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20 Aug 2010 11:54

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U.S.: Is the Gulf Oil Spill gone, for real for real? Here’s what a study says

  • NO there’s a giant invisible plume underwater source
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15 Aug 2010 11:46

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World: Reason for the U.S. to continue Afghan War: There’s lots of oil

  • 1.8 billion barrels could be in a newly discovered oil field source
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15 Aug 2010 11:18

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U.S.: Obama and his daughter swim off the Gulf Coast, survive

See guys, the water’s fine! We haven’t yet turned into Creatures from the Black Lagoon! Come to the Gulf Coast! Swim! Shop! Then shop some more! source
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02 Aug 2010 20:34

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U.S.: Feds: The oil spill’s final tally is somewhere between a lot and A LOT

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    million     the number of barrels that U.S. scientists estimates came out of the Gulf Oil Spill
  • 3.3
    million     the number of barrels that reportedly came out of the next biggest oil spill –way back in 1979 source
  • Not perfect, but … While the oil spill certainly isn’t the easiest thing in the world to narrow down, but the federal science and engineering teams on the case claim their number is within ten percent. It’s the difference between huge and HUGE.
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28 Jul 2010 09:13

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U.S.: With no new oil coming, the oil slick is starting to dissipate

  • good The oil slick seems to be clearing up a lot quicker than anyone anticipated, dissolving on its own in many spots.
  • bad This doesn’t mean that the oil is completely gone however, and it could still be harming animals below the surface. source
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25 Jul 2010 22:04

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World: Hugo Chavez ready to turn off the U.S.’ oil hose over Colombia

If the Venezuelan leader thinks that the U.S. is helping escalate tensions between his country and Colombia, that’s it. No more oil. Citgo? More like Cit-gone. source
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19 Jul 2010 11:16

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Biz: Despised company does well: Haliburton makes huge profit jump

  • $480M the company’s net income in the current quarter
  • 83% the increase in net income from the previous quarter
  • 3.6% the amount the company’s stock leaped today source
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18 Jul 2010 22:03

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U.S.: Oil spill: Ahh, crap. There’s a leak in the sea floor somewhere

  • earlier BP sounded confident enough in their cap’s holding abilities that they actually talked about leaving the cap in place.
  • now There’s word that the ocean floor has a leak somewhere that’s depressurizing the oil well. In other words, crap. source
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15 Jul 2010 21:54

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Politics: BP “hoaxers”: Holocaust deniers, 9/11 “truthers” have company

  • For the love of God, you idiots! We landed on the moon, Obama’s birth certificate is real, the World Trade Center actually got hit by a couple of planes, the Holocaust actually happened, JFK got shot by Lee Harvey Oswald, and there is a ton of BP’s black stuff in the Gulf of Mexico right now. Can we discredit these idiots immediately, please? source
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05 Jul 2010 10:19

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World: India basically shut down in fuel price protests

These unlucky people had to wait for a train the middle of this mess, which led to thousands of arrests over a fuel price increase caused by a subsidy cut. source
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