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BP Will Go Ahead with Relief Wells ... But Admiral Allen Warns That There is a "Weak Link"
Submitted by George Washington on 08/13/2010 23:51 -0500Good news ...
Dead Fish Are Washing Up Everywhere . . . Is It Due to BP Oil Spill and Dispersants?
Submitted by George Washington on 08/13/2010 15:14 -0500No, its not global warming ...
"A Sustainable Level of Bank Profits Appears to be About 1% of GDP". Higher Bank Profits Lead to a Ponzi Economy and a Depression
Submitted by George Washington on 08/13/2010 11:45 -0500Steve Keen hits another one out of the ballpark ...
Will BP Skip the Relief Well, Declare Mission Accomplished, and Abandon Ship Without Permanently Killing the Oil Leak?
Submitted by George Washington on 08/12/2010 12:34 -0500Leak? What leak?
BP Is Hiding Dead Animals to Avoid Fine of $50,000 Per Dead Animal (and the Bad Publicity)
Submitted by George Washington on 08/12/2010 11:50 -0500Dead critters? What dead critters?
The Fed's New Round of Quantitative Easing Is Like Trying to Patch Leaking Pipes by Pumping in More Water
Submitted by George Washington on 08/11/2010 12:17 -0500Keynesian stimulus can't be examined in a vacuum.
When University Scientists Found Underwater Oil Plumes, the Government Said Shut Up, Don't Tell Anyone ... and Then Tried to Discredit Them
Submitted by George Washington on 08/10/2010 18:06 -0500A government official named "Lubchenco" strong-arming scientists to tow the party line, and a government agency "losing" samples instead of sharing results with the scientists who had taken them.
Sounds like the Soviet Union, doesn't it? Too bad it's America.
The Government is Dealing with the Oil Spill Like the Soviets Dealt with Chernobyl
Submitted by George Washington on 08/10/2010 00:24 -0500Would I lie to you, comrade?
Mainstream Economists: "Mission Accomplished"
Submitted by George Washington on 07/28/2010 14:10 -0500Unbelievable ...
Of Course Clean Up Workers Can't Find the Oil ... BP Used Dispersants to Temporarily Hide It, So Now It Will Plague the Gulf For Years
Submitted by George Washington on 07/27/2010 18:32 -0500Everything's been solved!!!! (Oh, wait ...)
Admiral Allen Says Gas Seep is from the Rigel Gas Field ... Did BP Accidentally Tap Into the Rigel Gas Field?
Submitted by George Washington on 07/27/2010 13:22 -0500It is better to raise the hypothesis that the BP oil well is interacting with the Rigel field and have it debunked - or confirmed - than not to discuss it at all ... especially since Thad Allen has raised the issue himself.
Better yet, BP should answer Congressman Markey's questions, so that we don't have to speculate. (I know that it's a tough concept: actually responding to the demands of a U.S. congressman, but - hey - it would be good pr ...)
Matthew Simmons: Lightning Rod for Gulf Oil Controversy
Submitted by George Washington on 07/25/2010 20:32 -0500Let's refocus the discussion away from Simmons and towards the Gulf itself...
China Calls Our Bluff: "The US is Insolvent and Faces Bankruptcy as a Pure Debtor Nation but [U.S.] Rating Agencies Still Give it High Rankings"
Submitted by George Washington on 07/23/2010 19:13 -0500Here's the scary part ...
Abandoning the Capped Oil Well: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
Submitted by George Washington on 07/22/2010 20:21 -0500Not much, just ...
