The BP oil spill has upped the ante. This is breaking news…. Oil gushing at spill site after vent damaged Cap removed after sub hits vent; 2 cleanup workers die in separate events BREAKING NEWS NBC News and news services updated 12:53 p.m. ET, Wed., June 23, 2010 WASHINGTON – Oil was again gushing from the BP spill site on … Read More
Obama Has Sharks With Lasers, Too
I miss Kaye Grogan. She was a columnist for Renew America, a right-wing Christian/political website started by many-times presidential candidate Alan Keyes. Kaye was crazy, and her columns had the added pleasure of being written in the worst English-torturing manner. I mean, worse than my writing even. Kaye's columns quietly disappeared from the Intertubes a year or so ago, and there's … Read More
RIP, Nurse In Famous V-J Day Photo
Edith Shain, the nurse captured in this famous iconic photo, died Sunday at the age of 91. For the curious, the identity of the sailor in this photo is in dispute and unresolved. Swain talks about that day, that photo, and that kiss here.
Drilling Ban Lifted By Dead British Googly Eyed Comedian
Bloomberg: A New Orleans federal judge lifted the six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling imposed by President Barack Obama following the largest oil spill in U.S. history. Obama temporarily halted all drilling in waters deeper than 500 feet on May 27 to give a presidential commission time to study improvements in the safety of offshore operations. Government lawyers told U.S. District … Read More
Beepy Oil Spill: By The Numbers
Perspective is everything, and this article puts the oil spill in perspective. And actually, it makes it sound not so bad. Some highlights: The Mississippi River pours as much water into the Gulf of Mexico in 38 seconds as the BP oil leak has done in two months. For every gallon of oil that BP's well has gushed into the … Read More
Pray, Baby, Pray
Palin tweet: This lady was almost vice-president, praised by the right for her can-do spirit and reliance on a good dose of common sense. *shudder*
The Way Things Are Going, ….
….it's only a matter of time before some Republican apologizes to BP for getting the Gulf of Mexico in their oil.
Bachmann Quote Of The Day [Update: Rep. Barton (R-TX), Too!]
Wow. Just wow. Here is Rep. Michelle "Crazy As A Loon" Bachmann on the BP escrow fund to compensate Gulf shore residents for their losses: The president just called for creating a fund that would be administered by outsiders, which would be more of a redistribution-of-wealth fund. And now it appears like we’ll be looking at one more gateway for … Read More
Abby Spotted
Going to be a while before they can rescue her, but at least they located her: Looks like her mast is gone, which means she's virtually powerless.
Yet Another In A Series Of Posts All Relating To “How Much Oil Is Being Spilled”?
…. and like all the other posts, the answer is "More than we've been led to believe". Sigh: The new estimate is 25,000 to 30,000 barrels of oil a day. That range, still preliminary, is far above the previous estimate of 12,000 to 19,000 barrels a day. These new calculations came as the public wrangling between BP and the White … Read More
Ominous Blog Post
LATEST UPDATE: She's fine. Abby's Blog — Entry dated Wednesday, June 9, 2010: The wind is beginning to pick up. It is back up to 20 knots and I am expecting that by midnight tonight I could have 35-50 knots with gusts to 60 so I am off to sleep before it really picks up. That's the end of the … Read More
Should Taxpayers Pay For The Oil Spill?
Republican leaders think so. This is tremendously stupid politics. The public — particularly Republicans — are weary of taxpayer bailouts already. Now we want more? Oh, sure — count on Republicans to say, "Well, we bailed out the banks. So why not BP?" But that argument falls flat. The bailout of the banks was necessary to stem the economic downflow. … Read More
Another Oil Spill In The Gulf
Lovely: As if there wasn't enough oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico, satellite images have revealed a 10-mile-long slick from another drilling rig, which apparently began leaking days after the Deepwater Horizon disaster began. Citing an environmental group and federal documents, the Mobile, Ala., Press- Register reports that the smaller leak, from the Ocean Saratoga platform, apparently began around … Read More