Gulf Oil Platform Explosion and Spill

Hay Was Used Successfully On The
1969 Santa Barbara Oil Spill
The Two American Farmers Are Right - All Available Hay Should
Begin To Move To The Gulf Immediately
By Jeff Rense
5-13-10

The two wise American farmers who presented their hay solution to dealing with the massive, burgeoning Gulf of Mexico oil slick are right on the money.

It's doubtful they remember, but the same technique was used in the historic Santa Barbara Channel oil spill.

On January 28, 1969, there was a blowout at an offshore oil rig, Platform A, several miles off the coast of the city of Santa Barbara in the Santa Barbara Channel.

The spill galvanized national and world attention to the potential nightmare and dangers of offshore drilling...

Some of the efforts to contain small parts of the oil slick with booms kept it relatively confined...

The loss of wildlife was considerable...

Some dispersants were used but the best technique turned out to be hay...

The hay, endless of bales of it, were trucked into Santa Barbara and driven out onto the Stearns Wharf pier where it was loaded onto a small fleet of oil service boats, volunteer vessels and a few barges.

The smaller boats cruised through the oil while men with pitchforks tossed hay from the decks of the boats down onto the oil-covered water. A couple of the larger oil boats had big blowers which were used to shoot streams of hay out over a much wider area of the water around the boat. However, because no one was prepared for the disaster, much of the work was done by hand...

The hay DID absorb and stick to the oil.. and as the gooey black masses floated ashore, volunteers of all ages scooped up the clumps from the surf and pulled and dragged them ashore. Scenes similar to these will likely be repeated in many areas of the Gulf Coast over the coming weeks and months...



On the beaches, the oil that had already washed ashore, and was coming in with each wave, was covered with hay by hundreds of workers.





In the end, the oil-soaked hay was then scraped up by heavy equipment, piled up and finally hauled away in dump trucks...



So, I say 'Bravo!' to the two American farmers and let's
get that hay moving to the Gulf NOW. -Jeff Rense

Love Always
mudra

:)
Love from me
mudra

18th of may 2010

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/05/18/oilpocalypse-loop-current/

Loop Current Is Now Drawing The BP Oil Disaster To Florida Keys

Even as some government and BP officials downplay the extent of the growing oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, a terrible threshold has been crossed: the slick has been captured by the Loop Current, which draws water from the Gulf through the Florida Keys and into the Gulf Stream along the Atlantic coast. SkyTruth president John Amos, one of the first independent experts to warn the official estimates of the leak were radically too small, calls Monday’s satellite imagery “disturbing“:

Today’s MODIS / Terra satellite image is the most cloud-free we’ve seen in many days, and what it reveals is disturbing: part of the still-massive Gulf oil slick has apparently been entrained in the strong Loop Current, and is rapidly being transported to the southeast toward Florida. The total area covered by slick and sheen, at 10,170 square miles (26,341 km2), is nearly double what it appeared to be on the May 14 radar satellite image, and is bigger than the state of Maryland.

See the satellite image overlaid with a model of the Loop Current in the Gulf of Mexico:



Composite image of MODIS satellite image and National Weather Service HYCOM ocean current model. Constructed by Brad Johnson, ThinkProgress Wonk Room.
The Loop Current Jeff Hoffmeyer, a marine scientist with the University of Southern Mississippi Center for Fisheries Research and Development, told the Wonk Room two weeks ago of the frightening consequences of the slick getting caught in the Loop Current:

If it gets entrained into the Loop [Current], it’s up into the Atlantic. And who knows where it’s going to go from there. As it moves around Florida, the next or another critical area would be the Florida Keys and the coral reefs we have down there. I don’t even want to think about that area being covered in oil. Once it works its way up the East Coast and potentially crossing the Atlantic, it could be far-reaching.

Over 625,000 gallons of toxic dispersants have been sprayed on the oil slick, including 45,000 gallons of dispersants injected directly at the wellhead — creating an invisible toxic cloud of unknown size a mile below the sea surface.

UPDATETar balls have washed up on Key West beaches. If they are from the leading edge of the oil gusher, that would mean that some oil already has been entrained in the Loop Current for several days.




Love Always
mudra

Press Release: In Response to the Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico

The following Press Release was created by the Comm Team of The
Zeitgeist Movement and is encouraged to be spread to anyone and
everyone.

