The corn market’s rally above $5 a bushel this fall has stirred growing consternation among livestock producers and others dependent on the largest U.S. crop. As the global grain supply outlook tightens, some traders in Chicago are placing bets that prices may double next year.
Over the past week, trading firms including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and MF Global Holdings Ltd. bought call option contracts that would pay off if corn rose above $10 or $11 a bushel next spring. The options…
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A bizarre plot by North Korea to attack the G20 summit using balloons filled with biological or chemical weapons emerged last night.
The claim that ageing tyrant Kim Jong-Il will attempt to disrupt the gathering – attended by David Cameron and other world leaders – has been taken seriously by Western diplomats.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has asked China, North Korea’s chief ally, to rein in Kim. And security is now at red alert for the conference in the South Korean…
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As described by the authors at http://freedomfiles.org/war/fema.htm
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I am still kinda reeling from what a US Marine admitted to me in a long conversation...a crack US Marine drill sergeant with 12 years of professional training and being a trainer in the Marines. He specialized in hardening them to win (ie-fire on women and children wherever appropriate, "show no…
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A delegation of politicians and community activists gathered on August 7 in La Leonesa, a small farm town in Argentina, to hear Dr. Andres Carrasco speak about a study linking a popular herbicide to birth defects in Argentina’s agricultural areas.
But the presentation never happened. A mob of about 100 people attacked the delegation before they could reach the local school where the talk was to be held.
Dr. Carrasco and a colleague locked themselves in a car as…
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Washington will increase its military aid to Israel over the next two years.
The United States has planned to expand its military aid to the Israeli regime over the next two years, adding smart bombs to the new supply list.
US Congress approved a boost of $400 million worth of additional military equipment for Tel Aviv last month, Israeli newspaper
Ha'aretz reported on Thursday.
The fresh aid package will bring the…
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Added by Anti Oligarch on November 11, 2010 at 11:43pm —
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Wayne Madsen Report
November 10, 2010
infowars.com
Pentagon and its embedded media covering up Chinese show of force off LA
China flexed its military muscle Monday evening in the skies west of Los Angeles when a Chinese Navy Jin class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, deployed secretly from its underground home base on the south coast of Hainan island,…
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Added by 7R33SandR0P3S on November 11, 2010 at 11:16pm —
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The ad, shown above, displays a 'security scan' of a woman in her underwear with the words, "Be Proud of Your Body Scan: Go Vegan."
Southwest rejected the ad which was submitted to its in-flight magazine Spirit, stating it was too provocative to run in the publication.
PETA Vice President Dan Matthews predictably rejected this.
This site has been unable to gauge whether the lobby reveals the amount of donor money…
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Top 10 US Cities Most LIkely To Face Water Shortages
Posted on November 11, 2010 by afteramerica
http://afteramerica.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/top-10-us-cities-most-likely-to-face-water-shortages/
24/7 Wall Street ran a recent article of the 10 largest U.S. cities most likely to face water shortages in the near future. I was shocked that three cities from…
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Added by Sweettina2 on November 11, 2010 at 7:19pm —
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Posted on Nov 10, 2010
America’s Bread And Circus Society
Categories: Archived Columns, Columns by Chuck Baldwin
http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=2524
The Roman poet Juvenal (circa 100 A.D.) wrote regarding the way latter-day Roman emperors retained power and control over the masses that were seemingly more than happy to obsess themselves with trivialities and self-indulgences while their…
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Congratulations, America. Torture Has Led You On a Wild Goose Chase, Destroyed the Rule of Law and Made You Less Safe
Published on 11-10-2010 Email To Friend Print Version
http://www.blacklistednews.com/index.php?news_id=11425
Source: Washington's Blog
There are numerous headlines this week about torture:
* Bush: "Damn right" I authorized waterboarding
* Bush says…
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Added by Sweettina2 on November 11, 2010 at 6:35pm —
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Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Western Subscribers
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http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/government/weapons/news.php?q=1289409513
A new report circulating in the Kremlin today prepared for Prime Minister Putin by Director Anatoly Perminov of the Russian Federal Space…
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'US world's biggest arms seller'
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http://www.blacklistednews.com/index.php?news_id=11426
Source: Press TV
The United States has topped the list of global arms sellers, with Israel, UAE and India purchasing the bulk of arms including fighter jets, says a think tank.
According to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research…
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Barack Obama: We Must Embrace Globalism And The Emerging One World Economy
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November 3rd, 2010
http://cryptogon.com/?p=18592
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Wow, oh wow. Here’s one for your Double Plus WTF? file folder.
It’s in the Lords Hansard. That’s the link. Scroll down to 1 Nov 2010 : Column 1538.
Tell me this is simply a case of a codger and too many single malt drinkies.
If not, this is the most delicious one…
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