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Monday, May 17, 2010

Week of May 17 through May 24, 2010


Chris Matthews Tells Leno: 'The President Scares Me,' Limbaugh 'A Joke' (VIDEO)


James Carville Takes On Obama On Oil Spill: He's 'Risking Everything' With 'Go Along With BP Strategy'


WSJ Photo Journal: Pictures of the Day - May 19, 2010

Rand Paul becomes only the 3rd guest in 45 years to chicken out of an appearance on Meet the Press

Mars Rover Sets Endurance Record

The Tea Party's Long-Term Damage to the Republican Party

Paul Krugman: Lost Decade Looming?

Mish: Social Unrest Spreads to Slovenia and Spain; Images Around the Globe; US Not Immune to Protests

BP Oil Spill: spill volume incorrect, live webcam

Time Magazine: Will the Oil Spill Kill The Louisiana Bayou?


Furious Louisiana officials accuse BP of destroying fragile marshes


Grand Isle Louisiana Beach Closed After Thick Oil Washes Ashore


HuffPost: 195 photos of the Louisiana Oil Spill 2010: Gulf of Mexico leak reaches land

BP's "top kill" method to stanch the spill could also break it wide open.


Car Absorbs CO2; Spews Oxygen

The New Yorker Magazine: "What Did Jesus Do?"

Scientists Create Synthetic Organism

Pakistan blocks YouTube a day after shutdown of Facebook over Muhammad issue

Rodent scurries by as Obama lauds Wall Street vote

Toyota and Tesla Partnering to Make Electric Cars

'Tea party' candidate, Rand Paul, faces civil rights controversy

Senate passes financial regulation bill

Intelligence director leaves after feuding with White House

Google TV aims to bring order to programming chaos

Beverly Hills judge rips Lindsay Lohan for failing to appear in court

Sick Fishermen and Oily Smells on the Gulf Coast


Watchworld: CBS Releases Extended Video With Mike Williams, Head Electronics Tech On Board Deepwater Horizon Rig

Oil fouls Louisiana, BP scrambles to contain spill


Miss USA Rima Fakih: 'I didn't do anything wrong'

Oil Spill Has Florida Worried About Hit to Tourism

Coast Guard: Key West tar balls not from BP spill

Rand Paul defends country club celebration

One in 7 U.S. homeowners paying late or in foreclosure


Soaring Short Sales Could Reduce 'Shadow Inventory' Backlog


Google unveils Web app store for games

Taliban insurgents attack Bagram airbase in Afghanistan

Gold, Silver & SP500 Trading Charts & Video

How's the Economy doing? Watch commodities like oil and copper


Financial Sense: A Review of Gold Prices

NASA's Aqua Satellite Sees Tropical Storm 1B Form in Bay of Bengal

The invasive plant which contributes to global warming

Jagger credits Stones' success to luck, hard work, fans

Jim Cramer's latest Mad Money recap: "How To Cut Through Market Gloom"

Panera's New Business Plan: Pay What You Want

Early Wednesday Morning: Overseas Asian Stocks Fall as Germany Restricts Short Sales, Oil Drops

GOP Blocks Three Key Anti-Wall Street Amendments


The Big Picture Blog: First of the Last Space Shuttles

New deep-sea cables needed to protect global economy

Thai army advances on Bangkok protest site

Specter loses in Pennsylvania, Paul wins in Ky.

Bid to lift liability cap in spill is blocked by Republicans in Senate; Obama:"This maneuver threatens to leave taxpayers, rather than the oil companies, on the hook for future disasters like the BP oil spill"

Latest standings for Major League Baseball

SEC Proposes 10% Circuit Breaker


WSJ Photo Blog: Pictures for the Day - May 18, 2010

Researchers ponder oldest sex toy ever found

John Travolta's Dogs Killed at Bangor, Maine, Airport

Abstinence for you, mistress for me

Pfizer Eyes Cutting 6,000 Jobs, or 18% of Manufacturing Workforce


Times Sq. Bomb Suspect Had Other NYC Targets

A Canadian doctor who has treated Tiger Woods and other elite athletes has been charged with supplying illegal drugs

Primaries test incumbents' durability, tea party

Nouriel Roubini: How to Break Up the Banks, Stop Massive Bonuses, and Rein in Wall Street Greed

Hero or Vigilante? Man Could Land in Prison for Fatally Shooting Alleged Abuser

Researchers: Unlikely Keys tar balls stem from Gulf oil spill?




The Big Picture Blog: Disaster Unfolds Slowly In The Gulf of Mexico

Brit Hume of Fox News asks "Where's The Oil?"

Turtle deaths running high since oil spill: expert

Director of federal drilling safety oversight in Gulf calls it quits

Tar balls found off Key West

CNN: Government extends fishing ban to over 19% of the Gulf over which it has jurisdiction, 45,728 square miles

Loop current is now drawing BP oil spill to the Florida Keys; Toxicologist: “We could be getting to the point that puts coral over the edge”; Masters: "a major ecological disaster ... cannot be ruled out."



Yet another "Family Values" GOPer quits Congress over affair

Capital invests in capital; the environment is never a consideration

Teacher questioned after using Obama assassination as example in geometry class

5 American soldiers, 12 civilians killed by Afghan suicide bomber

California budget and housing are interlinked – California home sales spike but prices remain near the trough. Why California housing values cannot increase without income and employment growth.

Demographics and the end of the saviour state


The Big Picture Blog: Animals In The News

Youtube celebrates 5th birthday; gets 2 Billion views daily

Iceland volcano ash cloud: When will Eyjafjallajökull eruption stop?

GM swings to first quarterly profit in years

Chrysler repays $1.9 billion in federal debt

Paul predicts Ky. win; Foe slams overconfidence

Specter, Pa. primary foe spar over tenure, trust

Housing market diagnosis: Bipolar



Big Picture Blog: Vietnam 35 Years Later

Rolling Stone Magazine: "Rove Rides Again"

Nothing’s Really Been Fixed — 5 Ways the Financial Insanity Will Continue


Fleck:In Europe, recklessness wins again

Miss USA stripping scandal: How shocking!


Fired RI teachers approve deal to get jobs back

Noriel Roubini: USA faces inflation or default


WSJ Photo Journal: Photos for the Day - May 17, 2010

Accuweather: Oil slick weather and tropical concerns this week

Cheap as coal by 2025? US could become leader in desert solar, says IEA

Panasonic to mass produce next-generation solar cells from FY 2012

Jim Kunstler: "Something Happened"

Watchworld: CBS' 60 Minutes: "Deepwater Horizon's Blowout" ...Parts 1 & 2 . . . Plus 7 Extra Parts

Watchworld: raw footage of growing oil spill

Scientists say oil has entered Loop Current and poses grave threat to mangroves and coral reefs

Lawyers lining up for class-action suits over oil spill


Hot dogs, bacon put your heart at risk: study


US President Barack Obama to set up oil spill panel

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