The Time-Picayune reports that tests are underway as of this morning.
Let's keep a good thought.
The next briefing from BP is at 2:30 pm CST.
Thursday, July 15, 2010
Even If You Don't Follow Golf...
...do yourself a favor, and tune in to The Open this weekend.
There is no place like St. Andrews, and it feeds the soul to see the old game played on The Old Course.
The Open website carries live video and radio if your local TV doesn't broadcast.
OS could not stay awake for the opening proceedings, (3 a.m. in this time zone), but his heart was mightily cheered this morning to see that young Rory McIlroy had tied the Open record for an opening round with 63, and is three strokes clear of the field at this point. He's only twenty-one, and it is a joy to watch him play. At the other end of the age spectrum (much closer to where OS exists), to see Tom Watson par the 18th for a round of one over is also cause for cheers, and the gallery certainly gave him a lot of well-deserved love.
It's a great game, with dignity and fair play woven into the very fabric of the rules and practice. OS has a colleague with an enthusiastic grade-school daughter who has embraced the game with her whole heart. Her dad just beams when he talks about his duties as her caddy, and her growth as a young lady. He's a crack pro musician, and she studies music as well. One of his proudest moments came when she connected the dots between the two disciplines.
If OS could be King For A Day, he would arrange for every child to sing in a good choir, learn a musical instrument well, and learn to love and play golf.
Who needs LeBron, when you can have sports heroes like Rory, Phil Mickleson, Vijay Singh, and Ernie Els? The bad actors, like John Daly, get to disintegrate publicly, in both game and life, occasionally showing the old magic, as he did this morning.
Mr. Woods now lives on the bubble, and both his golf and life are under scrutiny, to see if he will choose to recover. If he blows up on the course this week, it will be a long long road back. Good wishes go his way, with the hope that his really great years lie ahead.
There is no place like St. Andrews, and it feeds the soul to see the old game played on The Old Course.
The Open website carries live video and radio if your local TV doesn't broadcast.
OS could not stay awake for the opening proceedings, (3 a.m. in this time zone), but his heart was mightily cheered this morning to see that young Rory McIlroy had tied the Open record for an opening round with 63, and is three strokes clear of the field at this point. He's only twenty-one, and it is a joy to watch him play. At the other end of the age spectrum (much closer to where OS exists), to see Tom Watson par the 18th for a round of one over is also cause for cheers, and the gallery certainly gave him a lot of well-deserved love.
It's a great game, with dignity and fair play woven into the very fabric of the rules and practice. OS has a colleague with an enthusiastic grade-school daughter who has embraced the game with her whole heart. Her dad just beams when he talks about his duties as her caddy, and her growth as a young lady. He's a crack pro musician, and she studies music as well. One of his proudest moments came when she connected the dots between the two disciplines.
If OS could be King For A Day, he would arrange for every child to sing in a good choir, learn a musical instrument well, and learn to love and play golf.
Who needs LeBron, when you can have sports heroes like Rory, Phil Mickleson, Vijay Singh, and Ernie Els? The bad actors, like John Daly, get to disintegrate publicly, in both game and life, occasionally showing the old magic, as he did this morning.
Mr. Woods now lives on the bubble, and both his golf and life are under scrutiny, to see if he will choose to recover. If he blows up on the course this week, it will be a long long road back. Good wishes go his way, with the hope that his really great years lie ahead.
Pressure Tests May Begin This Evening...
...unless the feds make up some other reason to grind things to a halt.
The BBC provides a good overview of what will be happening.
If the well can be safely capped, all the better. If not, they'll be able to harvest much more oil while the relief wells are completed.
Unless the feds make up some other reason to grind things to a halt...
In the meantime, an updated map of the oil spill:
Really, ya'll. What's the urgency? Ya'll in Washington just take yer sweeet time makin' up yoh minds. Mister Winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize will just wait until thangs get real real bad. Then he'll walk on water, give a speech, and bid the oil spill cease. And it will, by golly. Just ask him.
