Yesterday, U.S. District Judge and oil investor Martin Feldman blocked President Obama's "blanket, generic, indeed punitive" offshore oil drilling moratorium. But Interior Secretary Ken Salazar will seek a stay on the ruling, pending an appeal by the administration. [NYT]

U.S. District Judge Martin Feldman struck down the Obama administration's deepwater drilling moratorium in rather snippy, circular language today. Perhaps his cereal milk was a bit sour this morning? Or maybe he just owns some oil stocks.