Fw: [OPE] BBC E-mail: Venezuela bans sale of Coke Zero

To Clarify: SIX german states have told retailers to stop selling Red Bull
where cocaine was found at 0.4mocrograms per litre. naturally these German
dictatorships of the Chavez variety need a good thrashing! ;-0

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Bullock" <paulbullock@ebms-ltd.co.uk>
To: <wrighti@acm.org>; "Outline on Political Economy mailing list"
<ope@lists.csuchico.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 8:34 AM
Subject: Re: [OPE] BBC E-mail: Venezuela bans sale of Coke Zero

>I see that Red Bull has now been assessed as containing minute traces of
>cocaine in some batches.. ..
>
> Alejandro, does this mean that if Chavez doesn't ban it he is helping the
> cartels?
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Wright" <wrighti@acm.org>
> To: "Outline on Political Economy mailing list" <ope@lists.csuchico.edu>
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 6:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [OPE] BBC E-mail: Venezuela bans sale of Coke Zero
>
>
>> The (quite nice) alcoholic drink absinthe has been banned in the USA
>> (from 1912) for its supposed harmful effects. Only recently (last year
>> I think) has the ban been partially lifted.
>>
>> I've tried Coke Zero, and looked at the ingredient list. It's clearly
>> a nasty drink.
>>
>> By forwarding this article it makes me think you will grab at anything
>> to try to criticize the current Venezuelan government, so it makes me
>> less likely to listen to you on this subject.
>>
>> By the way, as someone who has grown up with BBC news I can tell you
>> quite plainly that is is not objective and follows a definite
>> political agenda.
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 9:48 AM, Alejandro
>> Agafonow<alejandro_agafonow@yahoo.es> wrote:
>>> Alejandro Agafonow saw this story on the BBC News website and thought
>>> you
>>> should see it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ** Venezuela bans sale of Coke Zero **
>>> Venezuela bans the sale of the calorie-free Coke Zero, calling it
>>> harmful to people's well-being.
>>> < http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/fr/-/2/hi/business/8094679.stm >
>>>
>>>
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