If you didn't get a chance to see this special on PBS this week, and you've got some spare time to check it out on line instead, I'd highly recommend making some time to watch this latest documentary from Ken Burns, The Dust Bowl.

From PBS: THE DUST BOWL:

THE DUST BOWL chronicles the worst man-made ecological disaster in American history, in which the frenzied wheat boom of the "Great Plow-Up," followed by a decade-long drought during the 1930s nearly swept away the breadbasket of the nation. Vivid interviews with twenty-six survivors of those hard times, combined with dramatic photographs and seldom seen movie footage, bring to life stories of incredible human suffering and equally incredible human perseverance. It is also a morality tale about our relationship to the land that sustains us—a lesson we ignore at our peril.

You can watch episode two at the link above. The footage and pictures of those storms and their aftermath is just simply amazing and terrifying. Ken Burns has done a lot of really wonderful work with documenting our country's history and this latest from him is no exception.

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After we had the CEO of Papa John's complaining about the price of his pizzas going up a whole few nickels a pie in order to cover the cost of taking care of health care for his employees due to "Obamacare" and of course the harpies over at Fox chiming in and carrying water for him as well, Jon Stewart took them to task on his show this Tuesday evening.

As he noted, he can't turn on the television without seeing two-for-one specials and other giveaways with your pizza purchases, so it's likely somehow society will be able to absorb the extra costs for the pizzas. But of course Fox and the rest of them don't have a word to say about what climate change, this drought we're going through and how that is going to affect the price of the pizzas.

After showing a clip of Steve Doocy on Fox & Friends talking about "some of the glaciers actually getting bigger," here's how Stewart wrapped things up:

STEWART: Yeah, that's why they watch Fox. You know why? Because it's so much easier than literally sticking your head up your own ass to shut out reality. So to summarize, the pizza costs a little more, but in return, everyone gets health insurance, outrageous! But if it costs a lot more because human activity is burning our planet to an uninhabitable husk... ahhh... what the f**k.