The spill from space

And an interesting animation of the spill so far:

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I find myself reaching for the 'stop' button, unfortunately, it only stops the animation.

I'm so angry about this I don't know where to begin.

There is so much that is so wrong about everything from the way the government handled it to BP's awful denial-and-cover-up tactics that it just numbs the mind.

At least it looks like they finally have a working cap on it that might hold until the relief wells are completed.