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Open Thread: Toxic Trickle Out of Alaska

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From the Guardian, “BP shuts Alaska pipeline after leak“:

BP shares slid nearly 2.5% this morning after closure of a major Alaskan pipeline that carries around 12% of America’s oil output.
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The Trans-Alaska pipeline system, which transports oil from the Prudhoe Bay field, was closed on Saturday following the discovery of a leak. The incident is expected to drive up oil prices, and could mean motorists face even higher costs at the pumps.
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There have not been any reports of environmental damage because of the leak. Alyeska said yesterday that around 10 barrels of oil had been recovered from the basement of a booster pump room, and that around one barrel of oil remained.
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However, the incident is likely to put the oil industry’s safety record under renewed scrutiny, just nine months after the Gulf of Mexico disaster…

Small portable internet will be awarded to the best comment referencing both “BP reps grateful that news broadcasters were otherwise occupied Saturday afternoon” and “reduced risk of road-rage gunbattles in Arizona once gas prices spike”…

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  3. 3.

    BGinCHI

    @John Cole: Me too.

    But now I think that would be a perfect way to announce Palin if she ever plays in a sporting event.

    “In this corner, the Toxic Trickle from Alaska!”

  6. 6.

    trollhattan

    Know what’s rich? So tight are global oil and fuel supplies, ANY disruption in oil ANYwhere causes spot prices to go up and gasoline prices to quickly follow. BP et al are rewarded financially by their very own screwups.

    It’s nice work if you can get it.

  7. 7.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @John Cole:
    @BGinCHI:
    @New Yorker:

    Me too! (Psst . . . I think Anne Laurie did that on purpose.)

  10. 10.

    Catsy

    Yeah, from the title I thought Caribou Barbie had something else retarded to say about the tragedy in Arizona.

    Silly me; it’s just BP continuing to enrich itself at the expense of the environment.

  12. 12.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Omnes Omnibus #8: Thanks for the bellylaugh!

    Honestly, someone could start a nice little cottage industry just coming up with plausible alternative names for the Palin kids.

  14. 14.

    KG

    @trollhattan: I’m guessing if the tightened supply results in higher prices sufficient enough to offset the losses from the screw ups then the “screw ups” may be trending from negligence to intention, or at least reckless disregard.

  15. 15.

    trollhattan

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I’m probably misremembering, but recall reading recently that known demand doesn’t explain the recent price runups. Has Beck switched from flogging gold to awhl futures?

  16. 16.

    The Dangerman

    I fear there is a leak in the pipeline the same as all those Enron facilities went down for maintenance; jobs are on the rebound and Obama’s popularity is recovering, too. Nothing like a little oil shock to hurt the economic recovery and get some windfall profits at the pump. Did anyone check Palin’s house for a blowtorch or really big hacksaw (note: hackSAW, not really big hack).

  25. 25.

    BGinCHI

    Or if we don’t have an extradition treaty with Brazil and they might have to flee:

    Ronaldinho Reagao Palin

  26. 26.

    Carol

    Well, there has to be all those names needed for the grandchildren. So far, it’s been only Bristol, but the way those kids seem to act, Snowbilly Grandma will have a houseful of grandkids she will also have to support as well. Yes, I said support. None of the Palin brood seem to have any ability to do anything useful or any interest in learning how to do something that requires real effort.

    Could we also remind those Governors who decided to nix their train projects that it will be their states who will grind to a standstill if/when gas gets to be US $7 per gallon?

  31. 31.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: My mother is a retired ESL teacher who worked with Hmong refugees. The Hmong have a tradition of naming children after something values or respected by the parents. Usually, this would result in a standard Hmong name, but my mother did have one student named Trans Am.

  32. 32.

