Topic: BP - on June 9, 2010 at 12:24:00 PM CEST
BP Buys "Oil Spill" Search Term
BP, facing a tidal wave of bad publicity over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, is buying search terms on internet search engines to point users to the company's official public relations crisis page.
Searches on Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft's Bing for "oil spill," "Gulf oil spill," or related phrases deliver a "sponsored link" at the top of the search results page to BP.com and the message: "Learn more about how BP is helping."
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Topic: COPYRIGHT - on June 9, 2010 at 12:22:00 PM CEST
RIAA Says LimeWire Owes $1.5 Trillion
LimeWire owes the major record labels one point five trillion dollars, at a conservative estimate. At least, that's what an RIAA lawyer says. He also wants LimeWire shut down and its assets frozen, says Ray Beckerman's Recording Industry vs The People blog
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Topic: War and Peace - on June 8, 2010 at 2:26:00 PM CEST
U.S. Intelligence Analyst Arrested in Wikileaks Video Probe
Federal officials have arrested an Army intelligence analyst who boasted of giving classified U.S. combat video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records to whistleblower site Wikileaks, Wired.com has learned.
SPC Bradley Manning, 22, of Potomac, Maryland, was stationed at Forward Operating Base Hammer, 40 miles east of Baghdad, where he was arrested nearly two weeks ago by the Army’s Criminal Investigation Division. A family member says he’s being held in custody in Kuwait, and has not been formally charged.
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Topic: STRANGE - on June 8, 2010 at 2:25:00 PM CEST
Elephant causes traffic jam in Zurich
An elephant brought commuter traffic to a halt when she went for a stroll through a Swiss city centre.
Sabu the elephant escaped from her circus home when she broke free while being loaded into her trailer.
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Topic: GOOGLE - on June 8, 2010 at 2:04:00 PM CEST
We Don’t Need No Google! - Turkey bans use of Google, services
Turkey has imposed an indefinite ban on Internet search engine Google and many of its services citing “legal” reasons.
In an official statement, Turkey’s Telecommunications Presidency said it has banned access to many of Google IP addresses without assigning clear reasons. The statement did not confirm if the ban is temporary or permanent.
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Topic: CARS - on June 6, 2010 at 1:20:00 PM CEST
Volkswagen Polo blowjob ad
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Topic: BP - on June 6, 2010 at 1:12:00 PM CEST
Das schönste Bild zu BP seit langem
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Topic: Conspiracy theory - on June 5, 2010 at 12:13:00 PM CEST
Sagenumwobene Bilderberg-Gruppe versammelt sich in Spanien
Manche sehen in ihr eine Art "Schatten-Weltregierung", andere nur einen überholten elitären Debattierclub: Die Bilderberg-Gruppe ist zu ihrem jährlichen Treffen zusammengekommen. Streng abgeschirmt von der Außenwelt tagt die geheimnisumwitterte Organisation in Spanien.
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Topic: food - on June 5, 2010 at 12:11:00 PM CEST
Monsanto’s 475-ton seed donation challenged by Haitian peasants
Advocates for Haitian peasants said a U.S.-based company’s donation of up to 475 tons of hybrid vegetable seeds to aid Haitian farmers will harm the island-nation’s agriculture.
The advocates contend the donation is being made in an effort to shift farmer dependence from local seed to more expensive hybrid varieties shipped from overseas.
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Topic: BP - on June 5, 2010 at 12:09:00 PM CEST
Ölteppich driftet in den Atlantik
Die Ölpest wird wohl nicht auf den Golf von Mexiko beschränkt bleiben: Computersimulationen zufolge treibt der Teppich in den Atlantik. Auch der Ostküste der USA droht ein Desaster - von dort driftet das Öl Richtung Europa.
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Topic: BP - on June 5, 2010 at 12:03:00 PM CEST
Greenpeace UK's BP logo redesign competition
How would you rebrand BP?
A few years ago, BP rebranded themselves as 'beyond petroleum'. And yet BP is pursuing 'unconventional oil' - the Canadian tar sands and deepwater drilling, despite the massive environmental damage that's being caused by their business.
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Topic: BP - on June 5, 2010 at 11:59:00 AM CEST
Video News: Journalists Threatened with Arrest For Filming BP Oil Spillage on US Beach
Its come to light that US Coast Guard officials are threatening journalists with arrest if they attempt to try to film the clean up operation in the aftermath of the largest man-made disaster ever to befall the United States.
When questioned as to why the threat of arrest existed, the journalists were told "This is rules put in place by BP, and NOT, by the United States government.
The Gulliver 78 BP/The British Petroleum Co plc - BP Dossier
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