(Venus, Florida- May 12rd, 2010) On the Gulf Coast of the United States the shock is now setting in for millions of American citizens as we now realize the true extent of the damage caused by our desire for obsolete and dangerous fossil fuels, and our perpetuation of an outdated monetary world society, where the bottom line has always been profit at all costs, be it human or environmental. It is time for a viable solution to deal with a system hardwired for self destruction.

It is with that very unfortunate introduction that we, The Zeitgeist Movement, now must enter the international conversation to express the need for true change. That word is not some jingoist slogan devised by a focus group, but the evident desire of the public for a meaningful transition out of the destructive legacy, the burden of our past mistakes as a maturing civilization. We only have one Earth; there is no reset button here.

We must break out of our established ideologies that have prevented progress. Ending the political duality, economic stratification and false divisions is key to overcoming our apparent historical bondage that says the future we were promised must remain an elusive dream. We must now rethink our society and outgrow those parts of it that serve to paralyze us.

As of Friday, April 30th it was reported by CBS News (US) that the spill had spread to cover 2,100 square miles and was still spilling at a rate up to 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) a day. As of today, there has been no progress in stopping this catastrophe. This did not have to happen. It happened because we continue to use an obsolete technology for the sake of maintaining a profitable establishment. An establishment that perpetuates vast inequality in its wages to its employees versus its core owners, destroys fragile and vital eco-systems, and pollutes our air.

It is time for real change, not empty promises. No amount of socialism or free market ideology will save us from ourselves, there needs to be a fundamental re-write of what we think we know, to achieve a sustainable human enterprise.

Our generation has stood and watched as our planet has been raped and pillaged, yet we do nothing. Our generation has stood and watched as our government bailed out the very people who created this economic crisis, yet we do nothing. Our generation has stood and watched as our rights have been stripped away from us, and yet we do nothing. Our generation has stood and watched as we have been handed the problems of the countless generations before it, and we are preparing to do the same to the next generation, and we do nothing.

Let us be the first generation to hand solutions to our children and our children’s children. But we can’t do it alone. Let us break down the barriers we have created amongst ourselves. We need all of you, every last one, to say enough is enough in one voice. Not as Americans or Russians, Christians or Muslims, but as fathers, mothers, brothers and sisters. Let us destroy the lines between us and work to create a world where our children are truly safe and free. Let us create a world where we can tell our children that they can be and do whatever their heart desires, and know deep inside us we are telling them the truth. Let our generation be the one.

We have the tools, we have the knowledge, we have the technology. It is time we make the transition to a world, an economy, and a future we all deserve regardless of geographic location or economic disposition. As long as we rely on legacy systems defined in a 19th century mentality all we will do is spin our wheels while a parade of economic and ecologic disasters visits us again and again. It is time to pull the plug on this charade because as you will find out, there is a better way.

We, the Zeitgeist Movement representatives, reach out to you so that we can all work together to do what must be done. Every man, woman and child has a voice, but together we can create one voice so deafening that no one will have a choice but to listen. But it requires you. It requires you put away preconceived notions you have been told about “the way things are” as if it is the only way, because it’s not! Our way of thinking will no longer sustain us. We can either remain in the house of cards we have built and watch it collapse all around us, or we can, through the best our society has to offer, begin to construct a stable mature and thriving society so that the Gulf Coast Oil Spill, the Exxon Valdez and many others are nothing more then an embarrassing footnote in history.

The choice is yours.
www.thezeitgeistmovement.com

http://resourcebasedliving.com/news/press-release-in-response-to-the-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico/

Love Always
mudra

We most certainly do need true change and we shall have it one way or another.

This situation is beyond my capability to comprehend in sheer awfulness, and I 've studied in depth and for years some truly nasty doings, as have many here. I think and feel this is crunch time. It will also become apparent just how badly we have been lied to, so perhaps that's a good thing, but very cold comfort.

Apparently Russia , somewhat on the quiet, has contained similar um " events" (I just can't call it a leak ) with nukes. It looks as though by leaving it this long it will be the chosen option, and who can imagine with what result? The only sure thing is it must be stopped. At this rate it will reach as far as Europe and Hawaii without too much trouble. I don't think I'm exaggerating either.

