china oil spill

A Greenpeace activist surveys the damage to the oil spill at the port of China Dalian in Lionizing province 21st July. From Tuesday, 40 special "oil-skimming vessels, 800 vessels and oil-eating bacteria had joined the fight in cleanup.

The estimated size of an oil slick off the north-east coast of China doubled Wednesday, as workers raced against the clock to contain a growing environmental disaster. Oil is now spread over some 165 square miles of water, according to Chinese officials. For comparison, but this is far from the extent of BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, at 2,700 square miles of the visible surface smooth estimated according to the Associated Press at the 16th July. Square miles above the surface (see interactive map of BOP spill from the New York Times here).

the daily caller

Sarah Palin and other conservatives point to a bomb "story in the newspaper caller as evidence of bias in the media" lame stream media. " The story is about a former JournoList listserv said. The report documents how members of the mailing list - many journalists - complained about the treatment of ABC News of then candidate Barack Obama in a debate of 2008.

In the seemingly-private forum, members complained JournoList the ABC News anchor questions during the debate over Rev. Jeremiah Wright scandal, the story appears. One urged other members of the list of conservative critics call racist Obama to divert attention from the scandal, while another promoted the cooperation in an open letter complaining about the interview. Later, a member of the group called on journalists to ignore the Wright controversy.

unemployment extension vote

The Senate has advanced a bill unemployment extension today after a vote of 60-40. All Democrats, except Ben Nelson of Nebraska voted for the bill, along with two Republican senators.Votes were read, and when the employee was newly appointed Senator Carte Goodwin, "yes" vote came applause from Democrats building. Now the bill of unemployment was adopted to cover another vote in the Senate also is expected today.

This is a bill of millions of Americans have been waiting, and we here at TPI has been documenting the progress of the bill that delayed for so long by the GOP. Through this bill, the federal unemployment program will run until late November, the preservation of the four levels of federal and federal support for the two layers of extended benefits program for a total of up to 99 weeks in states most affected. This bill will be retroactive to June 2, when unemployment expired.Democrats program covers looking for quickly approving the project because it must be signed by President Barack Obama.