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    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37171468/ns/us_news-the_new_york_times//

    Basically, they're finding giant plumes of oil/water mix floating around between 2500-4700 feet down. Seems its being caused by the chemical dispersant they're blowing directly into the well causing the oil to break up in small particles that don't rise very fast.

    The biggest one they've found is 10 miles long by 3 miles wide by 300 feet thick.

    Felt like doing some math, now, its not solid oil, its little particles kinda like a salad dressing mix. So my numbers may be way off. But here goes.

    I converted everything over to inches to begin with because its easier to work with o.@;;

    633600*190080*3600 (10 miles x 3 miles x 300 ft) = 433,564,876,800,000 cubic inches. now, there are 231 cubic inches per gallon, so that brings it to 1,876,904,228,571.429 Gallons of mixture. Now, these are fairly small particles, so lets go with a 100,000 to 1 ratio of water to oil, Possibly on the really conservative side. Comes out to 18,769,042.29 Gallons. of Oil.

    In Barrels, thats 446,881.96.

    And thats just the one plume, seems there are several. Plus all the oil on top of the water already.

    As I said, my math could be wrong (probably is). But this isn't just something thats gonna go away. This is going to fuck the ecosystem over for a VERY long time.

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    http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/14/maine-classroom-gop/#comments

    Although Maine is known for its two moderate Republican senators — Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins — last week’s state GOP convention showed the growing influence of far-right activists. An “overwhelming majority of delegates” voted to “scrap the the proposed party platform and replace it with a document created by a group of Tea Party activists.” Maine Politics called it “a mix of right-wing fringe policies, libertarian buzzwords and outright conspiracy theories.”

    The Republican convention was at the Portland Expo, but participants went to the nearby King Middle School to hold their caucuses. While there, they went through eighth-grade teacher Paul Clifford’s items, opened sealed boxes, stole a prized poster, and vandalized the room with Republican slogans. Some details on what they did:

    – For seven years, Clifford has had “a collage-type poster depicting the history of the U.S. labor movement” on his classroom door. He uses it “to teach his students how to incorporate collages into their annual project on Norman Rockwell’s historic ‘Four Freedoms’ illustrations.” When Clifford returned to his classroom on Monday, after the GOP caucuses, the poster was gone; in its place was a sticker reading, “Working People Vote Republican.”

    – Republicans opened a “closed cardboard box they found near Clifford’s desk” and later objected to the fact that it contained copies of the U.S. Constitution donated to the school by the American Civil Liberties Union.

    – After the caucuses, “rank-and-file Republicans who were upset by what they said they had seen in Clifford’s classroom” began calling the school, objecting to student art they had seen and a sticker on a filing cabinet reading “People for the American Way — Fight the Right.”

    Although some of these callers said they supported the fact that Clifford’s poster had been stolen, the Maine Republican Party’s leadership has taken a more conciliatory approach, apologizing to the school and promising to return any stolen materials it finds. “King Middle School was kind enough to allow the (party) to use their facilities and we are deeply concerned about the lack of respect shown to the faculty,” said Maine GOP Executive Director Christie-Lee McNally. Local Knox County GOP Chairman William Chapman agreed that the vandalism was inappropriate, but added that it was disturbing that there was “nothing” in Clifford’s room “that appeared to give a more balanced view.”

    Even some students are appalled by the GOP caucus-goers’ behavior. Simon Johnson, a graduate of Clifford’s eighth-grade class, wrote an open letter saying that Maine Republicans had gone too far:

    I am an unapologetic graduate of Paul Clifford’s eighth grade English class at King Middle School. I participated in the “Four Freedoms” expedition, and I made a poster decrying war quite similar to the one with which the Republicans took issue.

    I am not brainwashed, I am not a puppet, I am not anti-American or anti-religious, and I am certainly not stupid. Paul Clifford’s class taught me to think critically, to deductively reason and, if anything, to appreciate America for all the freedoms with which I am ensured on a daily basis.

    Clearly, the Knox County Republicans — who took a cherished, pro-Labor poster from Clifford’s room and who now are making slanderous and uninformed claims about Clifford — have a different agenda.

    The Portland Press Herald also said that it received “several” e-mails from students “decrying the behavior of their weekend guests.” “I am not being brainwashed in his class under any circumstances,” wrote one student. “I am being told that I have the right to my own opinion. … These people were adults and they were acting very immaturely.”

    :redcard: These people should be charged with theft and vandalism, not slapped on the wrist. >.<

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    http://www.ratical.com/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html

    The 14 Characteristics of Fascism are:

    1.Powerful and Continuing Nationalism

    Fascist regimes tend to make constant use of patriotic mottos, slogans, symbols, songs, and other paraphernalia. Flags are seen everywhere, as are flag symbols on clothing and in public displays.

    2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights

    Because of fear of enemies and the need for security, the people in fascist regimes are persuaded that human rights can be ignored in certain cases because of “need.” The people tend to look the other way or even approve of torture, summary executions, assassinations, long incarcerations of prisoners, etc.

