Posted on 10/11/2014 12:47:00 PM PDT by bgill
West Africa produces nearly three-quarters of the world's cocoa -- with the nations of Ivory Coast and Ghana responsible for 60 percent of that supply. And while Ebola has not yet appeared in those two nations, their proximity to Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone -- the current epicenters of the Ebola outbreak -- have led to concerns that any continued spread of the disease could also cause a major disruption in cocoa production, and another spike in world cocoa prices.
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So the answer is no.
We will meet your every demand, just leave our chocolates alone!
I really, really hope you are joking.
Oh no! This would be series......
I’m so used to fake, blended or whipped up chocolate, that the real stuff can seem too bitter, leaves a bad aftertaste too. Maybe I’m going to the wrong stores.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Ah hell, now I’ve got an ear worm => ‘N-E-S-T-L-E-S, Nestle’s makes the very best... chocolate.’
Carob.... get to liking it....
My granddaughter teaches at a private Christian school in Ghana. Her room mate had to have minor surgery last week. My granddaughter had to learn how the procedure would go an be in the OR to make sure that the doc’s do a good job. And, we wonder why they will lie to get treatment here.
well now....I MAY MAKE A LITTLE PROFIT FROM THIS.....
note tagline.
Bring Out Your Dead
Post to me or FReep mail to be on/off the Bring Out Your Dead ping list.
The purpose of the “Bring Out Your Dead” ping list (formerly the “Ebola” ping list) is very early warning of emerging pandemics, as such it has a high false positive rate.
So far the false positive rate is 100%.
At some point we may well have a high mortality pandemic, and likely as not the “Bring Out Your Dead” threads will miss the beginning entirely.
*sigh* Such is life, and death...
That’s right. I prefer Swiss chocolate.
None of that African stuff for me!
Looks like more good American jobs in Hershey, Pennyslvannia!!!!
No wonder Bloomberg is so quiet.
Doesn’t Columbia supply a lot of cocoa to the Western Hemisphere?
Huh?
Them Swiss sure is good at chocolate. To heck with them Aferkins.
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