Rising prices threaten millions with starvation, despite bumper crops
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California foreclosure “surge”: Up 327% from 2007 levels
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RBS sent us this: As Food Prices Soar, Some Shortages Appear–Some Stores Even Rationing Staples Such As Rice; Grocers Blame Corn Diverted For Ethanol
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I just heard that JRH Enterprises has acquired two brand new AN/PVS-14 US Army-issue night vision units with new Gen 3 image intensifier tubes, and they have them priced at just $3,495. (They are normally $4,000.)