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Another instance of Nestle evil:

They make a lot of frozen food--Lean Cuisine, Hot Pockets, Breyers and Haagen-Dazs ice cream, etc. Industrial freezing is often done with ammonia, because it's much cheaper than the kind of refrigerant used in your home refrigerator, air conditioner, etc. The problem is, it's also much deadlier if it leaks. That's why it's only used as a refrigerant in industrial applications, because in theory, industry is better able to keep their systems safe and monitor them.

Note the "in theory." Then Google Nestle+ammonia+accident. They're notorious for cheaping out on safety equipment and procedures, meaning it's very dangerous to work in a Nestle frozen food plant.

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water, the other oil

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I have five springs to choose from on my mountain alone but I worry. I hope nyc dec (dep?) buying up all the watershed will protect us but it's not like I really trust the city all that much

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Laura Secord? I love my traitor chocolate :)

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The 'new' oil.

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brown candle libelz!

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SFO's my home 'port, so it's the one I spent the least time in :)

The others might have them too, but Atlanta wins hands down for making sure there are signs for everything you need to know about. JFK seems designed to get you to the taxi stations even if you don't need a taxi.

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I still have a small hoard of Cadbury Dairy Milk smuggled in from the UK. REAL Cadbury, not the dreck that Kraft makes here and brands Cadbury.

American chocolate is, sadly, horrid. However, Hershey gets a vote for the school trust.

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What a horrible company. I do not buy from them.

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Granny...as a Californio Irish-Mexican, I can tell you right now you can do better than that crap...

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The tears of child slaves gives the coffee a delightful aftertaste!

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When I had my first baby I spent many nights awake with her, passing the time nursing and reading....most of the reading material was dissertations and academic texts about breastfeeding throughout history, the dawn of "baby milk," breastfeeding as it pertains to class and social status, and - of course! - ample reporting on just how much of a global villain Nestlé has been and still is. They have pulled some serious mustache-twisting, sinister-cackling, devil incarnate BS all over the world - and especially in poor countries.

Wonder how many dead infants can be laid at their feet?

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Let them drink Champagne would be closer.

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It would be more accurate to say the Bolsheviks hijacked a point.

It all started with factory workers saying 'nope, fuck this shit. These factories are ours now.' It was relatively peaceful and not horrible. (unless you were a factory owner) Most soldiers didn't want to shoot their family members so they moved over as well.Then the fucking Bolsheviks got involved and fucked everything up.It probably would have gone tits-up anyway, but that is neither here nor there.

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Or tried as a person for their crimes.Don't courts require a person to be physically present for certain court cases?Just keep slapping on contempt of court charges until the corporate person 'incorporates' :P

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We're called Nestlé because we accentuate the eᵛᶦᶫ.

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