Oily and slick

President Obama launched round two with the multinational oil giant BP. The CEO of the company based in the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales, Sweden, Belize and North Korea walked into the lion's den as the two talked about how BP is going to pick up the tab on this disaster. Maybe the Iranians will end up getting stuck with the bill considering the now pariah firm's connections to the pariah state. With questions still swirling over just how much oil is going into the Gulf and with BP's immediate future unclear, what is clear is that this mess of epic proportions is living down to its old slogan of "No dry holes."

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With so much happening in the world, it's tough to figure out just where to start.

With charges only a mother could love, the U.S. government is calling Mahmood Alessa a defendant after seeking to travel to Somalia to either become a terrorist or a pirate. His mother is calling Mahmood an idiot with anger issues.

Yes the special relationship between the U.S. and the United Kingdom of England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Belgium and Afghanistan has left us with what is now an estimated 40,000 barrels of oil per day spilling into the into the Gulf of Mexico, courtesy of our friends at BP. We (being the New York Times) are expecting that President Obama is going to tell the oil company and the rest of the world on Tuesday before a live studio audience that he is not amused and that if BP fails to sock some money away to cover the costs of this mess, the U.S. government will be sorely put out.

The good news. Futurama returns with all new eps June 24 on Comedy Central.