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(Yahoo) Followup Last year's record high rice prices may not, in fact, have been the starting bell of the inevitable apocalyptic Global Food Wars, but just a bunch of corrupt Fillipino officials trying to make a fast buck   (news.yahoo.com) divider line 45
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impaler [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 12:31:34 PM
Commodity prices are subject to manipulation, and are not primarily driven by supply and demand???

Whaaaaa?
 
Magorn [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 12:55:42 PM
Then again WWI was started because a failed assassian went to get a sandwich at just the right moment, and a royal driver was too proud/stupid to ask for directions.


Pebbles start avalanches sometimes...
 
kvinesknows
2010-07-30 03:02:14 PM
so they upped their emergency supply from 30 days to 56 days and that is a bad thing?

Seems to me to be a damn smart thing to do.
 
Pair-o-Dice
2010-07-30 03:03:55 PM
The rice burners were trying to keep up with the gas burners.
 
jshine
2010-07-30 03:04:02 PM
.Magorn: Then again WWI was started because a failed assassian went to get a sandwich at just the right moment, and a royal driver was too proud/stupid to ask for directions.

What kind of sandwich?
 
Englebert Slaptyback
2010-07-30 03:07:42 PM

a bunch of corrupt Fillipino officials trying to make a fast buck


"Filipino".


Give me an 'l', Vasily. One 'l' only, please.
 
ronaprhys
2010-07-30 03:07:47 PM
kvinesknows: so they upped their emergency supply from 30 days to 56 days and that is a bad thing?

Seems to me to be a damn smart thing to do.

Since a portion of it is now rotting, it may or may not have been smart.

Having emergency supplies = good
Letting them rot and constantly replacing them = not so good

Also, did anyone else read that as Global Ford Wars? Damn if that didn't confuse me until I started reading the thread.
 
pimpazona
2010-07-30 03:08:09 PM
No apocalypse?

Damn, I grew this beard and got the skull-and-spikes motorcycle helmet for nothing.
 
red5ish
2010-07-30 03:08:44 PM
This article is relevant to my interests.
Thanks subby.
 
MBooda
2010-07-30 03:08:50 PM
aforementioned corrupt officials
www.michaelspornanimation.com
 
mediablitz [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 03:09:47 PM
Prisonplanet and Ron Paul supporters lied?

Again?
 
Podna
2010-07-30 03:10:02 PM
jshine: .Magorn: Then again WWI was started because a failed assassian went to get a sandwich at just the right moment, and a royal driver was too proud/stupid to ask for directions.

What kind of sandwich?

Obviously not a very tasty one if he went and killed someone before finishing it
 
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat
2010-07-30 03:11:51 PM
Does this mean I should stop hording now?
 
Gish21
2010-07-30 03:12:37 PM
If their birth rate wasn't so high they wouldn't have to import rice from their neighbors at all
 
Englebert Slaptyback
2010-07-30 03:12:41 PM

jshine

.Magorn: Then again WWI was started because a failed assassian went to get a sandwich at just the right moment, and a royal driver was too proud/stupid to ask for directions.

What kind of sandwich?


The wurst kind.
 
cyrus_hunter
2010-07-30 03:14:39 PM
You know, that's exactly how Dillinger got started.
 
XMark
2010-07-30 03:18:42 PM
The term "corrupt Filipino official" is redundant. The Philippines is a bribe-based economy.
 
tinyarena
2010-07-30 03:19:24 PM
Gish21: If their birth rate wasn't so high they wouldn't have to import rice from their neighbors at all

www.hiphopgalaxy.com

/see the bucket? you're gay
 
Magorn [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 03:32:17 PM
jshine: .Magorn: Then again WWI was started because a failed assassian went to get a sandwich at just the right moment, and a royal driver was too proud/stupid to ask for directions.

What kind of sandwich?

The Consenus of theinternet is that it was a cheese sandwich with lettuce, though ham and Chicken have also been mentioned
 
snocone [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 03:32:42 PM
So, rice is fungible?

And managers are corrupt.

