We at Throbgoblins International have put our top scientists to work decoding the genes governing money-grubbing sociopathic megalomania amongst pond-scum. It's exacting work but the potential profits are astronomical. Every time a captain of industry or a cabinet minister wants to reproduce, they'll have to pay us a reasonable fee dictated by the market! It's only fair.
Throbgoblins International have experienced a bit of a slump of late. One shouldn't think about this sort of thing too much. Never mind. Backwards and downwards. Food staples are on the exponential rise, as are commodities across the board. The middle class world is scrambling for possession of the good things in life, and condemning the poor world to the shit-end of a very big stick. Sir Richard Branson once again gestures wildly in the face of reason with a biofuelled Jumbo - announcing to the Global South that it can whistle for its food crops, thankyouverymuch. Perhaps he will be burning the South American maize harvest for the benefit of his space tourists? He should get a good view of his own ego from up there.
At least Tottenham won the Carling Cup (and about time too)- which is grand in itself, (obviously), but also keeps one more piece of silverware out of the thieving clutches of the Kleptocrat Abramovich
Power companies make combined UK profits of 9 billion and of course everybody is up in arms, but in an urgent push to a low carbon economy we must also urgently push for a low carbon culture - which means paying the true cost. Of course that all stands or falls on the re-investment going where it needs to go - and not into the back pockets of private investors. (cut and paste link below)
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/centrica-warns-carbon-targets-will-push-bills-up-further-785621.html
I know i've compressed two cheeks of the same gargantumart arse here, but hey - buy one, get one free.
Massive expansion plans are announced that boil down to using overwhelming market leverage to choke farmers and further tighten the strangle hold of the high carbon/high turnover/low price supermarket philosophy. The fact that grain commodities prices are going through the roof does not seem to faze good ol' Mom and Pop Asda. (cut and paste link below)
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/retailing/article3406148.ece
143 million pounds of ground beef are recalled after the exposure of animal abuse in US abattoirs - which are, of course, normally such easy-going establishments. (Cut and paste link below)
http://www.celsias.com/2008/02/18/cruelty-video-prompts-recall-of-143-million-pounds-of-beef/
While mortgage slaves everywhere heave great sighs of relief at the unexpectedly rapid restart of property stagflation after the first pricks at the bubble, the UK continues to fail spectacularly at adding actual value to some of the most unsustainable housing stock in Europe.
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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/feb/18/energy.economy
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