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Israeli Attack On Iran Imminent?

NEWSMAX.COM John Bolton: Russia's Loading of Nuke Fuel Into Iran
Plant Means Aug. 21 Deadline for Israeli Attack

By: David A. Patten

News that Russia will load nuclear fuel rods into an Iranian reactor has
touched off a countdown to a point of no return, a deadline by which Israel
would have to launch an attack on Iran's Bushehr reactor before it
becomes effectively "immune" to any assault, says former Bush
administration U.N. Ambassador John R. Bolton.

Once the fuel rods are loaded, Bolton told Fox News on Friday afternoon,
"it makes it essentially immune from attack by Israel. Because once the
rods are in the reactor an attack on the reactor risks spreading radiation in
the air, and perhaps into the water of the Persian Gulf."

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin declared in March that Russia would
start the Bushehr reactor this summer. But the announcement from a
spokesman for Russia's state atomic agency to Reuters Friday sent
international diplomats scrambling to head off a crisis.

The story immediately became front-page news in Israel, which has laid
precise plans to carry out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities while going
along with President Obama's plans to use international sanctions and
diplomatic persuasion to convince Iran's clerics not to go nuclear.

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Gulf Oil Disaster: Study Confirms Growing Threat To
Coast
BP oil spill 'more damaging, widespread' than first thought - study Herald
Sun.com

NEARLY 80 per cent of the crude oil released into the Gulf of Mexico
remains in the area's ecosystem, researchers at the University of Georgia
concluded yesterday in a report that contradicted the rosier estimates of
the Obama Administration.

Up to 3.2 million barrels of the toxic substance have not been cleaned up,
the independent researchers found - higher than the estimates given by
the federal scientists working for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) and the Department of Interior.

"The oil is still out there, and it will likely take years to degrade," marine
sciences professor Charles Hopkinson concluded.

Scientists from both the Obama Administration and University of Georgia

(UGA) agreed it was likely that 4.9 million barrels of oil gushed out of the
Macondo well after the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig exploded on April
20, killing 11 people.

But the Obama Administration's account of what happened next to the oil
at the well site located 50 miles off the coast of Louisiana is disputed by
the UGA study.

Its researchers criticise Federal scientists for releasing their conclusions

with supposedly scant and unverifiable data.

The NOAA report declined to give a single figure for oil that remained in
the Gulf, though its piecemeal estimates of each cleanup component were
more generous than the UGA report.

UGA scientists made their own estimates for variables such the
evaporation rate of oil that came into contact with the atmosphere, and the
degradation rate of oil compounds in the Gulf.
They suggested that US Government scientists may have underestimated
the dangers that the oil poses to local communities.

For example, oil that was dispersed as micro-droplets, for instance, may
still be "highly toxic," the study said.

"The most toxic components of crude oil are the least likely to be naturally
degraded," the report said.

Even some of the oil that all parties agreed was released and
subsequently purged could still be a threat, according to the study.

Oil that was evaporated into the atmosphere, for one, could still be a
danger for years to come, it said.

Impact on health

Meanwhile, another study published overnight in the Journal of the

American Medical Association suggested the spill's impact on human
health is subtle and may not be seen immediately.

For clues to both the short-term and the long-term health effects of the oil
spill, researchers studied cases associated with previous oil spills, all of
which the authors noted, were far smaller than the Deepwater Horizon
spill.

They discovered for example, that workers on the 1989 Exxon-Valdez spill
in Alaska have, years later, a higher prevalence of chronic airway
diseases.

Clean-up workers tend to suffer most because they are exposed to volatile
organic compounds, chemicals that tend to evaporate when they reach the
water's surface.

These compounds, such as benzene, are known to cause respiratory

problems and are linked to certain cancers.

But, the researchers from the Department of Medicine at the University of

California-San Francisco wrote that the potential health impacts extend
beyond the workers on oil spills.

Nearby residents, too, may develop health problems either by exposure to

crude oil in the water or by chemicals in the air. There also exists the
possibility that seafood and drinking water in those communities may
become contaminated.

The consequences are not only physical.

