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geert@xs4all.nl - male fascist filth http://www.m9ndfukc.org/memocide.neu+improved.genocide >from: ivo@reporter.net (Ivo Scoric) >subject: Focus on Global Issues > >Landmines: >http://balkansnet.org/sa-mines.html >http://balkansnet.org/mines.html > >White Rabbit Cult: >http://balkansnet.org/wrc.html > >Gas Prices: >Somewhat coinciding, although maybe not directly related, with the >NATO bombing campaign against Yugoslavia, in March last year >OPEC agreed to trim oil production. The prices are rising ever >since. I spend about eight dollars a week more on gasoline than I >did last year at the same time doing the same job that requires me >to commute 32 miles a day. A 62% increase. With my income >level this starts to bite into my "way of life." I guess that affects >millions of people and makes them unhappy, not just me. >Evidently, unlike with Kuwait, oil can't be called upon as a reason >for the U.S. involvement in the Balkans. People may begin to ask >why are we spending money pretending to be good Samaritans >around the globe, when there is nothing in it for us, and the gas >prices nearing its 1980 gas crisis levels are definitely not the >encouraging factor. They killed the Democratic campaign then, >they may do it again. Republican candidates are toying with >isolationism card, and more and more people are looking their way. >Unlike the current administration, the next one may not be as >committed to "straightening bended rivers" (a Yugoslav saying >meaning trying to do utopian things), which may prove disastrous >to the Balkan crisis. One possible route is to admit Iraq oil back to >the world markets - which is a tough choice: appease one dictator >(Hussein) to be able to fight another (Milosevic). > >Starbucks: >Two Starbucks coffee shops were destroyed during the anti-WTO >demonstrations in Seattle. A Starbucks shop was demolished by a >large metal ball in the movie Fight Club (and in the book) a few >months before Seattle. Earlier, Starbucks was featured as world >headquarters of Dr. Evil in the Austin Powers sequel. As early as >April 1999 Newsweek reported that the glass storefront of >Starbucks in Portland, Maine was smashed three (3) times in the >single month. So just out of curiosity I did a little on-line research >into why Starbucks is an object of such hatred: > _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list Nettime-bold@nettime.org http://www.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold