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As the photo on the left from the New York Times shows,facing 10,000% annual inflation has led Zimbabwe's dictator Robert Mugabe to impose strict price controls.This in turn has made it unprofitable to produce basic foodstuffs, with the results that shelves are now bare and the population is growing desperate.The Times reports:"'The last seven years,I haven't panicked at all,' said one Bulawayo clothing manufacturer who,like most people,spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation by the government.'Now,'he added,'I'm not so sure. I think there's a real collapse coming.'"Click the link to read the full sobering details.Those bottles of ketchup you see on the left might as well be Dom Perignon for all that the enslaved people of Zimbabwe can afford them...http://publiuspundit.com/2007/08/is_this_the_beginning_of_the_e.php
PS:This picture is not very different from the ones I've seen in North Korea"malls" or in battered Venezuela....and even nearer....CUBA.....!I've got the deja vu's...watching this picture!!!My heart goes out to the Zimbabwean people!!!
As in the days of Noah....
