Bush DoJ sheltered BP executives from criminal probe; Steven Roach Calls for New Monetary Policy

From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
Bush DoJ sheltered BP executives from criminal probe
Steven Roach Calls for New Monetary Policy
'Saving species more urgent than climate change'
32 States Borrow $37.8 Billion Total to Make Unemployment Payments; CA Tops List at $6.9 Billion; Bill to Extend Benefits Until DEC in Congress
Email Regarding Global Bust II - Perfect Storm for Australia; How Safe is Australia's Banking System?

Oil Disaster/Environment/Science
Acres of oil penetrate marshland
Deepwater Horizon Survivors Allege They Were Secluded, Coerced Into Signing Waivers Obama's lessons from Katrina
What are tar balls, what is their impact?
Erin Brockovich tells victims: Stand up to BP
OK good for her. She's certainly done her share for the environment. But where was her law firm after 9/11? I assure you from first-hand experience (having sent the information and the plea) they were contacted. (I was young and green.) But this is a safer issue. Our lawsuits have thus far ended in tragic farce.
The Graph That Should Be on the Front Page of Every Newspaper: The Unambiguous Warming of the Planet - from Elizabeth Miller
Greenland Rising as Icemelt Continues - from Elizabeth Miller
Gates Foundation: Sterilizing Males with Ultrasound
Gates Foundation Cloud Whitening Project
Gives air that minty-fresh feeling.

Economy
A future without the euro is a possibility
Geithner's going to Germany to beg Angela Merkel to save Europe
Fed's Dudley: The "Recovery" Is Crumbling
US April Deficit Four Times Higher Than 2009
Record April deficit greets new U.K. government ‎
Budget Deficit in April Increases By 370 P.C. - Turkey
Record High Missed Mortgage Payments
The Real Reason Public Pensions Are Headed For A Disaster
Danger in Numbers: The Decline of Paper Currency
House Committee on Homeland Security Seeks Cooperation from Max Keiser on Financial Terrorism
Global Bust Round II; Australia Mining Contagion; What about the Loonie and Australian Dollar?
Fed's `Main Street' Message to Senators Protected Powers in Financial Bill
Top universities 'may have to go private'

Terror/Intelligence/Toys 'R Us
Iran: New Missiles Can Sink US Warships (Israeli press)
Feds May Not Prosecute Illegals from Arizona
Congress Probes Genetic-Testing Companies
Pennsylvania AG Dropping Twitter Subpoena
Prison population reaches new peak
Travelers to be Searched for Porn
Oathkeepers Prove Some Troops Refused to Participate in Gun Confiscation
Collect ‘Em All: Department of Defense Action Figures
Guns for Hire Get Their Own Online Comic
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From F. Kamilov

Have you guys not heard the news? The Pakistani government has blocked a series of websites, accusing them of blaspheming Mohammad. No other virulent Islamic government - including the Arab sheikdoms or Iran, has so far done so. The primary target was Facebook, but Wikipedia, Twitter, Google and Blogspot were also blocked. Facebook and Yahoo still remain blocked, for the sixth day. Ostensibly, the reason was because Facebook had hosted a page concerning a competition for caricaturing Mohammad - but the reason appears to me to be something very fishy - the whole country is in a state of utter collapse and disarray due to corruption and its effects, and this seemed to me to be not only a calculated move to distract the attention of Pakistan's flammable and backward peasant population, but also an exercise in shutting down the internet and studying its effects and outcomes - when necessary in such situations.

A second bombshell is about to airburst over the country: in the very far north, near the border with China, a huge natural lake was formed beginning January 4 this year, when seismic activity triggered a landslide, which blocked the path of the mighty River Indus - the third largest river in the world - and has resulted in the formation of a lake 26 miles long and 400 feet deep. The Pakistanis didn't do anything when they could have, and now it is too late...hundreds of villages are already submerged, hundreds of thousands displaced, a 20-mile stretch of Pakistan's strategic highway with China lies under water, Pakistani-Chinese overland trade has dropped to zero, and the Pakistani border trading post of Sust has been evacuated. The lake is about to burst its natural dam, and when that happens, a catastrophe unimaginable in Pakistan's modern history will unfold - in just a few days time: not only will the Gilgit province - where this lake has been formed - get a good washout, but areas hundreds of miles downstream - some of Pakistan's main populational, industrial and agricultural zones, will be affected by 8 to 15 meter flooding levels...echoes of the Iceland volcano, folks - another "first-time-in-modern-history" natural disruption? It seems God is really angry with presumptuous postmodern man. I'm not kidding. To cap it all, Pakistan's Prime Minister Gillani visited the "lakesite" yesterday, and inaugurated a displaced peoples' camp by cutting a ribbon...that indiscretion, plus the fact that his government has done pretty little in practical disaster alleviating terms - inflamed the people who heckled him, and he had to leave his speech and run away in his helicopter. Sounds really idiotic, but when faced with disaster, all the elites can do is cut fancy ribbons - as if inaugurating a patisserie - or say "Why don't they eat cake if there is no bread?"

