Archive for the 'Oil' Category

That didn’t take too long.

Wednesday, June 9th, 2010

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Images: (basic billboard pix) via treehugger.com; (oiled Pelican) AP Photo via huffingtonpost.com; (clean Pelican) via kookaburra.typepad.com

Art Imitates the Oil Bidniss

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

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Images: (Matisse) via maangchi.com; (Fortuny) via rhonavalentine.co.uk; (oil) I believe AP Photo; (BP logo) via open.salon.com

Between Rounds at Sunnyside Gardens…

Sunday, May 23rd, 2010

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(Charlie Riedel, Associated Press / May 15, 2010) via chicagotribune.com

The scenes they never show us.

Friday, May 7th, 2010

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Image: (bird) AP Photo via thinkprogress.com

Speaking At Trade Association Funded By BP, Gov. Perry Claims Rig Disaster Is An ‘Act Of God’–Think Progress headline, 5/5/2010

Thursday, May 6th, 2010

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“And God created spin…”
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The story is here.

Images: (God creates man by Michelangelo) via reason.com; (blowout) d2eosjbgw49cu5.cloudfront.net via trends-search.com; (BP logo) via designlessbetter.com;(hard hat) via accrete.com

“It’s ‘em li’l ones ya gotta yer eyz on.”

Monday, November 17th, 2008

NOVEMBER 17, 2008, 1:07 P.M. ET
Pirates Capture Saudi Supertanker
By CHIP CUMMINS
DUBAI — The U.S. Navy said Monday that pirates commandeered a Saudi-owned supertanker hundreds of miles off the Kenyan coast, an attack officials said was unprecedented for its distance from shore and the size of its target.
The attack appears also to be the first significant […]

Have we been mistaking voter stupidity as ignorance all these many years?

Monday, September 8th, 2008

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State paid for trip when Palin told students to pray for pipeline
By RICHARD MAUER
rmauer@adn.com
Published: September 7th, 2008 01:57 AM
Last Modified: September 7th, 2008 02:39 AM
Gov. Sarah Palin used state funds in June when she traveled from Juneau to Wasilla to speak to graduating evangelical students and urge them to fan out through Alaska “to make […]

Woman Recalls Strange Date With Rockefeller–WCVB-5, The Boston Channel

Sunday, August 17th, 2008

Rockefeller Claimed Royal Heritage
UPDATED: 2:07 pm EDT August 16, 2008
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Images: 1-brooklynmuseum.org; 2-John D. Rockefeller via chelationtherapyonline.com; miniature golf-kiesters.com; 3-JDR via wrhs.org; 4-JDR via bp1.blogger.com via old-photos.blogspot.com

W learned that Maliki feller. Old Dick is smart as a whip!

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

High Oil Prices Giving Iraq Up to $79 Billion in Surplus Cash
New York Times
By JAMES GLANZ
Published: August 5, 2008
The soaring price of oil will leave the Iraqi government with a cumulative budget surplus of as much as $79 billion by year’s end an American federal oversight agency has concluded in an analysis released on Tuesday.
The […]