Lab tests confirm underwater layers of Gulf oil Washington Post By CAIN BURDEAU June 4, 2010 BATON ROUGE, La. — Scientists with the University of South Florida say laboratory tests have confirmed that oil from a spewing Gulf of Mexico well has accumulated in at least two extensive plumes deep underwater. The researchers said in […]
SOUTH CAROLINA: GOP Governor (91% reporting) x Nikki Haley – 187,844 – 49% Gresham Barrett – 83,319 – 22% Henry McMaster – 65,504 – 17% Andre Bauer – 47,654 – 13% S. Carolina GOP governor primary goes to runoff WSJ By Robert Schroeder 9:56 PM 06/08/2010 WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — South Carolina’s primary […]
Reports at BP over years find history of problems Washington Post By Abrahm Lustgarten and Ryan Knutson June 8, 2010 Years of Internal BP Probes Warned That Neglect Could Lead to Accidents ProPublica by Abrahm Lustgarten and Ryan Knutson June 7, 2010 This article [two versions] has to be read. It can’t be summarized. It’s […]
Bauer Passes Polygraph Exam Fitsnews By Nancy Mace June 7, 2010 We’ve always been told that you can fool a polygraph machine by simply wiggling your toes when you’re lying, but for what it’s worth S.C. Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer has reportedly passed a polygraph examination regarding his role – or apparently non-role – in the recent […]
Senator Nelson Says BP Well Bore And Casing Integrity May Be Blown
Cameron Warns Britons of ‘Decades’ of Austerity New York Times By SARAH LYALL June 7, 2010 LONDON — Prime Minister David Cameron said Monday that Britain’s financial situation was “even worse than we thought” and that the country would have to make savage spending cuts to bring its swelling deficit under control. Prime Minister David […]
Official: ‘Top Hat’ Catching Up To Half-Million Gallons by The Associated Press June 7, 2010 The cap is now keeping up to 462,000 gallons of oil a day from leaking into the Gulf, Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said Monday in Washington. That’s up from about 441,000 gallons on Saturday and about 250,000 on Friday. […]
Haley Barbour: Oil? What Oil? Press Should Stop Scaring Tourists Huffington Post June 6, 2010 The biggest problem facing Mississippi in the wake of a massive oil spill in the Gulf isn’t tarred beaches or ecological waste, the state’s governor Haley Barbour said on Sunday. It’s the national press corps, which, he asserted, is inflating […]
Allowing Human Experimentation under the War Crimes Act By emptywheel June 7, 2010 I felt like they were experimenting and trying out techniques to be used later on other people. — Abu Zubaydah to the Red Cross Physicians for Human Rights just released a report documenting what Jeff Kaye and more recently Jason Leopold have […]
Love, etc: Rush Limbaugh marries for the fourth time Washington Post June 6, 2010 Kate Rogers and Rush Limbaugh Married: Rush Limbaugh to his girlfriend of three years, Kathryn Rogers, in Palm Beach Saturday night. The conservative commentator, 59, met Rogers, 33, at a charity golf tournament six years ago. The ceremony for 400 [guests […]