BP To Pay $4.5 Billion For Deepwater Horizon
Two and a half years after tens of millions of gallons of crude oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico from BP’s Deepwater Horizon drill platform, the company has pleaded guilty to more than 10 felonies and been fined $4.5 billion (largest in US history). In addition, two company employees will be charged with manslaughter related to […]
How many times have you heard a Republican interviewed about energy and they say we would have lower gas prices and wouldn’t need to rely on imports from the Middle East if us terrible liberals would just let oil companies have access to more public lands. Maybe dozens or hundreds of times right. Whenever you […]
BREAKING: Congress Passes a Bill
I know it is hard to believe, but it is true. Congress passed a bill: On a broad bipartisan vote of 78 to 20, the Senate voted Tuesday to extend the life of the U.S. Export-Import Bank and expand its authority to make loans to U.S. exporters. In the “Schoolhouse Rock” version of how Capitol Hill […]
Stuff That Isn’t Obviously Torture
Via a ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a list of “things that government officials could do to an American citizen and still claim later that they didn’t know they were “torturing” that citizen.” Prolonged isolation; Deprivation of light; Exposure to prolonged periods of light and/or darkness; Extreme variations in temperature; Sleep adjustment; Threats […]
FAA’s Double Secret Probation
Grant Cardone used his iPad to record a mid-flight bird-strike on a Delta flight from LFK to LAX. A crew member ordered him to stop recording. He refused. Well it would seem the FAA is is not so happy about this. In a letter Cardone received: Your failure to comply with flight attendant instructions during a critical phase of flight […]
Yes Republicans Are Crazy
Most of us have known that for some time. But it appears others in the media are starting to catch on as well. Via the Paul Krugman: There aren’t many positive aspects to the looming possibility of a U.S. debt default. But there has been, I have to admit, an element of comic relief — […]