http://blog.skytruth.org/2010/05/bp-gul ... kyTruth%29BP / Gulf Oil Spill - Deeper Into Loop Current (??)
The MODIS / Terra image taken today shows a very faint, long belt of anomalous ocean color that appears to follow the Loop Current. We have very tentatively identified this as possible oil slick and sheen carried far to the south. Consider this a low-confidence analysis; it's possible that the Loop Current has a distinct ocean-color signature without any oil present:
The BP Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill Update
http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmen ... z0ogmYZQvL
Fishermen get severly ill from clean-up work in Gulf
http://www.infiniteunknown.net/2010/05/ ... Unknown%29
http://www.cnbc.com/id/37276941BP Says Oil Capture Rate Falls to 2,200 Barrels a Day
The flow today is made up of larger quantities of natural gas, 15 million cubic feet, a source familiar with the situation tells CNBC. The company is now able to better measure the composition of the flow, six days into the siphoning operation, using a mile-long tube inserted into the pipe leaking down on the ocean floor. The mixture of oil and gas coming from the leak fluctuates continuously, the source says.
US vows punishment for North Korea over ship sinking
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/asia_p ... 134613.stm
Clinton threatens sanctions, North Korea threatens ‘all-out war’
http://publicintelligence.net/clinton-t ... l-out-war/
US/NATO Troops Patrolling Opium Poppy Fields in Afghanistan
http://publicintelligence.net/usnato-tr ... ghanistan/
The Militarization of Police
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upNSUZpT ... r_embedded#!
AMERICA’S SECRET POLICE NETWORK
http://dailycensored.com/2010/05/22/ame ... ensored%29
Obama wins the right to detain people with no habeas review
http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn ... index.html
Maryland Citizens Face Felony Charges for Recording Cops
http://www.infowars.com/maryland-citize ... ding-cops/
Woman Prisoner Sent to Solitary for Reporting Rape by Guard
http://motherjones.com/mojo/2010/05/wom ... rape-guard
UPDATE: Y.C. woman killed by police pointed gun at officers
http://www.appeal-democrat.com/news/fam ... woman.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co ... 01586.htmlAt West Point, Obama talks up national security strategy
WEST POINT, N.Y. -- President Obama on Saturday pledged to shape a new "international order" as part of a national security strategy that emphasizes his belief in global institutions and America's role in promoting democratic values around the world.
Did the U.S. Army help spread Morgellons and other diseases?
http://www.voltairenet.org/article165450.html
Whittaker Chambers: The New Deal as Revolution
http://biggovernment.com/asnyder/2010/0 ... ernment%29
Wealth gap spurs revolts across Asia
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Wealth ... z0oX830a1H
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=12 ... =351020205Saudi King slams intelligence leak
The King of Saudi Arabia has strongly criticized the country's intelligence officials for disclosing a secret document, which shows Riyadh has links with terrorist activities carried out by al-Qaeda in Iraq.
According to a report by Iraq's Buratha news agency on Friday, King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz ordered a special committee to investigate the intelligence leak and inform him about those liable in the case.
Some 37 members of Saudi's intelligence service, accused of being behind the leakage of the confidential document, were also reported to have been arrested.
The condemnation by the Saudi monarch comes as the Iraqi news agency disclosed the amount of money transferred by Saudi government officials to al-Qaeda in Iraq.
Saudi officials are also reported to send explosives and weapons to the terrorist groups.
Bush/Saudi Connection
http://www.hermes-press.com/BushSaud.htm
A little humor in newspaper headlines
http://politicalhumor.about.com/library ... ncegay.htm
Florida state of emergency
http://www.postonpolitics.com/wp-conten ... 10-106.pdf
10 States Most Likely To Default
http://wallstcheatsheet.com/breaking-ne ... t+Sheet%29
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.c ... z0ogr2lESBSacramento - -- Courts in recent years have crushed attempts by California to cut spending by billions of dollars and have forced the state to spend hundreds of millions more than planned.
