Lovely: An oil rig has exploded 80 miles off the coast of Louisiana, with 12 people overboard and one missing, the Coast Guard said Thursday morning. UPDATE: The rig is owned by Mariner Energy. And leased to….??? Well, we don't know yet. UPDATE #2: It bears mentioning that this is NOT a deep-sea oil well, unlike BP's Deepwater Horizon, and reports are … Read More
Where Did The Spilled Gulf Oil Go?
Now that the well is capped, there seems to be relatively little effect on the environment — at least as not as much as anticipated. I'm not complaining, of course…. but one wonders why the environmental effects aren't devastating. The answer, possibly, is this: A newly discovered type of oil-eating microbe suddenly is flourishing in the Gulf of Mexico and gobbling up … Read More
Another Quote Of The Day
From today's New York Times: “According to NASA, 2010 is on course to be the planet’s hottest year since records started in 1880. The current top 10, in descending order, are: 2005, 2007, 2009, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2004, 2001 and 2008.” Right. Good thing that global warming is just a hoax.
About The Capped Well
I was going to say something positive and uplifting about the fact that the oil leak is now capped and sealed, but I guess that would be premature.
Awkward Game In Retrospect
This is an actual board game that came out in the 1970s: Full story here.
Thought Of The Day
Whenever, in winter, it would snow – or was extremely frigid – someplace, the climate change deniers would do a little dance and sing, "How can there be global warming??? Look at my snowman!" Of course, these morons don't know the difference between climate and weather. Nor are they aware of their complicated relationship, and how "global warming" doesn't necessarily mean … Read More
Oil Spill Gushes Faster and Claims Two More Lives
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
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
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