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Odds 'n Sods:
Eric sent us this "signs of the times" article: More
and More Moving to Escape
Gas Price Burden. Meanwhile, the British press reports: Gas
and electricity
bills to rise 40 Percent, experts warn. (A hat tip to Jack B. for that link.)
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From a South African newspaper comes more
troubling news from Zimbabwe. Here is a quote: "We are not going to
give up our country because of a mere 'X.' [on a ballot]. How can a ballpoint
fight with a gun?" Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe said yesterday while
campaigning for reelection, in warning that he won't give up power even if
opposition candidate Morgan Tsvangirai beats him in the presidential run-off
on June 27. Mr. Mugabe's threat coincided with a sudden worsening in violence
in the townships around the capital, Harare, as mobs of hundreds
of governing-party youths marched through the streets at night, chanting war
songs, dragging people out of their homes and beating them up with sticks,
iron rods and axes, the Times of London reports." Comrade
Mugabe
and his cronies must go! Of course, now that they have disarmed most of their
opponents, that might prove difficult.
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Charles suggested this how-to whole house water filtration article PDF file: Gravity
Fed Water Treatment System
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Reader A.D.S. mentioned this article: World
crude production has peaked: Pickens. As I often say, the law of supply
and demand is inescapable. T. Boone Pickens is right: Only sharply higher
prices will cause demand to slacken.
