The corporate media have been tracking the disaster with front-page articles and nightly news headlines every day (if it bleeds, or spills, it leads!), but the under-reported aspects to this nightmarish tale paint the most chilling picture of the actors and actions behind the catastrophe. In no particular order, here are 10 things about the [...]
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10 Things You Need to Know About the BP Oil Spill
Posted: 17th June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Politics, Sad NewsTags: BP, disaster, gulf of mexico, oil, oil spill
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What a Coincidence … BP Chief Tony Hayward sold shares one month before oil spill
Posted: 10th June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Economy | Finance, Mother NatureTags: BP, disaster, gulf of mexico, oil, oil spill
Tony Hayward cashed in about a third of his holding in the company one month before a well on the Deepwater Horizon rig burst, causing an environmental disaster. Mr Hayward, whose pay package is £4 million a year, then paid off the mortgage on his family’s mansion in Kent, which is estimated to be valued at [...]
Want Personal Vengence on BP … ??
Posted: 9th June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Mother NatureTags: BP, disaster, gulf of mexico, oil, oil spill, revenge
British Petroleum (BP) rep Randy Prescott madea comment, “Louisiana isn’t the only place that has shrimp.” His office phone number is (713) 323-4093 (it’s his direct line). His email israndy.prescott@bp.com. Give him a call or send an email! Tell him “BP isn’t the only place that has fuel for my car!” Check out more from [...]
NASA Issues Warning about Massive Solar Storm Brewing
Posted: 8th June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Science | TechnologyTags: blackout, NASA, Solar Storm, warning
It’s like a nightmare scenario from a science fiction movie: GPS navigation knocked out, mobile phones, TV and radio unusbale and blackouts in the power grid, plus a worldwide collapse of supply chains. Nothing works anymore, and silence, darkness and chaos take over. But the images are not part of a Hollywood vision – they [...]
Fake Twitter Account Slams BP
Posted: 7th June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Sad News, Science | TechnologyTags: BP, disaster, oil, oil spill, Twitter
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BP Global (a British Company) Manages to Create the Biggest Environemental Disaster in U.S. History
Posted: 7th June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Sad NewsTags: BP, disaster, environment, environmental, gulf of mexico, oil, oil spill, wildlife
For animal lovers, one of the most heartbreaking aspects of the Gulf spill is the oil-drenched wildlife washing up on shore. If you’re too horrified to look at any photos, you’re in luck — BP doesn’t want you to see them. As of Friday morning, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s tally of dead animals [...]
‘Human Fish’ Discovered in China
Posted: 5th June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Oddly EnoughTags: alien, China, discovery, fish
A BIZARRE fish with a pair of fins that can grip like a hand and tiny feet has been discovered off the shores of China and hauled in by fishermen. Experts believe that it’s hand-like fins and tiny feet are used for crawling on the ocean bed.
The ‘other’ spill BP will be keeping quiet
Posted: 3rd June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Sad News, Science | TechnologyTags: BP, oil
With the Gulf Coast dying of oil poisoning, there’s no space in the press for British Petroleum’s most recent spill. Just last week over 100,000 gallons were lost at its Alaska pipeline operation. A hundred thousand used to be a lot. It still is. Last Tuesday, Pump Station 9, at Delta Junction on the 800-mile [...]
World’s Fattest Eskimo Shoots and Kills World’s Rarest Polar Bear
Posted: 2nd June 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Oddly Enough, Sad NewsTags: bear, eskimo, fat ass
When David Kuptana - a 51-year-old native Inuit hunter from the remote Northwest Territories hamlet of Ulukhaktok - shot an odd-looking polar bear on April 8, he knew immediately there was something different about it. He was right. Genetic testing later confirmed what Kuptana initially suspected after he shot his bear: it was a grizzly-polar [...]
Winter Weather Causes 50 Car Pile Up
Posted: 14th February 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Mother NatureTags: 50 car pile up, accident, car wreck, i-64, pile up
Florida Kiteboarder Attacked and Killed By Sharks
Posted: 4th February 2010 by Sus Scrofa in Mother Nature, Sad NewsTags: Florida, kiteboarder, shark, shark attacks
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