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1 posted on 07/17/2010 1:00:54 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
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The Bilderbergs have decided the coming One World Government is going to use the Chocolate Standard for monetary stability.


37 posted on 07/17/2010 4:11:16 AM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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It looks like Diana in Wisconsin has gone survivalist!


42 posted on 07/17/2010 4:42:01 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana (There is no salvation in politics)
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The cocoa beans, which are sitting in warehouses either in The Netherlands, Hamburg, or closer to home in London, Liverpool or Humberside is equivalent to the entire supply of the commodity in Europe, and would fill more than five Titanics.
Open wide for Chunky. Sounds like someone's gotta a hankerin' for some candy bars.
43 posted on 07/17/2010 4:43:35 AM PDT by SunkenCiv ("Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others." -- Otto von Bismarck)
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All i saw when looking at that picture is the guy really really needs to cut his nails.


46 posted on 07/17/2010 5:01:25 AM PDT by wiggen (Government owned slave.)
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This is the money line i searched for;”Most of these contracts are “options” or “futures” giving a trader the right to buy these commodities at a certain price at a certain time in the future. What made yesterday’s trade so unusual was that the mystery buyer or buyers took physical delivery of the commodity. “
They will have to either contract to leave the beans where they are which is to say pay rent or move them,a daunting task since “would fill more than five Titanics.”
The cost of the purchase will be increased whether they leave them where they are or move them.


47 posted on 07/17/2010 5:07:12 AM PDT by wiggen (Government owned slave.)
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“””Cocoa prices, which had been on the rise this year, rose 0.7 per cent yesterday, to £2,732 per metric ton. By contrast, cocoa being traded on the US exchange fell.”””


Something is amiss!!!!


51 posted on 07/17/2010 5:31:15 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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“It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grams a week. And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grams a week. Was it possible that they could swallow that, after only twenty-four hours? Yes, they swallowed it.”

George Orwell....1984


52 posted on 07/17/2010 5:39:00 AM PDT by panaxanax (Keep plucking those chickens and boiling that tar. There's a party coming in November!)
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That guy holding those beans doesn’t need a Pick to play Guitar.


54 posted on 07/17/2010 6:02:07 AM PDT by Rappini ("Pro deo et Patria.)
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This article says it's a hedge fund named Armajaro based in London:

Traders said that Armajaro, which runs several commodities funds, took delivery on Friday of 240,100 tonnes of cocoa, the biggest delivery from London’s Liffe exchange since 1996 and equal to about 7 per cent of annual global production.

Armajaro’s bold bet on higher prices comes as cocoa prices have risen 150 per cent over the past two-and-a-half years, prompting recession-hit chocolate makers to reduce the size of their bars and increase prices.

The hedge fund gained control of the beans by buying July cocoa futures and holding them until their expiry on Thursday.

Looking at the company website, it appears that this certainly in their line: Commodities – cocoa, coffee and sugar origination and distribution.

55 posted on 07/17/2010 6:11:26 AM PDT by snowsislander (In this election year, please ask your candidates if they support repeal of the 1968 GCA.)
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Maybe it's a guy I went to high school with back in the 70’s.
He ate anywhere from a pound to 2 pounds of chocolate every day.
If he didn't get his chocolate fix, he would roll up in a ball and rock back and forth.
56 posted on 07/17/2010 6:22:17 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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Oh, those silly Hunt brothers. Always trying to corner something. One time it’s silver, then golf ball and now some type of bean.


59 posted on 07/17/2010 7:48:07 AM PDT by Deaf Smith
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Oh, those silly Hunt brothers. Always trying to corner something. One time it’s silver, then golf balls and now some type of bean.


60 posted on 07/17/2010 7:48:31 AM PDT by Deaf Smith
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Uh-oh. The terrorists have control of the entire strategic cocoa supply!


61 posted on 07/17/2010 8:27:10 AM PDT by RansomOttawa (tm)
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Michelle Obama is behind this.

Can’t have us eating our favorite junk food.


71 posted on 07/17/2010 8:51:25 PM PDT by happygrl (Continuing to predict that 0bama will resign)
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Likely culprit:


76 posted on 07/18/2010 9:00:36 PM PDT by Soothesayer9
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Someone is trying to corner the women’s vote.


77 posted on 07/18/2010 9:03:29 PM PDT by Little Ray (The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!)
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