The Good news? You can live forever. The Bad News? You’ll have to be a jellyfish to pull it off.

News

BP Shares Go Up: One right-wing talking point will have to take a break – despite destroying the Gulf and having President Barack Obama speak sternly and take $20 billion from them, shares of BP went up.

BP Controls the Media: While his separation is what is on people’s minds, Al Gore stands up against BP’s censuring of Gulf news.

Prop. 8: The closing argument for Proposition 8 supporters? Marriage is for having children. Luckily, my child-less marriage still stands.

Forever Young: Say what you will about jellyfish, but the turritopsis nutricula may just be immortal.

Sports

Argentina Scores Big: Despite having its defense pressed by a scrappy South Korean squard, the magic of Leo Messi and goal-scoring of Gonzalo Higuaín led Argentina to a 4-1 World Cup triumph.

Swiss Stun Spain: After being unbeatable the past few years (except for a Confederation Cup loss to the U.S.), Spain was flat and unable to stop a focused Switzerland, losing 1-0 in the biggest upset of the World Cup, thus far.

Blogs

ScienceBlogs: The worst-case scenario for the British Petroleum oil disaster? It’s not pretty.

Alternet: The Tea Party movement is faux-conservative.

Towleroad: When Eminem comes out in favor for Gay Marriage, you know the tide has turned.

Daily Beast: BP boss Tony Heyward to apologize, spread the blame around in front of Congress today.

Tweet of the Day

“Breaking: After meeting Thatcher, Sarah Palin to dig up Ronald Reagan for discussion on Conservative issues.”

–WKW

Crossposted at William K. Wolfrum Chronicles