Designated cuts to health and human services that were rejected by federal courts alone have resulted in $4.5 billion in lost savings over the past three years, according to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's administration.
Prison health care costs have doubled to more than $1.9 billion since 2006, when a federal judge ordered a federal receiver to take control of prison health services.
"The judicial branch is now a full player in the budget because the decisions they are making have an impact on what the governor and Legislature can or cannot do," said H.D. Palmer, spokesman for the Department of Finance. "The judiciary does not have to deal with the fiscal consequence of the rulings - they say you can't do a spending reduction, but we have to come up with another $100 million in cuts somewhere else."
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2010/ ... ed+Risk%29During the crisis these indicators showed the stress in the credit markets and it is probably worth revisiting them now.
This graph from Bloomberg, based on data from the British Bankers' Association, shows the three-month U.S. dollar London interbank offered rate, or Libor rose to 0.50% on Friday.
This is an important rates since trillions of financial products worldwide are tied to the Libor - including many adjustable mortgages in the U.S.
The rate has increased recently, but it is still very low.
The TED spread has also risen recently and is now at 34.47. This is a 5 year graph to show the recent increase is very small compared to the huge increases during the worst of the crisis.
Note: This is the difference between the interbank rate for three month loans and the three month Treasury. The peak was 463 on Oct 10th and a normal spread is below 50 bps.
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot. ... nalysis%29College Grads about to Flood Labor Market; Class of 2009 Still Without Jobs in Deep Trouble
The 2009 college graduates still without a job are in deep trouble as a wave of 2010 grads is on the way. Please consider College Grads Flood U.S. Labor Market With Diminished Prospects
Ten months after graduating from Ohio State University with a civil-engineering degree and three internships, Matt Grant finally has a job -- as a banquet waiter at a Clarion Inn near Akron, Ohio.
“It’s discouraging right now,” said the 24-year-old, who sent out more than 100 applications for engineering positions. “It’s getting closer to the Class of 2010, their graduation date. I’m starting to worry more.”
Schools from Grant’s alma mater to Harvard University will soon begin sending a wave of more than 1.6 million men and women with bachelor’s degrees into a labor market with a 9.9 percent jobless rate, according to the Education and Labor departments. While the economy is improving, unemployment is near a 26-year high, rising last month from 9.7 percent in January-March as more Americans entered the workforce.
The scramble for jobs may depress earnings of new and recent college graduates for years to come and handicap their future career opportunities, according to Lisa Kahn, an assistant professor of economics at Yale University’s School of Management in New Haven, Connecticut. It also might hurt Democrats in the November Congressional elections, as the young voters who helped propel the party to power in 2008 grow disenchanted with their economic prospects.
“More so in the last year to 18 months than at any time, we have seen applicants from prior graduating classes looking for the kind of entry-level jobs we’re recruiting for,” said Dan Black, director of campus recruiting for Ernst & Young LLP, a professional-services firm headquartered in New York. “There are a lot more cohorts competing with each other: ‘09 with ‘10, probably ‘10 with ‘11.”
Unemployment among people under 25 years old was 19.6 percent in April, the highest level since the Labor Department began tracking the data in 1948.
http://scienceray.com/earth-sciences/mu ... z0ogtCnlh3(5/21/10) Big update today! Katla has had 4 earthquakes in the last 12 hours! 5 total quakes in the last 24 hours if you count the one that occurred in the very short distance between the west side of Katla and east side of Eyja. This is the most earthquakes I recall seeing at Katla since the March eruptions started at Eyjafjallajokull. These earthquakes are our built in warning system for an eruption and if this keeps up, we will see action soon.
Katla Volcano Update 21 May 2010
http://modernsurvivalblog.com/natural-d ... valBlog%29
Link to earthquake action in that area
http://en.vedur.is/earthquakes-and-volc ... alsjokull/
Mother Earth On Crack
http://econotwist.wordpress.com/2010/02 ... -on-crack/