What to do? what CAN we do? This may just be the event that calls out for alien intervention. I'm not sure I even believe that or is it my enfeebled brain just trying desperately to come up with a halt to this mega disaster? It is clear to me that whoever is in charge in the so called human realm either can not or does not want to end this haemorhaging ( wow how DO you spell that?) nightmare.

This earth rape will have such long lasting effects in any case, even if it were turned off NOW, we can not even imagine because we have never seen or done anything like it. If people think the Valdez spill was comparable they are happily deluded.

I keep going back to Credo Mutwa and his prediction that oil would be the reason for death and destruction beyond measure.

I truly hope people can change. It's so profoundly sad to watch things have to get this bad for people to wake up. I guess it IS fitting it is oil , that crazy toxic juice our misguided culture has run itself on. You could NOT make it up the insanity of this planet and the pinnacle of our cultural achievment, the car. The shoddiest of 3d vehicles .

So what do we do? pray? meditate? ask for good alien help? rely on our govt? ( I just threw that in for a hollow laugh)

I will go down to my green house trying to carry on as if the world will ,whilst doing most of the above .

My heart hurts with this idiocy but some time ago I knew I had to be at peace with the reality of it having to get worse before it will get better. We are clearly in that situation.

For those with the stomach, GLP has the best current and updating info I can find, here is a thread with a good background explanation of the beginning, (just drive around the nutters though not too many on this thread from what I read)
http://www.godlikeproductions.com/forum1/message1066057/pg1
there are new threads all the time if info and ideas for concrete solutions is what you want.

God help us as we must always help ourselves. I hope I am overreacting but I don' t think so. It's bad enough as it stands. I love the ocean and the beautiful creatures that dwell within.

Dear AC--

I hear and feel the pain, frustration, and fear you're expressing ..... and i grieve with you. i'm actually planning a yard-sale this weekend to try and raise enough money to go down to the Gulf area to "tell it goodbye." (my daddy was a native of Pensacola and is buried there...i spent summers there as a child & have vacationed on the panhandle my entie life....my mother lived in New Orleans & i lived in "cajun country" as a young adult.....my 1st husband & my children's daddy is a deep-sea fisherman out of Destin) this "road-trip" idea of mine definitely sounds melodramatic to my family and would to most people, i guess. but -- at the VERY least -- i think we're facing the demise of the ocean & beach "life" in the panhandle area, considering both the environmental and economic consequences. and actually, i believe we're facing a much worse fate than that as a result of this tragic catastrophe.

anyway, anomalous, just wanted to add my own sense of loss to the "collective mourning" we are sharing here and now.

love,
bobbi/jbt

oh bobbi on the hippi hill , that's just great what you are doing. More power to you. I don't worry too much what people think about my seemingly extreme views, I've had a lifetime to get used to myself, sounds like you have also. It's just plumbing the depths of the human heart. Your family connections to the coast sound like a thing well worth honouring in just such a soujourn . The sea is what makes life on earth do-able for me, well ,that and a few other things.
funnily enough, though it may sound that way, not sure I feel fear on this one, just a huge pressure in my head and heart. I guess thats one drawback of being such a watery person.
I was outside thinking, well, if they attempt to nuke it, isn't that code red for the good aliens? perhaps I HAVE gone nuts where's the nuts emoticon? I need one with eyes spinning around ahhhh that's much better.

I also feel moved to see the beautiful Gulf again. I want to jump in the car and just go. I want to go to the water, and just sit, and know that in this life time, in this body, it will be the last time I can do so. How we take things for granted! This event is unimaginable, and it's here. They have driven a stake into the heart of earth, and will she survive? Probably. But what about the human race that depends upon the balance of nature? This is so major I cannot even wrap my mind around it, or put it into words that seem to convey the depth of my grief. Here's the irony: the only way to get to the coast is in a petroleum fueled vehicle. So, I'm not going. We can only beat ourselves up for so long, and then we need to forgive ourselves for contributing to the mess, help clean it up, and make major changes in our consumption habits. When I moved to the beautiful north Georgia area, I needed a way to get to work, and there was no public transportation outside the city of Atlanta. Nothing! Not a train, or a bus system, nothing! There was only one type of vehicle available: gas powered. To live in the South is to be on your own. No car, no work. No work, no income, and you are out. Not everyone wants to live in a city of millions just so they can get around. The irony of it all is that those of us who live in rural areas, being guardians of the green, are the ones who are forced to be a big part of the problem. I'm out of ideas. Our local governments have fought public transportation for so long. The lies are so ingrained. Now, I'm really in trouble if I want to dump the car. Hell, it's 5.1 miles just to the public school bus stop! It would take me twelve hours to hike to the nearest store. Again, I'm all out of ideas. And I'm really very angry. Where was the electric vehicle I wanted to buy in 2004? I didn't want a gas car! I still don't want it! Oh, how we fought to get public transit in the suburbs, and we lost. We were considered nutters back when other communities had the foresight to at least install bus systems. It's not a good feeling to be able to tell the suburban "fathers" that I TOLD YOU SO. Can y'all tell I'm really really ticked off? Now, we have this mess to leave to our children. We let our suburban "fathers" in local government tell us what we didn't need. (And we were willing to be taxed for the public transit. They just said, no, the project is unnecessary.) Can y'all tell I'm really ticked off?