Shoot--he's already fixed the economy, won two wars, secured our borders, and won the eternal love of the Muslim world for the United States.
After all, He's The One.
The BBC provides a good overview of what will be happening.
If the well can be safely capped, all the better. If not, they'll be able to harvest much more oil while the relief wells are completed.
Unless the feds make up some other reason to grind things to a halt...
In the meantime, an updated map of the oil spill:
Really, ya'll. What's the urgency? Ya'll in Washington just take yer sweeet time makin' up yoh minds. Mister Winner of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize will just wait until thangs get real real bad. Then he'll walk on water, give a speech, and bid the oil spill cease. And it will, by golly. Just ask him.
Shoot--he's already fixed the economy, won two wars, secured our borders, and won the eternal love of the Muslim world for the United States.
After all, He's The One.
We Wonder Why We're In Such A Fiscal Hole: One Modest Example H.R. 3967
So, OS had C-SPAN on after the Gulf Coast hearings, and it cut back to the House floor. OS was too lazy to pay attention, it was mundane stuff, until he heard a brief debate over the extension of Federal funding for a wax museum in Baltimore.
Really. Can't make it up. The 'Blacks In Wax' museum, kept open by Federal funds, to inspire the young people of Baltimore about their heritage.
Really, we're spending money on this.
Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Guam?
There was no objection.
Ms. BORDALLO. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3967, introduced in October of 2009 by our colleague Representative Elijah Cummings, helps tell the story of the African American struggle for equality.For the last quarter century, Doctors Joanne and Elmer Martin have worked tirelessly to create a safe, nurturing environment for Baltimore's youth. Through their work to build and fund the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and the Justice Learning Center, they have created a unique opportunity to teach and connect with young people to tell the story of great African American leaders in the history of our United States of America.
H.R. 3967 amends the National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2004 to extend authorization for Federal grant funding. Representative Cummings is to be commended for his work on behalf of this outstanding education and outreach program.
Mr. Speaker, we support this legislation.
(That 'we' referred to would be the majority in the House of Representatives.)
[back and forth it went for a few minutes...]
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Guam (Ms. Bordallo) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R
3967.
The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
We're borrowing money from China to fund the 'Blacks In Wax' museum in Baltimore.
Sort of makes you feel warm and fuzzy all over, doesn't it?
Really. Can't make it up. The 'Blacks In Wax' museum, kept open by Federal funds, to inspire the young people of Baltimore about their heritage.
Really, we're spending money on this.
Ms. BORDALLO. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on the bill under consideration.
The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from Guam?
There was no objection.
Ms. BORDALLO. I yield myself such time as I may consume.
Mr. Speaker, H.R. 3967, introduced in October of 2009 by our colleague Representative Elijah Cummings, helps tell the story of the African American struggle for equality.For the last quarter century, Doctors Joanne and Elmer Martin have worked tirelessly to create a safe, nurturing environment for Baltimore's youth. Through their work to build and fund the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum and the Justice Learning Center, they have created a unique opportunity to teach and connect with young people to tell the story of great African American leaders in the history of our United States of America.
H.R. 3967 amends the National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2004 to extend authorization for Federal grant funding. Representative Cummings is to be commended for his work on behalf of this outstanding education and outreach program.
Mr. Speaker, we support this legislation.
(That 'we' referred to would be the majority in the House of Representatives.)
[back and forth it went for a few minutes...]
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The question is on the motion offered by the gentlewoman from Guam (Ms. Bordallo) that the House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R
3967.
The question was taken; and (two-thirds being in the affirmative) the rules were suspended and the bill was passed.
A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.
We're borrowing money from China to fund the 'Blacks In Wax' museum in Baltimore.
Sort of makes you feel warm and fuzzy all over, doesn't it?
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
'Let's Wait Til They Build And Install The Well Cap Before We Tell Them They Can't Use It': Our Federal Government In Action
OS had a terrible premonition this would occur.
If the well is capped, then the White House will watch as the problem is solved, and the clean-up continues, and BP pays its claims, and life (in a few years) will begin to return to some sort of normal.
