The Return of the Bread Riot


	The Return of the Bread Riot

JICWyllie

12-31-2007 1:08 PM

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food, i-famine, i-increase, i-forecast, environment, i-destruction

JICWyllie says:

The poor always starve first. The Chinese are liable to find out the you cannot eat dollars. Do governments have rationing plans ready?

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