In 1776, patriots in New York tore down a 4,000-pound statue of King George III, a monument to British empire dressed up as Roman grandeur.
Oliver Wolcott saw something better than symbolism. He saw ammunition. The King’s lead was hauled to Connecticut, melted down by Wolcott’s family and neighbors, and turned into more than 42,000 musket balls for the Continental Army.
That is the American Revolution in one image: tyranny toppled, melted, molded, and fired back. [Peter Navarro]
Good Night, Patriots!
In addition to concerns about stringency in the oil markets, Joe Hernandez of NPR reported on Friday that the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz also affected transport of about one third of the world’s fertilizer transported by sea. Shortages hurt farmers around the world, including in the U.S., where farmers were hit with skyrocketing fertilizer prices during planting season. An April survey from the American Farm Bureau Federation reported that 70% of respondents said they couldn’t afford all the fertilizer they needed for the season.
ReplyDeleteHernandez reports that higher fertilizer prices are just one of the reasons that consumers will see higher food prices this fall.
NPR is fake news dumbo! Keep listening to all the lies you TDS hater!
DeleteThank you for the comment..all true BUT not relative to this particular blog.
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