Welcome to your Monday open thread. Share your thoughts about what’s going on in the world (in between revelations of whatever wacky thing is going to come out about O’Donnell next). What’s on your mind?
A permanent cement plug sealed the well deep in the bottom of the gulf. After a well exploded on April 20, it sent millions of gallons of oil spewing in the Gulf of Mexico waters.
Retired coast guard Adm. Thad Allen, said on Sunday the well is dead, and pose no further threat. A relief well was drilled so the ruptured well could be sealed from the bottom.
Now we start a multi-year experiment to see what the effects of oil & dispersant has to the ocean and surrounding areas.
I love this snarky post on Talking Points Memo. It’s an answer to Newt Gingrich’s call during the Value Voters Summit this weekend to “ban sharia law.”
Should calm a lot of nerves. From TPM Reader NR …
I know it’s obscure and hidden in the voluminous federal law and Supreme Court Decisions so possibly Newt would have missed it, but there is already fairly well established federal law making it illegal to impose Sharia law on the United States. After an exhaustive search, I found this:
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.”
It’s already prohibited to impose sharia law, just like it’s prohibited to impose Old Testament law. The so-called “Constitutional” conservatives sure don’t know much about the Constitution, do they? Also, Newt Gingrich is determined not to be out-nuttered this year. I think he’s succeeding. It’s hard to remember that Newt endorsed Dede Scozzafava, isn’t it?