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Clearly a case of someone trying to sue to get money. Why else would student still attend school???? The truth will come out... It always does.
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Yes, They are clearly nice boys that got a bad rap. I'm sure the only reason they were living at a a residence for juvenile delinquents was because someone else lied about those nice boys too.
I'm also sure that the boy that put a gash over the girl's eye really didn't mean to do it. In fact, she probably just fell.
The internal investigation that resulted in the firing of the teacher was probably because they wanted to fire the teacher anyway.

I’m not sure a spanking is a miracle cure for serious mental illness.
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I agree. I never thought it was about spanking anyway. It's about the fear. I could count on one hand the number of times I spanked either one of my kids. However, they had a healthy amount of fear that I would not hesitate to do it.

My kids would be terrified to talk to me like this kid talks to his mother.
I don't think anyone can really be sure the cause unless you lived with it. It could have been how this boy has been raised, or it could be a completely mental illness issue.

If this boy needed a come to Jesus moment, the time for that has long passed. He doesn't seem to fear anything or anyone now. The reason for that may never be answered.

Grupo Bimbo makes their stuff for the Mexican market. Most likely they’ll buy the rights to the brand in NA and then manufacture the stuff in Mexico to sell north of the border. Bye, bye union jobs...

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They make their stuff in the market that they are sold. They are the largest US bakery, and their stuff for the US is made in the US. They have 49 bakeries and most of their products are made in the same state they are delivered. There is no other way to get the stores fresh bread.

Does everyone really think they can make bread products in Mexico, drive them across the border and then proceed to deliver them all over the US and still manage to deliver fresh bread?

Don’t know. I never ate any Bimbo bread. Is it fresh?
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They pretty much own everything, almost too many to list.

However, here are a few... Mrs. Bairds bread, Arnold's bread, Oroweat bread, Brownberry, Thomas English muffins, Thomas bagels, Dutch County bread, Sara Lee bread, Bimbo bread, Weight Watchers bread, Ball Park buns, and they also own Entenmanns.
They also make the private label bread for many companies, including Walmart.

oops, snake = snack

I have to confess I’m a ding dong for Ding Dongs
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I just posted on the other thread that I own a Bimbo bread route, and use to see the Hostess rep daily. He used to give me a couple boxes a week to take home to my kids. My kids are in deep morning over the loss of their favorite snake.

Conditions may have been bad, but the problem is that the strikers didn’t seem to be striking over conditions (more AC in the bakery, for example) but to maintain bizarre job restrictions. For example, Wonderbread trucks couldn’t be loaded by Hostess employees or carry Hostess products, etc., even though they were the same company.

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I agree, I don't think that most bakeries have AC. That's why most bakeries are run at night, depending on the area of the country. The ones that work in the bakery really don't seem to mind the heat that much. I guess they are use to it.

Don't get me wrong, I am not defending the bakers union. I think they got exactly what they deserved, but at the expense of a lot of people. There are a lot of good people in our company, even the ones in the bakers union, that don't sound like a lot of the idiots I saw on TV.

In fact, that goes for a lot of Hostess employees too. I saw the Hostess bread guy and the Hostess cake guy everyday. We delivered to most of the same stores at the same time.
The Hostess cake rep use to give me Ring Dings several times a week for my kids. The cake routes were independently owned, so he literally lost his business. The Hostess bread rep was one of my favorite people(very conservative) that made me laugh everyday. I feel sad for them and will miss them both.

Thanks for the inside data, Kara.
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No Problem. That’s what so great about this site. You can always find someone that knows something about everything.

I hear that the company leading the running is Bimbo, the Mexican equivalent of Hostess. I'd be willing to bet that they just buy the name and the recipe rights to the Hostess pastry line, then run the production out of Mexico. They aren't going to want to chance having to deal with the baker's unions, et al, in this country.
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They will not be produced in Mexico even if they buy them. They have 49 bakeries in this county. They are the largest US bakery.
Believe it or not, they already deal with the bakers union. They do have a few areas in the county that are controlled by the bakers union. I know the Entenmanns routes in south Florida are union, as are most of the routes in New York.

I own a Bimbo bread route. We work out of the same Depot as the Entenmanns unionized route people. We also have a Thomas English muffin bakery on site. I will say that that most of the people that work there are pretty decent. The route people are mostly a bunch of older man.

The bakery people are mostly black. It is a brutal job in the bakery. Especially in south Florida. There is no AC in the bakery and with the ovens going, it is really almost intolerable. I can't take walking though the bakery for more than a minute. Luckily, I rarely have to go in there, and I avoid it like the plague.

Bimbo will buy the trademarks and recipes from Hostess and make Mexican Twinkies with real sugar.
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I would be surprised if they were able to buy much. They had so much trouble with the purchase of Sara Lee because the anti trust laws. However, that doesn’t mean they won’t at least try.

You will get the driest Twinkie you have ever eaten if you go Bimbo.

