tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post9080169071916472612..comments2008-06-27T10:08:36.046-04:00TraderMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06241756200482130281noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-49483460846581926372008-06-27T10:08:00.000-04:002008-06-27T10:08:00.000-04:00The oceans are severely depleted by overfishing. This is a positive story.shaxmatisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07220757563758396222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-55086960800854185232008-06-27T09:58:00.000-04:002008-06-27T09:58:00.000-04:00I wonder how this will effect one of my favorite TV shows, "The Deadliest Catch"? Remember that is all that counts--don't inconvenience me when I want to watch TV!!!<BR/><BR/>We need a Congressional hearing into this matter--how high oil prices are effecting TV shows like "The Deadliest Catch". They can put it on the legislative docket right after their look into baseball and steroids and the recent spate of injuries in the horse racing industry.Guyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09198161809721597881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2335748440449035592.post-21238271901666489222008-06-27T09:14:00.000-04:002008-06-27T09:14:00.000-04:00"Oil and food markets: Oil and food prices remain at the top of the list. We need to be watching carefully what the Arabian Peninsula is doing with its money and what the Russians are planning to do. In the immediate, we need to be following global crop forecasts. Unseasonable rain in the U.S. Midwest has threatened to bring the corn harvest down by about 10 percent this year. Flooding is hitting China's harvests right now as well, and corn crops in Mexico have been threatened by unseasonably dry weather. As other crops see seasonal disruptions worldwide, we could see increased fluctuations in the prices of these goods. Particularly vulnerable to increases in the price of corn are Japan, South Korea, Mexico and Egypt. Mexico and Egypt are particularly prone to food-related civic unrest, a development that must be monitored carefully. Along those lines, all food crops around the globe must be carefully monitored as prices continue to climb. This is much more immediately significant than oil prices right now. If there are crop failures larger than the U.S. corn crop looming, prices are really going to soar. That is not going to result in a one or two point drop in gross domestic product; it can result in chaos in large parts of the world. We don't know if this is going to happen, but we need to be on top of this whole process hour by hour." <BR/><BR/>from Stratfor via Mauldinhrs0944http://www.blogger.com/profile/09986838112144909482noreply@blogger.com