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Is this another movie where the doomsday clock keeps ticking in the background while everybody celebrates Top Kill? "...Oil industry expert Bob Cavnar, however, is skeptical of BP's rosy evaluation. "You don't know if that well's actually killed down below," he told MSNBC's Keith Olbermann on Tuesday. "Because of all the damage down below, it coulby • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum
KENNER, LA. -- Long before an eruption of gas turned the Deepwater Horizon oil rig into a fireball, an alarm system designed to alert the crew and prevent combustible gases from reaching potential sources of ignition had been deliberately disabled, the former chief electronics technician on the rig testified Friday. Michael Williams, an ex-Marine who survived the April 20 conflagration by jumby • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum
Militarization of Mexico via the endless drug war--- scalding analysis plus scads of links here: ....It’s not Mexico that spends half its national budget on “security”, although the present administration is stinting in necessary spending in other areas. It is, however, Mexico — and countries like Mexico that receive “stimulus packages” from the United States to buy arms, andby • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum
Thoughtful piece on militarizing immigration issues and the border: Btw governor whatsername can't find any heads to match her claims about narco depravity in arizona. but she may not have to wait long...by • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum
The dollar value of unused/expired swine flu vaccine from last year's scare comes to about... A--$140 million B--$260 million C--$90 millionby • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum
Costner & brother actually did the inventing, and not just the PR! CNN) -- BP officials have turned to a new source for help with their oil cleanup efforts: actor Kevin Costner. The oil giant announced Monday that it had ordered 32 machines from Costner's company, the actor told CNN in an exclusive interview on "AC360." The machines use a centrifuge mechanism to seby • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum
US targets Mexican drug cartels in major sweep US officials said the operation was "a milestone" Drug enforcement officers in the United States say they have arrested more than 2,200 people in an investigation targeting Mexican trafficking rings. The joint operation lasted almost two years and culminated on Wednesday with more than 400 arrests across 16 states. Officers alsoby • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum
Or just the hearsay in your case, since your unattributed sayso doesn't make it a fact.by • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum
Some who just wandered in, are at a loss. But not all those who wander are lost. I'll have another beer here too, victoria indio sol, and make a Christmas toast to this clever archaeologist who shows how things are more connected than you'd expect: "Brewing Up a Civilization" By Frank Thadeusz Did our Neolithic ancestors turn to agriculture so that they couldby • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum
Soon to be a major motion picture, "Tales from the Mexican Pipeline". use your decoder ring and stay tuned.by • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum
All the way to the top it goes. Banks control American politics and now who controls the banks? The only winner in the narco civil war--or the mideast for that matter-- is the arms industry. "Drug Money Saved Banks in Global Crisis, Claims UN Advisor" Drugs and crime chief says $352bn in Criminal Proceeds was Effectively Laundered by Financial Institutions by Rajeev Syal Drby • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum
Your problem in the Cuernavaca zone now is not violence, it's military checkpoints with intensive searches--under your seats, body frisk etc. But mexico can expect headlines elsewhere: there will be continued retaliation and brutal power struggles to control the narco biz now that Beltran Leyva is dead. I would avoid public events during the holidays in DF and other urban zones, but Pto Eby • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum
This is the poisonous, predictable result of a desperate US military that has increasingly recruited soldiers with criminal/gang backgrounds to fight in iraq. this also includes mexican nationals who are promised US citizenship in exchange for military service. welcome home soldiers!by • por inspector hound - Off-Topic Forum