I'd be a fool and a communist to make any sort of connection here

It seems Jellyfish have been playing havoc with fisheries around the world.


Two 'attacks' in a North Ireland salmon farm has decimated the population.

http://www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/idUSL2241858320071122

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7110059.stm

It seems Japanese fisherman off the coast of an island called Oki are experiencing their own jelly traumas. Giant 450 pound monster Jellyfish are getting caught up in mackerel, yellowtail and salmon nets.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/01/0119_060119_jellyfish.html

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn3126.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119612452419404666.html?mod=yahoo_itp&ru=yahoo

I'm particular fond of this quote from Shinichi Uye, a Jellyfish researcher.

"It's like a harmless living thing has been angered," ... "The reason for its anger might lie with human activity."

I'm pretty sure this was foretold. Our only hope is either Godzilla or Ultraman. I'm pretty sure Gamera would be outmatched by the Nomura jellyfish.

In reality though it's just another symptom. People left amazed at such an outlandish happening; unwilling to look at the connectedness of unnatural practices. I'm not going into some absurd 'butterfly principle' rant; however there is a level of connectedness that is constantle overlooked.

Where are all these Truffles from?

So truffles are expensive right? White truffles, the Piemontese type, are really expensive. THe word on the street about the whites is that they're pushing 3,000 euro a kilo due to this years scarcity. That instantly pushes them out of the reasonable realm for a small restaurant. Even given the scarcity the quality is supposed to be sub par as well. However places are still pimping the fact that they have these Piemontese white truffles. Are they bolstering meager shavings with the chemically enhanced, yet still somehow accepted, 'truffle' oil? are they using Serbian truffles and pimping them as Alba? Will the madness of using Truffles in absurd applications ever stop?
Apparently in addition to the horrible year climatically there is an ever increasing cadre of inexperienced trufolau, truffle hunters, damaging the fragile ecosystem.