Thanks so much for the moral support, AC ..... i can definitely use it! if we DON"T make enough money on the yard sale to make the trip ..... then at least i'll have some money to help make-up the shortage in my overdue electricity bill payment! (there's definitely some irony here, i think.) so, i guess it'll be a good thing at least to TRY, eh?! also, i'd be bringing someone with me (he's 30) who's never seen the ocean. and the "sugar beaches" of the panhandle are calling me to "show them off" while i still can!!!

love,
hhb/jbt

Oh my, Linda ,bobbi ,everybody, group hug, and I NEVER do that.
I know just how you feel Linda, I have been angry for so long and I did not want to be divested from it, so please enjoy it , there is an energy there and it can be most appropriate. America is totally ridiculously in love with the gas eating car. without it you are stuck, though I love the sound of where you live. I am also somewhat in exile but not in the same way, more of a self imposed quarantine cuz most can't stand the Cassandra in me. Yeah , one day they'll listen. But you will most likely endure, mixed blessing? and the world must come to its senses, and not just the lower chakra ones.
all I can say is I hope this is the kicker to wake more up. I mean, for crying out loud, whats it going to take?

Bobbi, I see you getting to the ocean, prove me right!

I live on the coast here but it's a pebble beach, never my favourite, but it is still beautiful and I' m going to go down and love it after I tear myself away from you good people.. here's that hug O .

Please god/ess may this be the lynchpin for change. crazy humans, some of em anyway.

There is no one of us here on earth that won't be touched by the consequences of the disaster we are witnessing in the gulf of Mexico.
We may envision some outside forces coming to stop it but this I believe is a failing to count our own responsability and heart ability .
I believe the moment has come more than ever to turn to our inner resources and focus on the fact that a positive solution will come out .
These two men that I posted a video about above and that come with a solution to the oil spill is an example that from within ourselves brilliant ideas
can and will spring .
I am dismayed and saddened by what I see happening every minute in the Gulf of Mexico . The feel of it has been a long and painfull pressure
for days now . I completely understand your feelings Hippihill , Linda , Anomalous and share your sorrow .
I hold my vision that some " miracle " will take place .. That something can be done to save that ocean's life and that some great souls will be truly be inspired
to come forward and take the proper actions.
This is all we have friends .. our faith , positive drive , trust and vision .
Don't loose it .. Hold it strong.

Love for You
mudra

Much as I love the hay idea for mopping it up, miles better than the dispersant one , it's not even contained yet and the very real possibilty of it getting MUCH worse is the reality of the situation as it stands. It gets worse as the clock ticks. Bummer.

My best bet right now is the aliens . the humans in charge are idiots, sorry. We all will feel the pain but there is no denying the sharp end is in an area that has been targeted before. I'd rather be feeling the pain in New Zealand .

Even so, your good thoughts are much appreciated Mudra .

I agree anomalous . We need some brilliant mind to contain the spill and put an end to it .
I won't give up my positive thoughts .
Amongst the 6,800,000,000 humans that are populated the Earth and the aliens there must
be some clever people around that can lift this situation to a higher state of grace .

Love from me
mudra

BP turns to Kevin Costner to clean up Gulf oil spill

May 19, 2010, 10:00AM

Associated Press archiveActor Kevin Costner takes aim at the Gulf of Mexico oil spill .
After asking for ideas from anyone to solve the Deepwater Horizon oil leak,
the petroleum giant has given the go-ahead to begin using a centrifuge machine bankrolled by Kevin Costner.

