Six months have passed since the Transocean drilling rig Deepwater Horizon, contracted to BP, exploded in a catastrophic and spectacular blowout, ending the lives of eleven brave crew members. The Macondo well would continue to flow, essentially unabated, for the next three months.

Environmentalists predicted disaster. Let’s look at reality.

Federal leaders of Gulf of Mexico oil spill response report only a few lingering trouble spots

Nearing the six-month mark after the Deepwater Horizon explosion, the federal government’s top responders to the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are reporting on-the-water findings that couldn’t have been imagined at the height of the crisis four months ago: very little recoverable oil still in the water or on the bottom, barely even trace amounts of dispersant chemicals and no samples of contaminated seafood in open water or in the marshes. [emphasis added]

Couldn’t have been imagined four months ago, eh? Continue reading →

Link: Rep. Scalise (R-LA): Moratorium is now “Permitorium”. Sad but true. #rsrh

Link: R.I.P. Benoît Mandelbrot. #rsrh

Link: R.I.P. Barbara Billingsley. #rsrh

Link: U.S. backs $1B loan to PEMEX for…offshore drilling! Mexico GOOD, U.S. BAD! #rsrh

“Before deciding whether to approve applications for financing, Ex-Im Bank performs rigorous environmental, safety and financial due diligence activities, including on-site inspections. … After financing is approved, the bank monitors the company’s financial, environmental and safety activities and performs on-site inspections as often as twice a year.”

Oh, we can all sleep better now.

Puh-leeeeze!

Link: LA-02: #2 Dem endorses Cao (R) over Richmond (D), 3rd Dem to do so. #rsrh

Link: Landrieu still blocking OMB appointment; waiting on real progress on drill permits. #rsrh

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Mary joins those Wasciwy Wepubwicans in blocking Hope’n’Change!

What a scary world we live in.

Who would have guessed that in the 21st century one of the world’s largest military powers, a nuclear state no less, would contemplate handing the reins of power to an untested neophyte?

The exact details of his birth have been kept under wraps. The details of his elite private education are shadowy, too.

He’s the ultimate product of a corrupt political dynasty. He was nurtured for his role by observing the hardball machinations of toadies, thugs and thieves. As a government underling, he was a cipher. His ascension to power was marked by unearned awards and the fawning, irrational devotion of brainwashed throngs.

We don’t know if he has a goal beyond the ruthless exertion of his will upon the masses.

But enough about Barack Obama. North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, a/k/a Dear Junior, is pretty scary, too.

“The goosestep’s the new step today…”

Photos from boston.com (H/T Rat Petunia):

A North Korean anniversary and debut

Cross-posted at RedState.com.

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Link: White House to lift deepwater drilling ban, de facto moratorium continues. #rsrh

Significant new obstacles to permitting have been erected in both the deep and shallow water Gulf of Mexico, so it’s not like there will be a sudden surge of activity with the end of the official moratorium.

Link: Meet Kim Jong Nam, N. Korea’s Fredo Corleone. #DPRK #rsrh

Kim Jong Nam: I’m your older brother, Un, and I was stepped over!
Kim Jong Un: That’s the way Dear Leader wanted it.
Kim Jong Nam: It ain’t the way I wanted it! I can handle things! I’m smart! Not like everybody says… like dumb… I’m smart and I want respect!

Kim Jong Un: Leave the gun. Take the kim-chee.