All Quiet on the Zimbabwe Front

In bad news for smugglers of toilet paper and toothpaste, it appears that Robert Mugabe will be losing the first round of voting no matter what. Conflicting reports have the opposition winning outright or drawing Mugabe into a runoff with the opposition winning 49%. How this race could be close is not fathomable to one who remember reading years ago how a sheet of toilet paper cost $417 while inflation in Zimbabwe was only around 1000%.