NBC, msnbc.com and news services
2:33 PM EST July 27, 2010
Adding insult to the Gulf’s injury, an oil platform hit by a tugboat is now spewing oil and natural gas near a Louisiana marsh area, officials said Tuesday.
The oil and gas is shooting up 20 feet into the air, the office of Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser said.
Crews don’t expect to be able to cap the well before 6 p.m. ET, Coast Guard Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft told reporters.
“We cannot catch a break,” Deano Bonano, Jefferson Parish emergency management director, said in a note to parish officials.
Some 6,000 feet of boom were placed around the site, Thad Allen, the national incident commander for the nearby BP spill, told reporters.
The tugboat was pushing a barge when the collision happened, he added.
The well is in inland waterways on the border of Plaquemines and Jefferson parishes, about 65 miles south of New Orleans; it’s marsh area not accessible by road.
Jefferson Parish Councilman Chris Roberts was quoted as saying by WWL-TV in New Orleans that “there is a pretty good amount of oil flowing there.” He did not have a more specific estimate.
Jefferson Parish officials said the tugboat hit the well before dawn. The tugboat captain immediately notified officials, and another boat later called in the leak.
Allen said the well is owned by the state of Louisiana.
The leak is north of Barataria Bay, a sensitive coastal estuary where crews have been fighting waves of oil from the BP spill.
Oil spewing from another well near La. marsh
Posted: 28th July 2010 by donwill in Breaking News, Hot topicsTags: emergency, new oil spill, New Orleans
NOM Sign: Murder Gay Couples
Posted: 27th July 2010 by donwill in Gay Marriage, Gay Rights, ReligionTags: antigaysign, Gay Marriage, Larry Adams, Murder
By Advocate.com Editors
A National Organization for Marriage supporter offered up a solution for gay marriage at an antigay rally in Indianapolis: putting gay couples to death.
A blogger for Blierico.com broke the story and posted a photo of the sign, which a supporter brought to NOM’s “One Man, One Woman bus tour stop in Indianapolis. The sign states the NOM supporter’s name and address: Larry Adams, from Cross Bearer Ministry in Indianapolis.
Well, I checked and if you want to talk to lMr. Larry Adams directly, you can reach him at (317) 787-3597. You can also check him out on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqOIHugX4dk.
In the meantime here’s something Mr. Adams may want to consider:
Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God’s law. I
have learned a great deal from you and try to share that knowledge
with as many people as I can. When someone tries to defend the
homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus
18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination.
I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements
of God’s Laws and how to follow them:
1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and
female, provided they are purchased from neighboring nations. A friend
of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not to Canadians.
Can you clarify? Why can’t I own Canadians?
2. If I wanted to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in
Exodus 21:7, in this day and age, what do you think would be a fair
price for her?
3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in
her period of menstrual uncleanliness (Lev. 15:19-24). The problem is,
how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense.
4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a
pleasing odor for the Lord (Lev. 1:9). The problem is my neighbors.
They claim the odor is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them?
5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus
35:2 clearly states that he should be put to death. Am I morally
obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it?
6. A friend of mine feels that, even though eating shellfish is an
abomination (Lev. 11:10), it is a lesser abomination than
homosexuality. I don’t agree. Can you settle this? Are there “degrees”
of abomination?
7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God if I
have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading
glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle-room
here?
8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair
around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev.
19:27. How should they die?
9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes
me unclean, but may I still play football if I wear gloves?
10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev. 19:19 by planting two
different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing
garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester
blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really
necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town
together to stone them (Lev. 24:10-16)? Couldn’t we just burn them to
death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep
with their in-laws (Lev. 20:14)?
I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy
considerable expertise in such matters, so I am confident you can help.
Thank you again for reminding us that God’s word is eternal and
unchanging!
According to the report, more than 250 LGBT activists showed up at the rally and only 40 NOM supporters.
PORN WRESTLER LOSES TITLE IN OVERTIME
Posted: 23rd July 2010 by donwill in SportsTags: Nebraska, Paul Donahoe, wrestler
From Wicked Gay Blog Paul Donahoe, the Edinboro University wrestler who gained note for posing on a gay porn site, lost in the final of the 125-pound class of the NCAA’s wrestling championships.
Donahoe, who came to prominence after being caught posing nude on a gay porn site, looked stunned after, offering Nickerson perfunctory congratulations before running into the tunnel and the locker room. I imagine losing this way has to be more disappointing than being dominated. To my untrained eye, both wrestlers looked evenly matched and the bout could have gone longer if not for the violation.
I know a lot of our readers were rooting for Donahoe since many thought he got a raw deal being kicked off the Nebraska team (for which he won the national title in 2007) after his nude photos were discovered. Donahoe, who is straight, further endeared himself this week with his very gay-friendly comments to the Boston Globe. (Full Story-OutSports)
http://outsports.com/jocktalkblog/2009/03/21/wrestler-donahoe-loses-title-in-heartbreake
Maine Officials to Bartenders: Cover Up
Posted: 23rd July 2010 by donwill in Entertainment, Gay RightsTags: Bartenders, Maine
Maine Officials to Bartenders: Cover Up
By Advocate.com Editors
Bartenders at a gay bar in Ogunquit, Maine, have been told by city officials they need to start working with their shirts on.
Citing “health hazards,” Code Enforcement Officer Paul Lempicki last week told Mainestreet owner Norm Paquin he needs to cover up his staff — and a set of whiskey bottles visible from the street.
Paquin complied, but patrons of the bar suggest complaints from locals concerned with the town’s image are the real reason for the request.
“I was appalled that the town manager allowed this to happen,” resident Harriet Yaffe told the Seacoast Online. “It was brought to his attention a while ago, and he didn’t do anything about it. I have no problem with eating outside or having a nice outside bar. I love Ogunquit, and I love the gay men. I have no problems with anyone. I just don’t want a tacky town. It’s going to become another P-town.”