Trust USA politicians not to let a good crisis by
Nice to see that President Obama can be just as big a hypocrite as our politicians – perhaps even more so. Is it just me – or is there something cynical and opportunistic about Americans hand-wringing and shedding crocodile tears about the Gulf Oil Disaster?
It’s 45 days since the disaster on the Deepwater Horizon [...]
Unslick responses to the oil catasrophe
Oil right on the night
What is it about oil disasters? Somehow they seem to be taken for granted. But if just a few radioactive atoms spill from a nuclear power station its an environmental catastrophe. But oil – well it seems to be an acceptable Bad weather hampered efforts to tackle the [...]
River Trent in the Shit
Stoke’s unwholesome reputation as one of the less desirable parts of the country to live in rose still further this week with news that a pleasant-sounding mixture of cyanide and raw sewage was gliding down the Trent.
Concerned-looking newscasters, who presumably should have been wearing protective clothing for health and safety reasons, reported earnestly [...]