ANOTHER Blatant 33

Article from today, May 26th:

The threat of hefty fines underscores the importance of quantifying how much oil is pouring into the Gulf. As BP seeks to staunch the leak that has now been gushing for at least 33 days, it has estimated a spill rate of 5,000 barrels per day. But some experts say the volume -- and hence the fines -- could be more than 10 times higher.

Ummm, the platform exploded on April 20th-- 36 days ago. Why else say 33 in this sentence unless there was a specific desire to insert that number?

I suppose this regular citing of 33 gets tedious, but I still find it remarkable that this specific device/symbol is regularly inserted into news pieces, presumably as code for someone, in connection with the PTB.