People exposed to the Exxon Valdez spill also proved, years later, to have
high rates of depression and post-traumatic stress disorder, the study
concluded.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2010

Magnitude 6.9 Quake Rocks Ecuador

Magnitude 6.9 quake rocks Ecuador - USGS

A strong 6.9 magnitude earthquake struck Ecuador on Thursday, the U.S.

Geological Survey said.
The quake struck at 1154 GMT and was centered 87 miles (140 km) east
of Ambato, at a depth of 115 miles (185 km).

The USGS initially reported the quake as 6.7 magnitude, then revised the
strength to 7.2, before putting the figure at 6.9.

The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that a tsunami did not
appear to be generated, based on historical models.

Editor's note: The U.S. west coast seems to be the only region that has not
been shaken by a 5.0 magnitude or larger event this week as a part of the
Pacific Ring of Fire. Is time running out?

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 2010

Berserk Weather Causes Worldwide Chaos

From floods in Pakistan to droughts in Russia, "extreme and very unusual"
weather across the world is bringing death and misery to millions of
people.

2010 is already being branded as the year the weather went berserk.
In Pakistan, floods have claimed over 1,600 lives and left over two million
people homeless.
Countries across the world are scrambling to donate aid supplies to the 14
million people affected by the flooding.

In China, massive downpours have caused mudslides, killing more than

1,117. Rescue teams have given up trying to find survivors and are
attempting to locate bodies.
There is growing concern that supplies of clean drinking water could
become contaminated and the National Meteorological Centre is reporting
more heavy rain, with up to three inches forecast for Friday.

Rivers have also swollen in central Europe with hundreds of people

evacuated across Poland, Germany and the Czech Republic.

HT: Opinionbug.com

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 2010

1,100 Missing in China Amid Sweeping Asia Floods

More Than 300 Dead as Rain-Triggered Landslides Strike Northwest,

Collapsing Buildings and Burying Victims in Mud and Rubble

(AP)-Rescuers dug through mud and wreckage Monday searching for

more than 1,100 people missing after flash floods and landslides struck
northwestern China, one of a series of floods across Asia that have killed
hundreds and spread misery to millions more. Chinese state media says
the death toll in Sunday's massive landslide has risen to 337. In Pakistan,
frustrated victims railed against the government's anemic relief effort for
the estimated 13 million affected by the country's worst-ever floods, while
rescuers in mountainous Indian-controlled Kashmir raced to rescue dozens
of stranded foreign trekkers and find 500 people still missing in flash floods
that have killed 140.
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Baptist World Congress Mirrors UN Millennium

Development Goals
From The Message of the 20th Baptist World Congress

From the 20th Baptist World Congress, meeting July 28-August 1 in

Honolulu, Hawaii:

"...In step with the Spirit, we renew our commitment to:

support the values reflected in the UN Millennium Development Goals.

Because the Spirit of the Lord is upon us, we have been anointed us to:

 remove the scourge of poverty and hunger

 support efforts to provide universal education
 work for environmental sustainability
 promote gender equality
 improve child health and maternal health
 combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases
 develop global partnerships

Editor's note: Let's take a look at what's behind the UN Millenium Goals
from Kjos Ministries:

Like most other UN documents, its Millennium Goals sound kind and
compassionate. They are designed to appeal to noble instincts and caring
hearts -- and they do! That's why nations, corporations, organizations and
churches have joined the global campaign. Who would disagree with these
eight lofty goals?

1. Eradicate extreme poverty and hunger.

2. Achieve universal primary education.
3. Promote gender equality and empower women.4. Reduce child
mortality.5. Improve maternal health.6. Combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and
other diseases.7. Ensure environmental sustainability.
8. Develop a global partnership for development.[8]

Of course, there's more to this list than nice-sounding words. The

motivational vision of a worldwide welfare system may have captured
hearts around the world, but it actually serves the grandiose aims of
socialist change agents who have little concern for human suffering. (Just
look how government leaders are treating the victims of hurricane Katrina!)
Yet, no other program has more effectively linked the evangelical church to
the UN management system, which, from its birth, declared war on Biblical
truth and values.[9] And no other program has more effectively drawn
Christians into a process designed to manipulate the masses, undermine
traditional values, silence resisters, synthesize beliefs, trade individual
thinking for collective thinking, and train global citizens to serve the
"greater whole."[10]

See more on the UN and the rising one world system that the BWA
emulates.