And peoples are still starving.

ho, hum.
 
Pho Queue
2010-07-30 03:33:48 PM
When the franchise wars do start, I am confident that Taco Bell will see us through to victory. And from then on, all restaurants can be Taco Bell.
 
Fark Me To Tears [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 03:40:55 PM
FTFA: MANILA, Philippines - The world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines, is now "swimming" in the staple grain because of massive imports by the previous government that drove world prices to record highs and possibly enriched corrupt officials.

And don't forget that Glenn Beck went apesh*t over this and said that the rice shortages were a sign that the economic apocalypse had finally arrived. We were all supposed to be stockpiling food for the massive shortages that we were supposed to be facing right about now!

And now, having said what I needed to say, I'm going to go spend some of my hard-earned savings (my unemployment ran out, so I'm dipping full-on into the reserves these days) on some fast food. It's not healthy for me, and it's certainly not the most economical meal -- but f*ck it, it's Friday and I feel like fast food today. I'll do what I can for the economy with what little money I have left. Suck it, Glenn Beck!!!
 
illusi0n
2010-07-30 03:42:03 PM
Surely Goldman Sachs couldn't have been involved in these or similar actions. Oh wait...

Johann Hari: How Goldman gambled on starvation
 
shirtsbyeric
2010-07-30 03:47:42 PM
jshine: .Magorn: Then again WWI was started because a failed assassian went to get a sandwich at just the right moment, and a royal driver was too proud/stupid to ask for directions.

What kind of sandwich?

The Earl of Sandwich.
 
WhoGAS
2010-07-30 03:50:57 PM
Oh, great news! Now I have a meaty topic of conversation to have with the 23 year old Filipina who has been emailing me about how much she adores an older man and thinks she may love me.

/snerk
//Marriage scammers are funny
 
NittLion78
2010-07-30 03:59:18 PM
impaler: Commodity prices are subject to manipulation, and are not primarily driven by supply and demand???

Whaaaaa?

WHAR IS OPEC? WHAR
 
NittLion78
2010-07-30 03:59:53 PM
Pho Queue: When the franchise wars do start, I am confident that Taco Bell will see us through to victory. And from then on, all restaurants can be Taco Bell.

and MTV Sports' Dan Cortese can serenade us on the piano
 
Gish21
2010-07-30 04:00:10 PM
WhoGAS: Oh, great news! Now I have a meaty topic of conversation to have with the 23 year old Filipina who has been emailing me about how much she adores an older man and thinks she may love me.

/snerk
//Marriage scammers are funny

What's funnier is that those scams actually work on a lot of dudes
 
mediablitz [TotalFark]
2010-07-30 04:03:03 PM
Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Does this mean I should stop hording now?

Heh. I remember the local Costco having a sign that said "maximum FIVE 50 pound bags of rice per customer, per day" when all the rubes fell for that shiat.
 
Gish21
2010-07-30 04:05:26 PM
NittLion78: impaler: Commodity prices are subject to manipulation, and are not primarily driven by supply and demand???

Whaaaaa?

WHAR IS OPEC? WHAR

Thailand actually tried to form an OPEC style rice export cartel last year when prices shot up
 
andyofne
2010-07-30 04:09:34 PM
but just a bunch of corrupt Fillipino officials trying to make a fast buck

I think there is some redundancy in the title corrupt Filipino officials.

Anyone whose ever had to deal with Filipino officials knows this.

Also, you spelled Filipino wrong.
 
MemeSlave
2010-07-30 04:11:03 PM
isn't "corrupt Fillipino" redundant ?
 
andyofne
2010-07-30 04:11:15 PM
XMark: The term "corrupt Filipino official" is redundant. The Philippines is a bribe-based economy.

Missed your comment. drat
 
Knara
2010-07-30 04:23:34 PM
Ffft. The US produces more rice than it can even export. Shortages are always due to corruption and poor distribution systems.
 
Fano
2010-07-30 04:29:43 PM
Englebert Slaptyback: a bunch of corrupt Fillipino officials trying to make a fast buck


"Filipino".


