The New York Times via VeloNation: Federal authorities investigating allegations that Lance Armstrong and other top cyclists engaged in doping are considering whether they can expand the...
Author - Bob Cesca
Here We Go Again. Is it Fixed?
Thad Allen says the top kill is working. HOUSTON — The “top kill” technique has stopped the flow of oil and gas from a broken well in the Gulf of Mexico, Adm. Thad W. Allen of the Coast Guard, the...
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Smashing Pumpkins - "Zero"
They Will Try To Impeach the President
I've been beating this drum for a while now, and I think other writers are beginning to see the obvious. If the Republicans take back the House, they will orchestrate an ongoing effort to investigate...
Ten Things About the Oil Spill…
...that will make you lose your shpadoinkle. Courtesy of Alternet. For example: This experience undoubtedly influenced Transocean's decision to insure the Deepwater Horizon rig for about twice what...
Top Kill Isn't Working
This sucks. HOUSTON — BP had to halt its ambitious effort to plug its stricken oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday afternoon when engineers saw that too much of the drilling fluid they were...
What the Hell Are We Looking At?
I finally just grasped the view of the oil leak that's been running for the last day or so. The several distinct gusher plumes are coming from the bent riser at top of the blowout preventer. I hate...
Quote of the Day
"Where I was wrong: my belief that oil companies were ready for the worst case scenario." President Obama
It's 504,000 Gallons Per Day
We don't know whether or not the top kill is working, but up to this point a federal government team has determined that the Deepwater-Horizon disaster is spilling much more oil than was originally...
Monsanto Stock is Getting Killed
Oh how I laugh and laugh as Monsanto loses value by the day. (The Dow is in red for comparison.)
The More Things Change…
Rachel Maddow reminds us about an oil spill crisis very similar to the current one and how the technology for capping a spill really hasn't changed.
Top Kill is Working?
Via Political Carnival: The “top kill” effort, launched Wednesday afternoon by industry and government engineers, has pumped enough drilling fluid to block all oil and gas from the well, Allen said...
Today's Bob and Elvis Show
Gigantic show today. We'll be talking about the oil spill and the various Republicans who are suddenly demanding a bailout of BP and the oil companies.Download the mp3 here.
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The Top Kill is Underway
BP is beginning the process of injecting mud and cement into the blowout preventer. Check the video feed from PBS below.
New Huffington Post Column
Republicans Demand a Government Takeover and Bailout of the Oil Spill Tweet and Digg often!
The Stimulus Worked
The CBO brings us proof. CBO estimates that in the first quarter of calendar year 2010, ARRA’s policies: Raised the level of real (inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product (GDP) by between 1.7...
Brown. It's the New Green.
Andy Cobb and The Partisans for the win:
Fox News Doofus Hints at Shooting Reporter
I usually don't pay attention to Steve Doocy, but on Fox & Friends this morning he basically warned author Joe McGinnis that Alaskans who support Sarah Palin -- or maybe Palin herself -- would...
Arrested for Being Brown
Who could have predicted that American citizens would be accidentally rounded up in this anti-immigration, anti-Hispanic hysteria? Eduardo Caraballo, a U.S. citizen born in the United States, was...