In the proud tradition of BP More than 27,000 abandoned oil and gas wells lurk in the hard rock beneath the Gulf of Mexico, an environmental minefield that has been ignored for decades. No one — not industry, not government — is checking to see if they are leaking, an Associated Press investigation shows. The [...]
July, 2010:
The (bad) Decision
Adrian Wojnarowski dishes out how the Cleveland Cavaliers lost their childish superstar to the Miami Heat When the NBA powerbroker and adviser to James, William Wesley – famously known as Worldwide Wes – heard the news, he was duly impressed. After all these months, all this careful planning, Riley had cleared the cap space to [...]
The Trainwreck that is the Green Party of Canada
A brief listing of the accomplishments of the Green Party since the last election (1) the Executive Director quit and was replaced by the Tech guy; yup, the coax cable guy (his expression) now runs the Greens. (2) one Deputy Leader was replaced by another guy, who proceeded to quit within months, join the Bloc [...]
John Daly vs. Tiger Woods
Guess who most of us are rooting for this British Open? When Tiger debuted on tour, it was planned, calculated, sponsored. "Hello world," he said in his first press conference, his sentences already ending in Nike swooshes and dollar signs. When he won his first major, it was impressive but expected, like Lindsay Lohan’s STD [...]
The Great Recession’s Impact
Robert J. Samuelson in today’s Washington Post on how The Great Recession has a stranglehold on us all. One paradox identified by Pew is that some groups that "have been hardest hit by this recession (including blacks, young adults and Democrats) are significantly more upbeat than their more sheltered counterparts (including whites, older adults and [...]
NBA Free Agency
Dan Gilbert, the owner of the Cleveland Cavaliers, writes an open letter to fans on his website about LeBron James. First of all, he seems a little angrier than I would have expected. I wonder if LeBron’s camp lead him to believe that he was going to stay in Cleveland. Secondly, he used Comic Sans [...]
A profile of a killer whale
A disturbing look at why the Killer Whale in Sea World may have snapped SeaWorld doesn’t forget, and conducts safety and rescue training once a month. Among other things, trainers are taught to go limp if they are grabbed, so the whales will lose interest. The killer whales are taught to keep their mouths closed [...]
