Everything You Never Wanted to Know about Corexit Dispersant

On Saturday, I promised to write a post about Corexit, the dispersant made by Nalco Company that has been used by BP to hide the amount of oil they have released into the Gulf of Mexico. This is the post. It’s way too long, I know; but it only begins to tell the story. USE [...]

Monday Late Morning News and Views

Good Morning Conflucians!!! It’s Monday, and the dog days of summer march on. We’ve had several days’ break in the heat here in New England, but I imagine we’ll get some more hot ones before September. The news isn’t exactly uplifting this morning, but that’s nothing new for America in 2010. Paul Krugman is “starting [...]

Rubicon and the Little Green Clover: A New Mytharc Begins

If anyone is looking for something to add to their Sunday night viewing or DVR lists, AMC’s new series Rubicon has its two-hour premeire tonight (August 1st) at 8 pm/ 7 central. The show’s tagline is basically a BYOTFH (Bring Your Own Tinfoil Hat) notice… Rubicon: Not Every Conspiracy is a Theory. When I watched [...]

Sunday News Roundup

Good Morning Conflucians!! We’ve had an amazing week of news from corruption investigations, back room watergate-esq oil/finance dealings that likely lead to Obama himself, the continuing bad economy, Obama pimping himself out on the View, and a continuing parade of don’t look at the man behind the curtain distractions helped by the MSM at every [...]