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No, you picked an outlier. OP pointed out a trend -- 8/10 of the top "Movers and Shakers" are bats/batons. That is significant.

With the ease with which the burner can be turned into a bomb, it's portability (like a large Molotov), and the $15 price tag, I would be really surprised if it were genuinely an outlier (in the sense of being a chance correlation with current events).

I hadn't thought of that. When I think of people buying little propane stoves, I always think of them doing it for survival. What I thought was that some people are getting their last minute emergency supplies just in case things get worse.

It's Amazon.com, not Amazon.co.uk, so no.

27,000% percent increase in flashlights in Japan. Clearly the rioters threaten our power plants.

http://www.amazon.co.jp/gp/movers-and-shakers/378-9075017-80...

Awful; neither funny nor relevant, and disrespectful to boot.

I'm pretty sure that's the joke.

Well people in England are burning cars. Also they're poor. Surely they must have US-based backers ?