ON SUMATRA . . .

According to The New York Times:

Food is being rationed carefully with some local shops charging double or triple the going rate for eggs, rice and other staples.

Are you freakin' KIDDING me?! What is WRONG with you people?

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FROM BANDA ACEH . . .

"In Muslim society, God only gives us his goodness and we have to learn lessons from a disaster like this," said Zulkarnain, a 33-year-old salesman who escaped the flood waters with his family. "This may be God saying he is angry with human conduct in the world."

Perhaps the end-times are near. Who are we to turn away from God?

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IN SRI LANKA . . .

"There are instances where bodies are decomposing, and they're being photographed and fingerprinted" before being taken to mass graves, said Harim Peiris." "And there are instances where entire families have been wiped out."

Unimaginable.