Tag: Open Thread
Jun 11 2010
Friday On My Mind
Jun 07 2010
News at Noon
| From Reuters |
Issues in Depth: Analysis: Obama and Democrats walk tightrope on oil spill
by Patricia Zengerle
June 7, 2010
| Obama had been expected to spend the summer focused on rebuilding the U.S. economy and pushing through major items on his domestic policy agenda such as an overhaul of energy legislation and sweeping financial regulatory reform.
He had also set a busy international schedule, with a trip to Indonesia and Australia and a G20 summit both set for this month. But the administration’s resources are being drained by the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, even as it grapples with issues like last Friday’s worrisome jobs report and looks toward elections in which the Democrats will struggle to keep their majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate. Related Stories: |
Jun 06 2010
Weekend News Digest
Weekend News Digest is an Open Thread
| From Yahoo News Top Stories |
1 Obama vows help as BP sees oil spill progress
by Allen Johnson, AFP
2 hrs 28 mins ago
| GRAND ISLE, Louisiana (AFP) – US President Barack Obama promised on Saturday to use “every resource” to help those affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, as Americans awaited news of BP’s latest containment effort.
In his weekly radio address, broadcast from Grand Isle, Louisiana, a community bearing the brunt of the spill, Obama pledged ongoing attention to the disaster. “So we will continue to leverage every resource at our disposal to protect coastlines, to clean up the oil, to hold BP and other companies accountable for damages,” he said. |
Jun 05 2010
This Week in Health and Fitness
Welcome to this week’s Health and Fitness. This is an Open Thread.
As is now custom, I’ll try to include the more interesting and pertinent articles that will help the community awareness of their health and bodies. This essay will not be posted anywhere else due to constraints on my time. Please feel free to make suggestions for improvement and ask questions, I’ll answer as best I can.
Jun 04 2010
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread
| From Yahoo News Top Stories |
1 BP holds breath as pipe cap begins capturing oil
by Allen Johnson, AFP
2 hrs 25 mins ago
| NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – In the first breakthrough in its laborious bid to curb the worst US spill in history, BP said Friday a cap placed on a ruptured pipe was working and should capture most of the oil.
The news came as US President Barack Obama was heading back to the stricken Gulf of Mexico region for his third visit since an explosion tore through the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig more than six weeks ago. Remote-controlled submarines grappled the cap into place over a sawn-off riser pipe nearly a mile (1.6 kilometers) below the surface late Thursday — in the latest of several attempts to contain the oil belching into the Gulf. |