According to a WWLTV report out of Louisiana, Costner invested $24 million in the project after the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

The machines, manufactured by Ocean Therapy Solutions, act as a centrifuge, separating
the oil from water. The centrifuge makers claim the device can separate 97 percent of the oil from water at a rate of 200 gallons per
minute, and that 31 of the devices have already been built.

In the video below, Costner shows off the a smaller prototype for local
media and parish officials in Louisiana.

Watch video here :

http://blog.al.com/al/2010/05/waterworld_redux_bp_turns_to_k.html

Love Always
mudra

Alternative to the use solvents to check the oil spill . Why this product was not
used ?

It seems to be a very cool product that condenses the oil and allows to to harvest it in big lumps living the water clean . Check out the video

http://www.morningliberty.com/2010/05/16/oil-spill-no-big-deal-may-be-used-as-a-financial-terror-attack-technology-answers/

interesting, but what is it made of this aerohaz, or amerohaz or whatever it is? I heard "polymers" on that funky video, hmmm, I think I'd go for the Costner spinner, which looks surprisingly good, but it still does not solve the problem of stopping the flow.

anomalous cowherd wrote:interesting, but what is it made of this aerohaz, or amerohaz or whatever it is? I heard "polymers" on that funky video, hmmm, I think I'd go for the Costner spinner, which looks surprisingly good, but it still does not solve the problem of stopping the flow.

What are Polymers ? " In 1922 Hermann Staudinger was the first to propose that polymers consisted of long chains of atoms held together by covalent bonds. He also proposed to name these compounds macromolecules.


"The work of Henri Braconnot in 1777 and the work of Christian Schönbein in 1846 led to the discovery of nitrocellulose, which, when treated with camphor produced celluloid. Dissolved in ether or acetone, it is collodion, used as a wound dressing since the U.S. Civil War. Cellulose acetate was first prepared in 1865. In 1834, Friedrich Ludersdorf and Nathaniel Hayward independently discovered that adding sulfur to raw natural rubber (polyisoprene) helped prevent the material from becoming sticky. In 1844 Charles Goodyear received a U.S. patent for vulcanizing rubber with sulfur and heat. Thomas Hancock had received a patent for the same process in the UK the year before.

In 1884 Hilaire de Chardonnet started the first artificial fiber plant based on regenerated cellulose, or viscose rayon, as a substitute for silk, but it was very flammable.[3] In 1907 Leo Baekeland invented the first synthetic polymer, a thermosetting phenol-formaldehyde resin called Bakelite. Cellophane was invented in 1908 by Jocques Brandenberger who squirted sheets of viscose rayon into an acid bath.[4]

In 1922 Hermann Staudinger was the first to propose that polymers consisted of long chains of atoms held together by covalent bonds. He also proposed to name these compounds macromolecules. Before that, scientists believed that polymers were clusters of small molecules (called colloids), without definite molecular weights, held together by an unknown force. Staudinger received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1953. Wallace Carothers invented the first synthetic rubber called neoprene in 1931, the first polyester, and went on to invent nylon, a true silk replacement, in 1935. Paul Flory was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1974 for his work on polymer random coil configurations in solution in the 1950s. Stephanie Kwolek developed an aramid, or aromatic nylon named Kevlar, patented in 1966.

There are now a large number of commercial polymers, including composite materials such as carbon fiber-epoxy, polystyrene-polybutadiene (HIPS), acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), and other such materials that combine the best properties of their various components, including polymers designed to work at high temperatures in automobile engines."

from
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer_chemistry

okay, well there is so much more to this" event " than meets the eye. Anyone thinking agenda 21? You know , that crafty plan to make vast areas of the US uninhabitable, round people up into small urban area and bring back the wolves. Ted Turner stylee? I smell a rat.
Why didnt they use booming? Why is this not capped yet? Something stinks and it's more than crude.
watch this video at your peril if language offends, definitely NOT for mercurial. I'm in no hurry to pop my clogs for the bliss zone. I love the planet and I'm attached to my body, why should we put up with this?
People need to be accountable.
http://video.godlikeproductions.com/video/BP_Fails_Booming_School_101_Gulf_Oil_Spill_MIRROR?id=77ff2a6da3bf538f4f4
if this results in a ban so be it.

