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   cessna172 said, 6 months ago

   nice and simple, even the ’baggers might understand it.
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   Linguist said, 6 months ago

   If this wasn’t so true, it would be funny… but then irony is not always humorous.
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   Radish said, 6 months ago

   Union man is a Lucky Ducky.
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   win said, 6 months ago

   Twinkies are just Wonder Bread, sugared-up breakfast cereals, soda pop, and all the other crap America maufactures to make a buck on kids and suckers…if only wholesome foods makers had as much to spend on advertising maybe Yanks would be a bit healthier.
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   pschearer said, 6 months ago

   All businessmen are by definition greedy bastards since Marx taught us that they get rich off the backs of the down-trodden. Of course there’s never any such thing as a greedy union. Geez, where did you Lefties learn this stuff? No, really…where?
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   Finbar Gurdy said, 6 months ago

   @pschearer

   In the case of Hostess, it never was the unions….
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   wonderer said, 6 months ago

   pschearer;
   if you weren’t so busy watching faux noise, you might do some actual research and find everything in this strip today is true and actually happened. not only tht, the company emerged from bankruptcy with even MORE, debt than when it entered. what braniac does that? even GM shed debt and is now profitable. your a veritable genius for ignoring the obvious and ignoring facts. something faux news viewers are well known for.
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   donaldo said, 6 months ago

   What about just making a better product consumers will actually pay for? I can only see getting rid of Hostess as a good thing, it’s just garbage.
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   masterskrain said, 6 months ago

   Not getting into the whole “Unions Vs. Management” thing here, but I do have one question…is there anyone else who thought the best part of a Twinkie was the stuff you had to scrape off the little piece of waxed cardboard in the package?
   I didn’t eat Twinkies very often, but for some strange reason I ALWAYS thought the part on the cardboard was the best!
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    kapock said, 6 months ago

    Don’t worry; it’s just the cliff-hanger. In the exciting conclusion, Captain Industry saves the day by giving himself a multi-million dollar “incentive” bonus before the company goes into liquidation. Evil is vanquished!
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    Christopher Shea said, 6 months ago

    @pschearer

    When the Hostess CEO triples his own pay while crying that the unions are bleeding him dry, and then demands $1.8 million in bonuses for management during the liquidation process, one might suspect there’s just a teensy bit of greed involved.
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    steverino said, 6 months ago

    The Invisible Hand of the Free Market has spoken. Isn’t that how it’s supposed to work?

    What amuses me is how union-bashers want to take away what unions have negotiated for, rather than asking, “How can I get me some of that?”
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    John Glynn said, 6 months ago

    I always and I mean ALWAYS liked the Hostess Lemon Snack Pie. As the name suggests, it was a wonderful snack.
    People are often astounded when I say “lemon pie” because the apple and the cherry were far more popular and I understand.
    But when I’m spending my hard-earned money on a snack pie, I need it to be delicious and satisfying … and lemon never let me down.
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    moonlgt said, 6 months ago

    And now that they’re folding the company (bonuses for taking the company out of business? Srsly?) International Bakeries will sell the rights to manufacture their no-longer-popular products to someone else. And the execs will get bonuses for that, too.
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    Linguist said, 6 months ago

    The greatest tragedy off the closing the demise of Hostess Twinkies is that it comes at the precise moment when pot has been legalized in Washington state !
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