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Jun 03 2010

Afternoon Edition

By ek hornbeck in News

Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread

From Yahoo News Top Stories

1 BP cuts off broken oil pipe with giant shears

by Allen Johnson, AFP

49 mins ago

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – BP on Thursday successfully cut off a fractured oil pipe using giant shears, pressing ahead with its latest bid to seal the Gulf of Mexico leak as President Barack Obama announced a third trip to the region.

After a diamond-blade saw got stuck in the pipe lying a mile down on the sea bed, the British energy giant was forced to use rougher means to get the job done.

“The other saw that we attempted to use was not successful in getting the internal drill pipe so we replaced it with the shears, which don’t have as clean a cut, but we do have a cut now,” Admiral Thad Allen told reporters.

Jun 03 2010

Open Masquerade

By Nightprowlkitty

Jun 03 2010

Afternoon Edition

By ek hornbeck in News

Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread

From Yahoo News Top Stories

1 Oil closes in on Florida coast

by Patrick Baert, AFP

1 hr 38 mins ago

GRAND ISLE, Louisiana (AFP) – The giant Gulf of Mexico oil slick was Wednesday closing in on the pristine Florida coast, as deep sea robotic submarines hit a new snag in BP’s latest bid to contain the spill.

Forecasters said it was virtually certain Florida’s panhandle, a major draw for tourists from around the world, would be hit by the spill this week.

The latest official projections from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) show the slick to be about seven miles (11 kilometers) off the state’s shores, a Florida official told AFP.

Jun 02 2010

Open Tangerine

By Nightprowlkitty

Jun 02 2010

Christianists Right About One thing?

By Edger

Christian Groups:

Biblical Armageddon Must Be Taught Alongside Global Warming

Jun 02 2010

Afternoon Edition

By ek hornbeck in News

Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread

From Yahoo News Top Stories

1 Obama threatens court action over US oil spill

by Allen Johnson, AFP

1 hr 45 mins ago

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AFP) – President Barack Obama Tuesday threatened legal action against those to blame for unleashing the nation’s worst ever oil spill, as BP once again battled to stop the six-week leak.

“If our laws were broken leading to this death and destruction, my solemn pledge is that we will bring those responsible to justice on behalf of the victims of this catastrophe and the people of the Gulf region,” Obama vowed.

Calling it the “greatest environmental disaster of its kind in our history,” Obama said the government had an “obligation” to find out what caused an explosion on the BP-operated Deepwater Horizon rig on April 20.

Jun 01 2010

Open Compass

By Nightprowlkitty

Jun 01 2010

Two for Tuesday.

By Eddie C

Because I have nostalgia issues, in other words I think time sucks, I started a series over at firefly dreaming. It is mostly a series that I want to be about the glory days of progressive rock radio. I posted the second one here that was about the morning dee jay at WNEW-FM and was planning to post the May 4th Two for Tuesday but jimstaro had that topic well covered that day.

In the the one I did post, there was an intro;

For most of my life Tuesdays were made more interesting by a tradition at what was once a great radio station, WNEW-FM. A station that introduced progressive rock to New York City, changed a generation from pop singles to album oriented and in maturity deserved the slogan “Where Rock Lives.” The tradition that people from other cities probably remember from other stations was called “Two for Tuesday.”I was wondering if anyone would be interested in participating here.

I really enjoy writing it and and want to make this a cross-posted regular series here. I hope you will enjoy it too. Some Tuesdays will be a bunch of fluff and sometimes I might have a little substance to offer. Today’s was a bunch of fluff but also a thank you note. Any ties to Rachel Corrie, a name that probably should be remembered today, are coincidental.

So I offer a couple of tunes for today as I listen to the New York radio station that took over “Two for Tuesday” from WNEW-FM. Q104.3 carries the tradition but it will never bee the same.

Jun 01 2010

Afternoon Edition

By ek hornbeck in News

Afternoon Edition is an Open Thread

From Yahoo News Top Stories

1 BP rushes new plan to stem Gulf oil leak

by Allen Johnson, AFP

Sun May 30, 7:02 pm ET

ROBERT, Louisiana (AFP) – BP engineers scrambled Sunday to implement another high-risk plan to stem the devastating Gulf oil spill now being described as likely the worst environmental disaster in US history.

Hours after the British oil giant acknowledged failure in its “top kill” attempt to plug the underwater well, company officials said it could take a week to implement the next bid — placing a cap over the leak.

“Right now we are going to a containment operation,” BP Managing Director Bob Dudley told CNN’s “State of the Union” program of the latest attempt to deal with the ruptured well nearly a mile (1,600 meters) under water.

May 31 2010