Below is a link to the latest on Lake Comeuppance, in Northern Pakistan:

Experts warn of high tidal wave in Hunza
http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=240647

Clinton Says N. Korea's Bombing of Ship "Cannot Go Unanswered;" Perfect Storm; Plan to Evacuate Tampa

From Jenna Orkin

Korea
Will there be war in Korea?
S. Korea vows caution, North sees war
Clinton warns North Korea
Clinton Says North Korean Sinking of Southern Ship `Cannot Go Unanswered'
North gets blame, China gets mess
Key political risks to watch
China must not be allowed to defend N Korea
Meet The New Truthers Who Think Western Powers Faked The Cheonan Shipwreck To Start WW3
Needless to say, the evidence used to ridicule 9/11 researchers is the hole-in-the-Pentagon distraction.

Perfect Storm/Economy
'Perfect storm' as market tremors hit China, EU, US
The Perfect Storm: Six Trends Converging on Collapse
We Have Crossed the Rubicon
How the euro might collapse
Economic storm pounds Europe
Social Unrest Spreads to Slovenia and Spain; Images Around the Globe; US Not Immune to Protests
Roubini: A 20% market decline is on the way
Global Stocks Ablaze, Dow Tumbles: EU Officials Fiddle as Euro Burns - from Rice Farmer
Meet The Latest Member Of The Plunge Protection Team: The European Central Bank - from Rice Farmer
Peak oil production coming much sooner than expected - from Rice Farmer
Whatever Germany does, the euro as we know it is dead
Pentagon Plan to Upgrade Afghan Airbase Near Iran May Rile Islamic Regime
Central Falls Rhode Island - Bankrupt - Goes Into Receivership
Weekly Unemployment Claims Rise by 25,000 to 471,000, 4-Week Moving Average at 453,500
China now top U.S. ag export market
U.S. unlikely to push China on currency
Gold to hit $3,000/oz

Terror/Intelligence
Artificial life created in a lab for the first time
Darpa's Self-Learning Software Knows Who You Are
Turkey Bombs Kurdish Rebels in Northern Iraq
Obama's top intelligence official to resign
How Tweet It Is!: Library Acquires Entire Twitter Archive
Russia: Invisible Helicopters
Authorities Say Passenger Voices Were Recorded in Cockpit of Doomed Polish Plane
Homeland Security wants to turn your cell phone into a smell phone - from Rice Farmer

Oil Disaster
Oil leak greater than first estimates, BP admits
Is Deepwater Horizon leaking 95,000 barrels per day?
Plans to Evacuate Tampa
Did Deepwater methane hydrates cause the BP Gulf explosion
"A sudden large scale release of methane hydrates is believed to have caused a mass extinction 55 million years ago. Among planners concerned with mega-disasters, their sudden escape is considered to be a threat comparable to an asteroid strike or nuclear war."
Obama must get control of rogue oil regulators - The Boston Globe
And once he does that we can go back to business as usual.
EPA Orders BP to Use Less-Toxic Oil Dispersant
NASA releases new images of Gulf oil spill moving to Loop Current
Interior Department sued over BP oil spill
Interior Unveils Plan to Split MMS Into 3 Agencies
Shuffling the bureaucracy. ‎
Salazar Urged To Shut Down Second BP Oil Rig ‎
U.S. and Cuba hold talks on Gulf oil spill
BP accused of cover-up
Scientists Fault Lack of Studies Over Gulf Oil Spill

Science/Environment
Experts: More TB now than ever and U.N. efforts failing - from Rice Farmer
Dengue Fever In Florida Portends A Growing Problem - from Rice Farmer
Garden birds found to shun organic

