• 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit D.C.; that’s not a metaphor, guys source

• 38% of Americans didn’t even know that the landmark legislation even existed
• 33% of Americans have heard about it, but don’t know what it is
• 29% know at least a little bit about it; only 3 percent know the bill well source

• Let’s face it, guys. We’re all really optimistic that BP’s latest ploy actually contained the oil spill for good. Heck, BP’s stock went up significantly in the immediate aftermath of the news. But as our boy Jake “Dr. Buzzkill” Tapper put it, we’re not out of the woods yet. There’s much more to deal with. But, instead of being party poopers like Tapper, who is probably upset about his pending exit from “This Week,” let’s bask in this moment for a second – no new oil is flooding the Gulf of Mexico. A quick breakdown from us:

What 85 days looks like

• 7,403,100 seconds of oil leakage

• 123kminutes of exciting oil spillage fun to deal with
• 2,056 hours of oil-spilling excitement for the the whole family
• 185M gallons of oil flooded the Gulf in the meantime; hooray!

The major players in the spill

• 40%of people polled in June disapproved of Obama’s oil spill performance
• 70% of people in the same poll thought BP sucked at their job source

• fourvisits by Obama to the Gulf Region
• 31 days since Obama last visited the Gulf
• 26 days since Tony Hayward went yachting

So, what’s next?

• oneBP will continue its testing of the method, which will last around 48 hours.
• two BP will then go back to its old system, recovering 80,000 barrels a day.
• three BP will remain busy, working on a permanent relief well solution. source

• 60-38 the initial vote to allow the real vote

• didThe three more moderate East-coast members of the GOP – Scott Brown, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins.
• didn’tRuss Feingold, that scallion of Wisconsin, felt the bill didn’t go far enough. Oh, and Robert Byrd just died. source

• » So, what’s next? Well, in a couple of hours, the bill will go through the real vote, at which point it will head to Obama. Then, ta-da! It becomes law.

• Somehow, a tribe that recognizes lacrosse as a sport doesn’t recognize passports. Members of the Iroquois lacrosse team, who had gotten a one-time waiver from the U.S. government, couldn’t get the same from the British government. The tribe uses their own non-standard passports, not American ones, creating a weird area even beyond the realm of exception. (Oh yeah: In case you’re wondering: Lacrosse originated with the Iroquois and Huron tribes, not douchey high school students.) source

• 20
  FDA panel members voted to allow Avandia’s sale; most wanted to restrict it
• 12 members of the panel voted to take it off the market
• one person abstained from the vote for some stupid reason source

• 1 out of every 25 outbreaks since 1998 is due to the zesty dips source

• He’s been here for some time, I’m not going to specify for how long, but he has chosen to return.
• State Department spokesman Philip Crowley • Regarding the fate of an Iranian nuclear scientist, Shahram Amiri, who randomly surfaced in D.C. yesterday after being gone from his home country for a while. Obviously, considering his job, the U.S. probably wanted some intelligence from him. And there’s been speculation that U.S. spies kidnapped Amiri – that’s Tehran’s line. Julius is probably going to stumble into an Iranian embassy any day now. You were wondering why we went on vacation for so long, right? source