Just a few observations.

1) There are three food items world-wide which contain chemicals that suppress hunger (and are mildy addictive). In SE Asian this is the beetle nut, and it turns the teeth black for those who chew it. In Central and S America, it's coca leaves. In Africa it's -wait for it- WATERMELLON! Europe was not quite so lucky.

2) Stymie would be appalled at all the goings on of the Nattering Nabobs on this-year forumm ("wish I ahd a watermellon, wish I had a watermellon" and the magic shoe).

3) If it's of any help shedding light on the subject, think of Obama in the White House this way: "It's their turn in the barrel". After all, the US is the Land of Opportunity, why should "they" be immune from all this s**t? It all boils down to a question of equal rights [to be a recipeint of political s**t].