Barack Obama, British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Macondo Well, New Orleans, Oil Spill

More lies, more dead dolphins…

It just keeps getting funnier, except it’s not… In this past week, it has been reported how, in the immediate aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon explosion, British Petroleum had demanded via e-mail that it’s own expert be kept quiet when he gave his opinion stating 82,000 barrels of crude a day were coming from the Macondo Well. In fact, two days after ordering his silence, BP publicly announced their estimate that the … Continue reading More lies, more dead dolphins…

Drake ToulouseJanuary 29, 2012January 29, 20121 Comment

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Riki Ott or Feinberg? I’m thinking Riki knows the health better…

The lawyer says: It ain’t what you know, it’s what you can prove… The toxicologist says: Lawyers don’t know a whole hell of a lot about toxicology… “Nicholas Forte has spent the last year with an array of health issues. Headaches. Migraines. Nausea. Breathing problems so severe they would land him in the hospital. “We have no idea what it is,” the 22-year-old Battle Creek … Continue reading Riki Ott or Feinberg? I’m thinking Riki knows the health better…

Drake ToulouseSeptember 6, 2011September 6, 20111 Comment

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Poor Feinberg: BP speaks, Jim Hood sues, and toxic bathtub rings, uh…ring.

Wow, sometimes Ken can’t buy a friend, whether it’s the politicians, the scientists or his boss…but hey, nobody ever said when it came to $20 billion dollars, giving away as little of it as possible would be easy. That’s why he’s getting the big bucks…$1.25 million dollars a month…but really, how much abuse can a guy take? As many are aware by now, last week … Continue reading Poor Feinberg: BP speaks, Jim Hood sues, and toxic bathtub rings, uh…ring.

Drake ToulouseJuly 13, 2011July 13, 20111 Comment

British Petroleum, Coast Guard, Democracy, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Macondo Well, New Orleans, Oil Spill, Restore the Wetlands, Supression of Science

Stories From the Gulf: Living with the Oil Disaster

A recent film, originally airing April 22nd on Discovery Planet Green, documents the impact of the oil spill on Gulf residents… “You go out in the water and think everything’s okay, but it’s not. You close your eyes and you don’t hear any seagulls, there’s no fish jumping.” “I’ve been in the bayou my whole life, and I ain’t ever seen so much dead stuff as … Continue reading Stories From the Gulf: Living with the Oil Disaster

Drake ToulouseJune 11, 20111 Comment

British Petroleum, Control the Information, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Oil Spill

Riki Ott, marine toxicologist, weighs in on the Feinberg lie…

In a great article about the GCCF, Riki Ott attacks both Feinberg’s recent declaration that he’s received no health related claims, and also how being the scientist he is, hasn’t seen any scientific evidence of the link between BP and Nalco’s chemicals and Gulf Coast sickness: “Recently Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer overseeing the $20 billion Gulf Coast Claims Facility to “make it right” for people harmed by the British … Continue reading Riki Ott, marine toxicologist, weighs in on the Feinberg lie…

Drake ToulouseJune 10, 2011June 10, 20111 Comment

British Petroleum, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, Headlines, Macondo Well, Oil Spill

Dolphins, Turtles, Red Snapper…and now, sand dollars and starfish…

Most everybody’s aware by now there were an abnormal amount of dead dolphin calves washing ashore this year, as well as a much larger than usual number of turtles dying, and there is of course the red snapper, with the NOAA recommending if fishermen catch the fish, or any other kinds of fish with lesions, fin rot or other assorted maladies they not touch them … Continue reading Dolphins, Turtles, Red Snapper…and now, sand dollars and starfish…

Drake ToulouseJune 8, 2011June 8, 20111 Comment

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On Feinberg’s claims – regarding a lack of health claims…

Kenneth Feinberg, neutral administrator of the GCCF, told a joint state House and Senate committee reviewing the claims process he hasn’t seen any scientific linkage of cleanup measures, like chemical dispersants, and health problems, “When it comes to cleanup and the respiratory claims, I think right now the medicine and science are lacking. I haven’t seen it in the claims,” Feinberg said. Sen A.G. Crowe, … Continue reading On Feinberg’s claims – regarding a lack of health claims…

Drake ToulouseJune 7, 2011June 7, 20111 Comment

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And so it begins: Year Two…

Hey, I thought this whole oil spill deal was all kinda, you know…over. At least that’s the impression I got watching all them there sparkly British Petroleum commercials, but man, over the past two days, the news has been flying pretty serious again in the Gulf, and between you, me, the courts and the water…I think this has just begun…Maybe I just got distracted by … Continue reading And so it begins: Year Two…

Drake ToulouseApril 21, 20114 Comments

British Petroleum, Class War, Control the Information, Escrow Account, Gulf Coast, Ken Feinberg, Macondo Well, Oil Spill, Uncategorized

Things are not alright…in the words of Capt. Louis Bayhi…

Via American Zombie…(oops) Meet Capt. Louis Bayhi… Before the spill he had a lucrative business, his health and the health of his family, a home, cars…but now, he’s lost his house, his vehicles and he and his family are staying at a relative’s. He’s also sick, and so are his daughters who came to swim in the waters around Grand Isle, after he was assured … Continue reading Things are not alright…in the words of Capt. Louis Bayhi…

Drake ToulouseApril 16, 2011April 20, 20112 Comments

British Petroleum, Control the Information, Gulf Coast, LIVE YOUR LIFE, Macondo Well, New Orleans, Oil Spill

The Amity Choice…

Spring Break is coming… That annual rite of passage where drunken teens descend upon the beaches to get a rest from their studies and are often side by side with families, also on vacation from the thawing but still cold North is almost here, and all along the Gulf Coast, resorts and towns who typically make a great deal of money from this annual retreat … Continue reading The Amity Choice…

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