The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Thursday March 10th, 2022 – National Mario Day
National Mario Day came about when it was noticed that, when writing out the day Mar.10, it just happens to spell out the name, “Mario”. From that point forward, the day just seemed to take off!
The character of Mario was first introduced in Nintendo’s game Donkey Kong. He didn’t even have his own feature game right away! When he originally appeared in this game in the early 1980’s Mario was not the plumber that would be recognized today. In fact, in the early days his name was simply “Mr. Jumpman” and he was a carpenter.
#Malaysia’s Looming Food Crisis – The government is part of the problem by Murray Hunter
The shortage of McDonald’s French fries earlier this month in Malaysia is symbolic of a much bigger national problem. Many food items are in short supply and subject to rapidly rising prices. Many local producers have been ravished by flood, or ceased production due to production costs rising above permitted selling prices set by the Domestic Trade Ministry, while many consumers are facing financial difficulties and struggling to purchase their household food needs. The market prices of many vegetables have risen 200 percent over the last six months, while some wet markets and supermarkets have been without eggs and chicken meat stocks.
This is likely to be exasperated with the beginning of Ramadan, Muslim fasting month on 1st April, where food consumption actually counter-intuitively rises. In the short-term, the invasion of Ukraine has sent oil prices well over US $100 per barrel, which will lead to higher input and freight costs.
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Prince of the Underground #poem by George Cassidy Payne
“somewhere
in the biofield
farmhands
announce you”
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Insert Brain Here 2.0 #006 #cartoon by Paul Woods
For more Insert Brain Here 2.0, HERE!
For more Ovi Cartoons, HERE!
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