It's hard to expand your powers if there's no crisis. Harder to seize a corporation that is fulfilling its promises, however haltingly.
From the AP, just posted.
By TOM BREEN and HARRY R. WEBER, Associated Press Writers Tom Breen And Harry R. Weber, Associated Press Writers – 38 mins ago
NEW ORLEANS – BP's work to cap its Gulf of Mexico gusher was in limbo Wednesday after the federal government raised concerns the operation could put damaging pressure on the busted well and make the leak worse.
An administration official, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the talks with BP, said the government was acting out of an "abundance of caution" and didn't want potentially dangerous pressure tests on a tighter cap that has been placed over the well to go ahead until BP answers questions about possible risks.
A top BP executive said there was no guarantee the cap, a temporary measure, will be put to use. Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles told The Associated Press in an interview that BP is trying to resolve the government's concerns.
"I don't know whether we will get that approval or not," Suttles said. "I hope we do."
At the same time, BP on its own temporarily halted the drilling of two relief wells that are designed to plug the gusher permanently from underground. That work was halted for up to 48 hours as a precaution because it's not yet clear what effect the testing of the new cap could have on it, the company said.
The delays were a stunning setback after the oil giant finally seemed to be on track following nearly three months of failed attempts to stop the spill, which has sullied beaches from Florida to Texas and decimated the multibillion dollar fishing industry.
BP had zipped through weekend preparations and gotten the 75-ton cap in place Monday atop the well. The plan was to stop the oil and pump excess to ships, raising hopes the gusher could be checked. BP was getting ready to test pressure on the well by closing valves in the cap when the government intervened late Tuesday.
Word of the delay broke as video showed BP's undersea robots busily swarming around the seafloor site.
Suttles said the government wants to verify that the casing, or the piping in the well, is intact and that the oil would stay contained if BP shuts the well in.
Suttles said the next step would depend on the outcome of a meeting of BP and government officials early Wednesday afternoon.
The administration official said Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Geological Survey chief Marcia McNutt and other government scientists met with BP Tuesday in Houston and had a number of questions about the plan to test the integrity of the well. Chu and other officials want to ensure that putting downward pressure on the well will not cause further leaks, the official said.
"Our basic position was, if you can give us the answers we need ... then go ahead," the official said. Until then, "they can't go forward."
The official said the government still hopes the cap can be closed to shut in the oil.
Oil continued to spew nearly unimpeded into the water, with no clear timeline on when it would stop. BP shares were down more than 2 percent in afternoon trading in London after recouping some of their oil spill losses earlier this week, when the cap project seemed to be moving ahead.
The cap would be a stopgap until a permanent fix that requires plugging the broken well underground with cement and heavy drilling mud, a more stable seal than capping the well from the top. The timeline for the relief well and a backup one has always been hazy, with company and federal officials giving estimates ranging from the end of July to the middle of August before it can be completed.
Suttles urged Gulf residents is to be patient.
"We're going to get this thing stopped as fast as we can," he said. "If it is not in the next couple of days with the test, we'll do it with the relief wells."
On the Alabama coast, Joyce Nelson said every bit of news from the spill site increases her stress and sparks a new round of telephone calls between friends and relatives in Bayou La Batre, where the seafood industry is virtually shut down because of the spill. The slowdown at the rig site just made things worse.
"Everybody's calling everybody. It's hectic," said Nelson. "Everybody is worried about them blowing the whole thing out. If that happens, there's nothing they can do but let it drain out."
Roger N. Anderson, a marine geologist at Columbia University, said he believes BP and government scientists are just being very cautious and he's not worried.
Freezing work on the relief well may mean scientists are worried that clamping down the cap will push new pressure all the way down to the depths of the broken well, he said.
"So I wouldn't panic, is the answer. They're going to be very, very deliberate about this," Anderson said.
Assuming BP gets the green light to do the cap testing after the extra analysis is finished, engineers need to shut off lines already funneling some oil to ships to see how the cap handles the pressure of the crude coming up from the ground.
