25-03-2010, 08:09 PM
Peter- I agree on the astuteness, which is also evident here:
The following amused me, given that the UK has just announced a "cider tax", perhaps a prelude to a "War on Cider", and a global "War on Alcohol" (aka creating legally enforced "minimum prices on alcohol" or Prohibition Mk 2):
Quote:One alternative is a centralized, paramilitary organization run by CIA remnants, former military, and former police
Another alternative is ethnic mafias, which will diversify into many other kinds of trade.
The third, naturally most cost-effective alternative will be provided by informal, local distribution networks based on barter, which will be all that is left once the dust settles
The following amused me, given that the UK has just announced a "cider tax", perhaps a prelude to a "War on Cider", and a global "War on Alcohol" (aka creating legally enforced "minimum prices on alcohol" or Prohibition Mk 2):
Quote:As Americans give up hope, they will need to self-medicate in ever-larger numbers
They will be far more able financially to afford illegal drugs than either pharma or alcohol.
"It means this War was never political at all, the politics was all theatre, all just to keep the people distracted...."
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war
"Proverbs for Paranoids 4: You hide, They seek."
"They are in Love. Fuck the War."
Gravity's Rainbow, Thomas Pynchon
"Ccollanan Pachacamac ricuy auccacunac yahuarniy hichascancuta."
The last words of the last Inka, Tupac Amaru, led to the gallows by men of god & dogs of war