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November 19th, 2007

“Ever bump into Satan down here?”

Posted by: Roberta Rampton
Tags: Grains Insight, Metals

potash.jpgPotash is a hot commodity, what with exploding grain prices, limited world supplies, and soaring fertilizer company stocks. But potash also became very funny fodder for popular Canadian political satirist Rick Mercer, who traveled 3,000 feet underground in a Potash Corp mine on his television show. “It’s like Dr. Evil’s cave,” said Mercer, who confessed he knew nothing about potash before his trip to Allan, Saskatchewan.

The video is here - go to Episode 6, then click on the clip “Mercer: Rick mines potash”

NOTE: This post was changed because of a change in the video link.

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