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  • Pat Robertson's Web Site Warns Against Demonic Halloween Candy

    10/29/2009 8:15:56 PM PDT · by tlb · 205 replies · 4,784+ views
    Opposing Views ^ | October 29, 2009 | Kimberly Daniels
    . TV preacher Pat Robertson’s Web site has just issued a bulletin warning Americans of the real threat we face this season: Demons may be lurking in our Halloween candy. In a column on the Christian Broadcasting Network’s Web site, writer Kimberly Daniels asserts that “demons” sneak into bags of Halloween candy at grocery stores. “[M]ost of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches,” Daniels wrote. “I do not buy candy during the Halloween season. Curses are sent through the tricks and treats of the innocent whether they get it by going door...
  • British study says too much candy could lead to prison

    09/30/2009 5:26:36 PM PDT · by NormsRevenge · 17 replies · 912+ views
    AP on Mercury News ^ | 9/30/09 | AP
    LONDON — Willy Wonka would be horrified. Children who eat too much candy may be more likely to be arrested for violent behavior as adults, new research suggests. British experts studied more than 17,000 children born in 1970 for about four decades. Of the children who ate candies or chocolates daily at age 10, 69 percent were later arrested for a violent offense by the age of 34. Of those who didn't have any violent clashes, 42 percent ate sweets daily. The study was published in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry. It was paid for by...
  • Merchant agrees to candy ban - Inside Bay Area

    09/05/2009 10:35:34 AM PDT · by thecodont · 50 replies · 1,254+ views
    The Oakland Tribune / insidebayarea.com ^ | Posted: 09/03/2009 04:21:38 PM PDT | By Doug Oakley, Berkeley Voice
    A Berkeley store owner has agreed to stop selling candy bars and sodas to middle school students who come to his store for a morning fix in a move school officials say is a first in the city. That means students seeking Snickers, Twix or Coca-Cola will be out of luck from 8 to 9 a.m. before they start their day at Longfellow Middle School. Friendly Market owner Yaser Musid, who has five kids of his own, said he will lose up to $100 a day in the deal. But he agreed with school counselor Rosina Keren that keeping junk...
  • Questions regarding Peanut Butter M&M's

    07/29/2009 10:52:19 AM PDT · by the_devils_advocate_666 · 101 replies · 4,072+ views
    Vending Machine | 7/29/09 | Me
    I just purchased a package of Peanut Butter M&M's that has led me to ponder three things: Why does the name M&M's contain an apostrophe-s? Why is the package Net weight 1.63 oz.? Maybe related to a metric measure you might suggest. Well they also list that at 46.2g. Why not 1.5 oz. or 50g? Why can't they balance the colors? There's always at least one under represented color. My package has 6 blue, 6 orange, 5 green, 4 brown, 3 yellow, and only 2 red.
  • Candy giant Pez takes aim at Calif. museum

    07/21/2009 1:30:34 PM PDT · by JoeProBono · 11 replies · 757+ views
    seattletimes ^ | July 20, 2009 | Bruce Newman
    SAN JOSE, Calif. — It took more than 30 years for the creators of Pez candy dispensers to give the little plastic figurines feet, and they never did get hands. But now the long arm of the Pez Candy Co. has reached all the way from Linz, Austria, into U.S. District Court, where it has slapped the tiny faces that fill the Museum of Pez Memorabilia with a lawsuit. The legal broadside, which was filed in San Francisco last month, singles out a 7-foot-10 snowman, built especially for the Burlingame, Calif., museum, that has been recognized by the Guinness record...
  • Alarming Trend: Kids Literally Smoking CANDY

    04/11/2009 9:45:16 AM PDT · by thecodont · 29 replies · 1,497+ views
    WCBSTV.com via Drudge Report ^ | Apr 11, 2009 7:50 am US/Eastern | Christine Johnson - Reporting
    NEW YORK (CBS) ― It Sounds Bizarre, But Just Take A Look On YouTube And You'll See It's Very Real -- And Very Dangerous It's taking place in lunchrooms, playgrounds and classrooms across the tri-state area. It may even be happening in your own home -- kids smoking candy. But doctors and safety experts say this new trend isn't so sweet. Every so often, 18-year-old Jeremy Froncek says he sneaks a smoke. "Around the house, ya know, outside of work," Froncek said. But he's not puffing on cigarettes. He's "smoking" candy. It sounds bizarre -- even impossible. But kids grind...
  • Authorities Raid Amish Marshmallow Peep Mill (Don't Read Unless Bored)

