I’ve been kind of busy working on some of new projects for a few weeks, so perhaps I haven’t been paying enough attention to world events as I should have. Well, actually that must be true or I’d have a lot more posts here for April, because there’s plenty to worry about. And I don’t mean global warming, either, but some of the scariest things I’ve read since I heard Hillary Clinton was running for president:

Food shortages (even matzo shortages), food riots, and higher food prices. Perhaps this article isn’t enough to make you worry in detail, but OTOH it might be a good idea to dig up all those ideas people had when preparing for the great Y2K problem that never happened…

The Coming-Soon-to-a-Theater-of-War-Near-You Conflict with Islam. I’m not going to pretend I know all the answers when it comes to Muslims, Christianity, and Western culture, but Bill Warner, the interviewee of this piece, surely sounds like he does. It’s a very long article but you won’t notice that because, no matter how you feel about the subject, you’ll be shaken up when you read it.

And if that isn’t enough, now pundits are seeing the entire world at war — for centuries — over the effects of climate change.

Happy Earth Day.

OK, this makes me really mad.

First they invaded Tibet (admittedly, this was a while ago, but we dragons have long memories).

Then they accused the Dalai Lama of being a terrorist.

Now, in one of the most cynical ploys I’ve heard since Hillary Clinton claimed to be a New Yorker, they’ve pre-announced that Tibetans will be making suicide terrorist attacks.

Why is this cynical? Because now the Chinese government can kill as many Tibetans as it likes, and claim they all committed suicide. Or that they were about to commit suicide, so they were forced to shoot them in order to stop them. Or that the peaceful Tibetan Buddhist monks were stirring up the people and goading them to commit suicide, so that’s why China was forced to destroy all the Tibetan holy places.

Think I’m paranoid? Let’s just watch and find out. And while we’re waiting, please remember to boycott Chinese goods to show your displeasure.