The Gulf oil spill

[Toedancer]

We all do.
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/17390/121436


   Calls to each of the governors' press secretaries seeking explanation  for the delay in deployment were not returned.

[RP.]

The Gulf is cold.  I will be freezing my balls off this time next week, God willing.

[Boom Boom]

Anyone know exactly what kind of vulture this is that showed up at my place last winter?

[Debra]

I'd guess black vulture

[Boom Boom]

Wow! Great link. Thanks, Debra.

[skdadl]

You didn't make me feel that way. I had sort of picked up on it before but it slipped my mind.

I'd been looking at Boom Boom's name for at least a year when the penny suddenly dropped. What a naughty fellow he is.

[Boom Boom]

[transplant]

I'd guess black vulture

Debra, I seriously doubt it, unless it was blown WAY off course. Check out a black vulture range map. They don't normally get above the Mason-Dixon line (Maryland-Penn boarder), let alone north of the US-Canadian boarder.

It's probably just a yearling juvenile turkey vulture, which lack the adult distinctive red head.

[Debra]

Well that is entirely possible, and was my first thought, though it doesn't in the picture look anything like any pictures of juvenile T Vs I found.

[transplant]

The Oil Drum post I linked to down thread is examined in detail in this  response.

In addition, it turns out the original post first appeared on a UFO blog.

Not that that means aliens are not responsible for the blow-out, mind.

[Toedancer]

This is srsly disturbing and should scare the helluva out of everyone if it turns out it is Corexit doing the damage.
BP oil spill Corexit dispersants suspected in widespread crop damage
Scroll down to video, the organic farm lady even shows us the dead birds in their birdhouses. If this stuff can kill crops and birds, what about pets and wee chillens.

[Antonia]

I can't watch. I just can't. 

[Toedancer]

I can't watch. I just can't. 

I know, it's really hard. There is another video (don't watch if you can't) showing pods of dying dolphins, but the most awful pic I've ever seen is a big old sperm WHALE which looks as if it burned from the inside out. I don't really know, if someone can look at the pic I'd like to know.
It is just a picture, the video is below that. The fishing destroyed, and now maybe the crops of the south?

[Croghan27]

snip

Not that that means aliens are not responsible for the blow-out, mind.

Aliens??? I thought it was caused by the same North Korea submarine that sunk the South Korean was ship - who are, obviously. working in cahoots with the Iranians. 

[Antonia]

Toe, you should have had a warning on that post, just for READING it.

I can't find the crying/sobbing smiley.