lax regulation and loopholes for dilbit pipelines

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Thursday April 04, 2013 · 1:52 PM PDT

2013/04/04 · 13:52

The Pegasus pipeline that ruptured in Mayflower Arkansas was not designed for transport of dilbit, or anything else at high pressure. It was originally a pipeline designed for conventional oil to be shipped from Texas to Illinois (and from there, to Canada). Exxon/Mobil reversed the pipeline 7 years ago in order to ship dilbet from Illinois to refineries in Texas. They did little or nothing to inspect or upgrade the pipeline to make sure it was safe at the higher pressures and volume planned for dilbet flow. A particularly stunning insult to all of us is that the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, used to pay for clean-ups, receives not a single dime from Exxon/Mobil for transport of dilbet, thanks to a tax loophole that deems dilbit "not oil". For more, see below the dilbet doughnut

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Friday September 14, 2012 · 1:48 PM PDT

2012/09/14 · 13:48

Sorry - not a diary. But FOX News is continually getting facts wrong and in this graphic, they decided Texas was SO BIG, that it eliminated Arkansas and shoved Alabama and Mississippi to new locations.

Girl Scouts under attack by right wing

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Sunday February 05, 2012 · 10:41 AM PST

2012/02/05 · 10:41

There is a concerted effort, by the usual right wing suspects, to marginalize and "defund" the Girls Scouts. Several churches have closed their doors to Girl Scout troop meetings and there is a campaign to boycott Girl Scout cookies.

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Tuesday June 10, 2008 · 9:30 AM PDT

2008/06/10 · 09:30

The Bush Administration is helping Saudi Arabia develop nuclear energy - yet Saudi Arabia has vast amounts of oil and endless sunshine for solar power. This op-ed "Why Is Bush Helping Saudi Arabia Build Nukes?", in the Wall Street Journal by Representative Markey (D. Mass.), outlines this outrageous policy.

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Wednesday January 02, 2008 · 12:29 PM PST

2008/01/02 · 12:29

BREAKING . . .
Breaking, from TPM

Justice Department launches criminal probe of destruction of CIA torture tapes.

Late Update: AP reports that Attorney General Michael Mukasey has named an outside prosecutor to handle the criminal investigation.

Later Update: Who is John Durham? Paul Kiel takes a look at the deputy U.S. attorney in Connecticut whom Mukasey named to oversee the investigation.

Update: Gunny6247 has a diary too

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Friday November 30, 2007 · 2:24 PM PST

2007/11/30 · 14:24

As indicated in several other diaries, the Washington Post printed a front page article by Perry Bacon Jr. on Obama's rumored linkage to Muslims. It was clearly a horrible piece of journalism, as has been pointed out by the Columbia Journalism Review, Media Matters, and numerous blogs. I did a little checking into Perry Bacon's past. He was a Yale student through 2002 and staff member and editor of the Yale Daily News. He wrote some good articles then.

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Friday November 16, 2007 · 3:16 PM PST

2007/11/16 · 15:16

I find this to be outrageous that Mukasey would jump into the political fray over the telecom immunity provision of the FISA bill. But what else should we expect? We knew he was bad.

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Wednesday November 07, 2007 · 2:21 PM PST

2007/11/07 · 14:21

DSCC just called to ask for money. I told the caller that I would not donate because I was very unhappy with Senate Democrats and their inability to stand up to Republicans. I gave the Mukasey nomination as a specific example.

I feel better now.

I'll donate to "good" Senators on a case by case basis.

My support for Obama is solidifying

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Monday November 05, 2007 · 1:29 PM PST

2007/11/05 · 13:29

I just read the Andrew Sullivan article about Obama, and it made a big impact on my support for Obama.

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Thursday October 25, 2007 · 3:02 PM PDT

2007/10/25 · 15:02

Key Dems say they will block Mukasey nomination unless he says waterboarding is torture and condemns it.

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Wednesday October 24, 2007 · 7:47 PM PDT

2007/10/24 · 19:47

A Centers for Disease Control report on the impact of climate change on public Health was heavily edited by the White House before congressional testimony.

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Tuesday October 23, 2007 · 9:18 AM PDT

2007/10/23 · 09:18

The Republicans in the House introduced a resolution to censure Stark for his comments last week, but the Democrats successfully tabled it.

Stark then apologized for his comments.

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