In this news piece, now former BWA president David Coffee encourages
the bible-less, pragmatic movements to listen to the Spirit...

HONOLULU (ABP) -- Human effort and creative strategies lead to futility

apart from an anointing by God’s Holy Spirit, British Baptist leader David
Coffey told the opening session of the Baptist World Congress July 28 in
Honolulu.

Coffey, who completes his five-year term as president of the Baptist World
Alliance at the quinquennial gathering, challenged Baptists from around
the world to hear and heed the Holy Spirit.
“We can be a purpose-driven church. We can be seeker-sensitive church.
We can be emergent and creative church. We can be justice-and-peace
church. We can be a conservative Calvinist church. But if we fail to hear
the Holy Spirit of the living God, then all our serving will be futile and
fruitless,” he said.

Editor's note: Faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the Word of God.
The pragmatism represented by the church movements David Coffey lists
above subjugates the Authority of Scripture preaching and teaching,
supplanted by commercialism, meeting felt needs and doing good deeds. If
we fail to hear the Spirit of God, it's because we fail to read the Word of
God, and do what the Scriptures say.

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Christ’s Apparition Attracts Thousands

BENIN CITY, NIGERIA- St Paul’s Catholic Church along Airport Road in
Benin City, yesterday, turned into a mecca of sorts as people from all
walks of life thronged the church to catch a glimpse of what has been
literally described as an apparition of Jesus Christ.

The uncommon but holy phenomenon according to catholic faithful and

enthusiasts present at the church premises, came up early Wednesday
morning immediately after the offering of adoration at the church. It has
however generated so much frenzy amongst catholic faithful and non-
Catholics who jostled through the ever-busy Airport Road in the state
capital to witness the rare spiritual occurrence.

According to Rev. Fr. John Edosomwan, a Catholic Priest in Edo State, the
“apparition of Christ” to people serves to reinforce the faith of Christians in
the presence of Christ while tending to reassure the present day followers
of Christ that they should re-direct their steps to the faith as exemplified by
Christ in the holy scriptures.

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Extreme Weather Experienced Worldwide

From VOA.com
These past few months have been filled with extreme weather in many
parts of the world, and climatologists are trying to figure out what to make
of it. From flooding in China to wildfires in Russia, strong winds in Australia
to stiffling heat in the United States, with waterspouts over Miami Beach,
Florida. It's the season of unusual weather.

In Pakistan, floodwaters have swallowed whole villages and killed 1,500

people. "It rained the whole day and night. We did not sleep," said
Mohammad Yaseen, a retired solder.

In China, torrential rains brought on the worst floods in a decade. Roads

under two meters of water. Landslides surprising drivers. "I saw a rock
falling down and then suddenly I heard a terrible noise, and another
boulder hit my car and I was stunned," said Jiang Qidi, a driver.

In Russia, weeks of record-breaking heat and little rain are hampering

efforts to extinguish wildfires. Flames surrounded and nearly trapped this
group of volunteers.

Analysts say the world should be aware of the consequences. "We pray to
God day and night for rain to fall, to change this weather. It is the only thing
which can help us," said Igor Vlaznev, a Russian firefighter.

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BP-Gulf Oil Disaster Critic Found Dead
Oil Industry expert Matt Simmons was a staunch critic of BP's handling and
reporting on the gulf oil disaster...he was found dead.

Matt Simmons apparently drowned at his home Sunday night

NORTH HAVEN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - The Rockland area is

mourning the loss of the man who had hoped to make the city the heart of
a new energy industry. Matthew Simmons, a longtime summer resident of
Rockport, died Sunday night at a summer house on North Haven island.
He was 67 years old. According to the Medical Examiner's office, Simmons
drowned. A statement earlier in the day from the Ocean Energy institute in
Rockland, which Simmons created, said Simmons suffered a heart attack
while using his hot tub. The Medical Examiner's office says Simmons was
suffering from heart disease, which may have been a contributing factor in
the drowning.

