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Odds 'n Sods:
As reported by The
Daily Reckoning: "The Central Bank of Zimbabwe announced
this week that henceforth inflation would be illegal. Anyone who raises
prices will be arrested." Do they honestly believe that they can
put the brakes on a 1,200% per annum inflation rate, by decree? The
Zimbabwean government is beyond corrupt, and beyond incompetent. Comrade
Mugabe
and his band of fools from the ZANU-PF must go!
o o o
RBS mentioned this news story at CNN.com: Vagrant:
"We killed for scrap metal, hid bodies in manholes." Human nature
hasn't changed. When times get really hard, you can expect a lot of people to
revert to savagery.
o o o
Oh, that beloved "lake effect": Oswego
County (New York) gets nearly 100 inches of snow in five days. (A
hat tip to J.M. for sending us the link.)
