Mac McClelland filed this report about a pro-drilling tea party rally in Houma, Louisiana. Among other things, the predictably old white crazy people blamed the oil spill on the president, as seen on...
Teabaggers Pray for More Drilling
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Author - Bob Cesca
They're Collecting Less Than Half of the Oil
The collection/burning report from yesterday: HOUSTON, June 22 (Reuters) - BP Plc (BP.L) (BP.N) said on Tuesday that its oil-capture systems at the gushing leak in the Gulf of Mexico collected or...
The McChrystal Psychobomb
I don't think anything good will come out of this General McChrystal thing. Here's a recap of some of the items in the Rolling Stone article: McChrystal was quoted as saying he felt betrayed by the...
Morning Awesome
Sugar - "Hoover Dam" Bob Mould Acoustic Live Version
Dick Quote of the Day
"As bad as it sounds, ultimately we do have to sometimes accept a wage that's less than we had at our previous job in order to get back to work and allow the economy to get started again." Rand Paul...
Bobby Jindal Doesn't Care About Safety
Screw safety. Just let them drill away! Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal and state Attorney General Buddy Caldwell asked a U.S. judge to lift a six-month moratorium on deepwater drilling in the Gulf...
Huzzah for the Oil Spill!
The other day we learned that former head of the RIAA, Hilary Rosen, is now working PR for BP. And now this from Greg Sargent: Rosen has contracted out some of this work for BP to Castellanos, a...
Glenn Beck Wants a Private Military
Why does Glenn Beck hate the troops? Beck also says that government has never done anything right. But just a couple of weeks ago he was gushing over the Apollo program -- one of the largest...
More Opposite Day Madness
Since when are the American Exceptionalists on the far-right in favor of asking foreign countries to swoop in and save America? Oh I know. Since they decided that they believe in nothing other than...
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Jay Unger & Molly Mason - "Ashokan Farewell"
'Shakedown' Is A Racial Dog Whistle
Digby sheds some light on how the wingnut right is playing the race card with their latest rubber-stamped buzzword. Of course this isn't the first time during the oil spill they've tried to do this...
And We Adjust Our Widgets
As I posted earlier, there was a time when 42,000 gallons a day seemed impossible to comprehend. Now try to wrap your head around 100,000 barrels a day. That's 4,200,000 gallons a day. 100 times more...
Flashback to Simpler Times
I was just reviewing some old posts about the oil spill and came across this one from April 25: Coast Guard and company officials estimate that as much as 1,000 barrels – or 42,000 gallons – of oil...
Guess Who's Working for BP Now?
Hilary Rosen. And I'm glad to see Huffington Post has parted ways with her as a result.
Wingnut Rage
Via DougJ at Balloon Juice, the wingnuts are declaring war on the evildoers the census. Among the more troubling were incidents that arose from residents’ seething resentment that anyone from the...
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The Tragically Hip - "Yer Not the Ocean"
What The Vice President Said
I'm not a Vice President Biden fanboy by any stretch. But this? Bravo, sir.
Second Stimulus
A new Gallup poll shows an overwhelming majority of Americans support more stimulus money to create jobs and boost the economy. 60-38 percent. And by a margin of 56-40, Americans support additional...
Cries from the Gulf
Via Seder
More Like This, Please
New DNC commercial slamming the Republicans for apologizing to BP.