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IcyPeas

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18. First 100 days of BP oil disaster [CNN video]

Reply to highplainsdem (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2026, 06:32 AM

Mar 15

I vividly remember watching this every day on the news. It went on and on. Took them 87 days to stop it. And now they want to do it again. I hope trump hasn't fired the engineers and scientists crucial to a project like this.

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Trump Administration Approves Ultra-Deepwater Oil Drilling Plan [View all] highplainsdem Mar 14 OP

So how much are we subsidizing this venture? gab13by13 Mar 14 #1

President Pedo seems to be as obsessed with wnylib Mar 14 #2

Oil and gold? LilElf70 Mar 14 #5

Trump is obsessed with anything that makes him richer. Lonestarblue Mar 14 #7

And data/ai jfz9580m Mar 14 #17

If one theorized that MF47 intended to destroy this nation ALL the facts would be consistent with it Ponietz Mar 14 #3

What could go wrong? kysrsoze Mar 14 #4

Nature will awaken the Kraken... Bayard Mar 14 #6

Sloppy work by the NY Times here AZJonnie Mar 14 #8

I checked the Times article again and they'd changed 56,000 to 5,600, so I edited the OP. Re what they highplainsdem Mar 14 #10

Yeah I didn't do all the math but instantly knew the 'decade' number couldn't even be remotely close to right AZJonnie Mar 14 #11

Thanks for catching that! I got 4 hours' sleep a night the last couple of nights and am not as highplainsdem Mar 14 #14

He will ruin anything he gets his filthy hands on, the power-sick greedy pedophile rapist. Timeflyer Mar 14 #9

Yeah BP is happy to come in and pollute the Gulf of Mexico FakeNoose Mar 14 #12

Since everything he touches either dies or turns to shit Javaman Mar 14 #13

BP? Roy Rolling Mar 14 #15

Meanwhile, the sun is shining and the wind is blowing and energy can be had for a fraction of the price. Vinca Mar 14 #16

First 100 days of BP oil disaster [CNN video] IcyPeas Mar 15 #18