Yesterday I got a late start, but I still managed to reply to all outstanding comments and return visits. Today is my volunteer day to co facilitate a therapy group for former prisoners, so keeping up may be a problem.
Jig Zone Puzzle:
Today it took me 4:08. To do it, click here. How did you do?
Short Takes:
From Alternet: President Obama and Vice President Biden both met separately today with potential Supreme Court pick Diane Wood.
She would be an excellent choice.
From Crooks and Liars: Larry King talked to Robert Kennedy Jr. who is representing the fishermen in Louisiana in a class action law suit against British Petroleum and James Carville about the incident at the Deepwater Horizon rig. Besides the problems with Halliburton and their faulty work with the cementing process and the lack of and the lack of an acoustic switch, Kennedy said they were also violating their permit by drilling too deeply. Although they were only permitted to drill down 18,000 ft., Kennedy said they now have evidence that they were drilling as deeply as 25,000 ft. [emphasis added]
This clear violation of the law is yet another reason that BP should not be allowed a liability cap.
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Happy Hump Day!
4 Responses to “Open Thread – 5/5/2010”
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No liability cap for BP – they’ve already said they would pay for all the damages and that bill ain’t gonna be small.
On another note, I just closed all of my Chase accounts yesterday and moved my money to a credit union. When the guy asked me why, I said “Because I hate Jaime Dimon He lied to the Senate, said the commercial real estate market crash was ‘basically over’ when it’s not (it’s just starting) and he’s just an arrogant, lying asshole. I didn’t want anything to do with anything he was involved in.” On a side note, I had $50K in a savings account all year – do you know how much interest I made – $1.71. My interest rate was at .01%. Can you believe that s**t? At the credit union, I earned $12.71 in interest in one month with $5K in it. I’m telling you, get your money out of there asap and get it into a credit union. An added bonus, the people are exceptionally nice and they know my name when I come in.
Lisa, they actually said that they would pay for the cleanup. What they meant by that is open to interpretation.
Bravo. I don’t have a CU in walking distance, or I would have done so too.
I think the Supremes opened up the possibility of trying BP for negligent homicide (at minimum) since the company is a “person.” Will somebody please Mirandize them?
Marva, what an excellent idea!