British Petroleum announced today that their top kill strategy to contain the massive oil leak in the Gulf has failed and they are abandoning further efforts. They are shifting efforts to a what is termed the lower marine riser package cap, where capturing oil from the leak is the goal instead of trying to stop it.
While the media focused it’s attention on the victory of the Tea Party favorite Rand Paul in Kentucky, the strong performance of progressive candidates in the recent Democratic primaries went largely ignored. The mandate for change and reform in the 2008 election had been largely sidetracked by staunch conservative resistance and obstruction in Congress, and there is a public backlash growing against Democratic incumbents who have watered down legislation.
Hollywood rebel and counter-culture film icon Dennis Hopper died Saturday at 74. The volatile, versatile and surprisingly prolific actor had been battling prostate cancer. “Everything I’ve ever learned, I learned from Hollywood, ” he said in an interview shortly before his death. “This has been my home and my schooling.” Hopper’s career, something of a [...]
Comments made by Columbia, Mo., Police Chief Ken Burton last week have excited marijuana legalization advocates, and the chief is standing by his statement that he does not know how to enforce the city’s marijuana laws.
Summer may still be a month in the offing, but the Memorial Day weekend is the first bust- out, break-out, shed the old couped up winter blues holiday that unofficially ushers in the carefree season. And if you’re gonna bust out and breeze down a highway or head to a beach, you’ll need some tunes. [...]