Finally, they would shut the openings in the 75-ton metal stack of pipes and valves gradually, one at a time, while watching pressure gauges to see if the cap would hold or if any new leaks erupted. The operation could last anywhere from six to 48 hours, once it gets started.
As of Wednesday, the 85th day of the disaster, between 92 million and 182 million gallons of oil had spewed into the Gulf since the Deepwater Horizon rig leased by BP exploded April 20, killing 11 workers.
Well, maybe it is an abundance of caution.
But, given the gubbermint's track record so far, this feels very creepy. The White House Moral Hazard Meter is pegged all the way into the red.
Jest sayin'...
85 days.
All work has come to a dead halt.
Nothing impedes the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
If the well is capped, then the White House will watch as the problem is solved, and the clean-up continues, and BP pays its claims, and life (in a few years) will begin to return to some sort of normal.
It's hard to expand your powers if there's no crisis. Harder to seize a corporation that is fulfilling its promises, however haltingly.
From the AP, just posted.
By TOM BREEN and HARRY R. WEBER, Associated Press Writers Tom Breen And Harry R. Weber, Associated Press Writers – 38 mins ago
NEW ORLEANS – BP's work to cap its Gulf of Mexico gusher was in limbo Wednesday after the federal government raised concerns the operation could put damaging pressure on the busted well and make the leak worse.
An administration official, who asked not to be identified because of the sensitivity of the talks with BP, said the government was acting out of an "abundance of caution" and didn't want potentially dangerous pressure tests on a tighter cap that has been placed over the well to go ahead until BP answers questions about possible risks.
A top BP executive said there was no guarantee the cap, a temporary measure, will be put to use. Chief Operating Officer Doug Suttles told The Associated Press in an interview that BP is trying to resolve the government's concerns.
"I don't know whether we will get that approval or not," Suttles said. "I hope we do."
At the same time, BP on its own temporarily halted the drilling of two relief wells that are designed to plug the gusher permanently from underground. That work was halted for up to 48 hours as a precaution because it's not yet clear what effect the testing of the new cap could have on it, the company said.
The delays were a stunning setback after the oil giant finally seemed to be on track following nearly three months of failed attempts to stop the spill, which has sullied beaches from Florida to Texas and decimated the multibillion dollar fishing industry.
BP had zipped through weekend preparations and gotten the 75-ton cap in place Monday atop the well. The plan was to stop the oil and pump excess to ships, raising hopes the gusher could be checked. BP was getting ready to test pressure on the well by closing valves in the cap when the government intervened late Tuesday.
Word of the delay broke as video showed BP's undersea robots busily swarming around the seafloor site.
Suttles said the government wants to verify that the casing, or the piping in the well, is intact and that the oil would stay contained if BP shuts the well in.
Suttles said the next step would depend on the outcome of a meeting of BP and government officials early Wednesday afternoon.
The administration official said Energy Secretary Steven Chu, U.S. Geological Survey chief Marcia McNutt and other government scientists met with BP Tuesday in Houston and had a number of questions about the plan to test the integrity of the well. Chu and other officials want to ensure that putting downward pressure on the well will not cause further leaks, the official said.
"Our basic position was, if you can give us the answers we need ... then go ahead," the official said. Until then, "they can't go forward."
The official said the government still hopes the cap can be closed to shut in the oil.
Oil continued to spew nearly unimpeded into the water, with no clear timeline on when it would stop. BP shares were down more than 2 percent in afternoon trading in London after recouping some of their oil spill losses earlier this week, when the cap project seemed to be moving ahead.
The cap would be a stopgap until a permanent fix that requires plugging the broken well underground with cement and heavy drilling mud, a more stable seal than capping the well from the top. The timeline for the relief well and a backup one has always been hazy, with company and federal officials giving estimates ranging from the end of July to the middle of August before it can be completed.
Suttles urged Gulf residents is to be patient.