Mudra, you are right about a miracle. For days now I have been saying to myself "planetary miracle." From your mouth to the Source's ears!

Polymers sound pretty toxic, formeldehyde certainly is. My uncle was a chemical engineer for Dow Chemical specializing in developing these materials.
It was always a bit of a mind warp for me that he most loved the natural environment and was a keen sailor and yet we could not swim in the Saginaw Bay because of Dow Chemical polution. " plooshun" was my first big word, I could not understand why the river was yellow and smelled putrid, worse still being ejected out the back of a boat and expected to try and water ski in that sheet. Truly scary. I wondered why god made the river so ugly and dead looking, lots of dead things in it
Some summers we had piles of dead fish on the shore of Lake Huron and people just thought that was how it was in the name of progress.

anomalous cowherd wrote:Polymers sound pretty toxic, formeldehyde certainly is. My uncle was a chemical engineer for Dow Chemical specializing in developing these materials.
It was always a bit of a mind warp for me that he most loved the natural environment and was a keen sailor and yet we could not swim in the Saginaw Bay because of Dow Chemical polution. " plooshun" was my first big word, I could not understand why the river was yellow and smelled putrid, worse still being ejected out the back of a boat and expected to try and water ski in that sheet. Truly scary. I wondered why god made the river so ugly and dead looking, lots of dead things in it
Some summers we had piles of dead fish on the shore of Lake Huron and people just thought that was how it was in the name of progress.

anomalous,

Yes I can remember when everything in my neck of the woods was dead. The streams, creeks and rivers and the forest as well. Now I have to watch in the mornings so I don't hit turkeys and deer scurrying across the roads as I make my way to work. We are in much better shape than say 40 years ago. We have more deer and turkey in Ohio now than even when the Indians roamed this land. I'd say we have been pretty successful. There is still a long way to go and we must be vigilant but I thank my lucky stars I live where I do today and not in a Chinese factory city where the poor people have to deal with serious water and air pollution daily. I am lucky.

'What oil spill?' All they care about is money
What spill? Rig owner approves $1 billion dividend to shareholders

Five days after appearing before Congress to testify about its responsibility in one of the worst oil spills in US history, the Swiss company that owned and operated the oil rig that sunk into the Gulf of Mexico announced that it would shell out $1 billion in dividends to shareholders.



The revelation that Transocean is distributing a $1 billion profit to shareholders as one of its drill sites leaks millions of gallons of oil into the sea is sure to inflame an already smarting debate over offshore drilling and the company's role.

Transocean has passionately argued that they don't share financial responsibility for the disaster. A clause in a contract they had with BP says that the oil company is obligated to pay for any environmental damage, even though Transocean actually owned the rig. BP was leasing the rig from Transocean at the time of the accident.

Transocean's distribution to shareholders was done quietly on Friday at a "closed door meeting." The company had previously announced that they would vote on the dividend at the event.

To put the distribution in perspective, the amount of profit that Transocean plans to pay out in the next year is half of what Exxon ultimately paid for the Exxon Valdez disaster off the Alaska Coast.

It's also more than double what BP has said they've spent on the cleanup to date.

The company also made a paper gain from their insurance carrier after the Deepwater Horizon rig collapsed into the ocean aflame.

Transocean had insured the rig for $560 million, but apparently never spent that much money actually building it. The company's CEO told investors on a recent conference call that the firm had book a $270 million "accounting gain" on the difference between the real value of the rig and the amount that they'd insured it for. Since the rig collapsed, the company said they've already received $401 million from their insurance policy.

The Associated Press also notes that "Transocean moved to Switzerland two years ago to protect its low corporate tax rate, and few in the city had heard of the company, even three weeks after the April 20 blast that resulted in more than 4 million gallons (15 million liters) of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico from the well drilled by the BP-leased rig. Eleven workers were killed in the explosion. Steven Newman ignored questions from reporters as he arrived and left the Park Hotel in the Swiss town of Zug, a few miles from the company's headquarters," AP added.

In a brief press release on their website, the firm noted the terms of the dividend, expected to be paid out to shareholders in four increments over the next year.