    02/27/2009 7:55:21 AM PST · by SvenWaring · 9 replies · 686+ views
    DotPenn.com ^ | 2-28-2009 | Sven Waring
    Thems My Peeps! Put only farm-fresh, free-range organic peeps in your Easter basket this year.Even Doc Hardiway, a 15-year veteran of the Pennsylvania Agriculture Department's humane candy livestock treatment squad, had a hard time keeping his composure."When we busted in the door of the peep coop, there were thousands of them," said Hardiway. "And they just looked at us with those sad itty-bitty dot eyes. It was so sad, I had to step outside."Acting on a tip from a group of jealous Mennonites, Hardiway and his group raided the Jacob Longenfeffer's mashmallow poultry farm located in Lancaster County yesterday.The squad...
  • Obama's going to *increase* the size of our military?

    02/24/2009 10:24:38 PM PST · by Marie · 44 replies · 1,450+ views
    utube ^ | 2-24-09 | obama
    17:52 in: "To relieve the strain on our forces, my budget increases the number of our soldiers and marines. "And to keep the sacred trust with those we serve, we will raise their pay and give our veterans the expanded heath care and benefits that they have earned."
  • Be Adventurous: Try World’s Strangest Candies

    02/24/2009 1:20:15 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 17 replies · 598+ views
    Travel + Leisure ^ | Mon., Feb. 23, 2009 | Katrina Brown Hunt
    When Americans eat gummy bears, we blithely assume that “bear” is not actually an ingredient. But travel to Great Britain, and that’s not an assumption one should make. After all, Percy Pigs — a candy that debuted around World War I — gets its name not just from the smiling piggy face, but also from the pork gelatin that gives the candy its bulk. In fact, in many spots around the world, sweets are not always sweet. Sure, nothing says “I love you” like candy, but the translation can vary greatly, placing the mung bean, the chili pepper and even...
  • Dear Mr. President, 'please make it rain candy'

    02/16/2009 1:48:51 PM PST · by rightwingintelligentsia · 45 replies · 1,232+ views
    AP via LA Times ^ | February 16, 2009
    New York -- End war, forever. Make the planet greener. Please help my dad find work. Make it rain candy! Thousands of kids detailed their hopes and expectations for President Obama in letters and drawings as part of a "Dear Mr. President" project, with 150 chosen for publication in a free e-book being released today, on Presidents Day.
  • McCain-Palin supporter says no treats for Obama kids on Halloween

    11/01/2008 3:53:38 PM PDT · by LibWhacker · 75 replies · 2,597+ views
    Wordpress ^ | 11/1/08
    A suburban Detroit woman has decided to scare up the vote among neighborhood children by just offering treats to John McCain supporters. Shirley Nagel of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., handed out candy Friday only to those who shared her support for the Republican presidential candidate and his running mate Sarah Palin. Others were turned away empty-handed. TV station WJBK, Fox 2 News says a sign outside Nagel’s house warned: “No handouts for Obama supporters, liars, tricksters or kids of supporters.” Nagel calls Democrat Barack Obama “scary.” When asked about children who were turned away empty-handed and crying, she said: “Oh...
  • Sarah Palin Family Shares Their Halloween Candy With Audience At Their Rally

    11/01/2008 5:30:18 AM PDT · by TheFourthMagi · 28 replies · 1,795+ views
    The Sarah Palin Channel at YouTube ^ | November 1, 2008 | Christian charity
    Video here
  • The Best and Worst Halloween Candy for Kids

    10/30/2008 7:40:43 AM PDT · by Oyarsa · 96 replies · 1,912+ views
    MSN Health ^ | By the Editors of Best Life
    With so many American children struggling with obesity, you may not find joy in handing out globules of empty Halloween calories. The typical jack-o'-lantern bucket holds 250 small chocolate bars (about 9,000 calories), and 20 percent of kids eat every last piece they collect. If you don't want to be the neighborhood Scrooge who's giving out apples and dental floss—or worse, pulling toilet paper from your trees the next day—try these tricks to treat their sweet tooths without expanding their waistlines.
  • 'Made in China' raises Halloween candy concerns

