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The End of Cheap Food

This, dear friends, is a headline which should scare you.  Last week’s The Economist featured this rather alarmist (but accurate) headline on the cover.  And you should all pay heed.  Food is of course a benchmark for inflation, and among peoples in...

News Flash: War in Iraq Is About Oil?

Okay, I’ll admit to skimming this, however this might explain why EU resistance to this action in Iraq was so fierce.. and is yet another perspective on the overly-simplistic “War is about oil” mantra. -Ian. —-

How Enron Took Care of George Bush…

http://www.guardian.co.uk/enron/story/0,11337,834484,00.html Friends in high places When George W Bush arrived in the White House, it was hardly surprising that he looked after Enron – the company had been looking after him for years. In the final extract of his...

FW: Bush and Cheney are oilmen

Wow.. This is brilliant analysis. Read the whole thing. -Ian. —— Forwarded Message From: “B.K. DeLong” Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 12:33:58 -0400 Subject: [fork-in-exile] Bush and Cheney are oilmen (Sidenote: I’ve since discovered that since...