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Entenmanns have some really good products. I don't think any of their cake products are dry.

Bimbo also owns Arnold’s – IMO the best bread on the market, unless of course you bake your own.
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I think so too. However, I own Bimbo bread route, so I might be bias.

Are any of those made in Mexico?
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No

I won't eat nor drink anything that comes out of Mexican bakeries. Never have, never will. No tellin where those Mexian hands have been. I'd say they don't bother to wash their hands when their shifts start.

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They wouldn't be made in Mexico. Bimbo is the largest US bakery. They have bakeries all over the US in almost every state. I'm sure you have already eaten many products they produce.

Can the 5,000 collect unemployment if the company closes while they are out on strike???
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It depends on the state. There are some states that won't pay unemployment for workers that went on strike. They consider it the same thing as quiting.

One more thing, under UNION RULES Twinkies and Wonder Bread could NOT be delivered by the same route!!
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I have heard that, but I don't understand that complaint. I know that the snack routes are independent operators, so the company doesn't pay for trucks or gas anyway. The bread routes are the ones that are all company employees with company vehicles.

However, they might be referring to the delivery to the distribution centers instead of the actual delivery to the stores.

Hopefully one of the other big baking companies will grab Hostess’ assets, or at least the brand and recipes. My Brother-in-law works for Bimbo (yeah, yeah, let it all out...), who would be a great umbrella for a revitalized Hostess, and the best part is they can probably put the production lines in their own existing plants.

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I own a Bimbo bread route. We were told at our annual meeting last December, that they didn't expect Hostess to last much longer than another year.

I would be surprised if Bimbo tries to purchase any part of Hostess. They seem to have their hands filled with their recent purchase of Sara Lee.

However, they sure do want their shelf space and were counting on getting it. I think they want to expand the Sara Lee line, and could use the extra space for Entenmanns.

Hostess just took over Targets private label bread in September. The route driver from Hostess even said that he can't understand Target signing a contract with a company that's in Bankruptcy.

I'm worried that now Bimbo will pick up the private label for Target, since we do it for Walmart. It's a lot of work for very little reward on cheap bread. Hopefully, Target will go back to using Flowers for their private label.

Yesterday I overheard a conversation between a physician and a couple, husband and wife. The husband talked loud enough so I could hear him clearly. He had been going to this physician for years and just learned yesterday that his doctor was retiring and closing his practice. The physician looked quite young. He did not look even close to 60.

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My mother went to her doctor on Tuesday and they had signs apologizing for the wait. They were switching their computer system to comply with the new Obamacare law. The doctor told my mother that it now takes him 10 minutes just to write a prescription.
He said that he was going to wait and see about the election. However, if Romney didn't win and repeal Obamacare, he was moving to Guam within two years. He said 35-40% of his doctor friends were retiring early or also leaving the county.

A very sad mess indeed.

No, they are not worried. They thought Kerry was a lock, even before the fake exit polls came out. I think it is just in their nature to stick their head in the sand.

So If a judge is NOT retained in office, how is he being replaced? There are no other names listed. I’m ashamed to say, I don’t know the procedure.
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Appointed.

Help me out here because I can’t see where your percentages come from.
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I don’t see it either.

Just like Scott Walker recall.
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I'm sorry, but I don't know why people keep saying that the polls showed the Walker recall a tie race. The polls never showed a tied race. The media might have been spinning, but the RCP average was 6.7 and he won by 6.8. The polls were actually dead on.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/governor/wi/wisconsin_governor_recall_election_walker_vs_barrett-3056.html#polls

They are running out of voters. They pushed so hard for early voting. They don’t have that many people left.

Um hows about the Wisconsin recall, or Scott Brown in Mass.
Both of these polls were 8 and 6 points out of whack on election day.

I don’t know what polls you have seen, but RCP could not have been any closer on the Walker recall.

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/governor/wi/wisconsin_governor_recall_election_walker_vs_barrett-3056.html

kara, please show some respect for the wet blanket brigade. Please don't deny them their pessimism.
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Sorry, I'll work on being more pessimistic in the future.

Is this better?

I have only seen hundreds of West signs and bumper stickers in my area, but the people really didn't look like they would actually vote.

I really don’t think this race is close. This is a huge district, so I can’t speak for other areas. However, in my neck of the woods, all I see are West signs and bumper stickers.
BTW, I am living in a liberal nightmare area.....Palm Beach County.

Do rallies really convince anyone how to vote?

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I can’t imagine that they convince a lot of people how to vote. However, they help get the vote out.

The guy is rarely wrong.
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The guy only called one election.

This is the polling firm that the left brutally attacked, when they were one of the first that showed Romney leading. The company even put out a press release to say that they were not bias toward republicans. Since then, they have released one poll after another favoring democrats.

Of course, to prove they are not bias.

I wonder if he still works for Fox news. I haven’t seen him for awhile.

