August 4, 2010
Archive for August, 2010
Cartoon: barry & wikileaks
August 5, 2010Aug 5 Mission Free Iran protest to halt executions in Iran
August 4, 2010August 4, 2010
Mission Free Iran have coordinated an international protest tomorrow, August 5th.
Protests scheduled in Tbilisi, Georgia, Berlin, GLasgow and Visby Sweden, NYC, LA, DC and Ottawa, Canada.
Washington DC USA: 6:30pm in Lafayette Park – Pennsylvania Ave and Jackson Pl, NW
FULL PRESS RELEASE FOLLOWS
Others due to be executed are mentioned.
Matthews rant: birthers want to “assassinate [barry] with their lies” (video/text)
August 4, 2010August 4, 2010
Wild videos: Solar flare-induced Northern Lights in Denmark
August 4, 2010August 4, 2010
McMahon: “Do you think Michelle Bachmann & Sarah Palin should be talking IQ scores?”
August 4, 2010August 4, 2010
I never knew there were so many woman candidates. How many women does Hardball & MSNBC go after vs men? And why the fixation with Sarah Palin. Sje is no more likely to run for president than Chris Matthews…both are unqualified.
Hardball: Matthews, Steve McMahon (D), Todd Harris (R)
REP MICHELLE BACHMANN on tape from a speech to supporters:
I think they don’t realize that your IQ scores are way above average. We’re on to them. We’re on to this gangster government.
LOSER STEVE MCMAHON:
Do you think Michelle Bachmann and Sarah Palin should be talking IQ scores?
I mean really.
CA judge rules Prop 8 unconstitutional
August 4, 2010August 4, 2010
States allowing same-gender marriage
Chief US District Judge Vaughn Walker in San Francisco has just overturned the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, ruling that Prop 8 violated the constitutional rights of gays and lesbians.
Ruling on Proposition 8 (pdf)
Judge Walker’s conclusion [emphasis added]:
Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed, the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California Constitution the notion that opposite sex couples are superior to same-sex couples. Because California has no interest in discriminating against gay men and lesbians, and because Proposition 8 prevents California from fulfilling its constitutional obligation to provide marriages on an equal basis, the court concludes that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.
What it means concretely is not clear at this point.
Wonder what type of apoplexy Rick I urge you to support Prop 8 Warren is experiencing.
Ms Ashtiani’s lawyer, Mohammed Mostafei, arrested in Turkey
August 4, 2010August 4, 2010
BP cartoon: “Hayward’s getting his life back!”
August 4, 2010August 4, 2010
Video: Gibbs = Vanna White
August 4, 2010August 4, 2010
Just a little chuckle.
During today’s press briefing re: where the BP OIL has gone, NOAA Chief Dr Jane Lubchenco used a pie chart.
DR LUBCHENCO: Someone want to point while I do this?
GIBBS: I’ll be your professional pointer. I’ll be Vanna White
DR LUBCHENCO: Ok Vanna!
Happy Birthday to POTUS while wife has private vacation in Spain on US taxpayers’ dime
August 4, 2010August 4, 2010
74% of BP OIL pollution gone – 1.274M barrels remain
August 4, 2010updated
August 4, 2010
Day 107
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NOAA and Interior Dept jointly developed an “Oil Budget Calculator” to provide measurements and “best estimates” of what happened to the spilled oil. Calculator based on the Flow Rate Technical Group’s Monday estimate of 4.9M total brls oil released into Gulf.
Where is the oil?
Allegedly 74% of the 4.9M brls is gone
But the 26% that remains = 1.274M brls
Which is 1.7 times the Exxon Valdez (750K brls)
[math challenged - may want to double check]
And how precise are their measurements?
Only 22% measured directly: burns, siphoning
Daily estimates: skimming
Rest of the numbers based on “best available information and a broad range of scientific expertise”.
OF THE 4.9M BARRELS OF OIL RELEASED
26% Residual (below the surface, in slick, on shore, in tarballs or buried in sand and sediments)
25% Evaporated or dissolved (1.2M brls)
*17% Siphoned directly from wellhead (827K brls – measured)
16% Naturally dispersed into microscopic droplets (remain below the surface)
*8% Chemically dispersed (surface/subsea)
*5% Burned
*3% Skimmed
*Unified Command recovery operations is taken credit for “capturing or mitigating” 33% of the total oil released by burning, skimming, chemical dispersion and direct recovery from the wellhead.
What is left out of this self-congratulation: the toxic effects of massive dispersant use (especially subsea) and the effect of methane gas on the development of dead zones. And then there’s the fact that many wildlife were not birthed in their natural habitat – most especially the sea turtles.
And the minor fact that this is the worst oil spill in history by far.
Cartoon: Anti 9-11 mosque (may be disturbing)
August 4, 2010August 4, 2010
Ahmadinejad escapes assassination attempt uninjured?
August 4, 2010August 4, 2010
Videos: Experience stoning for yourself
August 3, 2010August 3, 2010
Brazil offer of asylum to Ms Ashtiani rejected by Iran
August 3, 2010This also went missing.
Day 106: Map of oil spread in Gulf
August 3, 2010
Updated list BP posts #3
August 3, 2010reposting – disappeared
GRAPHIC PHOTO: What 50 lashes does to a woman’s flesh
August 3, 2010POST FOR ADULTS ONLY
Mina Ahadi letter to Brazil president re: offer of asylum
August 3, 2010August 3, 2010
BP has begun the “static kill”
August 3, 2010August 3, 2010
Day 106
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CNN is reporting that BP has begin the static kill procedure – video demonstration.
BP’s KENT WELLS tweet:
Paused well integrity test in preparation for injectivity test and static kill. All indications are that we have well integrity.
The “injectivity” test was to determine if oil in the capped well could be pushed back into the reservoir and it was safe to proceed. The one done yesterday showed a small leak, which was taken care of.
The leak involved two valves that are on the kill side of the capping stack and they started to lose pressure. We found that out in time and locked the valve shut.
CNN
Static kill process will take anywhere from 33 – 61 hours
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani posts
August 3, 2010US hopes Iran will accept Brazil asylum offer for women to be stoned to death
August 3, 2010August 2, 2010
Ground Zero mosque posts
August 3, 2010Updated: NYC votes against landmark status for Ground Zero mosque building
August 3, 2010August 3, 2010′
Video: UK FM Wm Hague calls for end to Iran’s “medieval punishment” of stoning, Turkish FM DAVUTOGLU DOES NOT
August 3, 2010August 1, 2010
Ann Dunham’s passport records released
August 2, 2010barry re: Rep Charlie Rangel
August 2, 2010August 1, 2010
Photo: barry bows to yet another white man
August 1, 2010August 1, 2010
Video: ‘Static kill’ demonstration
August 1, 2010July 28, 2010
Day 104
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Demonstration of the “static kill” method of sealing the well.
CNN
