Sunday, May 16, 2010

Obama Sends Nuke Team to Gulf; Massive Oil Plumes in Deep Waters; Leaks Could Gush for Years

From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
US faces one of biggest budget crunches in world
Senate unanimously approves measure to audit Fed
Audit of Fed will reveal name of banks given $2 trillion in loans
Is Ben Bernanke Having Fun Yet?
Greece Considering Action Against US Banks from Elizabeth Miller
A 'Quantum Leap' in Governance of the Euro Zone Is Needed
Is The Federal Reserve Insolvent? (March)
BOJ/Fed
J.S. Kim Interview: We Don't Need Central Banks
Shockingly, Arnold Schwarzenegger Compares California To Greece, Ireland, And Spain
SEC Commissioner On Goldman Case: "I Have Serious Doubts About The Evidence Of Fraud"
Thai civil war warning as troops told to shoot on sight
N. Korea Boats Draw Warning Shots from South

Oil Catastrophe/Energy
Massive oil plumes discovered in Gulf's deep waters
Gulf Oil Leaks Could Gush for Years
BP 'using Gulf of Mexico as toxic testing-ground'
Scientist plans to put crude into Arctic ocean to test clean-up
BP to re-attempt seal of Gulf of Mexico oil spill
Obama sends nuclear experts to tackle BP oil leak
USGS reports moderate earthquake in Puerto Rico
How long will the coal last?
Oil Bird
Warning: Disturbing photo
UK Flights disrupted by volcano cloud, more is on the way

Terror/Intelligence
US: Obama to fund Israel's missile system ($200 million) - from Rice Farmer
'Nobody is winning,' admits McChrystal

4 comments:

F.Kamilov said...

I have just posted an essay on my blog titled THE REAL SECRET OF US GEOPOLITICS. It is in fact just a summary of "Rubicon's" essence:


http://social-order-front.blogspot.com/2010/05/real-secret-of-us-geopolitics.html

Tantive said...

Introducing a littlebit of humour, I had to laugh out loud when I saw this videoclip. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE8loc0z9uU

If inflation was so easily explained in a childrens cartoon, why do some politicians have such difficulty grasping the basic principles.

Hahahaha

v said...

Class Warfare: Hundreds Protest Outside Bankers' Houses In DC

China's Web "firewall" should be WTO issue: EU's Kroes

Afghan opium blight fuels anti-government suspicions

Google Data Admission Angers European Officials

A New Earthquake Hits Haiti: Monsanto's deadly gift of 475 tons of genetically-modified seeds to Haitian farmers

@F.Kamilov: clear article! thnx.

GrTz,

V

Pandabonium said...

The updated LATOC with Mike live including missing footage is great. Thanks for that link gamedog.

"In his book 'The Great Transformation,' written in 1944, Polanyi warned that when nature and human beings are objects whose worth is determined by the market, then human beings and nature are destroyed."

From an excellent article by Chris Hedges: BP and the ‘Little Eichmanns’