    3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause

    The people are rallied into a unifying patriotic frenzy over the need to eliminate a perceived common threat or foe: racial , ethnic or religious minorities; liberals; communists; socialists, terrorists, etc.

    4. Supremacy of the Military

    Even when there are widespread domestic problems, the military is given a disproportionate amount of government funding, and the domestic agenda is neglected. Soldiers and military service are glamorized.

    5. Rampant Sexism The governments of fascist nations tend to be almost exclusively male-dominated. Under fascist regimes, traditional gender roles are made more rigid. Opposition to abortion is high, as is homophobia and anti-gay legislation and national policy.

    6. Controlled Mass Media Sometimes to media is directly controlled by the government, but in other cases, the media is indirectly controlled by government regulation, or sympathetic media spokespeople and executives. Censorship, especially in war time, is very common.

    7. Obsession with National Security

    Fear is used as a motivational tool by the government over the masses.

    8. Religion and Government are Intertwined

    Governments in fascist nations tend to use the most common religion in the nation as a tool to manipulate public opinion. Religious rhetoric and terminology is common from government leaders, even when the major tenets of the religion are diametrically opposed to the government’s policies or actions.

    9. Corporate Power is Protected

    The industrial and business aristocracy of a fascist nation often are the ones who put the government leaders into power, creating a mutually beneficial business/government relationship and power elite.

    10. Labor Power is Suppressed

    Because the organizing power of labor is the only real threat to a fascist government, labor unions are either eliminated entirely, or are severely suppressed .

    11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts

    Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.

    12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment

    Under fascist regimes, the police are given almost limitless power to enforce laws. The people are often willing to overlook police abuses and even forego civil liberties in the name of patriotism. There is often a national police force with virtually unlimited power in fascist nations.

    13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption

    Fascist regimes almost always are governed by groups of friends and associates who appoint each other to government positions and use governmental power and authority to protect their friends from accountability. It is not uncommon in fascist regimes for national resources and even treasures to be appropriated or even outright stolen by government leaders.

    14. Fraudulent Elections

    Sometimes elections in fascist nations are a complete sham. Other times elections are manipulated by smear campaigns against or even assassination of opposition candidates, use of legislation to control voting numbers or political district boundaries, and manipulation of the media. Fascist nations also typically use their judiciaries to manipulate or control elections.

    Sounds alot like the GoP. :huh:

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    http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/12/goehring-hunting-liberals/#comments

    In California’s 11th congressional district, there are four people running for the Republican nomination in the June primary election. One of the front-runners is Brad Goehring, who posted a message on his Facebook wall this week, declaring “hunting season” on liberals:

    If I could issue hunting permits, I would officially declare today opening day for liberals. The season would extend through November 2 and have no limits on how many taken as we desperately need to “thin” the herd.

    Goehring has reportedly taken down the post, but the Political Blotter captured a screenshot:

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    Goehring’s campaign has since said that the call for conservatives to shoot liberals was just a “metaphor” and “wasn’t meant to to be taken literally.” Local Fox station KTVU went around Pleasanton, CA and interviewed Republicans, almost all of whom condemned Goehring’s post. Even a man wearing a t-shirt with President Obama’s face crossed out said that what Goehring wrote was “pretty insane.” In fact, KTVU said that the “only person” it found to agree with Goehring was “a young woman sporting a confederate flag in her car.” “Yeah, I like it,” she said. “Because there’s too many liberals.” Watch it:

    7T7BEsGQQBw

    :eyetwitch:

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    BP has already stated that they take full responsibility for these spills and have promised to reimburse any and all businesses/states/etc that are affected and/or set back by this. They're not an evil company hellbent on the pollution of the gulf's ecosystem. lol A fluke accident occurred and they are trying to get it fixed.

    http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/06/hayward-america-illegitimate/

    They're already trying to get out of paying economic damages from it.

    And as far as being a green company goes.

    http://thinkprogress.org/2010/05/06/bp-freedomworks-ocs/

    Ladywriter reacted to this

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    So much for that Nobel Peace Prize on Not Being Bush...

    As far as I can remember, It was awarded to him due to his work on Denuclearization. Getting rid of all nuclear weapons would be something I'd love to see happen in my lifetime.

    Getting rid of dirty fuels would be something else I'd like to see.

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    It would be nice to see Obama change his mind on the drilling due to this mess. I'd much rather see wind farms go up in those areas. Too bad that cash for clunkers wasn't geared towards hybrids/electric vehicles, instead of anything that increased MPG. Personally after this financial mess is taken care of, they need to institute something of that sort. Forcibly move us out of this Oil kingdom we're in.

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    This is the irrational bullshit nuttery we will have to deal with if we continue to codify superstition

    we are evolved enough to see religion for the ridiculous pyramid scheme it is

    :hypnotise: But when you really think about it. The retarded superstition has been around for quite some time, and has had plenty of opportunity to dumb down the populace and feed the fire of fear in the hearts of many. Unfortunately it's going to take some time for us to get past all this.

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