The Death Gyre in the Gulf: What BP Didn't Want People to See

by Ellinorianne

There was a concerted effort to keep the media out of the area when the spill came about, we were kept from seeing the ROV photos, told they didn't exist and told that there was no live feed.

There was.

There have been a lot of corrections over what was available to the public, there were disturbing limitations to the media.

But it's starting to unfold just as BP and NOA are declaring victory, which for me, would be great, I would love that this nightmare be over as easily as they make it seem.  But, it's not I who is saying it's not that simple.

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Defend the Gulf...in your own home...

by luckydog

This one is easy, folks.

Defend the Gulf...in your own home...on the 5th anniversary of Katrina...

The Gulf Restoration Network will make it easy for you. All you have to do is show a movie in your home. Or anyplace else you've a mind to arrange, in a club, in a school, in a church, in a park, get creative.

Host a "Defend the Gulf" Movie Screening for the 5th Anniversary of Katrina

Or at least attend a screening...Where?...Portland, ME...St. Louis, MO...Slidell, LA...Bartlesville, OK...Palo Alto, CA...Kaneohe, HI...Bay St Louis, MS...Rockwall, TX...San Francisco, CA...Elmont, NY...Lake Worth, FL...Damariscotta, ME...Brun, Germany...and a whole buncha other cities and town across the US...

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On the death of 17 chickens

by mwmwm

Last night, we got the call from our nearish neighbor, who has the specially modified nail gun that shoots blunt force trauma at 80 psi.

It was late afternoon -- "how about tonight?" she said.

We were planning an ethical multiple murder, and suddenly it was happening all too fast.

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Why I Find Myself Shrieking

by davidseth

I sighed uneasy relief with everyone else when BP finally stopped Deepwater Horizon from emptying itself in the Gulf.  Yes, I knew it was temporary.  Yes, I knew it could blow up again any minute.  But there was, nevertheless, a relief.  For a short time anyway, BP would stop turning the Gulf of Mexico into a disgusting oil gumbo garnished with oil soaked pelicans and dead dolphins.

But then I read this article in the New York Times:

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