"Shareholders also authorized the Board of Directors to make a cash distribution to shareholders in the form of a par value reduction in the aggregate amount of 3.44 Swiss francs (CHF) equal to approximately USD 3.11 per issued share to be calculated and paid in four quarterly installments," the release said. "Based on the total number of issued shares, including treasury shares, the distribution is approximately USD 1.0 billion."

It adds, "The Board of Directors expects to set the respective payment dates of the four installments in July 2010, October 2010, January 2011 and April 2011, or as soon after each of the four periods as is practicable. The actual installment payments will be subject to the satisfaction of applicable Swiss law requirements."

Source: Rawstory.com

Trancoso, I could not even make it through your post, I get the gist and the whole thing STINKS grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. It did right from the start. I just keep thinking if this doesn't open people's eyes , I give up. The lack of booming tells another part of the same scandalous nightmare . I honestly think the NWO type hates the planet. Whether reptilian or not.

Bigmo, the midwest, ahhh a great and hugely underated part of the country, wondeful people, too. Wish I could have a paralell life in Michigan on one of the lakes, but also sadly one of the most chemtrailed places I have ever seen, and I mean relentless. I went for a 4 hour river canoe trip and saw a LOT of dead trees in what otherwise looked like a prisitne environment with no houses for miles of river. Later someone told me it was aluminium in the soil.

What to do?

Hair and fur used in Gulf of Mexico oil slick clean-up

10 May 2010




http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8672124.stm

France, UK, Spain, Brazil, Australia, Canada and the US are taking part
Hairdressers, pet groomers and farmers worldwide are collecting hair and fur to help mop up the devastating oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico.
The hair, stuffed into nylon tights, helps booms soak up thick oil spewing from the blown-out well off Louisiana.
About 370,000 salons are taking part, said the charity organising the massive "hair lift". Matter of Trust is largely co-ordinating its efforts via Facebook.
Some 450,000lbs (204,000kg) of hair and fur is said to be arriving each day.
Hair is an extremely efficient material for taking in all kinds of oils including petroleum, Matter of Trust's co-founder Lisa Gautier told the BBC's World Today programme.
She explained that each follicle has an enormous surface area, which the oil "sticks" to.

Volunteers have been stuffing the nylons with hair at 15 warehouses close to the disaster zone, making huge "hairy sausages" or booms, she said.
The booms will be laid on beaches rather than out at sea, soaking up any oil that washes ashore.
The technique has been backed by the Applied Fabric Technologies, the world's second largest oil boom manufacturer.
Ms Gautier said donations had come from France, England, Spain, Brazil, Australia, Canada and the US, and that new volunteers were signing up all the time. There are constant updates on shipments on the charity's Facebook page.
Alpaca and sheep farmers have also got involved, according to the San Francisco-based charity.
Oil has been escaping at a rate of 5,000 barrels (210,000 gallons) a day since 20 April, after an explosion on a BP-leased rig.

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mudra

wish that I thought the hairballs would do it. Have they got enough to plug it with those? Proper booming would help , but no they haven't, have they? It would at the very least show some sort of willing.

Why does this remind me of WW2 when they made all the Brits donate their iron gates and railings etc for bomb casings when they were never even used ? A rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic exercise comes to mind. People NEED and want to be empowered but understanding the reality of the situation is the best thing to do this and ensure it isnt going to be something else next week.

agenda 21 comes to mind, for enquiring minds: http://www.tcrnews2.com/Agenda21.html

and the oil still spews , way more than 5000 barrels a day, conservative estimate 25 000 gallons and then some.

Nobody is even talking about the earth's lubrication emptying out .Whoah baby, those plates are wobbling worse than a loaded up drunken waiter. It's going to get very interesting, A word to consider: displacement.

Knowledge is power but are people willing to understand how badly we are being fobbed off and lied to in the most callous and heinous way?

I think not, facebook says cut your hair to save the planet. The only way we will preserve the planet for us silly complacent humans is to expose these total barstewards for what they are . More distraction and false empowerment is very sad.

But hey! have a nice day! it may be your last. Worse still, look forward to the slow benzene poisoning from breathing the toxic vapour. A real hazard for the clean up crew. A hair mask might actually help as they' re not providing breathing apparatus for the crews, even though they are fitted with devices to measure the toxicity levels.
For those that say its all an illusion, I happened to like the illusion, plus I have no tolerance for lying bullies. I'm funny that way.