"What the heck, give me a call." Sarah Palin suggesting President Obama ask her for advice as to how best deal with oil executives Please no. In the above-linked Facebook piece, she makes a strong...
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Frying Birds with Chocolate Mousse
The beached oil is hot enough to literally cook animals. Sanders explains that the beached oil absorbs the heat from the sun and can get to 100-plus degree temperatures. When heated to that extreme...
There Is Another
Another oil spill in fairly close proximity to the Deepwater Horizon site. NEW ORLEANS (AFP) - US authorities will investigate reports that another oil spill is sullying Gulf of Mexico waters not far...
BP's Bullshit Gusher
The Onion makes me laugh and laugh. Massive Flow Of Bullshit Continues To Gush From BP Headquarters LONDON—As the crisis in the Gulf of Mexico entered its eighth week Wednesday, fears continued to...
Oil Spill is Good News for Republicans
Everything is good news for Republicans. Including a major disaster that underscores their multiple levels of hypocrisy and contradictions.
Don't Buy Condoms from BP Stations
The genius of Colbert.
Weak Stream
Nobody seems to know how much oil is spewing from the well head. BP says its collecting 11,000 barrels per day, but the total flow rate is supposed to be 12-19,000. So why is there still a huge...
Morning Awesome
Rush Moving Pictures theme weeks continues with "YYZ" live from Rock in Rio.
Quote of the Day
"And I don't sit around just talking to experts because this is a college seminar, we talk to these folks because they potentially have the best answers, so I know whose ass to kick." President Obama...
All Natural Chocolatey Mousse
Now with all natural turtles!BP = Bastard People.
Not A Good Sign
More than half of all federal judges along the Gulf coast are linked to oil interests. MIAMI — More than half of the federal judges in districts where the bulk of Gulf oil spill-related lawsuits are...
Wanted: Oily Shrimp Sniffer
This can't possibly be a reliable way to discover oil in shrimp. PASCAGOULA, Miss. -- William Mahan bends over a bowl of raw shrimp and inhales deeply, using his left hand to wave the scent up toward...
More Evidence BP Will Escape Unharmed
Robert Gibbs today mentioned that BP will be fined "billions" of dollars. Yeah, okay. I'll believe that when I see it. Exxon only ended up paying around $125 million, whittled down over nearly 20...
I'm Not Hopeful About These Numbers
A slim majority of Americans now agree that the risks outweigh the benefits of offshore oil drilling. Big deal. I hate to be so cynical, but I seriously doubt these numbers will hold. Short attention...
Crisis and Sacrifice
Image by "gremlin" from the BP oil spill logo contest. I've been thinking about this piece by David Sirota in which he quoted FDR. "Every single person in the United States is going to be affected,"...
Morning Awesome
Rush Moving Pictures theme week continues with "Red Barchetta" live from Exit, Stage Left.
10,000 Barrels Per Day
BP is currently siphoning 10,000 barrels of oil per day from the Deepwater Horizon blowout preventer. Why are they being permitted to keep, refine and sell that oil? Adding... I think we often...
Why Is Anyone Trusting BP?
When BP says its doing everything it can to clean up the spill and cap the well, assume they're lying and cutting corners. Frank Rich: In the last three years, according to the Center for Public...
Amazingly, There Are Oil Spill Deniers
Boss Hogg, for example, thinks his beaches in Mississippi are just fine and dandy. Here's Haley Barbour on Fox News Sunday: "The truth is," he said, "we have had virtually no oil. If you were on the...
Morning Awesome
What the heck. It's a Rush Moving Pictures theme week. We begin with "Tom Sawyer" live from Exit, Stage Left.