Virtual Front Page, Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Here’s what we have at this hour:

  1. Well, today’s the big day — I feel a bit out-of-sync here, because we’re several hours short of having results to report. But nevertheless, this is the biggest thing happening in SC. You can watch results at thestate.com or WIS or whatever, and if I get something good (beyond the numbers), I’ll post. But since I’ll be out and about away from my laptop, I’m liable to confine myself to Twitter until later… By the way, the WashPost is leading its “Super Tuesday” coverage with Nikki Haley. Like I said, she went viral weeks ago. She’s peaking.
  2. Plumes of Oil Deep in Gulf Are Spreading Far, Tests Find (NYT) — More of that bad news that causes Jon Stewart to say “Thank You, South Carolina” for providing comic relief.
  3. Interior Department issues new safety requirements for offshore oil drilling (WashPost) — Lets shallow-water operations get back to work. The Obama administration had been catching some flak in the Gulf for keeping oil workers from working.
  4. Videos deepen mystery over Iran nuclear scientist Amiri (BBC) — “The Iranian government says it has evidence that one of its nuclear scientists was abducted and is being held in the US against his will.” Say WHAT? I mean, if it’s true, good one for our side — it beats a vaporized Israel. But, say WHAT?
  5. GM Recalling 1.5M Vehicles Over Fire Concerns (NPR) — Sheesh, and just when it looked like folks were buying some American cars again…
  6. Cocaine worth $1bn seized in The Gambia (BBC) — Whoa. That is a LOT of blow.

2 thoughts on “Virtual Front Page, Tuesday, June 8, 2010”

  1. bud

    Why doesn’t anyone get upset about Isreal’s nuclear weapons? Seems like they have more of a capability to vaporize Iran than the other way around. And now that they’ve shown what a bully they can be with all this piracy masquerading as national security why should we give them one damn penny of foreign aid. I say it’s time to have a little balance in our foreign policy. Let’s sanction Isreal until they give up their nukes. Seems only fair to me.

  2. bud

    So much for the ability to safely drill in shallower water. That’s been the fallback position of the drill baby drill folks who insist that environmentalists thwarted attempts to drill in shallower water, hence the necessity of the deepwater drilling. Now it appears that a rig has been leaking since April 30 in waters less than 2200 feet deep. It’s high time we stop the madness. No more drilling in deep or shallow water.

    http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/06/another-gulf-rig-has-been-leaking-oil-for-5-weeks/1?loc=interstitialskip

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