The administration is leading a push within the International Whaling
Commission to lift the ban on whaling against Japan, Norway and
Iceland, the three countries in the commission still hunting whales,
FOX News said.
three countries from exploiting loopholes in the current moratorium,
but environmentalists say they aren't buying it. "That moratorium on commercial whaling was the greatest conservation
victory of the 20th century," Patrick Ramage of the International Fund
for Animal Welfare said. "And in 2010 to be waving the white flag or bowing to the stubbornness
of the last three countries engaged in the practice is a
mind-numbingly dumb idea," he said.
AFGHANISTAN PASSES VIETNAM AS AMERICA'S LONGEST WAR - Happy Monday,
everyone! Today marks the 104th month of America's military presence
in Afghanistan, surpassing the Vietnam War's 103 months.
everyone! Today marks the 104th month of America's military presence
in Afghanistan, surpassing the Vietnam War's 103 months.
BP originally lowballed their estimate of how much oil gushes out
every day to 1000 barrels; then they eventually upped it to 5,000
barrels a day. The reason for the low-balling is to minimize the
penalties they will have to pay per gallon spilled. The amount per
gallon could be as high as $4300 per barrel. The government estimates
range from 19,000 to 25,000 barrels per day and some experts think
that is way too low.
new partially capped gusher. The reason for the HIGH figure is the
same: that means that there is that much less of a spill to be fined.
I guarantee you that they are high-balling the figures. There is a
consequence to their actions that is being overlooked: when they
claimed 1,000 barrels a day, they degree of response was planned based
on that number - which proved entirely inadequate; when they stated
5,000 barrels the response increased accordingly, again to be
overwhelmed by the truth. Now they are causing the same concern: if
they are drawing 10,500 barrels a day into the tanker, they raise
positive expectations in a lie. It is only because the disaster is
already so huge that their new game to save money by mitigating the
number of barrels spilled, will have no further effect on the
desperate conditions. But these people are criminals who are so large
a Corporation that most governments can be bullied, bought or
leveraged to do BP's bidding. They are so used to getting their way
that the CEO can be annoyed that he has to pay so much attention to
the problem that he wants to "get his life back"! They picked the
wrong country to fuck around with this time. The damage is too great
for us to play nice with the arrogant bastards.
By Gideon Levy FOR HA ÁRETZ
The time has come to take off our hats to the prime minister. Benjamin
Netanyahu's predictions have proved accurate, and his prophecies are
coming true right before our eyes. Now we can proudly declare that our
government is led by a man of vision, a statesman who has foretold the
future. Even his greatest critics can't deny it; the facts speak for
themselves.
Netanyahu said the whole world is against us. Wasn't he right? He also
said we live under an existential threat. Isn't it beginning to look
like that? Give it another minute and Turkey will be at war with us
too. Netanyahu said there's no chance of reaching an agreement with
the Arabs. Wasn't that spot on? Our prime minister, who saw danger
lurking in every alleyway and enemies waiting around every corner, who
has always taught that there is no hope, who has drummed into us that
we shall forever live by the sword (just as his father the historian
taught him ), knew what he was talking about.
We haven't had anyone like him since David Ben-Gurion. He's a genuine
prophet whose every prediction comes true, one after the other -
someone who can really be proud of his accomplishments. Enough
mockery, enough ridicule. For Netanyahu is not only a prophet; his
leadership has swept up the entire country. There is no longer anyone
who can stop him from realizing his vision, and soon the pundits will
be writing that Netanyahu was right.
This country now has a blind captain in the cockpit, flying his
blindfolded passengers with exemplary precision toward the destination
he envisioned. If there had still been any object of his
scaremongering that had not yet been attained before this week, along
came the outrageous seizure of the flotilla, and that goal too was in
the bag.