    Mario George Nitrini 111

    Me, Mario George Nitrini 111, Legally Challenge OJ Simpson Case
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    Mr. F. Lee Bailey LIE HIS WAY OUT OF THIS ONE……Just Like OJ Simpson Case Investigating LIAR Bill Pavelic could NOT………
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    Mr. F. Lee Bailey has posted document’s claiming that he can prove
    that OJ Simpson is innocent, OK???????:
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    In Mr F. Lee Bailey’s FIRST Download with this title:
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    on page 14:
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    OJ Simpson Case Investigator Patrick Mckenna, according Joseph Bosco, in Bosco’s Book, “A Problem of Evidence,” also claims, again according to Bosco, that Dale St. John is OJ Simpson’s “REGULAR LIMOUSINE DRIVER.” Let us ALL hope that Patrick Mckenna can “ENLIGHTEN” everyone about “WHO” really was OJ Simpson’s Regular Limousine Driver.
    In my Investigations of The Murders of Nicole Simpson and Ron Goldman, I have pretty much determined that my Ex–in-Law Rocky Bateman GOT RID of that ‘The Missing Bag” and also got rid of other “STUFF” for OJ Simpson. Just Google me and Rocky Bateman
    WELL, in a June, 1995 CNN interview, it was stated that Rocky Bateman was OJ Simpson’s Regular Limousine driver for OVER 3 YEARS.
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    Maybe Mr. F. Lee Bailey can “ENLIGHTEN” everyone in the world about this. Please, Don’t everybody hold their breath at once…….
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    And:
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    Legally Understand this ALL people including:
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    Ronald Y. Ito ( aka Ron Ito ) —Retired LAPD RHD Detective
    Charlie Beck —The Now Los Angeles Chief of Police
    Daniel Saunders —Anthony Pellicano Case Federal Prosecutor
    Steve Cooley —Los Angeles District Attorney
    Jeri Weinstein –Now LAPD Commander
    Any Person or Agency in The Federal Government ( The Internal Revenue Service, ect, ect…. )
    Any Person or Agency from The State of California Government
    and ANY OTHER CIVILIAN PERSON…………….
    that has “ANY” connection to:
    The OJ Simpson Case
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  34. 34.

    The Dangerman

    Or if we don’t have an extradition treaty with Brazil and they might have to flee.

    That reminded me; if I put up a graphic of “surveyor symbols” and one of the “map points” is shot, I get a visit from the FBI, maybe even the Secret Service.

    I wonder if Palin got a visit? I can only hope so and I hope she was wearing a Depends for as much as she would have been pissing her pants.

  36. 36.

    El Cid

    It’s likely that this is the result of sabotage by environmentalists, perhaps directed by Al Gore or his proxies.

    We must not give in to their terrorism, and America should respond appropriately by licensing more BP exploration in and off Alaska, whether it be some sort of so-called ‘park’ or not.

    A tax cut for BP would be a good idea, and since the taxes often paid are zero, some other government benefit or service should be substituted.

  38. 38.

    PeakVT

    The pipeline carries about 1.0% of global production (this is a gastritis-free calculation). I don’t think a closure will impact supply significantly unless it goes on for more than a week.

  39. 39.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @El Cid:

    A tax cut for BP would be a good idea, and since the taxes often paid are zero, some other government benefit or service should be substituted.

    The right to vote seems to be the next logical step. I mean, corporations are people too, tight?

  50. 50.

    El Cid

    @Omnes Omnibus: The problem with the liberal paradigm is that there’s nothing in the Constitution which says that humans are persons who deserve votes alongside real persons who are corporations.

    It’s a bizarre extension of modern political fads upon the Founding Fathers to suggest that instead of corporations they meant biological humans when they used the term ‘persons’. Ask Scalia.

  51. 51.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @El Cid: I’ve said it before, but, dude, you are too good at channeling their “logic.” You might want to consult a physician.

  52. 52.

    El Cid

    This is what Super Mario’s link goes to, at least, the more paragraph-shaped bits with some sort of a narrative. Turns out that by his own private gumshoe action begun in a limo ride, he was hot on the heels of proving OJ innocent. It was at that time that the conspiracy against him began.

    As I have “DEMONSTRATED” over the last few years, I am one of the MOST Covered-up people for BIG-TIME LEGAL REASONS in The OJ Simpson Case and Saga which goes into OTHER CASES and OTHER SITUATION’S. Should ANYONE attack me and/or retaliate against me in whatever situation ANYMORE, I WILL LEGALLY take my “Situation’s” to The Legal Limit……………………………………THAT’S A LEGAL PROMISE!!!!!!! There are A LOT of people who do not want me to take my “Situation’s” to The Legal Limit, and, there are A LOT of Illegal and Criminal People who DO NOT want me to put them on a witness stand in a legal court of law in whatever legal setting (SELF-EXPLANATORY

    Somebody get rid of this fucking spam lunatic. If for no other reason than to dissociate this blog from him when he attempts some heroic act of violence against the hallucinated persecutors repressing him.

