Wednesday Blogdome: Your inevitable Gulf Oil Spill, sports tie-in

* Gulf Oil Spill Oversight: Porn! Meth! LSU Tickets! The Minerals Management Service is the Federal agency that controls oversight of all U.S. natural resources in the Gulf of Mexico and accounts for $14 billion per year in revenues from Federal offshore mineral leases. The MMS, which is part of the Department of Interior, was found to have employees “accepting gifts from oil companies” that included private jet travel, hunting and fishing trips, Christmas parties and “even free tickets to see Louisiana State University beat the University of Miami in the 2005 Peach Bowl in Atlanta.” [SportsbyBrooks]
* Getting To Know The 23 Men Who Will Represent The U.S. At The World Cup. The list of 23-men who will wear the American flag into the 2010 World Cup has been announced. Here’s a look at the United States squad [The Sporting Blog]

* If There’s Some Kind of Racism Contest, This Vaults Poland Way Up the Standings. Fans of the club refer to themselves as the ‘Aryan Horde’. If there was any doubt, the blog post above also has a pic of fans behind large banner that reads “Aryan Horde.” Guess “Hitler’s BFFs” was too nuanced. [Unprofessional Foul]
* BBC blogger has complete meltdown over London Olympic mascots. I’ll admit that these new mascots for the 2012 London Olympics are a bit buggered, but I’m not taking it nearly as badly as BBC blogger Robbo Robson, who’s doing everything he can in this post to maintain his English sensibilities and avoid swearing. [With Leather]
* Mariners-Padres Series Leads To Instant Classic Rap. Well, look at this: One of these so-called “non-rivalry” interleague series (Padres-Mariners) produced a bet between two gentlemen people, one a fan of each team. And the loser had to make the above video, perhaps the best baseball rap so far this season. Making it even better: I think part of the rap is about the girl he lost the bet to, so about half this song is pretty nonsensical. [Walkoff Walk]
* (Video) Oh Nos! A Squirrel Disrupted The Twins-Yankees Game At Target Field! Not only did the Twins experience yet another first during their first season at Target Field last night during their game against the Yankees – the first suspended game due to rain – it also marked the first time a rascally little critter actually interfered with play on the field. [Sportress of Blogitude]
* Also: So when did the Mets become a Double-A Minor League team? Around the middle of the 2007 season? OK, thanks … Sarah Silverman explains the “Lost” finale … David Wright as the Great Gazoo. You’re welcome … This bear tattoo is full of awesome.
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