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Gulf Oil Leak Plugged?
RobHart writes "The LA Times is reporting that the Gulf oil leak appears to have been plugged by the 'top kill.' 'Thad Allen, who is coordinating the government response, says the well still has low pressure, but cement will be used to cap the well permanently as soon as the pressure hits zero.'"
I'm glad to see that this solution seems to be working well. The aftermath, however, is going to be a freakin' political circus. I'm simultaneously excited and dreading it.
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to control the flow of nonsense over the failed well, contractors will first pump T5000 cement into his mouth under pressure, then fit ankle weights, and send him to inspect the work personally in the Gulf.
if this is supposed to be a new economy, how come they still want my old fashioned money?
Why didn't they just call the Little Dutch Boy?
"No matter where you go, there you are." -- Buckaroo Banzai
Sometimes we need to toughen up those pansy-ass dolphins, birds, and turtles. If we hadn't cuddled them for so long they wouldn't be going extinct. Adversity breeds strength.
And the same goes for you, Pandas. You're next! Oh, you'll be mating up a storm when we finish.
SJW: Someone who has run out of real oppression, and has to fake it.
Because they hate the environment. They had everything sitting around and it was trivially easy to to do but knocking out the environment was more fun.
every anarchist is a baffled dictator. Benito_Mussolini
I would have enjoyed watching that one blow up in their faces.
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I'm glad you're on the other side.
Holy run-on sentence Batman!
Periods are a renewable resource. Feel free to use them.
TrisexualPuppy, pray tell us what your young girlfriends say about this.
Also, some pictures would be appreciated.
If you don't know what AltaVista is (was), get off my lawn.
Yeah? Well my neighbor's unicorn works with a leprechaun whose second cousin's bartender says your old girlfriend is a kiddy-diddler.
Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."
Do you want pics of the left or the right girlfriend?