Thursday, June 3, 2010

Would Rand Paul help save "our" coast? A guest column by John A. Lovett
~One of the few silver linings of the Deepwater Horizon disaster is that it demonstrates that views like those of Rand Paul are basically immature, adolescent views of property. They remind me of teenagers who like to put up signs on their bedroom doors warning their siblings and parents not to enter at any cost.

~This image, acquired on May 24, 2010 by the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard NASA's Terra spacecraft, shows oil from the former Deepwater Horizon rig encroaching upon several of Louisiana's wildlife habitats.
The source of the spill is located off the southeastern (bottom right) edge of the image. The left-hand image contains data from the nadir (vertical-viewing) camera, and is shown in near-true color except that data from the near-infrared band, where vegetation appears bright, has been blended with the green band to enhance the appearance of vegetation. The Mississippi River delta is located below image center. The slick is seen approaching the delta from the lower right, and filaments of oil are also apparent further to the north (towards the top). The oil is made visible by sunglint off the sea surface. Oil is known to have a damping effect on surface waves, making the surface look brighter under these viewing conditions than it would if the oil were not present. However, other factors can also cause enhanced glint, such as reduced surface wind speed. To separate glint patterns due to oil from these other factors, additional information from MISR's cameras is used in the right-hand image.

Science is losing the coastal sand wars ‘game’ amid calls to “dredge, baby, dredge!” ~LaCoastPost

Under Pressure to Block Oil, A Rush To Dubious Projects
~Rob Young


BP's intellectual dishonesty
~Anyone who trusted BP to be honest in the public debate about the Gulf of Mexico oil spill and its impact should have those notions dispelled by now. Note the outstretched hands of punked Admiral Thad 'The Impaler' Allen of Tony Fey Hayward: is that Shit in one hand, half a dozen in the other? BTW, who takes the check when these two lovers go out on a date?

~Editilla NPR says Oil Rigs contribute to LA Fishing industry! Says 70% of LA Oil comes from Deep Water Drilling! http://n.pr/9kwXI2 #BP #oilspill (National Public Relations)
Corporate Lieability BP Boardroom Banter
(imagined, of course)
by Horatio Algeranon

It's really undeniable
To tell the truth's not viable
If we are not lieable
We're liable to be triable
And found financially liable
...Maybe [gulp] even hogtieable.

~Editilla jus'sayin~BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Thanks, Horatio! Really made my Dirty Harry! Hahahaha!
Hey, think you could do us a limerick or three?
There once was a Brit named Tony Hayward
who met his catch on the Gulf Fey'ward
He was looking fo'some Vlad,
when he came upon Admiral Thad,
so now he rides Thad The Impaler!

The Dirty Coast Green Peace BP Re-Brand Entry Coming to a shirt near you this week
~Special Thanks and Big Who'dats to Greenpeace UK!

Recused is the news: Guess who won’t be on the bench when oil spill litigation goes to court? ~slabbed

Protests set to start, Obama set to return to Louisiana to kiss Tar Baby, BP set to profit-fuck US, BP Adm Thad 'The Impaler' Allen sets to bed CNN in Big Helicopter

Extreme Greenies: Sarah Palin would like a word with you
~Kevin Allman, Gambit



Director James Cameron says BP turned down help offer
~Film director and deep-sea explorer James Cameron said on Wednesday that BP Plc turned down his offer to help combat the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
"Over the last few weeks I've watched, as we all have, with growing horror and heartache, watching what's happening in the Gulf and thinking those morons don't know what they're doing," Cameron said at the All Things Digital technology conference. Cameron, the director of "Avatar" and "Titanic," has worked extensively with robot submarines and is considered an expert in undersea filming. He did not say explicitly who he meant when he referred to "those morons." His comments came a day after he participated in a meeting at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington to "brainstorm" solutions to the oil spill.

Gulf oil disaster propels tribes into crisis~Indian Country Today ~Hat Tweet~facingsouth

Alabama coast readies for incoming slick; Efforts focused on sealing off inshore waters
~"The pass is an unbelievable obstacle and I don't know how we're going to keep oil completely out," Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon told more than 500 constituents who crammed into the municipal gym for a weekly oil spill forum. "There's no structure that can withstand the tidal surge in and out."

Ala. governor: boom plan faulty as BP Coast Guard pits State against State

~EDF_Louisiana Fisheries disaster declared for Florida (already declared for LA, MS, & AL): http://bit.ly/bq1G1Z #oilspill #BPOilDisaster #oceans #fish

Catastrophe in the Gulf: How Bad Could It Get? ~Time

Oil spill could be eaten by tiny bugs, Louisville professor says
~Kentuckiana Green.com


Scott Fujita: text-message drive for America's Wetlands

Gaylord Opryland takes steps to recover $225 million in flood costs~During a one-hour conference call with Wall Street analysts on Wednesday, Gaylord CEO and Chairman Colin Reed stopped short of suggesting the hotel chain would sue the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers or other agencies, but he said authorities sent him flawed forecasts just hours before the flood topped levees around the property and endangered hotel guests and staff in early May. Legal analysts say suing the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is a tricky business that rarely succeeds. New Orleans attorney Chris D'Amour of the Adams and Reese law firm said the MRGO case is one of the few times the Corps of Engineers' general immunity to lawsuits after floods has been breached, and it required a massive legal effort.