FRIDAY: Taking a bath.

BP claims to successfully be capturing 15,800 barrels of oil every day, although U.S. officials claim that upwards of 25,000 barrels are still leaking into the ocean. BP executives claim that they would go ahead and capture all of the oil, but they don't want to come off as greedy. As the oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico, scientists are doing everything they can to combat the impact on wildlife. BP is arguing that all of the crude is actually good for the environment, though, and that the fish and birds should seriously consider selling the oil back to them, as soon as it is removed from their gills and lungs.

The White House announced that President Obama will meet with BP executives next week, where he is expected to use stern language to express his discontent with the situation. Beyond that he has no authority to make them do anything, though, since they are British. The new government in England has been relatively quiet in regard to the ecological disaster, reserving it as an excuse for why they "let" the US soccer team beat England on Saturday, were such an outcome to occur.

The World Cup kicked off this morning in South Africa. Teams from all over the world will compete in what most Americans agree can be best described as, "soccer."

Enjoy weekending.

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