Just another environmental issue to ease you to sleep tonight – I just watched the whole documentary, and I’m more angry with Dick Cheney than I’ve ever been:

topless at age 65… damn she’s brave.  And, it is said, she wakes up half-an-hour early each morning to make love to her husband. [New York]

A lot of these look like they’re close to you, nojo …

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Just another day in BP’s world:

Dr. Brian Stacey of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration told NPR last week that, although there are five different species of sea turtle in the Gulf of Mexico, the majority of the ones found affected by the oil spill are Kemp’s Ridleys, “the rarest of them all.”

Ellis confirmed that he’s mostly been seeing Kemp’s Ridleys.

Mike Michael at Gather.com reports that Kemp’s Ridleys are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Harming or killing one “carries stiff fines and civil penalties ($500-$25,000) assessed for each violation. Criminal penalties include possible prison time and fines from $25,000-$50,000.”

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A friend of mine had lobster gazpacho at the Oyster Bar in Grand Central on Friday and loved it.  So how hard can it be? We’re about to find out:

Yield: Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

• 1 1/4  pounds  ripe tomatoes, cut into chunks
• 1  large red bell pepper, quartered
• 1  small onion, cut into chunks
• 2  large shallots, quartered
• 6  large garlic cloves
• 3/4  cup  loosely packed cilantro leaves
• 2  tablespoons  prepared horseradish
• 2  teaspoons  salt
• 3/4  teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4  teaspoon  ground red pepper

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Anyone responsible, civilly or criminally, should be bankrupted and banished from polite society:

Oil firm BP “manipulated” the Bush administration into softening regulation of oil drilling, leading to the environmental disaster unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico, a lawsuit filed in a Florida courtroom alleges.

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An inspector-general’s report earlier this year indicated that the federal agency charged with overseeing oil reserves, the Minerals Management Service, largely failed to live up to the most minimal expectations of it. The report showed the MMS to have allowed oil companies to fill in their own inspection reports, and at least one MMS inspector had admitted to a methamphetamine addiction that caused him to be high while carrying out inspections.

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Salmon Caesar Salad turned out OK:

A restauranteur I know told me to toast the bread before making croutons.

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