Bluefin tuna populations are down 75% due to

the rapacious appetites of Japanese sushi lovers. -AP, Dubai

And modern technology continues to contribute to the demise. Floating tuna factories are now able to take as much tuna in 2 days as whole countries can take in a year.

Japan imports 80% of the tuna it consumes so blocking the vote against the export of tuna was critical for them – not too mention the tuna.

There are other types of tuna but the Bluefin seems to be the primary target with a 440 pound tuna selling last year for $220,000. 

Sorry Charlie®.  It just doesn’t look too good. Japan wants to follow the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) which basically means nothing will change and soon the Bluefin will gone.

I hate to break it (no pun intended) to those news reporters (?) out there but after the event is over and especially after the event happened 3 or 4 hours ago, it is NOT breaking news.

Breaking news is something that is happening right now, at this moment in time, like look out the window and there it is - like the OJ high speed chase down the freeway – but only if it is LIVE. Not recorded earlier from a live source.

Give me a break . . .

Among the 17 banned substances was boric acid, commonly used as an insecticide, which is mixed with noodles and meatballs to increase elasticity, a statement posted on the Ministry of Health Web site said. Also forbidden was industrial formaldehyde and lye, used in making soap and drain cleaner and added to water used to soak some types of dried seafood to make the products appear fresher and bigger.

They = China. Make sure your RV doesn’t have any food in it made in China. And your house.

Are you kidding me . . . formaldehyde? It seems to me we are not dealing with rocket scientists here. They are either greedy bast**ds or totally idiots. I think maybe greedy idiots.