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| Papantonio: BP's Floating 3rd World Death Trap | |
| golefttv | 22 July 2010 A new report shows that workers aboard the Deepwater Horizon oil rig had been warning their superiors for weeks (if not months) that the conditions of the equipment and safety procedures were in serious trouble. In spite of that, BP told them to continue business as usual. This is part of a pattern of behavior exhibited by BP over the years, and Mike Papantonio appears on The Ed Show on MSNBC to talk about BP\\\\\\\'s culture of corruption. | |
| Date: 2010-07-22 19:29:15 - Added by: KMC | |
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| GRITtv: Sam Seder on the right wing smear campaign machine | |
| lauraflanders | 22 July 2010 GRITtv is off to Netroots Nation in Las Vegas, but before we headed out, we spoke to Sam Seder, who beat us there by a day or so. Former Air America host Seder will be on a panel with Laura and others on the demise of Air America, and we\\\\\\\'ll be conducting interviews all weekend. As the progressive netroots gather, of course, the big story this week was a falsified video broken by a right-wing blog, and Seder explained why an equivalent story would never happen on the left. The problem isn\\\\\\\'t the medium, blogs and bloggers, Seder notes, it\\\\\\\'s a lack of accountability for right-wing \\\\ | |
| Date: 2010-07-22 17:27:23 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Inside Story - Obama's economic intervention | |
| AlJazeeraEnglish | 22 July 2010 To what extent should a government intervene in economies? Is the Obama administration interventionist? And in an election year to what extent is the move politically motivated? | |
| Date: 2010-07-22 04:18:27 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 767 - Votes: 1 - Rating: 5 | |
| Probe Reveals BP Knew of Problems Ahead | |
| Democracy Now! 21 July 2010 Probe Reveals BP Knew of Problems Ahead Deepwater Horizon Rig Explosion An investigation into the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion has uncovered new evidence that BP was aware of problems aboard the rig prior to the April 20 blowout that killed eleven workers, destroyed the rig, and launched the worst US oil spill. A BP employee testified Tuesday that Deepwater Horizon\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s blowout preventer had a leak in the days before the explosion, but BP did not comply with a federal regulation requiring the rig to suspend operations. In addition, the Houston Chronicle reports Halliburton warned BP two days before the deadly accident that it could have a severe problem with natural gas escaping from the well. The ongoing investigation has also revealed that a September 2009 audit by BP identified 390 maintenance projects aboard the rig that were past due. | |
| Date: 2010-07-21 22:48:57 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Tim Shorrock- Why So Long to Investigate the US Intelligence System? | |
| Democracy Now! 19 July 2010 Tim Shorrock Asks Why It Took the Washington Post So Long to Investigate the US Intelligence System [quote]With all due respect to the Washington Post?and Dana Priest and Bill Arkin are very good reporters?we have to ask, why did it take them seven years to do this story? says Tim Shorrock, an investigative journalist and author of Spies for Hire: The Secret World of Intelligence Outsourcing. [quote]Anyone who\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s been covering intelligence or national security in Washington knows that intelligence has been privatized to an incredible extent. | |
| Date: 2010-07-21 21:44:13 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 758 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 5 | |
| Greg Grandin: Oliver Stone vs. The New York Times | |
| lauraflanders | 21 July 2010 Greg Grandin points out the obvious flaws in the New York Times\' critique of Oliver Stone\'s film, South of the Border--including a conflict of interest with the person assigned to review the film. SEE Pt 2 of Interview-->> | |
| Date: 2010-07-21 20:55:45 - Added by: KMC | |
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| Countdown: Olbermann's blistering Special Comment on the railroading of Shirley Sherrod | |
| MSNBC 21 July 2010 Countdown: Olbermann\\\\\\\'s blistering Special Comment on the railroading of Shirley Sherrod | |
| Date: 2010-07-21 19:49:58 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 765 - Votes: 3 - Rating: 5 | |
| Complaints over BP's handling of oil spill compensation | |
| AlJazeeraEnglish | 21 July 2010 The cap on the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico off the US coast seems to be holding for now but the region\\\\\\\'s economy could be suffering for years to come, and efforts to recoup lost earnings could be difficult. Thousands of people who have been affected by the disaster are learning that compensation cheques from British energy giant BP\\\\\\\'s settlement fund may not be as large as they expected. Tom Ackerman reports from Mississippi. (July 22, 2010) | |
| Date: 2010-07-21 19:48:24 - Added by: KMC | |
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| This is crazy: Hydrofracking for Natural Gas | |
| lauraflanders | 21 July 2010 Hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in Pennsylvania and New York is a heated topic. Whose power? Whose water? And just how natural is natural gas anyway? On the search for cheap clean energy, natural gas drilling has been sold as a solution. But is it? Affected communities are split. GRITtv\\\\\\\'s Sarah Friedland and Isabel Braverman went to the Delaware River Basin Commission\\\\\\\'s Headquarters in West Trenton, New Jersey to hear from residents, including actor Mark Ruffalo. Distributed by Tubemogul. | |
| Date: 2010-07-21 19:30:35 - Added by: KMC | |
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| The Story of Cosmetics: Toxic Outrage | |
| visionontv | 21 July 2010 A new episode from the The Story of Stuff Project. This time host Annie Leonard tells The Story of Cosmetics. The story, released today, examines the pervasive use of toxic chemicals in our everyday personal care products, from lipstick to baby shampoo. Produced by the Free Range Studios the seven-minute film reveals the implications for consumer and worker health and the environment, and outlines ways we can move the industry away from hazardous chemicals and towards safer alternatives. The film concludes with a call for viewers to support legislation aimed at ensuring the safety of cosmetics and personal care products. | |
| Date: 2010-07-21 19:27:44 - Added by: KMC | |
| Views: 786 - Votes: 2 - Rating: 4.5 | |