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New Smuggling sand.. the new silver? (there's not enough of it, now.)
Planet Money/npr tells the story of an entire beach (in hinterlands of *Jamaica or nearby island) 100ish Tons stolen late-night in an area not habitated/or habituated in any case. Est value in $$2006: $1M.
* it seems that This was the reflective/purest sand-grade extant.. "Beach 24/7 Guards now hiring?"

{{sigh}}. At root, of course: Over-population (etc. etc.) and Techno who needs the pure SiO2 for All. Those. Toys, as mesmerize the populace worldwide until the atrophy pf mentation was enough: ..a Drumpf was not only Possible-but-Here.

PS: later on ... seems there are Thousands of illegal sand-sites out there; in case of above: the conspiracy involved local $$minions; the Judge, faced with death threats decided to retire rather than er, 'judge'. They got away with it. Now: "an attorney's summation that your case isn't likely to win ..no longer can say, "go pound sand" (a phrase heard during the Ford Fiasco search re representation, etc.)



Carrion. Sometimes it is present Within-jelloware. In the DNA?!?ONE11111
Add-to-Bummer-listicle, fellow inmates. Can CLEAN WATER? now so oft given-away to Giant Corps near-for-free ... be next? Ya wants a glass of water with your Chateu d'Yqem dessert wine par excellance? $2 bub + tip.
Expand Edited by Ashton Nov. 4, 2018, 10:28:18 PM EST
New It is reportedly a big problem in India.
New Yup, also stealing it to make new beaches at tourist resorts
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Drew
New Re: Smuggling sand.. the new silver? (there's not enough of it, now.)
Some background material (for those interested):

Sand, rarer than one thinks

https://na.unep.net/geas/archive/pdfs/GEAS_Mar2014_Sand_Mining.pdf

Book on sand written by a geologist:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0520265971/?tag=thneyo0f-20
New Y'know? ..if just another 6.66% within the vox populi --
Possessed/understood [!!] your encyclopaedic listicle across many topics ... even the mouthbreathers amongst us could not have precipitated this Final [one hopes] assault on this failing-State's chances for ..someday moving towards .. ... -->actual Democracy.

Thanks! (give thine brain-cells an Attaboy por moi :-)
     Smuggling sand.. the new silver? (there's not enough of it, now.) - (Ashton) - (4)
         It is reportedly a big problem in India. -NT - (static)
         Yup, also stealing it to make new beaches at tourist resorts -NT - (drook)
         Re: Smuggling sand.. the new silver? (there's not enough of it, now.) - (dmcarls) - (1)
             Y'know? ..if just another 6.66% within the vox populi -- - (Ashton)

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