Editor's note: When Matt Simmons spoke on the existence of oil venting
from the ocean floor, investors listened, and The Street responded: New
BP Seepage Spooking Investors.

See more on the Gulf Oil Disaster here.

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Alaska, California & Utah Earthquakes
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7.5 magnitude quake strikes Vanuatu

SYDNEY (AP) — Panicked residents of Vanuatu raced for higher ground
after a powerful earthquake rattled the South Pacific island nation and
generated a small tsunami on Tuesday.

The 9-inch (22 centimeter) wave was observed off the capital Port Vila, the
Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said. Police said there were no immediate
reports of major damage or injuries from the wave or the 7.5 magnitude
quake that preceded it, though buildings shook and power lines were
down.

"It was quite a significant earthquake, and we're still having a few
aftershocks," Ben McKenzie of the New Zealand High Commission told
The Associated Press by phone from Port Vila.

The quake hit about 25 miles (40 kilometers) northwest of Port Vila at a
depth of 22 miles (35 kilometers), the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Police spokesman John Frat told the AP that officials had not received any
reports of injuries or major damage, but described the temblor as "a very
sharp quake — it was the worst I have felt in my life."

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4 people feared dead after volcano eruption in

Indonesia
(CNN) Jakarta, Indonesia -- Four people are missing and feared dead after
a volcano eruption in Indonesia, according to a National Disaster Mitigation
Agency official.

Mount Karangetang, on Siau Island, is one of Indonesia's most active

volcanoes, according to The Jakarta Globe.

In Friday's eruption, about five people were injured, one seriously, said the
disaster official, Priyadi Kardono. Sixteen families, about 65 people, were
evacuated from their villages to safer ground.

At least one house was buried and several other buildings, including a
church, were damaged, Kardono said. Rescue and aid teams have been
sent to the area. A bridge was also damaged, isolating about six villages
with about 20,000 residents. Communication lines are down.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2010

Global Disasters

Pakistan floods a megadisaster of

epic proportions
Moscow heat, smoke double death
rate
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A Gavel Falls on Marriage: The Proposition 8

Decision
A Gavel Falls on Marriage: The Proposition 8 Decision

By Dr. Albert Mohler

AlbertMohler.com

The importance of the decision handed down yesterday by U. S. District

Judge Vaughn R. Walker in California’s Proposition 8 trial will be difficult to
exaggerate. Proponents of same-sex marriage immediately declared a
major victory — and for good reason. The editorial board of The New York
Times declared the verdict “an instant landmark in American legal history,”
and so it is, even if later reversed upon appeal.

Judge Walker’s decision is sweeping and comprehensive, basically

affirming every argument and claim put forth by those demanding that
California’s Proposition 8 be declared unconstitutional. That proposition,
affirmed by a clear majority of California voters, amended the state’s
constitution to define marriage as the union of a man and a woman. In one
brazen act of judicial energy, California’s voters were told that they had no
right to define marriage, and thousands of years of human wisdom were
discarded as irrational.

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Gulf Oil Disaster: Doctor Warns of The Black Wave

Rising
Dr. Tom Termotto, National Coordinator for the Gulf Oil Spill Remediation
Conference (International Citizen´s Initiative ) in Tallahassee, Florida, has
written an extremely important Press Release, about the profound
environmental and health impacts of the BP Gulf Oil Spill, and the
necessary resources for the Healthcare Provider...

Question:

What do you get when you mix

oil & methane gas,

with oil dispersant (COREXIT),

with radioactive effluent,

with surface-burning oil slicks (petroleum+dispersant),

with lots of dead marine life of every sort and kind

in the Gulf of Mexico during a hot and humid summer?

Answer:

A toxic petrochemical stew which is neither safe to eat from, nor swim in.
The affected beaches, wetlands, marshes and estuaries should also be
viewed with great caution, or avoided altogether.

Many in the MSM have been trumpeting the miraculous recovery of the
Gulf of Mexico in the wake of the successful capping of the gushing oil well
at the Macondo Prospect. Of course there are also those from whom
common sense has not fled. Thankfully, we still have among us
reasonable people who are able to utilize the human faculty of reason. We
pray that there will be many others who will understand the simple facts of
life in the Gulf, which has taken on an awesome toxic burden – a toxic load
of various chemicals, pollutants, contaminants, and poisons that ought to
be dealt with very carefully and with great circumspection.