"We're going to get this thing stopped as fast as we can," he said. "If it is not in the next couple of days with the test, we'll do it with the relief wells."
On the Alabama coast, Joyce Nelson said every bit of news from the spill site increases her stress and sparks a new round of telephone calls between friends and relatives in Bayou La Batre, where the seafood industry is virtually shut down because of the spill. The slowdown at the rig site just made things worse.
"Everybody's calling everybody. It's hectic," said Nelson. "Everybody is worried about them blowing the whole thing out. If that happens, there's nothing they can do but let it drain out."
Roger N. Anderson, a marine geologist at Columbia University, said he believes BP and government scientists are just being very cautious and he's not worried.
Freezing work on the relief well may mean scientists are worried that clamping down the cap will push new pressure all the way down to the depths of the broken well, he said.
"So I wouldn't panic, is the answer. They're going to be very, very deliberate about this," Anderson said.
Assuming BP gets the green light to do the cap testing after the extra analysis is finished, engineers need to shut off lines already funneling some oil to ships to see how the cap handles the pressure of the crude coming up from the ground.
Finally, they would shut the openings in the 75-ton metal stack of pipes and valves gradually, one at a time, while watching pressure gauges to see if the cap would hold or if any new leaks erupted. The operation could last anywhere from six to 48 hours, once it gets started.
As of Wednesday, the 85th day of the disaster, between 92 million and 182 million gallons of oil had spewed into the Gulf since the Deepwater Horizon rig leased by BP exploded April 20, killing 11 workers.
Well, maybe it is an abundance of caution.
But, given the gubbermint's track record so far, this feels very creepy. The White House Moral Hazard Meter is pegged all the way into the red.
Jest sayin'...
85 days.
All work has come to a dead halt.
Nothing impedes the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico.
A Portrait Of Hugo Chavez: Art At Its Most Expressive And Effective
Who sez the spirit of Free Enterprise is dead, or that we've lost our sense of humor?
From UnoAmerica: (haltingly translated by OS)
Wednesday 14 April, 2010
The idea occurred to to Cuban entreprenuer Maria Vasquez, who lives in exile in Venezuela, to bring to market a new line of toilet paper branded 'Socialism in the Twenty-first Century'. The idea has met with success,and the theme of the marketing campaign is 'Make your dream come true'.
Whoo-wee, ya'll! Genius is found in all corners of the earth!
Maria Vasquez, hands-down the winner of the 2010 OldSouth Creative Vengeance Award.
(Other faces do float to mind as well...)
Miércoles, 14 de Abril de 2010
La idea surgió de la empresaria cubana María Vásquez, quien vivió exiliada en Venezuela y que saco al mercado una linea de papeles higiénicos llamados "el socialismo del siglo XXI". La propuesta ha tenido exito y el tema de la campaña es "haz tu sueño realidad"
Chavez Begins Rounding Up The Opposition: The Arrest of Alejandro Pena-Esclusa
This from CNN, yesterday:
Venezuelan authorities arrested an opposition politician and former presidential candidate on explosives charges Monday night, the government news agency reported.
Alejandro Pena Esclusa, a 1998 presidential candidate and political opponent of leftist Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, was arrested at home by agents from the nation's intelligence service, the official ABN news service reported Monday. Pena was taken to the intelligence service headquarters for interrogation, ABN said.
Opposition groups say Pena was arrested for political reasons. Unoamerica, a group headed by Pena, said Tuesday his arrest "is part of a Cuban operation that looks to link opposition leaders with terrorist acts."
Chavez critics have said Cubans are heavily involved in the Venezuelan military and also are playing a key role in intelligence, communications and other areas.
Authorities say they found material of "an explosive nature" when they searched Pena's home in Caracas, Venezuela.
"We have obtained ... some small capsules, more than 100 capsules, which are presumed detonators, some thermal, some electric," ABN quoted counterintelligence director David Colmenares as saying.
Officials contend Pena has been working with Francisco Chavez Abarca, a Salvadoran resident arrested in Venezuela last week on charges that he was in the country to destabilize the government. ABN calls Chavez Abarca a "terrorist" and says he informed on some of his accomplices.
