The mail must be a little slow down there---that issue is at least two years old.
Your email pal,
Tom L.
Doug Henwood wrote:
> Henry C.K. Liu wrote:
>
> >My bet is next July or August at the latest.
>
> Hey, the Weekly World News, my main source of information here down in
> southwestern Virginia, says a great depression will begin in March. Citing
> the analysis of "renowned economist Thomas VanDurman," whom I've never
> heard of, the WWN recommends stocking up on canned food and water.
> VanDurman says it could last decades, maybe even 100 years. "This won't be
> like the Waltons, not by a long shot," says our economist. "There's just
> not the sense of community there was in our grandparents' time." Evidently
> neither VanDurman nor the WWN have sufficiently problematized the word
> "community."
>
> Other features of this splendid issue of the WWN include a story about
> sharpshooting nuns in Colombia, tired of the narcoterrorists; the nonstop
> sex orgies on the island of Lesbos, favored destination for girl-crazy
> lesbians the world around; giant child-killing mutant rats, who come about
> their size and homicidal instincts thanks to toxic waste; Ed Anger's
> fervent denunciation of "ritzy restaurants" with their "swishy waiters and
> sissy sauces," a sidebar to his rant about guys who do housework (they
> "should be strangled with their own apron strings!"); and rebellious pets,
> who may be plotting against you at this very moment.
>
> Doug