Friday, February 11th

United States

Food prices will significantly soar.

Significance: Currently, Americans spend roughly 10% of their disposable income on food. This is relatively little considering how important food is to our lives. A variety of factors have come into play to put pressure on the amounts of corn the country has. Corn has become somewhat of a building block of our modern food processes. It is the main ingredient in livestock feed and contained in over one-quarter of all the products in a supermarket, not including those products outside of a supermarket such as textiles. Top few factors increasing the prices for food comes from the more common use of ethanol as an alternative to oil. ¼ of our corn stocks are currently wasted on this inefficient method. Droughts and floods in the far corners of the world, and instability in the Arab world have also done their part.

Arizona sues the Federal Government.

Significance: The lawsuit is a result of Washington providing little to no support securing Arizona’s border with Mexico. The litigation is completely funded by donations and will not cost the taxpayers a dime. That is, will not cost Arizona taxpayers a dime. The rest of the country has to foot the bill for the defense of the Federal Government.

International

Egyptian president refuses to step down.

Significance: President Mubarak claims that he will lead Egypt into a peaceful transition until September, while simultaneously passing on his powers on to Vice President Omar Suleiman. The majority of western countries support this move but do not ask what powers he must have kept to himself. If Mubarak effectively relinquished all of his powers to another, then there would be no real point in him staying until September. It seems that Mubarak has kept up-to-date with the changing Russian government. When President Vladimir Putin’s term ended in the Kremlin, he decided to create a new position that did not exist (prime minister) and replace himself with a clone (Dmitry Medvedev). Others look to commend the army for not launching a military coup. How could they? The infantry is entirely conscripts (who obviously would support the people) while Mubarak himself was a general (making Egypt already a military dictatorship to begin with). Most sadly, many analysts and foreign leaders have been praising the Muslim Brotherhood for their vocal stance that they would not take power when Mubarak leaves. The Muslim Brotherhood has no power without this populace uprising, and they would do well to keep their intentions a secret until the time is right (similar to the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran).

Dozens of European leaders condemn multiculturalism.

Significance: In a rare move, European leaders have publicly condemned the attempts at multiculturalism in their countries. Acknowledging the obvious, Muslim groups have situated themselves as breeding grounds for extremism within European society. Assimilation will be the new goal. Europe has passed the first stage of denial.

South African President Zuma creates work fund.

Significance: With a 25% unemployment rate, the African continent’s country with the strongest GDP by far is continuing to suffer economically. The fund is essentially the creation of hundreds of thousands of jobs valued at over a billion US dollars. Economically, its not the worst idea he has ever had. Unfortunately, President Zuma is also at the head of the African National Congress. Though the ANC is historically the symbol of Black freedom in SA, it has become the symbol of the oppression of Whites. Since the end of Apartheid, over a million Whites have fled the country. Since then, there has been a direct alliance between the ANC and the Zanu PF party of Robert Mugabe and Zimbabwe. Zanu PF has been responsible for heavily oppressing the Whites of former Rhodesia (the former name of Zimbabwe). The ANC has made the same racist speeches that Mugabe has made in the past.

Thought of the Day: A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?