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Oh dear, I hope it's okay to refer to Oil Executives (and clearly my betters) with a derisive name. But after failing to contain an oil spill by dropping something they picked up from PODS, and then trying to stuff it with garbage (what a novel idea, garbage dumped in the ocean), BP has come up with a new idea and is implementing it post, somewhat, in haste, pretty soon eventually.

The "top hat" oil containment device has reached the sea floor and should be in position over the well head and operational by the end of the week, BP said...

The "top hat," a 5-foot-tall, 4-foot-diameter structure, weighs less than 2 tons. The structure was deployed by the drill ship Enterprise.

So after three weeks, BP's plan comes down to something concocted by "Mr. Moneybags" and "Ron Jeremy"? (I had that joke first Colbert!) And if that doesn't work, they've been crocheting together a giant sweater to place over the spewing pipe overseen by a man born in one of those non-snipping European countries. And if that fails, BP is in subcontracting negotiations with Trojan Man.

So no need to worry.

[cross-posted at Firedoglake]