"All Out War" Threatened Over N. Korea Attack

From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
‘All out war’ threatened over North Korea attack
Misleading headline: It's N. Korea, not South, that's doing the threatening.
U.S. backs Seoul's charge that North Korea sank ship
Heavy oil hits Louisiana shore, enters sea current
FCC Makes Its Move on Net Neutrality
Medicare Implodes - Doctors Opt Out of Medicare at Alarming Rate; Fountain of Youth Sought
Germans Fantasize About New Rich-Nation Currency Bloc That Doesn't Even Include France
China, America and a New World Order
Arizona threatens to cut off LA electricity supply

Oil Disaster/Environment
Factoring in the Real Cost of Oil
Michael T. Klare: A New Oil Rush Endangers the Gulf of Mexico and the Planet
Salazar: Nix Agency Overseeing Offshore Drilling
Reduced research funds hamper study of declining Atlantic salmon
Anyone see a pattern?
White House Covers Up Menacing Oil "Blob" - Wayne Madsen
Long-Lasting Sensory Loss in World Trade Center Workers from Airborne Toxins After 9/11 Attacks
JO comment: This confirms what I and other activists have argued all along: That because of the number of contaminants released, (according to the Sierra Club report, over 2000 but now estimated to be far higher) as well as their diversity, the focus on respiratory illnesses needed to be expanded to include neurological, endocrinological and cardiac effects.
Today's finding is no surprise. Nor is it a surprise that science is finally, when it's too late, acknowledging what common sense could see nine years ago.
What never ceases to amaze, however, is the willingness of the public, who are aware they've been sold down the river over and over again, to abdicate their birthright to think for themselves and admit the obvious: The Emperor-Scientists in their political/academic robes in fact have nothing on.
Can a Chimp Beat Scientists in 2010 Hurricane Predictions?
Place your bets.
Germany Braced for Rising Water, Heavy Rain Central Europe Flooded
Doctors must not ignore the right of patients to die
Why does the timing of this concern raise some suspicion?

World
US, Israel, Challenged on Iran
Ray McGovern
Afghan Taliban launch brazen attack on NATO base
State of emergency in South Kyrgyzstan after ethnic clash
Mass Protest in Romania Over Austerity Measures; Greek Unions Protest Austerity Measures;Sarkozy Grapples with Austerity

Terror/Intelligence
Darpa Wants Code to Spot ‘Anomalous Behavior’ on the Job
Gitmo Shutdown Means More Drone Strikes, Officials Claim
Secret Service Paperwork Requirement to Shake Pres' Hand
Artificial Butterfly Takes Flight

Economy
'A Tax Would Not Prevent the Next Crash'
Euro Crisis Hidden Agenda
Rising alarm over funding costs for European banks
Former Central Bank Head Karl Otto Pöhl: Bailout Plan Is All About 'Rescuing Banks and Rich Greeks'
Full-Blown Quantitatve Easing May Be Needed To Save Europe
Save it for how long? Another month?
Trade Implications of the Euro Crisis for China
Morgage Delinquencies, Foreclosures Break Records
CPI Goes Negative for Month, Smallest 12-Month Increase Since January 1966
Waddell: Not cause of May 6 flash crash
REMINDER: Here Are The 25 Financial Institutions Most Likely To Default
Why 1-In-10 Current Borrowers Will Lose Their Home To The Bank
Class of 2010 Set to Flood U.S. Labor Market as '09 Graduates Wait Tables

THE LIFEBOAT MOVEMENT IN VERMONT -- Must Watch

Something to P--- Off Everbody!

May 19, 2010, 1300 PDT -- This is my first real large talk since 2005. I held nothing back. In it, I say things that are certain to tick off almost everybody out there. That was intended. What I want now is for anybody to challenge me to back up anything that I said here on mainstream media. (Special thanks to George Galloway. You showed me how to do this.) Vermont is a very special place. It is one of only two states in U.S. history that were independent republics before voting to enter the Union. The other, of course, was Texas. I just spent almost a week in Vermont on a whirlwind tour that included major speaking engagements in Burlington, Montpelier and Brattleboro; two TV appearances (including this one); two in-studio radio interviews, and many smaller appearances at a number of venues. Vermont is unique among all the states in that, by itself, it could be made into a lifeboat as a state. I met with both the Gubernatorial (Dennis Steele) and Lt. Governor candidates as well as candidates for the state senate. As I listened to them I heard that their concerns -- as well as their emerging platform -- are taken from the pages of the collapse of human industrial civilization.

