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2008-11-18 -Short Attention Span Theater-

And the winner of "The Absolute Worst Currency in the World" award is . . .

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Posted by gorb 2008-11-18 01:08|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 ION WORLD MIL FORUM > [IIUC] ONE-HALF OR MORE OF CHINA'S POPULATION COULD STARVE TO DEATH IN 70 YEARS DUE TO LACK OF PHOSPHATE-BASED FERTILIZER FOR AGRICULTURE. US Financial Crisis is inducing China to sell large quantities of its non-renewable and scarce strategic phosphorous/
phosphate rock natural resource, and at cheap world prices. China needs same as a major or key component in the phosphorous/phosphate-based fertilizer required for its domestic agriculture = food production, to help feed its 1.3Bilyuhn domestic population. World only has enuff [agricultre]usable natural phosporous/phosphate reserves for roughly 100 years, of which China per se has only enuff domestic deposits [mines]for 70 years.

* IOW, ARTICLE > IN 70-100 YEARS, OR SHORTLY AFTER, IT MAY NOT BE JUST THE CHINESE WHOM WILL STARVE DUE TO LACK OF FOOD???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2008-11-18 01:47|| 2008-11-18 01:47|| Front Page Top

#2 We could push back this disaster for at least another 50 years by melting Al Gore down and using the resulting by-products to make fertilizer.

Posted by gorb 2008-11-18 03:28|| 2008-11-18 03:28|| Front Page Top

#3 They print the stuff on one side only. People carry it in sacks. The country now operates largely on foreign currency for travel in and out, major items etc. Difficult to exchange inside the country and no one outside of the Zim will accept the Zim script. You simply cannot exchange it. The wildlife are being slaughtered for food. From all accounts, it is pathetic. This is precisely the Change Ian Smith predicted.

Posted by Besoeker 2008-11-18 07:51|| 2008-11-18 07:51|| Front Page Top

#4 That "Reserve Bank of ZimBobwe" seal sure looks like a pile of sh*t. Somebody has a sense of humor, apparently.

Posted by Spot">Spot 2008-11-18 08:17|| 2008-11-18 08:17|| Front Page Top

#5 i thought somalia ddn't have money. they just shoot you too get what they need or want don't they

Posted by chris 2008-11-18 10:44|| 2008-11-18 10:44|| Front Page Top

#6 Why do they have a picture of Indonesia's....whateverthehellitis in place of the Vietnamese Dong? (The currency beloved of goofy teenage boys everywhere.)

Posted by Cornsilk Blondie 2008-11-18 11:33|| 2008-11-18 11:33|| Front Page Top

#7 I'm sure some subprime paper that was used a leverage collateral would qualify.

Posted by Procopius2k 2008-11-18 19:05|| 2008-11-18 19:05|| Front Page Top

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