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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...
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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,"...
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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...
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What the heck. It's a Rush Moving Pictures theme week. We begin with "Tom Sawyer" live from Exit, Stage Left.
Osborne Talks with Oil Spill Expert Paul Noel
Paul Noel, a contractor for the US Army at Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, wrote one of the larger estimates of the total oil spilled in the Gulf. Matt Osborne spoke with Paul about the spill.
The Cap Isn't Working
It's drinking the oil, but not nearly enough. So far, BP has failed to significantly stem the worst spill in U.S. history. The government's point man for the crisis, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen...
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MST3K Saturday - "Hercules"
The Oil Could Spread all Over the Atlantic
Oh good. BOULDER—A detailed computer modeling study released today indicates that oil from the massive spill in the Gulf of Mexico might soon extend along thousands of miles of the Atlantic coast and...
There Won't Be Blood
I mentioned this about the Exxon Valdez in my Huffington Post column this week, but it bears repeating. Via Digby: Exxon ultimately paid a criminal fine of $125 million, the largest ever for an...