We are living the nightmare

Across Globe, Empty Bellies Bring Rising Anger

By MARC LACEY

Global food prices are spiraling out of reach, sowing volatile levels of discontent and putting new pressures on fragile governments.

This is the homepage link to a story in Friday's New York Times. Throughout the planet, there are groups of people so fucking hungry, that they are about to topple their governments because of that.

This really is the nightmare.

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