BP Burning Rare, Endangered Sea-Turtle

For people who think passing a law or imposing a fine on some behavior invariably gets you less of the behavior or an improvement of it, try this heart-rending Natural News report:

“By now, almost everyone is aware of the out-of-control oil spill down in the Gulf of Mexico that seems to be getting exponentially worse with each passing day. But what people may not know is that BP’s efforts to control the oil by burning it are actually burning alive a certain rare and endangered species of sea turtle. Continue reading

Wash-Po’s “Objective” Reporter On Conservatism Outed As Conservative-Hater

Reporter David Weigel’s feverish imaginings about the group he pretends to cover objectively have surfaced in emails sent to the liberal listserv, Journolist, according to Fishbowl DC (hat-tip to LRC blog).

Why am I not surprised?

Global-warming “scientists” turn out to be political hacks grinding over-sized axes; “educators” preaching “tolerance” and “love” turn out to be sexual Bolsheviks; green “activists” turn out to be shills for billionaire speculators….. Continue reading

Paradise Of Gangsters

Will this be the future of the US?

David Guyatt at DeepBlackLies.co.uk on Russia immediately after the collapse of the Soviet Union:

GANGSTERS PARADISE

Organized crime in Russia is out of control. Criminal “brigades” own everything of value and can “acquire” any commodity in any quantity if the price is right. Ferocious criminal gangs ship out nuclear warheads with the same aplomb that they plunder train-loads of stolen bank-notes. Fearless and ingenious they even ripped-off Russia’s entire gold reserves. Continue reading

Fannie CEO Raines’ Emissions Patent Would Make Millions From Cap-n-Trade

From Jerome Corsi, World Net Daily, June 18, 2010:

“Former Clinton and Obama budget adviser Franklin Raines owns a key carbon-emissions patent he developed as CEO of the government-sponsored mortgage giant Fannie Mae, positioning him and his partners to make millions of dollars if it is used in any carbon-capping scheme implemented by the Obama administration. Continue reading

Louisiana Paper Demands Public Access To All State Records On Oil Spill

From Bill Barrow at The Times-Picayune, June 18, 2010:

Gov. Bobby Jindal could face tough decision on opening his oil spill records

The House of Representatives voted 77-12 today to ratify Senate changes on a public records bill that would require the governor to grant public access to all state records related to the Gulf oil spill, putting Gov. Bobby Jindal in uncomfortable position politically. Continue reading

Matt Taibbi: Gonzo Journalist Or Establishment Plant?

Note 1: This web post by the anti-fascist author of several books on mind-control and propaganda, Alex Constantine, is perhaps a bit harsh in its conclusions. Taibbi might simply not know enough to steer clear of disinformation. Also, to be fair, he’s a more talented writer than Constantine gives him credit for being. Continue reading

16 Burning Questions About The BP Oil Spill

From The Economic Collapse Blog, 16 burning questions about the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico:

#1) Barack Obama has authorized the deployment of more than 17,000 National Guard members along the Gulf coast to be used “as needed” by state governors.  So what are all of these National Guard troops going to be doing exactly?  Are the troops going to be used to stop the oil or to control the public? Continue reading

The Huggable Hedgie: Einhorn, Fairy-Tales, And The “Activist” Gravy Train

Mark Mitchell at Deep Capture on well-known hedge-fund “activist,” David Einhorn:

“In addition, Allied was not, as Einhorn claimed, a massive Ponzi scheme. Einhorn had made the smarmy suggestion that Allied was a Ponzi because it supposedly raised money from the markets to pay its dividends. An SEC official told the inspector general that this claim was patently false – it was perfectly obvious that Allied legitimately paid dividends out of earnings. Continue reading

Doing Well By Doing Good: Corporate Brand Teaching

In the old days, people who did things for love of their community, for idealism, or for a cause they believed in, were in it just for that. They deserved the respect they got. Today, volunteer work has been festooned with all kinds of goodies, and, not unnaturally, it’s drawing people more interested in the goodies than the good. And not unexpectedly, the king of “doing well by doing good” –  Goldman Sachs – is in the thick of it. Continue reading