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Today is a good day to die.
I didn't say for whom.
Posted on 02/03/2011 9:44:28 AM PST by mojito
And so the tide rising all commodities keeps coming: rough rice has just passed its December 2009 high and is now at its highest since October 2008. When we predicted on Monday morning that "rice is next", little did we think that it would be up by 11% in 4 days. And with this important resistance level broken, it is smooth sailing to the next two resistance levels of $20 and $24. Of course, Bangladesh will be in flames long before any of those are hit. But a speculator has to eat, right. After all, none of this is Gen Ben's fault.
And for those curious how China is dealing with multi year rice price highs, here is a tip, via Very Vietnam:
Fake Plastic Rice from China
According to the Korean-language “Weekly Hong Kong” (which many Vietnam websites are referencing as well), Singapore media claim that fake rice is being distributed in the Chinese town of Taiyuan, in Shaanxi province. This “rice” is a mix of potatoes, sweet potatoes, and plastic. It is formed by mixing the potatoes and sweet potatoes into the shape of rice grains, then adding industrial synthetic resins. Since the rice does not behave like normal rice, it stays hard even after it has been cooked. Such synthetic resins can also be very harmful if consumed.
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Yep, starvation certainly has a tendency to promote "weight-loss."
LOL! You have to include food with sustenance as well. The rice is just a filler. Sates the user. And, it is reusable, should the user want to go that far.
lol, the ultimate reusable roughage cleanout...
Yes, but it would give new meaning to “violent diarrhea”.
Haha. Yes, only the fiber is no longer organic, but plastic fiber.
See this??
I try not to buy Chinese, but I can't find any canned or jarred mandarin oranges that aren't from there, and I really love them. I rationalize buying them anyway by telling myself Rule #1 only applies to PROCESSED food.
Yeah, but think about the dental bills.
I have seen the truly poor in both Africa and South America patty moist dirt and sawdust with a ground weed that adds a little sweetness to the mix and feed that to their family.
To be honest though if the plastic “binders” get passed through while the carbohydrates and vitamins in the potato starch dissolve in the stomach then this could be a big thing for them.
As far as plastic goes if you ever knew what margarine was made from you would realize there isn’t much difference from it and plastic either, that’s why I still only eat real butter.
We grow Mandarin Oranges in the US south except we call them Satsumas.
"While the species originates from Japan, it does not originate from the Satsuma Province in particular. The towns of Satsuma, Alabama, Satsuma, Florida, Satsuma, Texas and Satsuma, Louisiana were named after this fruit. By 1920 Jackson County in the Florida Panhandle had billed itself as the "Satsuma Capital of the World."
I think fat-free mayonnaise is in the same category.
hmmmm
BTW
May get to the webbot stuff before class. If not, after.
Fat-free mayonnaise could be worse - they could’ve put that Olestra stuff in it.
Feed the kibble to the dog. Eat the dog.
It's an extra layer of protection.
..(1)...harvest the acorns this year....
(2)...look up Native Indian recipes for Acorn flour.
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