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Good Grief It's The Great Pumpkin Shortage

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Pumpkin crops are down by about a half this year and the harvest concluded this week, much earlier than normal.

That won't make it hard to find the pumpkin you'll need for a jack-o-lantern on Halloween. But don't wait to get your canned pumpkin to make pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving.

Libby's, the unit of Nestle (NSRGF) that has an estimated 80% of the canned pumpkin market, says that it thinks it will have enough canned pumpkin to make it through Thanksgiving, but the short harvest means it will be tight.

"We're disappointed that the yields this year are less than we anticipated," said Roz O'Hearn, spokeswoman for Nestle. "We won't have much 'reserve' stock -- if any at all -- to carry us into the new year."

That means when stores sell out, they'll likely be out until next year's harvest. Not that pumpkin pie is a major staple for Easter or Memorial Day.

The shortage won't hurt the supply of Halloween decorations is because the pumpkins used in your pies are very different than the ones you carve for Halloween...

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Does Tony Fiore Have Women Issues?

Does Middletown's former Mayor, Tony Fiore have an issue with women? He certainly "Liked" this picture that was posted to his Facebook page on Sept. 14th.

The image is offensive on so many levels and is inappropriate for an elected official to display so proudly on his social media page. You would think that Fiore would be smart enough to understand how inappropriate and degrading the image is to women but he is so self-absorbed, smug and cocksure of  himself that I suppose he thinks the picture is harmless and funny. Tell that to former Baltimore Raven's running back and Rutger's University alum Ray Rice's wife, Janay Palmer Rice. I'm sure she'd think it's hilarious.

For a pompous politician who is up for reelection this year, you'd like to think he'd be a little more careful about his image and what he'd allowed others to publicly post or share with others on his social media accounts, let alone agree with what's posted with a thumbs-up Facebook "Like".

Below is a screenshot of the offensive post to Tony Fiore's Facebook page. The only editing I did to the picture was to delete the individuals name and picture who posted it to Tony's page. Notice that Tony "Liked" the picture.

UPDATE: 

Evidently Middletown Township Committeeman Tony Fiore doesn't want anymore people trolling his Facebook page. As of this morning, his profile page has been deleted along with the many other offensive posts he condoned.  I only wish that I had taken screenshots of some of those - MM 9/26/14


UPDATE:

I'm working on a follow up report to this post. To clear things up Tony Fiore's Facebook Page was not deleted. Instead of having his personal page open to the public as it was when this post first appeared, he has changed its settings and is now "Private". I and a few others have been "blocked" and can no longer see any updates posted to Facebook from Tony Fiore.  Good for me I have pictures.... MM 9/30/14

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The True Meaning of Christmas

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This Is What Christmas Is All About

Contrary to popular belief, Christmas is not about toys and presents, mistletoe or Santa, it's about people caring for one another.
Christmas is a time for reflection and giving thanks for all that we have and enjoy. This is what Christmas is all about.



Merry Christmas everyone!