Thursday, March 20, 2008

Rigged elections set for March 29th in Zimbabwe - The Economist (UK) has a long article on the presidential campaign in Zimbabwe where tyrant Robert Mugabe is poised to steal another term despite this: "Some economists think that, if prices double every month, a government can still collect revenue. But if prices double every week, you hit a point where people start to flee the currency altogether. Zimbabwe is heading in the abandon-ship direction, perhaps only a few months away." Right now the polls are leading towards the opposition with a quarter "undecided" (i.e. afraid of Mugabe's thugs.)

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