    10/27/2008 6:11:44 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 13 replies · 858+ views
    Vancouver Sun ^ | October 27, 2008 | Amy O'Brian
    In the days leading up to Halloween, a "Made in China" stamp on a bag of candy can give some parents a bigger fright than the most ghoulish of costumes. Fears about contamination, specifically from the toxic chemical compound melamine, have prompted some parents to take a closer look at where candies are coming from. "I am absolutely worried about what my kids are going to bring home this Halloween," said Megan Zandstra, mother to three young children. Zandstra says she has been receiving e-mails from friends who have been spreading the word about melamine, and specifically about the news...
  • ****The Official Friday Silliness Thread****

    10/24/2008 6:19:27 AM PDT · by Lucky9teen · 149 replies · 3,598+ views
    The 10 Most Disappointing Treats for Trick-or-Treaters On Halloween night, some houses struggle with the idea of candy. There are good houses, and there are bad houses. The best trick-or-treaters know to avoid the latter. At the food site Serious Eats, we all love Halloween, but wish certain homes would just stop handing out the classically bad "treats." They weren't good last year, the year before that, or now. Our own Erin Zimmer put together this list of our top 10 Halloween treats that nobody wants... Toothbrushes Dentists and orthodontists should not be allowed to celebrate Halloween if they're going...
  • Burlingame Co. Recalls Chinese Candy For Melamine

    09/27/2008 3:23:11 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 22 replies · 1,063+ views
    CBS5 ^ | Sep 27, 2008
    A Burlingame company is recalling a candy product after the California Department of Public Health warned consumers Friday of a harmful chemical compound detected in some candies. White Rabbit Candy, sold by the Burlingame-based Queensway Foods Company, is being recalled after testing detected the presence of melamine in some candies at levels up to 520 parts per million, according to the department of public health. The candy was produced by China, which has been associated with contaminated infant formula and other milk protein products containing melamine. The harmful compound has also been associated with a large recall of pet food,...
  • NZ finds high melamine levels in Chinese candy

    09/24/2008 9:28:04 PM PDT · by Oyarsa · 24 replies · 690+ views
    Australia and New Zealand issued recalls Thursday for an imported Chinese candy that was found to contain the industrial chemical melamine. New Zealand Food Safety Authority spokesman Geoff Allen said Thursday morning that he expected the White Rabbit Creamy Candies to be off shelves within 24 hours. "This product contains sufficiently high levels of melamine which may, in some individuals, cause health problems such as kidney stones," deputy chief executive Sandra Daly said in a statement posted Wednesday on the agency's Web site. "The levels we have found in these products are unacceptable."
  • Relatives of U.S. Men's Volleyball Coach Stabbed in Beijing, 1 Dead

    08/09/2008 4:27:25 AM PDT · by Islander7 · 52 replies · 267+ views
    Fox News ^ | August 9, 2008 | Not stated
    AP story via Fox News. Link only Link
  • Canada: Parents seek to stop candy throwing at parades

    07/05/2008 1:49:58 AM PDT · by Stoat · 11 replies · 299+ views
    The Seattle Times ^ | July 4, 2008
    Parents seek to stop candy throwing at parades Some British Columbia in are trying to end the practice of throwing candy from floats during parades.   DAWSON CREEK, B.C. — Some British Columbia in are trying to end the practice of throwing candy from floats during parades.The campaign in Dawson Creek is the latest effort by people concerned about children bolting into the parade to scoop up the sweets. Efforts to end candy tossing have been adopted in Kamloops, Prince George and Fort St. John.A Fort St. John town council member and parade marshal, Larry Evans, says float drivers...
  • Mars buying gum maker Wrigley with financing from Buffett

    04/28/2008 9:50:29 AM PDT · by OeOeO · 6 replies · 134+ views
    Excite.com ^ | Monday April 28,2008, 12:12 PM EDT | unknown (AP)
    CHICAGO (AP) — Snickers and M&Ms candy maker Mars Inc. is buying Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., which makes Juicy Fruit and Doublemint gum and Life Savers, for about $23 billion in cash.