The mainstream media is running a 24 hour news cycle focusing purely on  the BP oil spill.  I find it interesting that there doesn't seem to be any news on the planet other than all that crude in the gulf.
Here are a few news items the mainstream news media feels we don't need to know about.
1. 
Israeli nuclear submarines positioned close to  Iran:
Three German-built Israeli submarines equipped with nuclear cruise  missiles are to be deployed in the Gulf near the Iranian coastline.  Israeli subs have  visited the Gulf before but the decision has now been taken to ensure a  permanent presence of at least one of the vessels.
2. 
Iran war propaganda:
US intelligence has shown Iran could launch an attack against Europe  with “scores or hundreds” of missiles, prompting major changes to US  missile defenses, Pentagon chief Robert Gates said on Thursday.
The anti-Iran rhetoric has amplified following the revelation that  many Bilderberg members, including Zbigniew Brzezinski, are now in favor  of U.S. air strikes on Iran and are “leaning towards war,”.
“Some of them in Europe are saying no we shouldn’t do it but most of  them are in favor of American air strikes on Iran,” Bilderberg sluth Jim  Tucker relayed from the recent meeting in Spain. “They’re tilting  heavily towards green lighting a U.S. attack on Iran.”
3. 
The continuing economic slide:
The greatest bankster heist in history and the looming greatest  depression rumbles on.
Gold has hit record highs as the  dollar slumps and the Euro continues to face complete collapse. 
Unemployment figures in the U.S. are  through the roof and U.S. 
consumer prices posted their largest fall  in nearly 1-1/2 years in May.
Rumours in Europe persist regarding an impending bailout for Spain,  while Russia says it is ready to found a 
"new economic world order".
4.
 FCC ready to restrict the Internet:
The federal government would have “absolute power” to shut down the  Internet under the terms of a new US Senate bill being pushed by Joe  Lieberman, legislation which would hand President Obama a figurative  “kill switch” to seize control of the world wide web in response to a  Homeland Security directive.
Lieberman has been pushing for government regulation of the Internet  for years under the guise of cybersecurity, but this new bill goes even  further in handing emergency powers over to the feds which could be used  to silence free speech under the pretext of a national emergency.
5. 
Obama/Blagojevich story
As the Blagojevich trial continues and 
important details emerge, linking Obama to  possible political corruption, Federal prosecutors are seeking a gag  order to keep the ex-Governor and his lawyers from making public  comments.
6. 
UN small arms treaty
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recently announced that the Obama  Administration would be working hand in glove with the U.N. to pass a  new “Small Arms Treaty.”  
Congressman Paul Broun characterizes the U.N.’s Small Arms Treaty as “nothing more than a  massive, GLOBAL gun control scheme.” The treaty would force national governments to acquiesce to a global  gun registry, while strengthening licensing procedures so as to make it  almost impossible for a citizen to legally purchase a gun. It would also  ban the private sale of semi-automatic weapons and ultimately lead to  the confiscation and destruction of all “unauthorized” firearms owned by  citizens.
7. 
Mexicans riot in LA/Land given over to Mexico
Violent scenes following the LA Lakers’ championship-clinching win  over the Boston Celtics in the NBA finals saw 
angry mobs smashing their way through the streets  waving Mexican flags as they went.
Meanwhile, a massive stretch of Arizona has become effectively 
off limits to Americans, Prompting  questions over whether the Obama administration is giving a major strip  of the south-west back to Mexico.
8. 
Obama Plans To Sneak Through Carbon Tax By Stealth 
President Obama is planning to sneak through his job-killing, economy  wrecking carbon tax by stealth according to the Washington Post, by  passing a weakened bill and then adding in cap and trade provisions  after the heat is off following the November elections.
Described as the “lame duck climate strategy,” Obama is planning to  secure enough votes in the Senate to pass a weakened energy bill and  then drag out the conference long enough to ensure the stronger  provisions contained in the original House version are added “after  lawmakers have faced voters in November, thereby cushioning the vote’s  political impact.”
9. 
Afghanistan Mineral Riches Story Is War Propaganda
News that the U.S. has suddenly discovered $1 trillion-worth of  mineral deposits in Afghanistan, and descriptions of the bounty as a  “game changer” by the corporate media, represent nothing more than crude  war propaganda designed to reinvigorate public support for a failing  and ever more pointless occupation.
10. 
Free Speech Gag Bill Moving in House 
H.R. 5175, The so-called DISCLOSE Act would severely limit the  ability of political groups to communicate to their members and the  general public.
Politico reports that, the NRA bargained  for an exemption for itself and other large, established groups while  trampling the rights of private citizens, new political groups, like 
Ron Paul’s Campaign for Liberty, and other  small organizations.
As John Bresnahan reports, “The proposal would exempt organizations  that have more than 1 million members, have been in existence for more  than 10 years, have members in all 50 states and raise 15 percent or  less of their funds from corporations… The NRA, with 4 million members,  will not actively oppose the DISCLOSE Act, according to Democratic  sources.”
So, ya think the Florida beaches will be cleaned up by Labor Day?