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No joke: Goldman Sachs shorted Gulf of Mexico

It turns out that Goldman Sachs really did place shorts on TransOcean stock days before the explosions rocked the rig in the Gulf of Mexico sending stocks plunging while GS profits soared -- benefitting once again from a huge disaster, having done the same with airline stocks prior to 911 then again with the housing bubble.

Russian nuclear-powered attack submarine armed with long-range cruise missiles operated undetected in the Gulf of Mexico for several weeks.... Bear H strategic bomber flew into U.S. airspace near California...

Help the government, die a slow, painful, and humiliating death! Despite all the assurances that what was being used to clean up the oil was "like Dawn soap, but a bit stronger", at least 200 people are already suing due to permanent disability caused by toxic chemical exposure. BP's response?

"Kenneth Fein­berg, administrator for the GCCF, said he hadn't seen any claims filed that suggest­ed the Gulf spill cleanup had caused medical illness."

Why does neither the U.S. government nor U.S. energy companies have on hand the cleanup technology available in Europe? Ironically, the superior European technology runs afoul of U.S. environmental rules. The voracious Dutch vessels, for example, continuously suck up vast quantities of oily water, extract most of the oil and then spit overboard vast quantities of nearly oil-free water. Nearly oil-free isn't good enough for the U.S. regulators, who have a standard of 15 parts per million -- if water isn't at least 99.9985% pure, it may not be returned to the Gulf of Mexico.

Drug War Victim Memorial Causes Dispute In Mexico

As Mexico continues to suffer through the turmoil of a tumultuous drug war, the country can't agree on how to honor the victims of a six-year assault on organized crime that has taken as many as 70,000 lives.

More important to President Barack Obama than containing the oil leaking from a damaged well in the Gulf of Mexico is containing the faith of the American people in his authority, which has developed its own leak.

The live feed from the BP Gulf of Mexico oil leak.... watch the results of government regulation LIVE via the Internet!

Former President Vicente Fox said that Mexico is the time to study with a commitment to legalize use of drugs, which would result in the reduction of criminal violence.

Outside of the Ex Hacienda San Cristobal, Mexico emphasized that "the crime continues to grow" and it's time to step forward to ensure full security of citizens.

The former head of the Federal Executive stressed that the drug problem must be addressed in the country without U.S. intervention.

Boat captain designs his own oil skimmer, purchasing parts from a local hardware store with his own money, to help clean up the Gulf oil spill. Once again, the free-market efforts of individuals acting outside official "government" or BP response.