Pena is one of those accomplices, ABN indicated.
"Alejandro Pena Esclusa is a dark character of the Venezuelan opposition linked to fascist sectors and with a thick file of conspiratorial activities against the government of President Hugo Chavez," ABN said.
There will be other arrests in coming days as a result of the information Chavez Abarca provided, the news agency said.
Pena's strong opposition to the Venezuelan president has been lauded, even in the United States. The Alabama state legislature took up a resolution in March commending his actions.
"[A]t great personal risk to himself, Alejandro Pena Esclusa has stood firm in opposition to the spread of Marxism and totalitarianism in Latin America," the resolution states, adding that Pena "continues to serve as an ideological and symbolic counterweight to Chavez's grievance driven exploitation of the people of Venezuela and of broader Latin America in furtherance of the fomentation of authoritarian movements in the region."
Human rights organizations have frequently accused Chavez of intimidating or punishing citizens based on their political beliefs.
In June, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights sent a letter to Venezuela's foreign minister, criticizing the government on its record of freedom of expression.
In February, the commission issued a 319-page report accusing Venezuela of routinely violating human rights. The report said that a lack of independence by Venezuela's judiciary and legislature in their dealings with Chavez often leads to the abuses.
"The report finds that not all individuals are ensured full enjoyment of their rights irrespective of their positions on government policies," the human rights panel said. "The commission also finds that the punitive power of the state is being used to intimidate or punish people on account of their political opinions."
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights is an independent arm of the Organization of American States.
Chavez's opponents say his government represses political opponents and the expression of free ideas by jailing critics on trumped-up charges or pulling licenses for TV and radio stations and shutting down newspapers. There are about 40 such political prisoners in Venezuelan jails, the critics say.
Most of those prisoners, Chavez critics say, are journalists and former military and police officials and others associated with a short-lived coup against Chavez in April 2002.
Some of the prisoners have been held for long periods without trials or during proceedings that have dragged on for months and even years, the critics say, and they say other prisoners have received harsh sentences under questionable charges. Many of the detainees are held at the secret police headquarters rather than a prison.
"Attacks on journalists were widespread," said Amnesty International's 2009 Report on Human Rights in Venezuela. "Human rights defenders continued to suffer harassment. Prison conditions provoked hunger strikes in facilities across the country."
Human Rights Watch, an independent global organization, issued a 230-page report in 2008 that said Chavez has shown an "open disregard for the principle of separation of powers ... specifically, the notion that an independent judiciary is indispensable for protecting fundamental rights."
The Chavez government has routinely denied any allegations of human rights abuses, saying that authorities arrest citizens only on suspicion of breaking the law.
This matters to us, here in the US, a lot.
The Obama administration has tilted heavily toward Chavez. Not a peep about its seizure of foreign assets, human rights violations, its use of Cuban thugs as enforcers, chumming around with the Iranians, etc. etc. Obama and company have been vocal in their support of Chavez and company as they seek to hand the Falklands to Argentina.
More to come on this subject--in the meantime, for those who read Spanish, UnoAmerica provides more detail and support.
Also, the resolution from the Alabama legislature, praising Alejandro Pena Esclusa, and issuing him an invitation to address the body.
OS's Spanish isn't the greatest, but from what he's been able to gather, Esclusa is a faithful Catholic, and a tireless advocate of democracy, individual liberty and human rights.
For the simple reason that we need to stop this before it reaches our shores, OS hopes his readers will do what they can to contact their representatives and make them aware of the situation.
Sunlight is always the best disinfectant.
N.B. As CNN reports, Esclusa is only one example of the Chavez crackdown.
Meantime, Back On Our Secure Southern Border...
Two more policeman gunned down on a major thoroughfare in Juarez (just across the border from El Paso, Texas).
That's just the lead story on the front page--links below the story detail ten more murders.
Just another day in Juarez.
