Nature plays Her cards

[gerald]

Same old same old

Drought and the French Revolution:
The effects of adverse weather conditions on
peasant revolts in 1789
https://personal.lse.ac.uk/fleischh/Dro ... lution.pdf

"People have “nothing to lose” and protest against the government,
even if the recession’s causes are known to be exogenous and transitory (Burke and Leigh,
2010: 126, Acemoglu and Robinson, 2006). Protesters will uphold the threat of revolution
until institutional changes ensure more redistributive policies in the future"
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Venezuela Runs Out Of Electricity, Will Shut Down For A Week, El Nino Blamed
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-03-1 ... ino-blamed

“Water levels at the hydroelectric dam are 3.56 meters from the start of a ‘collapse’ of the national electric system,’

"It would certainly appear that Venezuelans are sick of "cooperating."
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Nature holds all of the jokers, and plays them as She see fit.