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BP Moves the Goalpost for the Oil Well Integrity Test
Submitted by George Washington on 07/19/2010 16:05 -0400You can't make this stuff up ...
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As Predicted, BP Tries to Pretend New Leak is a "Natural Seep"
Submitted by George Washington on 07/19/2010 13:48 -0400BP's playbook is so predictable ...
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Bubbles Visible in Underwater Cams
Submitted by George Washington on 07/19/2010 11:19 -0400Hmmm...
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Breaking: Seep Found Near Blownout Well, BP Not Complying With Government Demands for More Monitoring
Submitted by George Washington on 07/18/2010 19:41 -0400Uh oh ...
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Geologist: Depletion of Oil Reservoir "Unlikely"
Submitted by George Washington on 07/18/2010 14:00 -0400Not sure if I buy the reservoir depletion theory ...
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Can the Financial Reform Bill Fix the Economy?
Submitted by George Washington on 07/17/2010 16:56 -0400- Ben Bernanke
- Ben Bernanke
- Chris Dodd
- Citigroup
- Consumer Confidence
- Credit Default Swaps
- Creditors
- Dean Baker
- default
- Double Dip
- Federal Reserve
- Great Depression
- High Frequency Trading
- High Frequency Trading
- International Monetary Fund
- James Galbraith
- Keith Horowitz
- Krugman
- Main Street
- Niall Ferguson
- None
- Paul Krugman
- Paul Volcker
- Quantitative Easing
- recovery
- Timothy Geithner
- Unemployment
- Unemployment Benefits
If you've been too busy to pay attention to the details, and if you're hoping that the financial reform bill which has just been passed will fix the economy, this essay will bring you up to date.
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Oil Pressure Stopping Short of Target ... Does that Mean the Well Integrity Test Is Failing?
Submitted by George Washington on 07/16/2010 17:46 -0400Updates as they come in...
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What Are the Results of the Oil Well Integrity Test?
Submitted by George Washington on 07/16/2010 14:07 -0400See Oil Pressure Stopping Short of Target ... Does that Mean the Well Integrity Test Is Failing? for update.
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Initial Results from Well Integrity Test Are Inconclusive
Submitted by George Washington on 07/16/2010 01:19 -0400Updates as they come in ...
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BP Has Stopped the Oil From Flowing ... But Is It Only Temporary?
Submitted by George Washington on 07/15/2010 16:51 -0400Stay tuned ...
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The "Well Integrity Test" Is a Sham: "This Bet Is Against The Citizens Of The United States Of America Being Smart Enough To Figure Any Of This Out"
Submitted by George Washington on 07/15/2010 14:21 -0400We're doing it because ... er ... because ... um ... IT LOOKS GOOD!
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Is the Well Integrity Test Failing?
Submitted by George Washington on 07/14/2010 19:15 -0400Updated ...
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Well Integrity Test Has Now Started, But Oil Industry Experts Ask "What the Hell Are They Doing?"
Submitted by George Washington on 07/14/2010 18:01 -0400"Surely, I'm missing something here, but all of this seems like reckless rope-a-dope in the tradition of Muhammad Ali in his best rope-a-doping days."
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Confusion As to New Oil Cap ... Relief Wells Halted
Submitted by George Washington on 07/14/2010 13:58 -0400Chaos ...
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Due to popular rage at the ban on reporters and photographers from within 65 feet of the oil spill, Coast Guard admiral Thad Allen has rescinded the ban.
Submitted by George Washington on 07/13/2010 00:53 -0400Score one for the Constitution ...
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