What's in the News

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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #495 on: April 30, 2008, 03:06:59 PM »
aoaoaoaoao  "VEGEMITE is now a banned substance at the Beijing Olympics, following China's decision to stop the Australian team taking its own food to the Games.

In another example of the iron-clad control Beijing is trying to exert on foreigners, Games organisers have told Australia it must obtain all food from within China.

It is understood the Chinese have introduced the ban to maximise revenue for local food producers."

Bloody sabotage!!

It's lucky for the British that there are specialist shops in BJ/SH selling marmite, then eh  agagagagag agagagagag agagagagag agagagagag agagagagag agagagagag
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #496 on: April 30, 2008, 08:07:55 PM »
So why isn't Marmite banned?
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #497 on: April 30, 2008, 09:23:57 PM »
They wouldn't dare bcbcbcbcbc bcbcbcbcbc
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #498 on: May 01, 2008, 12:05:30 AM »
No use banning something that no one eats anyway :P
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #499 on: May 01, 2008, 03:14:57 AM »
And it doesn't have the restorative powers of vegemite.

Re: What's in the News
« Reply #500 on: May 01, 2008, 03:24:12 AM »
So why isn't Marmite banned?

Vegemite isn't banned.  It merely isn't (easily) obtainable in China.  On the other hand, I do know that a couple of places sell the real deal in Shangers and Beijing.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #501 on: May 02, 2008, 01:25:55 AM »
This one is not a good one.

North Korea Heading towards famine.

http://www.planetark.com/avantgo/dailynewsstory.cfm?newsid=48189

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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #502 on: May 02, 2008, 01:36:10 AM »
Ban Vegemite? OH yeah it's full of steroids. Or that's what the advertisers almost tell us, So why not?

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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #503 on: May 02, 2008, 02:46:15 AM »
North Korea Heading towards famine.

This past month there have been food riots in Egypt, Haiti (where they also toppled the Government) and areas across Africa.  Big US names (Costco and Sam's) are limiting the purchase of rice and flour. 

A goodly portion of the blame for this is the rising oil prices, but one of the other problems is the increased use of ethanol (grain fuel).  The equation goes something along these lines....More Ethanol = Less Food (for people and/or animals).
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #504 on: May 02, 2008, 03:31:08 AM »
They're predicting dire consequences in Mexico since they are a corn consuming nation and since a large portion of edible crop will likely be sold for ethanol.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #505 on: May 02, 2008, 12:37:28 PM »
A goodly portion of the blame for this is the rising oil prices, but one of the other problems is the increased use of ethanol (grain fuel).  The equation goes something along these lines....More Ethanol = Less Food (for people and/or animals).

Even better.  Ethanol usage is driving corn prices are up, so a lot of US acreage is being converted from soybean production to corn.  This raised the price of soybeans.  In Brazil, areas used for cattle grazing were converted to soybean production.  This is causing cattle ranchers to start doing the slash and burn routine on more rainforest.

So what we have is a "green biofuel" leading to tropical rainforest destruction. asasasasas
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #506 on: May 05, 2008, 10:25:48 PM »
Frankly, old bean, Australia should go to the mat on this one.  Can your athletes control their own diet or not?  Chinese food merchants can survive without a few hundred extra mouths.  Outrageous.


Sadly, Lotus, this could very well go unnoticed as "yet another North Korean crisis".  I hope I'm wrong.

The world's food supply problem continues to grow.  I'd have never thought it would go this far;  I wonder how much nastier it'll get.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #507 on: May 07, 2008, 01:21:08 PM »
The world's food supply problem continues to grow.  I'd have never thought it would go this far;  I wonder how much nastier it'll get.

I hear that shares of th Soylent Corporation are up 20% in the last month.  Also, Donner's Catering says they are getting booked for a lot of parties.
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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #508 on: May 09, 2008, 01:57:00 AM »
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BOISE -- A ValleyRide bus driver has been placed on administrative leave after a 14-year-old boy accused the driver of calling him a racial slur before kicking him off his bus last Friday.

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Re: What's in the News
« Reply #509 on: May 09, 2008, 11:30:06 PM »
Kiwi does it again...

From the Sydney Moring Herald:

Desperate robber hides $2000 in his bottom
May 9, 2008 - 4:41PM

When it came to stashing his stolen cash, bank robber Michael Linn chose a very dark and unusual place... up his bottom.

But the rustling sounds coming from down below that gave him away when police quizzed him, a court heard.

The 36-year-old jobless New Zealander admitted robbing the BNZ Cromwell branch bank in Central Otago of around $2000 on April 3.

Police prosecutor Sergeant Tom Scoullar told Alexandra District Court said Linn had pressed the buzzer to get into the bank and pulled a green hand-knitted balaclava over his face.

After a staff member filled a bag with money, Linn had apologised, saying: "I'm sorry miss, I didn't mean to frighten you but I'm very, very desperate."

Linn drove to the lakefront, removed his clothes and set them alight using petrol and paper from his car, Mr Scoullar said.

Witnesses who saw the fire called firefighters. Construction workers nearby got there first and, using shovels, rescued the clothing and papers, some of which had Linn's name and address on them.

When he was taken to the Queenstown police station, he said he had given the money to an associate.

Police noticed some rustling sounds from Linn's bottom area and on closer inspection a roll of cash was found protruding from Linn's anus, the full amount of cash taken in the robbery.

The money will be destroyed.

Linn was remanded in custody until June 5 for sentence.

The Southland Times


This story was found at: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2008/05/09/1210131248617.html
 


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