Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Let there be snark.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

If marriage is the equivalent of selling yourself into slavery, women with self respect should reject the offer.

If you are still in the gop, you are either an extremist yourself, or in bed with those who are.

Trump’s legal defense is going to be a dumpster fire inside a clown car on a derailing train.

It’s a doggy dog world.

Putting aside our relentless self-interest because the moral imperative is crystal clear.

Jack Smith: “Why did you start campaigning in the middle of my investigation?!”

Cole, when it comes to calico cats, restraint is overrated.

Bark louder, little dog.

When you’re in more danger from the IDF than from Russian shelling, that’s really bad.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

I’m starting to think Jesus may have made a mistake saving people with no questions asked.

Democrats are back in array!

“Cheese and Kraken paired together for the appetizer trial.”

“The defense has a certain level of trust in defendant that the government does not.”

When someone says they “love freedom”, rest assured they don’t mean yours.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

I’m more Christian than these people and I’m an atheist.

Wow, I can’t imagine what it was like to comment in morse code.

Prediction: the gop will rethink its strategy of boycotting future committees.

It looks like winning debates is a black job!

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

… gradually, and then suddenly.

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The guy behind BPGlobalPr has an interesting explanation of what he’s doing:

Why has this caught on? I think it’s because people can smell the bullshit and sometimes laughing at it feels better than getting angry or depressed over it. At the very least, it’s a welcome break from that routine. The reason @BPGlobalPR continues to grow is because BP continues to spew their bullshit.

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  2. 2.

    james hare

    I don’t think they’re likely to send a cease-and-desist. He’s engaging in satire and it’s obvious what he’s doing. BP may not like it, but I think what he’s doing is perfectly legal.

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    Martin

    If they haven’t by now, they’re not going to. Fuck, if vice grips haven’t already been applied to this guy, you’ve got to think that Twitter is a pretty bulletproof place to operate.

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    licensed to kill time

    I’ve seen some very funny BP logo reworking. There’s one with a cat leaving oily pawprints and the BP logo is right under the cat’s tail, if ya know what I mean.

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    aliasofwestgate

    I don’t think they can pull the C&D order, because its outright satire. Therefore its perfectly legal. They can try a C&D and a lawsuit, but it’ll likely be thrown out of court on that old law. (which sadly, i can’t remember the name of, dammit!)

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    ellaesther

    A. This is very very funny and so appropriately horrifying.

    B. Hey, lookee, even here I can obsess about the flotilla raid! Because there’s also a @IsraelGlobalPR Twitter feed that is equally funy and horrifying. The latest tweet reads: “Israel apologises for the death of a US citizen aboard the flotilla, however we must state that the individual was not white”

    I kind of wonder if it’s the same person — on the other hand, that “s” in the “apologises” suggests to me that the IsraelGlobalPR person is English, and I can only imagine that the author of the BP/Cheney brilliance is American (he doesn’t say in the post you linked to).

    Ah, mystery!

  8. 8.

    LikeableInMyOwnWay

    What’s the joke? If they can raise BP’s public image to the level of Cheney’s and his 9% approval rating, they will have done BP a great service.

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    PeakVT

    I look forward to the TunchGlobalPR twitter feed.

    ETA: The IsraelGlobalPR is goooood. To wit:

    Israel reveals its new “Dome” plan in order to contain Gaza and prevent Muslims from leaking out

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    Andre

    There’s a really interesting breakdown of why BP bungled this so badly here.

    Basically BP didn’t really understand Twitter, so they got blindsided by people who did.

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    Oscarbob

    I’ve been following the Gulf spill news since it started, and have been seeing/feeling it on almost the same level that the news of Afghanistan and Iraq have hit me. I live in upstate NY, I’m 54, and I don’t know anyone being personally affected by any of them. My thoughts are obviously shaped by what I read, and my opinions have been formed by an intellectual process, as opposed to any visceral connection to the actual events. Reading BPGlobalPR , I came across this link, and the guy singing sorta made the whole fuckin’ mess more personal, or at least something that hit me where all of the articles I’ve read seemed to miss. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du2O8MY5CrI
    Of course, I am +6

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    Azelie

    I want to draw attention to this link on the BPGlobalPR website – it’s a devastating song (seriously Springsteen-esque) that makes me think of my uncle and grandfather, who make their living on rigs because it was one of the few ways to make a decent living in Louisiana if you didn’t have a college education. It’s how they could buy a house, buy a boat and have a little time to engage in their real loves – fishing and cooking.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Du2O8MY5CrI

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    Alex K

    Well, maybe we’ll hear Tony Hayward saying that everybody can go fuck themselves. Or that they plan to torture the pelicans and alligators to find out who’s responsible for the spill. The possibilities are endless.

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    bjacques

    Torrey Canyon, by Serge Gainsbourg (RIP) is the gold standard of oil spill songs (there’s an English cover of it by Mick Harvey somewhere). He made fun of the vague trail of ownership and operation of the oil tanker that ran aground off Cornwall (UK) in 1967, spilling 919,000 barrels of oil.

    1/4 of a Torrey Canyon (5000 bbl/day x 45 days = 225,000 bbl) and climbing.

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