrovascular
4 Chronic Low Respiratory Disease
5 Unintentional Injury
6 Diabetes Mellitus
7 Alzheimer's Disease
8 Influenza & Pneumonia
9 Nephritis
10 Septicemia

You tell me whether poor diet or guns pose a greater danger to people.

[pintobean]

22. "That's my body, and my business."

I pretty much feel the same way. What I consume, or allow my children to consume, is none of your business.

[slackmaster]

25. Yes, and you can count on me NOT to feed your children anything without your explicit approval

Except maybe drinking water.

[pintobean]

28. Hand out fruit.

It's good for your bushes when it decomposes.

[Whovian]

32. This post of yours solidifies my opinion that you are

a bit crazy on the subject of guns and shouldn't be paid attention to with the exception of entertainment purposes only. I won't go further into any debate as I have seen your justifications and strawman arguments for guns before and find them nonsensical.

[slackmaster]

33. I think most people are not very good at assessing risks or understanding statistics

I think I'm better than most people in that respect, and many others.

[Whovian]

37. I have no doubt that you feel that you are better than most people.

[HuckleB]

45. It's one day.

Halloween is not the cause of those diseases.

[slackmaster]

46. Hey, dumping on holidays is a TRADITION on DU. Get with the program.

Columbus Day and Thanksgiving are about genocide.

Independence Day is about polluting the air and water with toxic chemicals, and scaring animals to death.

Christmas is about White Christian Privilege.

New Year's Day ignores the pagan roots of all modern religions.

Martin Luther King, Jr. day is a bone tossed to appease minorities.

Halloween is about ritually poisoning kids, and dressing women and girls up like sluts.

[HuckleB]

48. Yes, red herrings are fun!

Fun! Fun! Fun!

[freshwest]

50. Damn, but I am hard to kill, I've had bouts with some of those. Wondering about Malignant Neoplasms.

I could look it up, although I don't really care to know, since it's inevitable that we will all die. The manner of our condition when we are passing, except from things coming from injuries, is up to lifestyle in most cases.

Not all cases, but I agree, what we take into our bodies is more likely to kill us than anything else. And there are many areas of our lives we have no control over so we should charge whenever we can.

I wonder if anyone has done a study on how malignant narcissists like Romney, Ryan and the rest of the GOP cabal of sociopaths affect the death rate...

[Odin2005]

16. Well aren't you so pure and righteous.

[slackmaster]

19. Think about the children you're poisoning by handing them HFCS and refined sugars

What about the children, Odin2005?

[Odin2005]

23. I'm so EVIL!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

[demwing]

27. Yes Odin, if not for You and Halloween

Children everywhere in America would live healthy, productive lives. Do you know NO shame?



I hate using that tag, but apparently some DUers don't get it unless there's a graphic associated...

[Whovian]

42. Ain't that the truth.

[demwing]

20. Chocolate is not poison

it may not be good for the old waistband, but it isn't poison (not to humans, anyway).

[slackmaster]

21. Good chocolate is fine. The products in the list all have tons of refined sugars or HFCS.

The chocolate is not the issue.

[BainsBane]

30. It's Halloween

No kid wants to trick or treat for healthy stuff

[slackmaster]

34. I'd rather see people handing out small, inexpensive pocket knives than candy

One family on the block where I grew up always made the most god-awful popcorn balls. The only thing they were good for was throwing.

[BainsBane]

35. pocket knives?

[slackmaster]

36. They could use them to cut up the fruit they got at pintobean's place

Knives are useful tools.

[Whovian]

38. Do you not even realise how this thread is making you appear?

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[slackmaster]

47. Do you not even realize that I don't care what you think?

[pintobean]

41. I give out Snickers

but I've got a lemon, in case you show up.

[freshwest]

51. Actually, where I live the kids rejected candy and I offered them some fresh apples instead.

The word is getting out to the kids about refined sugars. They were in luck, I'd just gone to COSTCO and bought two bags of wonderfully fragrant Washington state Red Delicious apples.

My place was full of the flowery scent. I'd bought the typical candies as listed above, and most of the kids refused. Or those with their parents looked askance. That's when I brought out the apples.

But a little bit for one day is okay, I guess. I do remember almost knocking myself into coma eating that stuff as a kid. Now I can't eat sweets, I nearly throw up. And kids are allergic to gluten, soy, peanuts, and other things, too. So it's tricky.

American food manufacturing is less about health and more about shelf life so a lot of the food isn't that great. It's a part of industrialization as opposed to rural living and roadside vegetable stands. Just my two cents.

[Generic Other]

14. The sacrifices I am making for my union here

Call me a wambulance! Waaaaaaahhhhh...

No peanutbutter cups? Someone go picket that non-union plant ASAP!!!

[Odin2005]

17. No PB cups??? NOOOOO!!!

[Egalitarian Thug]

24. Herman Rowland, CEO of Jelly Belly, is a hard Reich-Wing nut. n/t

[slackmaster]

26. Ronald Reagan was a famous fan of Jelly Bellys

He kept a selection of them in the Oval Office at all times.

[Liberalynn]

31. "You better not lay a Finger on my ButterFinger"

I love those they are one of of my two favorite candies. The other is dark chocolate Milkyways wish they were union made.

Go Union!

[GoneOffShore]

40. Ooooh goody! Chemicals! And HFCS! Just what I want in my candy.

[HuckleB]

49. Cut the crap.

The kids are going to be all right!

[Spirochete]

43. Didn't think to do research

before i went shopping. But I am giving out mini Hershey bars this year. Glad I didn't go for the 3 Musketeers...