Blythe Masters / JP Morgan / Queen of Commodities

this excerpt from sott front page on food prices.. watch the video second half
about the lovely Blythe Masters .... and her manipulation of food commodities

However, neither Asian demand nor climatic fluctuations can not explain the two recent massive surges in food prices that occurred in 2008 and from June 2010 onwards. These are clearly deviations from long run trends; these are bubbles. To understand why food prices are now suffering from a speculative surge, one needs to understand how financial markets operate, especially when interest rates are abnormally low.
 

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