Hoy! It’s time for the morning news!
BP says the Deepwater Horizon well is still sealed as pressure tests continue… pressures were hovering in a “gray zone” overnight indicating that there’s not complete integrity, but no gushing leaks (yet).
Obama reacts to this news in a (surprise!) cautious, measured fashion.
NPR investigates, and finds that Massey Energy routinely and knowingly disabled methane detectors in its mines, including the ill-fated Upper Big Branch.
Speaking of coal mining, West Virginia governor Joe Manchin will name his former general counsel, Carte Goodwin, to replace Robert Byrd on the US Senate. Keep an eye on his stance on coal, since the future of mountaintop removal mining currently hinges on future federal decisions on permitting and clean-water laws. In 2005, Goodwin defended one of Massey’s sludge impoundments, which looms over an elementary school.
The US Senate passes a financial reform bill. It calls for a panel to oversee regulations on credit cards and a group of advisers who will look for future signs of disaster, like the housing bubble.
Canadian liberals are in a tizzy over the government’s decision to buy 65 new Lockheed-Martin fighter jets.
30 are dead in a hotel fire in northern Iraq…
…and 27 are dead in a suicide attack on an Iranian mosque.
China is bracing itself for a tropical storm.
A mild earthquake hits Washington DC.
And on this day in 1945, this happened:
GOOD MORNING STEFAN.
IN NORTH PORTLAND NEWS, SOME SHINING EXAMPLE OF A HUMAN BEING BROKE BOTTLES AT REGULAR INTERVALS INSIDE THE BIKE LANE ON N. VANCOUVER BETWEEN SKIDMORE AND FREMONT.
GOOD MORNING, STEFAN! GOOD MORNING, CC! HOW ARE YOU?
NOW I AM BECOME DEATH, THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS!
TODAY’S NEWS IS APPARENTLY BORING AND SUCKY.
GOOD MORNING ANYWAY I GUESS.
GOOD MORNING YOU GUYS WHISKEY WOULD LIKE TO SAY jhfdi9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999
(He sits on the keyboard a lot)
GOOD MORNING WHISKEY!
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