A mile below the surface in the Gulf of Mexico, there is little sign of life. “It looks like everything’s dead,” University of Georgia professor Samantha Joye said. In an exclusive trip aboard the U.S. Navy’s deep-ocean research submersible Alvin, ABC News was given the chance to observe the impact of this summer’s massive oil…
Monthly Archives: December 2010
SEC Championship Game ‘The Rematch’ on CBS
Time Out by Dan Rutledge Just call the state of Alabama the “Football Capital of the Nation.” That’s what everyone will be calling it after Auburn defeats whoever the Tigers’ BCS opponent in the national title game turns out to be. It is only deserving. No other state can claim back-to-back national titles plus back-to-back…
Huge Oil Mat Washes Ashore in Orange Beach
Clearly BP’s Oil is Not Yet Gone, or Forgotten WKRG.com News A giant oil mat, nearly an eighth of a mile long, is washing up west of Cotton Bayou in Orange Beach, Alabama, according to a local television news crew. BP clean up contractors came to the scene when they were notified and brought in…
Union Urges People to Protest the Expiration of Unemployment Benefits
On November 30, Congress allowed emergency unemployment benefits to expire. Here are the faces and stories of those Americans most affected by the inaction of Congress. The same senators who are fighting to charge $700 billion in tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires to our national credit card say extending unemployment is “too expensive” and…
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Warns Bird Hunters
As the waterfowl hunting season kicks off, hunters, landowners, and farmers should become familiar with existing federal baiting regulations before hunting migratory birds. Along with setting season frameworks, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service maintains the authority to enforce baiting regulations. The federal agency and the Mississippi Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Parks says hunters…
Daily Show Shows Up Sarah Palin, Again
More on WikiLeaks The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
National Geographic TV Explores California’s Big Sur
KINGDOM OF BIG SUR Located between San Francisco and Los Angeles, California’s Big Sur is one of the most majestic and thriving fusions of land and sea habitats in the world. Stretching 90 miles long and 20 miles wide, its breadth is host to a number of organisms that endure the daily struggle to survive.…
Jon Stewart’s Daily Show Checks in on Lame Duck Congress
Lame Duck Soup The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
Migrating Whooping Cranes Make it to Alabama
OperationMigration.Org Thirteen whooping cranes follow an ultra-light through West Jefferson County two years ago as they passed over Alabama Power’s Miller Steam Plant on the Locust Fork of the Black Warrior River Ten young whooping cranes are more than halfway through their migration from Wisconsin to Florida, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.…
Obama Administration Reverses Policy on Offshore Drilling
No More ‘Drill Baby Drill’ in the Atlantic, or the Eastern Gulf Obama administration officials announced Wednesday that offshore oil drilling in the eastern Gulf of Mexico or off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts will not be allowed as part of the next five-year drilling plan. Oil and gas companies are still allowed to pursue…
Senator Bernie Sanders’ Speech on ‘War’ Against Working Families
Senator Bernie Sanders took to the Senate floor to make a speech about the “war” being waged by the rich and corporations against working families in America. Listen and learn.
Jon Stewart’s Daily Show With More on WikiLeaks
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
On the Influence of Corporate Money in American Politics
There was an explosion of corporate cash spent in the 2010 U.S. election campaigns and a disturbing amount of secrecy around the sources of that money. The Open Society Foundation talked about this trend with an expert on the issue, Monica Youn, senior counsel of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice. Youn…
You Picked a Fine Time to be a Dumb Ass
After watching “You Picked a Fine Time to Lead Us, Barack” by Jonathan McWhite, End Times Productions just felt a proper response was in order.