See also: Crabs provide evidence oil tainting Gulf food web

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2010

Gulf Oil Disaster: Ocean Floor Heaving

See related article: Doomsday: How BP Gulf disaster may have triggered a
'world-killing' event

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2010

Solar Tsunami Rocks Out 6.0+ Magnitude Quakes

Yesterday a SPACEQUAKE ALERT: Solar Tsunami to Strike Earth was
flashed to alert readers to the repercussions of the imminent impact of the
solar storm upon the earth. From the Watcher's Lamp post:

" This solar tsunami may produce more than a spectacular light show. As
previously reported, when the earth is in the path of solar storms, the
earth's magnetic field takes a beating, which can cause:
  earthquakes
 severe weather events..."

The Rice Space Institute at Rice University described the storm:

..."although it was a nice storm, it wasn't a huge one."

In the last 24 hours (Aug 4, 10:00 PM) significant quake events have
occured:

(5) 4.8 - 5.4 quakes, (4) 6.0+ quakes and (1) 7.0 quake.

MAG 5.1 2010/08/05 01:12:46 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW

GUINEA

MAG 6.0 2010/08/04 23:48:03 EAST OF THE KURIL ISLANDS

MAG 7.0 2010/08/04 22:01:44 NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW

GUINEA

MAG 5.4 2010/08/04 21:51:26 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS.,

ALASKA

MAG 5.4 2010/08/04 21:51:25 ( 87 mi) WSW of Adak, ALASKA

MAG 4.8 2010/08/04 18:04:17 29 km (18 mi) ENE of Jackson, WYOMING

MAG 6.4 2010/08/04 12:58:25 ANDREANOF ISLANDS, ALEUTIAN IS.,

ALASKA

MAG 5.3 2010/08/04 10:07:12 TONGA

MAG 6.4 2010/08/04 07:15:33 EASTERN NEW GUINEA REG, PAPUA

NEW GUINEA
MAG 6.0 2010/08/04 04:46:22 SOUTH OF THE FIJI ISLANDS

Alaska has been experiencing the "endless earthquake" phenonema for

the last several weeks.

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Believers gather to see 'crying' Mary statue

GLENDALE, Calif. (KABC) -- In the living room of a modest home in

Glendale, they come to pray.
Some become emotional over a statue of Mary. In the Armenian Catholic
community, she's Maryam.

Since last Monday, people from Glendale, and as far away as Pasadena
and Montebello, have come to pray to her.

According to the homeowner, Ana Hid, who said she's a deeply religious
woman, the statue started to shine, it felt oily.

"She was shining," Hid said. "I grabbed the statue, and my hand, it was all
oily."

Word got out, and some admit they were curious to see what was going on
inside.
"What I see is people filled with hope," said Rosie Rizo of Los Angeles. "I
think there are a lot of families asking for help in different aspects of their
lives, and are praying for a better today and a better tomorrow."

See why Mary of Rome is not the Mary of the Bible.

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2010

The Tale of Two Oil Spills

Riki Ott, marine toxicologist and author of Not One Drop: Betrayal and
Courage in the Wake of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill makes this observation
in her article :

Oilgate! BP and All the President’s Men (Except One) Seek to Contain
Truth of Leak in the Gulf
"...last week in Calhoun County, Michigan, an Enbridge pipeline ruptured,
spilling at least 19,500 barrels of oil. At least thirty families were
temporarily relocated because of the stench and roads and beaches were
closed. Health officials have warned people to stay away from the fumes
and beaches, and to avoid swimming and fishing near oiled areas. “It’s a
very toxic and dangerous environment,” Calhoun County health officer Jim
Rutherford said.

If spilled oil is “toxic and dangerous” in Michigan, it’s also toxic and
dangerous in the Gulf. But in the Gulf, public officials have downplayed the
health risk despite hard evidence of an epidemic of chemical illnesses
related to, I believe, the oil-chemical stew.

