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"We have not only seen riots and people dying, but also a government toppled..."

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Posted on June 9, 2008 - 5:55am at Stone Soup Station
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Folks around the world are coming unglued at the cost of food, which has been rising like the mighty Mississip in 1993....

I've never been accused of being too smart, but one thing I know is that when folks get hungry, they're capable of anything. Food has more power than crack, unless of course you're actively smoking said crack.

Dying to drive

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Posted on April 15, 2008 - 10:13am at Sense of Events
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The UK's Telegraph has a short piece entitled, "Global warming rage lets global hunger grow."

We drive, they starve. The mass diversion of the North American grain harvest into ethanol plants for fuel is reaching its political and moral limits.

What bad energy policy gets you

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Posted on April 3, 2008 - 10:25am at Sense of Events
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Gene Redlin explains:

WASHINGTON – From India to Africa to North Korea to Pakistan and even in New York City, higher grain prices, fertilizer shortages and rising energy costs are combining to spell hunger for millions in what is being characterized as a global "silent famine."

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