So you thought fish was ok, the bottom of the sea was bustling with life, and BP was telling us the whole truth.
Now you won’t.
New information suggests that the bottom of the Gulf is still wrought with oil and that it’s not degrading as fast as hoped or as fast as we were told it would.
This report, as expected, is at odds with BP’s assertion that by 2012 most problems would be gone.
What these marine scientists conclude, to contradict BP, a whole lot of life has been decimated on the sea floor..
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Still slick after all these months
The world is on fire: my thoughts on a violent weekend
The world looked at a man setting himself on fire in Tunisia.. They watched protesters storm Egypt and escort Hosni Mubarak out of office.. they are watching intense rage on the streets of Bahrain, as the government tries to crack down on protesters.. Libya, like others, has cut off the internet.. Saudi Arabia is on edge.. Iran is watching and quickly trying to put out small fires of protest throughout the nation.
And even the United States is increasingly on edge, as protesters storm Madison Wisconsin in protest of Governor Walker, who is intent on diminishing the amount of benefits that public employees in his state have.
But now, the intensity of the world on edge is perhaps most exemplified by China, where government forces are dispersing protesters in Shanghai.. According to reports, police began to quickly filter crowds of protesters that popped up in the city..
We have seen a crackdown before in Tiananmen Square. The world watched tanks storm peaceful Chinese protesters.. And after that, not much more freedom ever flourished.
Most recently, China received the scorn of the world (but only scorn and that’s about it) after it began a systematic campaign of the arrest of bloggers and immediate put-down of any free speech that violated what state media wanted the Chinese to hear..
But it appears, in a sense, that this burst of newfound freedom of expression thanks to Facebooking Tweets and Tumblering blogs.
However, China is on guard. An online call for a “Jasmine Revolution” has been watched by Chinese officials, who are not about to let freedom fighters prevail against totalitarian aims of the current regime.
While no major protest occurred (And not that we know since state media controls mostly everything in China), it’s amazing how this new energy is racing around the world. Is it people power? Is it all real?
Are we watching a revolution..? Or is it simply opening shots in a soon-to-occur war?
Perhaps it’s worth nothing: Photos of this weekend’s events in China certainly illustrate that it was more than just a few who showed for the Jasmine callout..
Where it goes from here? We’ll have to stay tuned to official government state media for that, I suppose.
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Happy birthday Tara. I love you.
You have been the answer since day one.
(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)
Saturday, February 19, 2011
50 upcoming budget crises
The ‘day of rage’ in Wisconsin and why it matters to the United States.. will it be Egypt in America?
It would appear the crises over state budgets within the next several weeks and months will only intensify.. Most states within the seemingly fragile union are billions in the red.. The federal government also runs out of spending cash in March and unless a miracle occurs and Congress is able to pass a continuing resolution, there may very well be a federal shutdown of government within the United States—this at the same time states crumble under the weight of oppressive debt..
A little note for Coasties out there
There has been more than some questions lately over the state of the long running late night radio show Coast to Coast AM, originally hosted by Art Bell and now George Noory. Art Bell vanished from the site in late 2010, only to put back on again—but rumors are rampant after a strange ‘30’ webcam shot with ‘long live the hot air’ being said on the image that Art Bell posted.. Noory announced his contract has just been extended.. And now Art Bell has addressed the pirates at the Fantastic Forum, the website he has been a member of since the year 2000. In his post, he said he’s enjoying Manilla, his ABs are fine, and he misses the desert. Nothing at all mentioned of his child named Coast to Coast AM, but lots mentioned about how to find him on ham radio..
While the most recent solar flare had little impact on earth besides beautiful photos in some areas, the sunspot activity in 1158 has not stopped yet And now a new cluster of 1161-1162 has erupted..Here are ten ways in which Google runs the world..
Free as a bird...The butterfly effect, Homeland Security version
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No it’s a new pocket sized spy device!
Angry birds is taking on a whole new meaning.. this one isn’t a game, instead it’s a very real spy drone—and a pocket size version of one at that.. It was developed by a firm for the Pentagon, and we are being told that it flies for minutes and will spy on ‘bad guys’.. However the definition of ‘bad guys’ can often be either broad, or defined by someone who doesn’t like you.. Eye spy with my eye.. a bird in the sky..
A week of surging emotions
..and now weekend anticipation for a child to arrive.
And you know the best proof that it hit me hard this week? I teared up watching a History Channel special this morning on how dinosaurs were obliterated from earth.
Friday, February 18, 2011
Cheers.. But to what? The night Obama held a tech summit but no one told us what they talked about..
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