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06 Jun 2010 11:48

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Politics: Mickey Kaus: WTF is a Slate columnist doing running for Senate?

You’d think a California Senate candidate who wrote a political blog for Slate for over a decade would have nothing to say. But you’d be surprised. source
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06 Jun 2010 11:35

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Politics, World: Israel to UN: We don’t need no stinkin’ international oversight!

  • We are rejecting an international commission. We are discussing with the Obama administration a way in which our inquiry will take place.
  • Israel’s US ambassador, Michael Oren • Regarding the country’s response to the UN’s proposal of an international commission to study what happened during the flotilla incident. Why reject the proposal? “Israel is a democratic nation,” Oren says. “Israel has the ability and the right to investigate itself, not to be investigated by any international board.” But we’re guessing the international board might have slightly less bias in the situation than Israel might. Just a hunch. source
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06 Jun 2010 11:27

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U.S.: Gulf oil spill: Even if it isn’t getting everything, the cap is working

  • 10,000 barrels per day, or about half source
  • » Freaking finally: Thad Allen and his boys are way more positive about this result than they have been about others. They hope to slowing increase the amount of oil captured. Oil, by the way, is still getting through the vents, which is why they aren’t capturing all of it.
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06 Jun 2010 11:18

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Biz: No way, Jose: BP’s Tony Hayward has no desire to quit over spill

Sure, Tony Hayward knows a thing or three about gaffes, but the BP executive says he’s staying put no matter how much he wants his life back. source
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06 Jun 2010 11:11

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U.S.: “Peak Oil”: Some eco-types think the the post-oil ride is gonna suck

  • There’s lot of apocalyptic people in environmental circles. A lot of those people were outraged that we presented an optimistic view of the future. There’s a dark vision driving us, but we’re about moving toward a positive picture of what can be done.
  • Transition US founder Raven Gray • On the response to her group, which is a British transplant. The group believes in the theory of “peak oil,” where there’s an economic collapse and “population die-off” that comes as the amount of oil in the world dwindles. The group is growing quickly – starting with just two chapters in 2008, it now has 68. Some granola hippies think we’re all gonna go through this post-apocalyptic drama. And that’s right, kids. We’re all gonna die. Because we don’t have oil. source
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06 Jun 2010 10:55

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U.S.: Two dudes arrested before reportedly going to hang with terrorists

  • who Two American citizens, Mohamed Hamoud Alessa, 20, and Carlos Eduardo Almonte, 26. The terror suspects were both arrested at JFK Airport late last night.
  • what The duo were headed on separate flights to Egypt with the eventual destination of Somalia, where, reportedly, they were going to meet up with a terror cell. source
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