  53. 53.

    scottinnj

    @El Cid:

    And the tax cut needs to come with a full apology to BP from Joe Barton (Ranking Member, House Committee on Energy and Commerce)

  55. 55.

    El Cid

    @scottinnj: At this stage, anything less than a personal apology by Barack Obama to all oil companies for all his Stalinist destruction of their ability to survive.

  59. 59.

    Ross Hershberger

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    The Hmong have a tradition of naming children after something values or respected by the parents. Usually, this would result in a standard Hmong name, but my mother did have one student named Trans Am.

    In NC I worked with a really nice guy named Spaniel. I do not know why he did not have a nickname.

  61. 61.

    Cain

    I just want to extend a hearty fuck you to the right wing and muslim extremists. Here is some awesomeness

    Basically, thousands of muslims show up to defend christians during mass as human shields. Front page this shit so that at least we can fight the bullshit. Give progressive muslims a leg up.

    cain

  65. 65.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @sukabi: There’s one moment that keeps coming back to me in all this, when someone at a McPalin rally shouted out “Kill him!” when McCain mentioned Obama, and the old fart clearly heard it, reacted, and continued his speech, and later claimed he hadn’t heard it, a claim of course backed up by the ‘liberal’ media.

  67. 67.

    IndyLib

    Via TPM and Reuters, a man was arrested for threatening Colorado Senator Michael Bennet over the weekend and just last week 2 individuals were arrested for threatening Pres. Obama.

    I know it wouldn’t be a good idea to make a big fuss every time they arrest someone for threatening harm to Obama or his family. Obviously you don’t want to give these assholes much, if any, media attention, since that’s probably what at least half of them are after to begin with, but it seems like it might be helpful if the FBI would release just the number of arrests each month of people who threaten the President and our national politicians. Maybe it would dawn on some people just how much a threat of violence is floating around out there.

    edit – link to TPM story http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/01/feds-arrest-person-who-made-threat-against-sen-bennet.php?ref=fpb

  68. 68.

    Mnemosyne

    @IndyLib:

    As we discovered in the thread above this one, righties would take the same attitude that Sideshow Bob did even if you gave them the statistics.

    They don’t do reality. Or facts. Or logic.

  70. 70.

    IndyLib

    @Mnemosyne:

    Oh, I don’t expect the wingnuts to pay any attention, it’s obvious they live in their own little self-created delusional ‘Murrica where the only reason for the 1st Amendment to exist is so that they can scream about needing their 2nd Amendment rights to “solve” the tyranny of Democrats being in power. But it does seem if it might make the way into the brains of at least a few of our politically apathetic countrymen/women that political violence is actually an issue if their local news ran a monthly story on how many people were arrested this month for threatening the President of the United States.

  72. 72.

    IndyLib

    @Mnemosyne:

    This pic made me sad.
    Look how much Obama has aged in 2 frikkin’ years.

    Dubya didn’t start aging until year 7 after the Repugs blew the ’06 midterms and even the “liberal” msm got around to calling Iraq a clusterfuck.
    Asshole.

  73. 73.

    The Populist

    @joe from Lowell:

    BP should be an American company seeing how sloppy and bottom line first they are about this stuff.

    This is the downfall of America right here. Keep letting these companies get away with this kind of negligence, and with the Supremes looking at limiting class action suits and giving corps more power to avoid suits, we will all suffer (righties too).

    Too bad the villagers can’t wake up and realize it’s their American duty to challenge corporations that take advantage and try to get over on what is right.

  74. 74.

    The Populist

    @IndyLib:

    I doubt it. Most of your average voters who vote GOP but aren’t full fledged crazies aren’t gonna wake up soon enough. Hopefully, maybe they will hold some of their own accountable for the words they use to demean the opponent.

  75. 75.

    Cain

    @Delia:

    I don’t know if this is where Cain saw the story, but Think Progress had it the other day.

    Thanks for re-linking. FYWP. That link was working… I should have checked on preview. Oh well.

    cain

  76. 76.

    timb

    @Omnes Omnibus: Read Taibbi’s book. Just another speculative bubble. There is no appreciable decrease in supplies, just a massive increase in the amount of money going into a commodity market

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