Give me an 'l', Vasily. One 'l' only, please.

Don't flip out.
 
Fano
2010-07-30 04:30:29 PM
A bet is a bet, Mortimer.
 
Englebert Slaptyback
2010-07-30 04:31:58 PM

Fano

Don't flip out.


What has been done by you there has been seen by me.
 
Dinjiin
2010-07-30 04:32:29 PM
impaler: Commodity prices are subject to manipulation, and are not primarily driven by supply and demand???

Gee, and people wonder why we won't go back to the gold standard for currency.

/RICE PUDDING
 
bentley57
2010-07-30 04:34:45 PM
Amateurs.
 
greenbeetle
2010-07-30 04:59:53 PM
Fark Me To Tears: FTFA: MANILA, Philippines - The world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines, is now "swimming" in the staple grain because of massive imports by the previous government that drove world prices to record highs and possibly enriched corrupt officials.

And don't forget that Glenn Beck went apesh*t over this and said that the rice shortages were a sign that the economic apocalypse had finally arrived. We were all supposed to be stockpiling food for the massive shortages that we were supposed to be facing right about now!

And now, having said what I needed to say, I'm going to go spend some of my hard-earned savings (my unemployment ran out, so I'm dipping full-on into the reserves these days) on some fast food. It's not healthy for me, and it's certainly not the most economical meal -- but f*ck it, it's Friday and I feel like fast food today. I'll do what I can for the economy with what little money I have left. Suck it, Glenn Beck!!!

As an unemployed person who is also not getting shiat from the govt I find fast food to be the MOST economical for feeding just one person. Just order from the value menu and bring your own 20 cent soda can. It sucks it is so unhealthy, that's for sure.
 
SQLInjector
2010-07-30 05:13:28 PM
Not surprised. Let me guess Goldman was involved right? Those guys even got to Gringotts!

Goldman Sachs Caused Gringott's Failure (new window)

And they're FRAKING magical. What did these people have? Tegalog?
 
2theruns
2010-07-30 05:51:26 PM
greenbeetle: Fark Me To Tears: FTFA: MANILA, Philippines - The world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines, is now "swimming" in the staple grain because of massive imports by the previous government that drove world prices to record highs and possibly enriched corrupt officials.

And don't forget that Glenn Beck went apesh*t over this and said that the rice shortages were a sign that the economic apocalypse had finally arrived. We were all supposed to be stockpiling food for the massive shortages that we were supposed to be facing right about now!

And now, having said what I needed to say, I'm going to go spend some of my hard-earned savings (my unemployment ran out, so I'm dipping full-on into the reserves these days) on some fast food. It's not healthy for me, and it's certainly not the most economical meal -- but f*ck it, it's Friday and I feel like fast food today. I'll do what I can for the economy with what little money I have left. Suck it, Glenn Beck!!!

As an unemployed person who is also not getting shiat from the govt I find fast food to be the MOST economical for feeding just one person. Just order from the value menu and bring your own 20 cent soda can. It sucks it is so unhealthy, that's for sure.

So that is $2.20-$4.20 + tax for fatty garbage with no nutritional value and sugar water. A crock pot/slow cooker will cure your ignorance.

/b-b-b-but vegetables and fruit are expensive
//No they're not; you're just lazy.
 
PattyMcG
2010-07-30 05:55:08 PM
Came for an Informant! reference.

Leaving hastily with a quiet shrug and a goofy smirk and a raging inner monologue.
 
earthforce_1
2010-07-30 06:59:12 PM
> I think there is some redundancy in the title corrupt Filipino officials.

My wife's brother is a (non-corrupt) Filipino official who was recently re-elected.
 
The Repeated Meme
2010-07-31 02:29:24 AM
illusi0n Surely Goldman Sachs couldn't have been involved in these or similar actions. Oh wait...

Johann Hari: How Goldman gambled on starvation

Now, now, Goldman Sachs are doing God's Work.

/And God wants small children to die horrible, slow deaths so that GM employees can haz hookers and blow
//where is your God now?
 
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