What you will see here is explosive and controversial. I guess you could say I'm really back now. It's time to bring this to a head because there is no more time to waste. From now on I will refer to the Peak Oil/Sustainability movement only as the Lifeboat Movemement, because that's what it is. It belongs to all mankind.

MCR

http://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/programs/author-and-peak-oil-activist-michael-ruppert

S. Korea Briefs China on Ship Sinking Blamed on North

From Jenna Orkin


Headlines
Seoul to blame North Korea for warship attack
South Korea briefs China on ship sinking blamed on North
Thailand on the verge of civil war
All Hell Breaking Loose In Thailand, Stock Exchange On Fire
Crackdown may spark "guerrilla war"
Roubini: Japan could easily go next
Congressional Legislators Attempt Push-Back on ‘Euro-TARP’


Economy
Specter of Inflation Haunts Europe
Fears Intensify that Euro Crisis Could Snowball
Shock & Awe Phase II: Germany to Ban Naked Short-Selling at Midnight
Credit Default Risk Soaring In Europe
US Senate Votes No on IMF Aid to Troubled Nations
A Superpower and a President with Declining Clout
GM Posts Profit, Considers Returning to Auto Lending Business; Treasury Reports $1.6 Billion Loss on Chrysler; $34 Billion Total Auto Taxpayer Hit
Ron Paul: How the US Has Stolen Your Identity
Sears, Kmart to Offer Cash-for-Gold Service
Be Angry at Congress, Not Wall Street: Ex-Official
Goldman Sachs Did Nothing Illegal: Clinton
Conspiracy of Banks Rigging States Came with Crash


Oil Disaster/Environment/Science
Gulf oil plumes may pose new threat
Government Remains Blind To Underwater Oil Hazard -from Vantage Point
Gulf Disaster - How Big is the Spill? - from Vantage Point
Smallpox vaccine 'helped fight HIV'
Greenland rising ‘an inch a year’ as ice melts
Here Come the 'Smart' Meters; Dinner at 4? - WSJ
Dioxin in Mississippi River from Soap
London Cabbies, Accountants Look to Chip-Fat Fuel, Twitter to Save Costs
Ocean fish could disappear in 40 years: UN - from Rice Farmer
Gulf Looks To Science To Turn Desert To Farmland - from Rice Farmer
Arctic Team Reports Unusual Conditions Near Pole - from Elizabeth Miller


Terror/Intelligence
Door to Civil Rights Group Padlocked, Welded Shut
Berkeley Asks Freshmen for DNA Samples
Massive wall to be built around city of Baghdad - from Rice Farmer
Alabama teacher investigated for Obama assassination lecture
The Secret Service is investigating an Alabama geometry teacher over the discussion regarding angles if they were used to assassinate the president.


And...
Woman to sue phone company after husband discovered affair through bill

Oil in Loop Current

From Jenna Orkin


Headlines
Oil in Loop Current
NORAD scrambles 2 F16s in southern Arizona - from Rice Farmer
The World Can't Live Without Deepwater Oil
Iran Prepared to Block Gulf Oil and Wreck Western Economies
Social Security Needs $5 Trillion Worth of Tweaks


Economy
Pelosi to Musicians: Quit Your Job; Taxpayers Will Supply Your Healthcare
Congressional Democrats Mull New $100-Billion Safety Net for Jobless Americans
The "Flash Crash" Was A WATERFALL Event Like The One That Preceded The Fall Of Rome
Dow Theorist Richard Russell: Sell Everything Liquid, You Won't Recognize America By The End Of The Year
Global Systemic Crisis from Eurozone Coup d'Etat to UK - from Elizabeth Miller
Euro plunges to four-year low as bailout fails to reassure markets
UK Proposes 50% Tax on Capital Gains, Up From 18%
Shadowstats Money Supply Charts
Flood of Calif Businesses Abandon State
SEC Admits to Inadequate Tools to Conduct Investigation
German Households Are More Indebted Than Greeks: Chart of Day - from Rice Farmer
Guess Who's Even More Broke Than Greece? - from Rice Farmer
Alternet: Why the 'Experts' Failed to See How Financial Fraud Collapsed the Economy - from Elizabeth Miller
Wall Street faces reckoning
Nightmare on Wall Street
Beware of outing skeletons in the economic closet


