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Odds 'n Sods:
Michael
Z. Williamson found this news story for us: A
Glitch in the Financial Matrix: How Heavy Trade Volumes and a 70-Minute
Time Lag Wreaked Havoc Upon the New York Stock Exchange
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Mike F. points to an opinion piece first published in 2003 that he asserts
still has relevance: Dollar
vs. Euro -- Weapons of mass destruction
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Hawaiian K. forwarded this article from The London Observer: Now
the Pentagon tells Bush: climate change will destroy us. The article
begins: "Climate change over the next 20 years could result in a global
catastrophe costing millions of lives in wars and
natural disasters. A secret report, suppressed by US defence chiefs and
obtained by The Observer, warns that major European cities will be sunk
beneath rising
seas as Britain is plunged into a 'Siberian' climate by 2020. Nuclear
conflict, mega-droughts, famine and widespread rioting will erupt across
the world. The document predicts that abrupt climate change could bring
the planet to the edge of anarchy as countries develop a nuclear threat
to defend
and secure dwindling food, water and energy supplies. The threat to global
stability vastly eclipses that of terrorism, say the few experts privy
to its contents..."
