Heavy oil reaches Louisiana marshland; tar balls found in Key West
~Thick rust-colored ribbons of emulsified oil could be seen slipping into the shoreline of Pass à Loutre Wildlife Management Area during a flight over Plaquemines Parish on Tuesday by Gov. Bobby Jindal and Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser.

BP withholds oil spill facts
--and government lets it-- has
become Presidential Crack Pipe
~BP's role as the primary source of information has raised questions about whether the government should intervene to gather such data and to publicize it and whether an adequate cleanup can be accomplished without the details of crude oil spreading across the gulf.
~Editilla gets all Pulp Fictionated~
While our Big Herollero, Russell Honore', says we need to get Draconian: "Look, we've got to go Draconian, Don. The president's going to have to appoint and take charge of this thing. He may have to seize their assets and charge them a billion dollars a day until that thing gets closed,"
Editilla say we gonna need to Get Mid-Evil On Their Assets.

BP oil spill: Accident, or crime?
~Editilla sayz~SHOW US YOUR WAR FACE!
Correctly spelled sign: SeizeBP.org
~Investigators are turning up clear "evidence of negligence," says Gus Lubin in Business Insider, "including a blowout preventer that was out of batteries and hadn't been properly tested." So, sit tight — it's "obvious" someone is going to face criminal charges. The only question is, who?
"Forget that $75 million liability cap: Criminal charges in BP spill are "very likely" says former DOJ official"

Louisiana warns BP:
You're cleaning up any oil that gets near coastline.
BP replies "Hey, pull my finger!"

Heads will Roll?
~American Zombie

Terrebonne DA files suit on BP

Attorney seeks consolidation of 100-plus Gulf oil spill lawsuits
~Louisiana lawyer Daniel Becnel says legal chaos could break out in five Gulf Coast states if the lawsuits aren't combined. Becnel has asked the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation in Washington to quickly reconsider whether to order the cases consolidated. The panel has indicated it will not decide until July.

Lawsuit accuses Transocean of inflating stock

Interior Department Hit With Lawsuit Over BP Oil Spill
~"The basic problem here is that the Minerals Management Service tried to change the law without telling anybody," said Robert Wiygul. "That's bad policy, and the BP mess proves it's a disaster for the environment."

BP / Gulf Oil Spill - How Big Is It? -revisited ~SkyTruth
~It's time to revisit this subject. NOAA and BP are still saying the spill rate is 210,000 gallons (5,000 barrels) per day, despite plenty of evidence to the contrary. Many in the media continue to uncritically accept this estimate.
Why is it important to get this number right?
This is about more than just liability, or PR. You can bet that our future response capacity is going to be overhauled and retooled based on this spill. If we low-ball the spill amount and rate, we run the risk of designing an inadequate new spill-response system that is doomed to fail the next time something this big occurs.

Today's Kindergarten Rorschach Spill Forecasts


BP Oil Leak: Mega Disaster Enters New Dimension
~The University of South Florida College of Marine Science Ocean Circulation Group (OCG/CMS/USF) has prepared a video showing the trajectory of the oil spill (4 -8 May) and the how the Gulf currents are being impacted.
See animation update here (18 – 21 May 2010).

BP Oil Disaster Is a Health Disaster, Too

BP B.S. (part 2)~LaCoastPost
~Alfred E. Neuman and his twin Tony Hayward now reunited to solve the BP blowout, after being separated at birth.

Revenge of the Dinosaurs
~Chris Rose, Gambit~H/T~Oyster

Brown pelican, Louisiana's state bird, imperiled by BP Crime

Seafood testing from BP Disaster could last years


Kevin Costner's idea for cleaning up BP oil spill gets kiss of Judas

Moody’s: BP Oil Spill could be worse than hurricanes, recession
~A report from Moody’s Investors Service warns that Florida’s economy could be hit hard if the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico hits the state’s coastline. “The state’s high dependence on tourism dollars and jobs is significant and a gradually worsening disaster associated with any part of Florida’s 1,197 coastline miles could likely have long-term implications even greater than the recent global recession or Hurricane Ivan in 2004,” Moody’s said in a special comment issued Tuesday.

Oil slick may not stick to BP, Halliburton bonds poised to rally

Occidental Leads Onshore Rush Amid Offshore Crackdown

Rig Gear Supplier Cameron May Prove Winner After BP Oil Spill
~Cameron International Corp., whose stock plunged after a safety device it supplied became a focus of investigations into the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, may find its fortunes boosted by the disaster.
Cameron and other manufacturers of drilling gear, including National Oilwell Varco Inc., may benefit should the April 20 rig explosion that triggered the Gulf spill lead to stricter regulations, said Brian Uhlmer, an analyst at Pritchard Capital Partners in Houston. Rules to improve safety would lead to a jump in sales of equipment to meet new standards, he said. “The likes of Cameron could see a 180-degree turn in impact from this event within a short period of time,” said Scott Gruber, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. in New York. “It could happen very quickly.”

Wow! Governator Arnold Schwarzenegger can stick his entire foot up his own ass and still maintain that Nazi accent!
~"Ve haf done exactly the same here in Sacramento as they haf done in New OrlEAns vith das levees,"
said His Schwarzenzwagger.
"They knew vor years that doz levees vere vulnerable ... but they sat there and hoped vor das best. And then vot happened vas finally Katrina came and viped out das city."
No. What y'all have done in CalifornIA is elect a feckless action hero fool as your Chief Executive, and now seem poised to increase that bid to a Steel Ova Online Auctioneer (SOOA).
Meanwhile the Corps of Engineers is playing you all perfectly against one another whilst Tripling your Flood Insurance Rates to appease their Insurance lobbyists.