it's clear now: BP intentionally caused spill

[hanshan]

OK then, I guess there is a lack of evidence, and only sketchy theoretical bennefits so... I retract "clear" and will say instead:

A dark potential: BP intentionally caused spill?

That would make a lovely headline wouldn't it?

One could certainly make an argument that our current political climate intentionally caused it. Two generations of the propaganda machine brainwashing us into believing that "government regulations are BAD BAD BAD" and insulting "environmentalists" by calling them all kinds of names and marginalizing them, not to mention acting as an aggressive enabler of a culturally-based economic addiction to crude oil, along with deliberately going out of its way to squashing any other alternate sources of energy ...

All of this did, indeed, quite literally cause this disaster.

Because this never should have happened. Yet it was inevitable. Utterly inevitable. And it will happen again.

70% of the us economy is consumer driven spending.Could this be a surprise?(Nordic?)(Great summation, btw)
Think massive retooling, & not necessarily by choice.


...

[justdrew]

now that well development is on hold in the GoM it's said in the other thread that the development infrastructure (the rigs, ships, staff etc) is going to be on it's way to work off-shore developments for Israel.

I had no idea that was the case when I posted this thread.

[seemslikeadream]

BP chief Tony Hayward sold shares weeks before oil spill

June 4, 2010 by legitgov

BP chief Tony Hayward sold shares weeks before oil spill --The chief executive of BP sold £1.4 million of his shares in the fuel giant weeks before the Gulf of Mexico oil spill gusher caused its value to collapse. Tony Hayward cashed in about a third of his holding in the company one month before a well on the Deepwater Horizon rig burst, causing an environmental disaster. Mr Hayward, whose pay package is £4 million a year, then paid off the mortgage on his family’s mansion in Kent, which is estimated to be valued at more than £1.2 million. There is no suggestion that he acted improperly or had prior knowledge that the company was to face the biggest setback in its history. His decision, however, means he avoided losing more than £423,000 when BP’s share price plunged after the oil spill began six weeks ago. [I am starting to think false flag. If that is the case, we had better hear calls for the second American Revolution. As it is, I am wondering why BP's HQ are *still standing.* --LRP]

[Trifecta]

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Broadc ... d=10835618

Be careful where you click, especially if you're looking for news on the BP oil spill.




BP, the very company responsible for the oil spill that is already the worst in U.S. history, has purchased several phrases on search engines such as Google and Yahoo so that the first result that shows up directs information seekers to the company's official website.

A simple Google search of "oil spill" turns up several thousand news results, but the first link, highlighted at the very top of the page, is from BP. "Learn more about how BP is helping," the link's tagline reads.

A spokesman for the company confirmed to ABC News that it had, in fact, bought these search terms to make information on the spill more accessible to the public.

"We have bought search terms on search engines like Google to make it easier for people to find out more about our efforts in the Gulf and make it easier for people to find key links to information on filing claims, reporting oil on the beach and signing up to volunteer," BP spokesman Toby Odone told ABC News.

[kelley]

on the (somewhat) bright side, there's this:

http://www.heatingoil.com/blog/fake-bp- ... -spill528/

an amazing pice of culture jamming. BP has tried to ignore it as much as possible.

[wintler2]

BP, the very company responsible for the oil spill that is already the worst in U.S. history, has purchased several phrases on search engines such as Google and Yahoo so that the first result that shows up directs information seekers to the company's official website.

Good find Trifecta, if true, there goes Googles remnant 'do no harm' credibility.

Didn't find much else on this in MSM, New Scientist had this:

As daily clean-up costs to BP spiral to $37 million per day and its chief executive is vilified in the press, the company is trying to fight back - by buying search terms.
So each time someone enters a relevant query - say "oil spill" - into a search engine such as Google, Yahoo or Bing, their results also include a paid-for link from BP. Typically, these sponsored links sit above the genuine results.
Studies of the effectiveness of sponsored links suggests perhaps as many as 30 per cent of people will head to their marketing material.
BP must hope that its marketing campaign to stem criticism produces results faster than its efforts to stop the leak. It has been suggested that the media coverage is more damaging than the slick.

When i put "oil spill" in google.com.au search field, BP doesn't make 1st 4 pages of search returns. Maybe just in US, or has googles profile of my IPs searches predicted that i wouldn't be interested in BPs version? Whatever, it'd be good to read more on this.

[Alfred Joe's Boy]

Try http://www.scroogle.org/cgi-bin/scraper.htm

[82_28]

P, the very company responsible for the oil spill that is already the worst in U.S. history, has purchased several phrases on search engines such as Google and Yahoo so that the first result that shows up directs information seekers to the company's official website.

A simple Google search of "oil spill" turns up several thousand news results, but the first link, highlighted at the very top of the page, is from BP. "Learn more about how BP is helping," the link's tagline reads.

A spokesman for the company confirmed to ABC News that it had, in fact, bought these search terms to make information on the spill more accessible to the public.

"We have bought search terms on search engines like Google to make it easier for people to find out more about our efforts in the Gulf and make it easier for people to find key links to information on filing claims, reporting oil on the beach and signing up to volunteer," BP spokesman Toby Odone told ABC News.

This shall get very interesting as we inspect, deduce, infer, intuit their every move. I certainly wish Nordic would come back.

[undead]

Israeli company finds oil beneath Rosh Ha'ayin

Unclear whether oil has commercial use, but Givat Olam's shares jump 123% upon news of find.

By Lior Zano, The Marker

An Israeli oil exploration company on Thursday announced that it had found a huge amount of oil and gas during drilling below the city of Rosh Ha'ayin this week.

Givot Olam Oil Exploration Limited Partnership said that more than 60 percent gas was measured in the drill, indicating the first such find in Israel.

The company said it was too soon to determine what significance the find would bring to Israel, but added that it would become clear over the next few months of drilling whether it could be used for commercial purposes.

Givat Olam began drilling at the Megged 5 well beneath Rosh Ha'ayin last June. Its shares rose 123 percent upon news of the find.

http://www.haaretz.com/news/israeli-com ... yin-1.1465

[justdrew]

eh, that's on land, doubt it's even possibly relevant

[Percival]

When I saw a news report of a bird not only covered in oil but so mired in it lying on its back with its wing outstretched, able to only move its feet, I became physically ill and I remain haunted by it as we speak and have continued nightmares over it.


It really physically makes me sick to see something like that, and it makes me mad too, very angry.

[Trifecta]

This from my search just now on same term "oil spill" Google |UK Search

[DoYouEverWonder]

When I saw a news report of a bird not only covered in oil but so mired in it lying on its back with its wing outstretched, able to only move its feet, I became physically ill and I remain haunted by it as we speak and have continued nightmares over it.


It really physically makes me sick to see something like that, and it makes me mad too, very angry.

This is just the beginning.



This is what I was referring to in the post about where I said all facing extermination now. Most of us humans who are lucky enough to live in America have no idea what we've been doing to the rest of the world for over a century, when the US switched to an economy driven by a lust for oil. Now we're about to get a big dose of our own poison.

[Wombaticus Rex]

Is it possible that The Family is making a bid to fulfill key provisions of the Book of Revelations line for line?

[justdrew]

Is it possible that The Family is making a bid to fulfill key provisions of the Book of Revelations line for line?

yeah, I've been wondering if elements of BP are doing their best to fulfill prophecy as another angle.