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Doomsday: How BP Gulf Disaster May Have Triggered a `World-Killing` Event

Most experts in the know, however, agree that if the world-changing event does occur it will happen suddenly and within the next 6 months.

(CHICAGO) - Ominous reports are leaking past the BP Gulf salvage operation news blackout that the disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico may be about to reach biblical proportions.

What`s Good for the Goose Does Not Apply

Obama Maintains Israel is the Exception to Middle East Disarmament.

(WINDSOR, N.H.) - President Obama has reaffirmed that Israel remains the exception to the rules each and every other Middle Eastern country would be expected to play by in pursuit of a “nuclear free” Middle East.

Far too many writers use the term “ambiguous” when writing about Israel’s response to questions regarding its program and nuclear capabilities. The appropriate term is “deceptive”.

Congress, Who`s Authoring Post Spill Oil Bills Favoring Big Oil?

The answer to how much BP and big oil will ultimate pay for the oil spill will play out in the coming months and will be a test of big oil’s influence on Congress.

(BERKELEY, Ca. MAPLIGHT) - As oil continues to spill into the Gulf of Mexico legislators in both parties have been quick to respond with legislation. A number of bills have been introduced, some specifically targeting the crisis, and others with an eye toward preventing future problems.

Poisonous Oil Disaster Workplace and Poisonous Homes

Don't Trust British Petroleum.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I am never surprised anymore. First the workers are seriously exposed to hundreds of extremely toxic crude oil chemicals such as Benzene which causes Leukemia as well as frequently lethal damage to heart, lungs, liver and kidneys et cetera.

Then comes Toluene, slightly different but causes the same. Then comes Xylene, about the same.

Clean Water Underground? Halliburton says: `Fugetaboutit!`
America`s Water Supplies Get Freaking Fracked

"Only after the last tree has been cut down... Only after the last river has been poisoned… Only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find that money cannot be eaten." - Cree Indian Prophecy

(LAGUNA BEACH, Calif.) - If you haven’t heard about “fracking,” the use of solvents, exotic chemicals and water injected by extreme high pressure boring tips to literally fracture deep subterranean strata releasing energy resources, then sit up and pay attention America:

If it isn’t already in your neighborhood or that of a relative or family friend, believe me, it will be coming soon.

EU Times Reports California Notified of Gulf Evacuation Plans

Even if you don't live in one of the Gulf Coast states, this one story you want to closely follow.

(SOMERDALE, N.J.) - This story gets worst day by day. Wayne Madsen, the investigative reporter, has a new for-subscribers report out.

DHH Partially Closes Additional Oyster Harvesting Areas Due to Oil Spill

Officials continue aggressive testing.

(BATON ROUGE) - The Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals announced today the partial closures of oyster harvesting areas 17, 19 and 21 in response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf.

Gulf Oil Spill Story Revised Months After Publication

For Gulf coast residents, I hope that FEMA or some other government agency, in fact, has plans to evacuate those individuals with respiratory problems, if there’s a need to burn crude oil in Tampa Bay.

(TAMPA, Fla.) - Writing a news story on the Gulf oil spill can cause a reporter to lose sleep, even when the news story is not “Breaking News.”

Louisiana Governor Meets with Vice President, Calling For Greater Sense of Urgency from Feds

Louisiana's National Guard are continuing installing 8.5 miles of Hesco barrier on the shoreline of Cameron Parish.

(KENNER, La.) - Wednesday, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal met with Vice President Joe Biden to call for a greater sense of urgency from the federal government in the war to protect Louisiana’s coastline from the oil spill.

`Almost All of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Workers are Dead`

Oil Worker life spans and dangerous times in a world of BP and greed.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It is the last thing most of us expected to hear: nearly every single worker from the Exxon Valdez oil spill Disaster is now dead.

We're talking about a lot of people. I personally became an oil spill volunteer at the time here in Oregon, though I never got my hands very dirty, so to speak.