Do we need to wait until it becomes commonplace in Lexington, KY before we develop the will to act?
[translation from today's El Diario]
Two members of the Police Ministry were shot and killed this afternoon.
The events took place at the corner of Adolfo López Mateos Avenue and Ejército Nacional.
According to early reports, an armed group attacked the agents while they were on official business.
It is presumed that a third agent was wounded, and dies after being taken to the hospital, but this has not been confirmed.
Dos elementos de la Policía Ministerial fueron acribillados y asesinados esta tarde.
Los hechos sucedieron en la avenida Adolfo López Mateos cruce con Ejército Nacional.
Según las primeras versiones, un grupo armado emboscó a los agentes cuando circulaban en una unidad oficial.
Se presume que un tercer agente resultó herido y falleció al ser trasladado a recibir atención médica, pero no ha sido confirmado.
That's just the lead story on the front page--links below the story detail ten more murders.
Just another day in Juarez.
Do we need to wait until it becomes commonplace in Lexington, KY before we develop the will to act?
[translation from today's El Diario]
Two members of the Police Ministry were shot and killed this afternoon.
The events took place at the corner of Adolfo López Mateos Avenue and Ejército Nacional.
According to early reports, an armed group attacked the agents while they were on official business.
It is presumed that a third agent was wounded, and dies after being taken to the hospital, but this has not been confirmed.
Dos elementos de la Policía Ministerial fueron acribillados y asesinados esta tarde.
Los hechos sucedieron en la avenida Adolfo López Mateos cruce con Ejército Nacional.
Según las primeras versiones, un grupo armado emboscó a los agentes cuando circulaban en una unidad oficial.
Se presume que un tercer agente resultó herido y falleció al ser trasladado a recibir atención médica, pero no ha sido confirmado.
The Federal Slow-Walk Begins: No Testing Of The Well Containment System Allowed
Here we go...the Obama slow-walk is underway.
From the BP site:
Release date: 13 July 2010
Following a meeting with Secretary Chu and his team of scientific and industry experts, the National Incident Commander announced that additional analysis of the well testing procedure should be performed before starting the well integrity test. This analysis will be conducted tonight and into tomorrow. Consequently, the well integrity test did not start today.
Let's see if it is allowed to begin tomorrow...that 'analysis of the well testing procedure' could be very complex, you know. Several committees to form, regulators to consult, etc. It could take, well, days. Weeks even.
Smell the moral hazard yet?
From the BP site:
Release date: 13 July 2010
Following a meeting with Secretary Chu and his team of scientific and industry experts, the National Incident Commander announced that additional analysis of the well testing procedure should be performed before starting the well integrity test. This analysis will be conducted tonight and into tomorrow. Consequently, the well integrity test did not start today.
Let's see if it is allowed to begin tomorrow...that 'analysis of the well testing procedure' could be very complex, you know. Several committees to form, regulators to consult, etc. It could take, well, days. Weeks even.
Smell the moral hazard yet?
Felons Voted For Franken, But Coleman Handed Him The Election
Plenty of buzz starting up about how felons in Minnesota illegally voted in 2008, and those votes may have provided the margin for Al Franken to win the Senate seat.
Well, yes. But Coleman lost because he alienated the core Republican voters who had tired of being taken for granted.
Coleman, in short, was a RINO. He handed the election to Franken. He has no reason to complain.
The illegal voting should be prosecuted, as it strikes at the heart of the political life of the nation.
And the RINO's need to either change their ways, or get out of the way. Much less painful to graciously and voluntarily return to private life, rather than suffer the public humiliation of losing one's seat.
Well, yes. But Coleman lost because he alienated the core Republican voters who had tired of being taken for granted.
Coleman, in short, was a RINO. He handed the election to Franken. He has no reason to complain.
The illegal voting should be prosecuted, as it strikes at the heart of the political life of the nation.
And the RINO's need to either change their ways, or get out of the way. Much less painful to graciously and voluntarily return to private life, rather than suffer the public humiliation of losing one's seat.
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