Oil Disaster/Environment/Science
Violent hurricanes could hamper oil clean-up
Hamper cleanup? How about multiply disaster?
Air Tests from Louisiana Coast Reveal Human Health Threats
Safety Fluid Was Removed Before Rig Exploded
U.S. Drilling Regulator Quits Amid Criticism Over Rig Disaster
Dmitry Orlov: Deepwater/Chernobyl Parallels - from Vantage Point
Argentina, UK Claims to Falklands
Volcanic Ash Shuts Major European Air Traffic Hubs
In terms of oil conservation, this volcano is a godsend.
Scientists Forecast Decades of Ash Clouds
NOAA: Hottest April and hottest Jan-April on record - from Elizabeth Miller
A new breed of terrorist?
"Last month, three eco-activists tried to bomb a Swiss IBM plant. Nick Harding on the dark side of green."
JO comment: I wonder who's behind this.
Gates Foundation: Sweat-Triggered Vaccines


Terror/Intelligence
In the line of fire in Bangkok
Worst may be yet to come
Slideshow: Thailand in turmoil
Rogue Thailand general who backed protests dies -from Rice Farmer
Zombie Satellite Forces Evasive Manoeuvers for Cable TV - from Jon Noel
Israeli Microbot Fires Pencil-Sized Rockets to Stop Bombs
Eyewitness Account of Watershed Brain-Scan Hearing
Female Troops Told to Carry Condoms
Woody Allen says Obama should be granted dictatorial powers
The slant is that he was serious. The reality?

"New World Order" Currency Crisis in the MSM

From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
"New World Order" Currency Crisis
Ron Paul: US Could See Greece-Style Riots
Outgoing U.K. Treasury Chief Secretary To His Replacement 'There's No Money Left'
Israelis Debate How to Deal With a Nuclear Iran
Morgan Stanley: Full-Blown Quantitatve Easing May Be Needed To Save Europe, And We Could Still See 1987 Redux
30,000 Air Force troops have been shifted to the front lines of cyber warfare

Economy
Government softens on bank reform
Bernanke: Liar (Again) - from Elizabeth Miller
From The Fed from Elizabeth Miller
How Can Economy Grow Without Bank Loans?
The Mysterious Stagnation of M2 Money Supply - from Elizabeth Miller
Meredith Whitney: Financial Reform Will Cause "Tragic" Unemployment Levels For An Extended Period Of Time

Oil Disaster/Energy/Environment
Iran agrees atom fuel deal with Turkey, Brazil
Opinion: BP's criminal history of creating Environmental crises
BP Capturing 1,000 Barrels a Day From Gulf Oil Leak With Funnel Apparatus
BP reduces leak as scientists find hidden oil
OK, So Now We Know The New Gulf Oil "Fix" Isn't Doing Jack
Ten-mile oil plume found in Gulf
Spilled oil coagulating up to 1,300 metres below surface and as far as 20 miles away from sunk rig
Toxic chemical fear over BP clean-up
Oil spill could be among worst ever
Fresh ash cloud cancels flights ahead of BA strike
Survey: Most TV meteorologists doubt global warming is man-made

Media
Church of England: Not enough religious broadcasting on BBC
Co-opting science for its argument: "The Church of England is worried that religious broadcasting by the BBC will suffer, as the corporation is in danger of 'losing sight of its essence – the DNA that makes it an enduring part of national culture.'"

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

Average Gallon of Gasoline Requires 3 Gallons of Water

From Jenna Orkin


Oil Catastrophe/Energy
Peak Oil: The End - Matt Simmons
Matt:...There are too many studies, way overdue, that are now finally being done that show in the next five to seven years about two-thirds of the energy workforce will retire.


Jay: Okay. You don’t see a pool of new talent coming into the market?


