Americans: One and All

TED is back, with insight. Our temporally challenged super blogger has hit another one out of the park. He provides US with a painfully incisive sovereign psycho-analysis. We admire success if you are Babe Ruth, not Mark McGuire. We love the Yankees because of the Cubs. Personally, I never did get the Dave Matthews thing. Ever the optimist, he leaves US with this footnote:

⁴ History is littered with the smoldering wreckage of nations and peoples who mistook Americans' native optimism for childish naïvete, softness, or lack of resolve in the face of difficult struggles. It is unwise to underestimate us.

What he said.

Bedazzled Vajayjay??

I don't normally do gossip or self-absorbed celebrities, but... a vajazzled Kathy Gifford is certainly happier than some pro-athletes I can think of. Seems sort of like a derivative to me. Take a bunch of sub-prime shit and dress it up to look like Aaa stuff. Could be a business model here. (Shout out to Jennifer Love H...).

BP: a Slick operator?

Greg Palast at Truthout authors this indictment of BP's ongoing criminal behavior. Seems like BP is definitely a bottom feeder.

This AP article from The Huffington Post seems to corroborate Mr. Palasts analysis. First BP ignored the rules, then broke the rules, then they lied and now we're fucked past the point of comprehension. If it weren't for MMS getting a little on the side, I would feel like we were being taken advantage of.

BP is not letting a small setback interrupt their business plans, Iraq and roll with the Russians. BP and Russia. Now there is a Cheech and Chong gig.

Florida, "Come On Down!"

Michael Roston at True/Slant pays the ultimate compliment to Mike "Woody" Bennett of the Florida Senate. Here is the video from Sunshine State News.com.

Good Business

Someone needs to step on these maggots at BP.This from TPMMuckraker.

BP has been offering $5000 payments to residents of coastal Alabama areas, in exchange for essentially giving up their right to sue the oil giant over its deadly Gulf Coast spill, according to the state's attorney general.

Of course , Bob McDonnell is still pursuing his masturbatory fantasy, being governor of little Texas. Some people always think the 'Skins are going to the Superbowl.

Got To Love Krugs

This from Paul Krugman.

Fire On The Water

I have often wondered what would happen if there was a mechanical problem a mile below the ocean. Now we know one possible scenario, which was not difficult to imagine. Perhaps the capability to work in an environment should precede the exploitation of that environment. This report calls into question the disaster protections for deep water oil production, it's a 2004 document so someone spent 6 years jerking off. We have recently been rocked by the inefficiency (read crooked scumbags) in our global financial markets, now the fuel that drives globalization turns to bite US in the ass. Why am I always hearing the name Haliburton associated with scandal and disaster? The market is not happy.

A free for all market mentality has allowed Transocean to become the largest off shore drilling company in the world, with the safety consciousness of Massey Energy. Isn't Don Blankenship a happy man. Even scumbags get lucky.