Unlike natural disasters in the US such as Hurricane Katrina or the wildfires in California where we get 24 hour news coverage with video and interviews directly from the affected area, the effects of {en:Cyclone Sidr} on Bangladesh is not getting the coverage it deserves.   There is a lot going on there while the  Read more »

naked capitalism: Stop Eating Tuna: I saw this story yesterday on the BBC, which reports on the danger of collapse of bluefin tuna stocks, and didn’t cover it then because I thought it was the sort of thing that would get plenty of media attention. The fact that the not-terribly-environmentally-minded US is supporting a 3-5  Read more »

Will has written an excellent blog post that is overview of the efforts of Hormel and Cargill before Congress this week to defend the practice of adding carbon monoxide to the meat packaging process. The process retards the discoloration that can occur as packaged red meat sits in the meat case. His post discusses the  Read more »

    WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former House Speaker Dennis Hastert bid his colleagues farewell in a final speech Thursday, expressing worry about the "breakdown of civility" in politics. Hastert, 65, became the longest-serving Republican speaker of the House in history after taking the post in January 1999. The Illinois lawmaker stepped down as the top  Read more »

The latest project from Robert Greenwald and Brave new films exposes Fox New’s use of salacious and titillating "news stories" to keep their audience glued.  If you want to get involved you can find a list of FOX advertisers near you at  http://foxattacks.com/attacker/. FOX News Porn facts: FOX News uses sex segments to divert outrage  Read more »