Probably the simplest way of explaining what I mean is the nice lady from North Carolina who informed me that in the South, the expression “Bless his heart” doesn’t mean what you think it does.
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My Grandma always said that you can get away with saying ugly things about someone as long as you say “bless his/her heart” first.

Bless his heart, he can't help being an idiot.

If it were huge and relevant, it should have been released months ago. The timing tells me its not that big and is intended as a momentary shock.
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The time is always in October. He has been very close to the Romney campaign, and Trump has done several fundraisers with Romney. I really don't think this is being done without Romney's approval. In fact, this info might have come from the Romney campaign itself.

Some on Twitter are speculating she’s after felony perjury.

I thought the left admired perjury?
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Yep, that's the story. He supposedly said the stock was not worth much and downplayed the value. It is said that he was working on taking it public at the same time he gave the testimony.
However, it does not make a lot of sense to me. If he did undervalue the stock, I would think that she would have gotten more shares not less.
BTW, This idiot sold off her shares right before they took the company public.

Actually it is likely relating to Obama’s cocaine habit and selling drugs.
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Trump's spokesman said that it was not about his past drug use. He said it was a much bigger story.

What in the world am I missing? What testimony?
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Here’s the link. It makes me a little nervous that it is in Probate & Family Court.

http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/10/gloria-allred-mitt-romney-october-surprise-gag-order

There is a huge number of anti Obama billboards all over Palm Beach County apealing directly to Jews.
Here are a few:

“Friends don't let Friends get nuked.” (picture of Netanyahu)

“Obama does not have the time to meet with Netanyahu” (picture of Obama with a guy dressed up like a pirate in the White House)

“Oy Vey Obama... Had Enough?

That's right, I forgot about him getting insider information.
I'll stick with The University of Colorado. They have picked the winner in every election since 1980 including 2000. I will take their track record any day over a one hit wonder.
Do you remember when Zogby was the King pollster of the left? He got lucky one time and has never been right again.

Gallup is irrelevant.

You guys need to trust Nate Silver’s numbers. He’s yet to be wrong.

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LOL, He only called the 2008 election. Wow, that one was a real hard call. The fact that you would even quote Nate Silver tells you are on the wrong forum.

I don't think it can be about Romney if it isn't tax returns. He had to be vetted pretty well through his senate run with Kennedy, and his run for Governor.

There is only one person in this race that has never been vetted and remains a complete mystery.

Interesting about the negative ads going away.
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Why does this make me nervous? I feel like they must have something coming out that is really negative, so they don’t need trumped up ads.

No way is 19% of the vote in. No way is Obama leading 76-24.

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It's very possible that 19% already voted. These numbers only count absentee voting, they don't count early voting.

Clinton accepts full responsibility for Benghazi, then she will leak everything that blames the White House.

A Romney aide told Byron York that their internal polls show Ohio dead even.

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I won't even start to get my hopes up until I hear that Romney is ahead in Ohio.

In November of 2004, only days before the presidential election, I went on CNBC and predicted a Bush victory by 3 points and 30 electoral votes. Every poll at the time showed Kerry in the lead.

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It isn't what you remember because it isn't true. Bush was leading in almost every poll by a small margin.

Wait... Is Florida an anomaly because of the Cuban population? ‘Cuz if Obama’s below 50% in other heavily Hispanic states, he's beyond toast— he should quit now!
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Yes, The majority of Cubans are republican, and we have a huge Cuban population. I would love this to be true across the county, but I don't think Florida is a good predictor of how Hispanics will vote.

Great ad.

But neither Romney nor Ryan attacked the size of government under Obama.

Romney better do that next time, or he’s going to lose the next debate.
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I agree. Biden would have won that debate if he didn't laugh, smile, and interrupt. However, it made it a draw or and downright loss for Biden because of the way he acted. I think this might actually hurt them in the polls.

I find Rassmussens D+5 sample very hard to stomach.

I think the poor guy is being blackmailed, or has been bought by a nice high dollar contract with the democratic communists in Chicago.
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I also think he is trying to sell his monthly service. If one candidate runs away with it, no one would want to sign up. I think all these guys play with the poll numbers until it’s close enough to effect their credibility.

I think that Obama’a horrible debate performance gave the pollsters the cover they needed to adjust the polls toward a more accurate result.
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I agree. I was thinking that they would have to start adjusting the polls soon. In the end, they do care about their credibility. I think this gave them the chance to do it without anyone questioning them to much.

A lead in registered voters in Florida does not mean they are going to show up tp vote. They can register all the pets they want, but we do have a voter ID law in this state.

I know that is not going to stop all the fraud, but it sure helps.

It is not a good idea to use 2008 samples or 2010 samples either. 2008 was heavily Democrats and 2010 was heavily Republican and Democrats did not show up.

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I think it will be close to the 2004 election when it was pretty much a even split. Of course, that's just my educated guess.

However, it seems all the pollsters are just guessing too.