The fact that the official story in the Gulf does not match what people are
experiencing is more alarming to me than the oil disaster. How can our
president hold BP accountable if he accepts – or worse is complicit in – the
crime?"
See more on the Gulf Oil Disaster here.

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SPACEQUAKE ALERT: Solar Tsunami to Strike

Earth

FOX NEWS:

Earth is bracing for a cosmic tsunami Tuesday night as tons of plasma

from a massive solar flare head directly toward the planet.

The Sun's surface erupted early Sunday morning, shooting a wall of

ionized atoms directly at Earth, scientists say. It is expected to create a
geomagnetic storm and a spectacular light show -- and it could pose a
threat to satellites in orbit, as well.

"This eruption is directed right at us and is expected to get here early in the
day on Aug. 4," said Leon Golub of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for
Astrophysics. "It's the first major Earth-directed eruption in quite some
time."

Editor's note: This solar tsunami may produce more than a spectacular
light show. As previously reported, when the earth is in the path of solar
storms, the earth's magnetic field takes a beating, which can cause:
  earthquakes
 severe weather events

Scientists now report that "spacequakes" occur in the earth's upper

atmosphere during the solar assault upon the earth. Magnetic vortices are
formed that direct the energy of the spacequake toward the surface of the
earth, with the force of a magnitude 5 to 6 earthquake.

The earth's defenses against this solar assault are significantly weakened
with the discovery 0f a giant breach in the earth's magnetic field.

Here's a recipe for solar induced, terrestrial disasters:

 direct impact of the coronal mass ejection ( solar storm )

 the backlash of the subsequent magnitude 5 0r 6 spacequake
 the giant breach in the earth's magnetic field
 the ramping up of the solar maximum now and peaking in May 2013.

See related articles: WARNING: The Coming Solar Storm , WARNING:

The Coming Solar Storm, Part II , The Coming Solar Storm Part III , The
Solar Storm Threat and 2012 , Space storm alert: 90 seconds from
catastrophe

See all articles on the impact of the Solar Storm.

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MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 2010

Toxicology Report On Gulf Dispersant

Marine toxicologist Susan Shaw details the "web of death" being weaved in
the Gulf with the dispersant Corexit...
See Part I here.

See also: Attention Gulf Coast: Prepare To Abandon Ship, Exxon Valdez
Survivor Sounds Alarm On Gulf Disaster , Gulf Oil Disaster: The Suicide
Economy , Secrecy surrounding the Gulf Coast devastation is criminal ,
Gulf of Mexico's Airborne Toxins Move Inland - Dr. Says MOVE OUT

See all related articles on the Gulf oil disaster here.

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Breaking news - COREXIT fears destroying eco-

system

A report today from Fox 8 in New Orleans reveals that the "orange blobs
found lodged in the bodies of tiny blue crab larvae collected from marshes
that stretch from Texas to Florida" appear to contain Corexit, according to
preliminary results from researchers at Tulane University.

See also: Attention Gulf Coast: Prepare To Abandon Ship, Exxon Valdez
Survivor Sounds Alarm On Gulf Disaster , Gulf Oil Disaster: The Suicide
Economy , Secrecy surrounding the Gulf Coast devastation is criminal ,
Gulf of Mexico's Airborne Toxins Move Inland - Dr. Says MOVE OUT

See all related articles on the Gulf oil disaster here.

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Magnitude 3.0 Earthquake Hits New Orleans Region
Magnitude 3.0 Earthquake hits Gulf of Mexico New Orleans Region by
Geologist Chris Landau

A magnitude 3.0 Earthquake has occurred yesterday, almost at midnight,

80 miles NW of New Orleans and 35 miles) NNE of Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. Sunday, August 01, 2010 at 11:34:28 PM with an epicenter
located at 30.873N, 90.874W. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 3.1
miles according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).

Infrequent earthquakes occur here. By the very nature of this being a

shallow earthquake, it is probably related to oil drilling. Subsidence due to
removal of oil and gas in the earth's crust is probably responsible for this
event.

Editor's note: The removal of oil and gas...sounds like the BP Gulf Oil
disaster may cause a domino effect by disturbing the New Madrid fault
line.

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