Matt: No, no. We just barely got started when we had our financial collapse, and then all the new pool got fired...
And then there is an unbelievably interesting and almost totally ignored interdependence between the amount of water it takes to create modern energy, and the role of energy in creating water. It turns out the average gallon of motor gasoline in the world requires about three gallons of water at the refinery; in the cooling towers, 40% of America’s fresh water is used for power generation.
Volcano of Oil Erupting
Because of this fractioning, what you see from the air on the surface of the water represents maybe just 20% of the volume of the various types of oil in that area. And we're talking an area the size of Maryland (10,000+ square miles) that is on the surface. The remaining 80% is under the surface; and all of it is highly toxic to the living organisms encountered.
Matt Simmons' Ocean Energy
Oil can rise to over $100 per barrel
Where's the oil? Much of it may be gone
What could make the oil spill worse? A hurricane
Spill means high-stakes hurricane season
Financial damage seen spreading
Oil spill on ice not worth the risk
Oil spill could hasten loss of Louisiana's marshes
Scientists find oil plume below Gulf's surface - from Elizabeth Miller
Pak Railways suspends operation of 16 trains - Pakistan
Obama Seeks $80 Billion for New Nukes


Economy
Sarkozy Threatens Euro Withdrawal
Fed Opens Credit Line to Europe
40l(k)/IRA Nationalization
A Capital City Nears Bankruptcy
US bankruptcies resume upward path in 1st quarter
Illinois Doesn't Pay Bills; Crisis Pushes Businesses to Edge of Bankruptcy
Home birth unavailable in New York


Terror/Intelligence
Pentagon works to define rules of cyber warfare
Pentagon Virus Detector Knows You’re Sick Before You Do
Jury Reaches Decision in Brain-Scan Test Case
Report: Secret Space Plane Likely an Orbiting Spy
AFRICOM to Deploy Social Scientists to Africa, Searching for Signs of War
Informant Nation: New terror monitors: parking attendants from Rice Farmer
Former UK minister stabbed at his office
Indonesia 'uncovers plot to kill president' - from Rice Farmer
Army brings death and carnage to the streets
Neo-Nazi jailed for making chemical weapons
Troops force out Kyrgyz siege protesters
Marine Major Sentenced in Leak of Intelligence Documents


Environment
"Earth System Sensitivity Inferred from Pliocene Modelling and Data,” from Elizabeth Miller
Earth more sensitive to CO2 than previously thought.
Caterpillar plague on Isle of Wight was caused by climate change, says expert

Oil Leak "May Be 12 Times BP Estimate;" WSJ Defends Gold Standard

From Jenna Orkin

Headlines
Oil leak 'may be 12 times BP estimate'
Even the mainstream media are reporting that it's five times as much as originally reported. Then yesterday the figure "ten" was broached. Now we're up to twelve. When the reservoir's depleted, it won't matter how fast it happened.
Obama Sends Bomb Inventor, Mars Expert to Fix BP Oil Spill in Mexican Gulf
Seven Corporations Doing Business in Iran Energy Sector Also Receive US Government Payments
Iran Trying to Start Israel/Syria War
Medvedev: ME Tensions Could Spark Disaster
"Secret" Telecom Anti-Net Neutrality Document

Economy/US
Fannie and Freddie Make the US Look a Lot Like Greece
Backdoor Bank Bailout? Fannie And Freddie May be "Losing Money as a Matter of Policy" Huge, Ongoing Wall Street Subsidy Allows Banks to Coin Money Every Day at Savers' Expense Wall Street Banks Investigated Over Links to Ratings Agencies
US faces same problems as Greece, says Bank of England
Schwarzenegger's revised budget plan is expected to eliminate health programs - from Rice Farmer
Volcker Sees Euro ‘Disintegration’ Risk From Greece
Bank Of England Chief: The US Faces The Same Issues As Greece, And Europe Has Only Kicked The Can Down The Road
Europe's Fascist Bailout Means Britain's About To Bail-OUT Of Europe
British banks face break-up
Portugal imposes new taxes
Morgan Stanley: Australia Will Kill The Aussie Dollar With Its New Mining Tax
Wall Street Journal Defends Gold Standard
Nurseries close as recession-hit parents struggle
US police raid homes over bomb plot

World
Kyrgyz government seeks to regain control in restive south
Renegade Thai general shot in the head
Troops face 'most important' Afghan battle yet
Uproar over decision to include caste in census
USSR planned nuclear attack on China in 1969

Oil Catastrophe/Environment/Science
BP chief reveals $10m daily clean-up bill
Underwater Footage of Leak
Leak? How about "eruption?"
Satellite Images from SkyTruth
Turning the Oil into Asphalt and Gelatin
Senators want offshore drilling on West Coast banned forever - from Rice Farmer
Elena Kagan: Toward a Pro-GM Supreme Court - from Vantage Point
Lizards facing extinction because of climate change
Student discovers cosmic phenomenon during finals project

And...
Bill Clinton offers himself as lottery prize