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Aviation Pro (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:31 AM Original message |
High court reduces Exxon oil spill damages |
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daa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
1. So let me see if I understand this |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:37 AM Response to Original message |
2. This is sickening |
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GOPNotForMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #2 |
8. For the record, Alito took no part in the case. |
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livetohike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I saw that.....it's how I knew Alito owned Exxon stock |
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GOPNotForMe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Likely would have just made it 6-3 anyway. Oh well. |
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jespwrs (112 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
3. Corporate Whores |
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City Lights (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:40 AM Response to Original message |
4. USA! USA! USA! Of, by, and for the corporations! |
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daggahead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:44 AM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Blatant Plutocracy |
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daggahead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:41 AM Response to Original message |
5. I hope the good people of Alaska |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:32 PM Response to Reply #5 |
14. Read the comments of the good people of Alaska here |
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LeftHander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:44 AM Response to Original message |
7. In Other NEWS - Exxon single day largest profit ever... |
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OneBlueSky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 11:59 AM Response to Original message |
11. people, animals, birds, oceans, trees, rocks, flowers and bears . . . |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:49 PM Response to Reply #11 |
43. 11,000 sq. miles of ocean covered w/oil; up to 500,000 seabirds dead, more.. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
12. Conservative Activist Judges Steal 2 Billion Dollars from Taxpayers and Give it to the Rich. |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:38 PM Response to Reply #12 |
67. Exxon probably |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. HERE |
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boomerbust (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:39 PM Response to Original message |
15. Alaska was clearly in the Bush column in 2000 and 04 |
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debunkthelies (290 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
16. Supremes batting 1000 |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
68. I second that. n/t |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
17. SCOTUS throws out damages in the Exxon Valdez oil spill case |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. That's disheartening. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. Interesting that Alito recused himself (I assume?) What is his |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Alito owns Exxon stock |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #26 |
42. All due to a drunk driver . . . btw . . . |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:03 PM Response to Reply #42 |
46. Greg Palast says it wasn't the Captain; the radar was broken for a year before the spill!! |
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TroglodyteScholar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 05:08 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. I respect Palast and everything... |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:53 PM Response to Reply #52 |
55. he probably was still drunk but it is shocking that the radar was broken |
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Blue_In_AK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
48. And the immediate spill response was abysmal. |
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peacebird (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. what next? Exxon suing for damages over oil lost in the cleanup effort? |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. The argument that the damages were excessive seems to have won out. |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. AP has it now |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. un f-ing believable |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #22 |
29. and a few years from now, they will cut it in half again |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #29 |
54. & it's only 20 years later now...people die off, but corps are eternal... |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #54 |
58. so are estates, as long as you have heirs or a trustee |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #58 |
63. not much comfort to the dead. |
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Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
23. Surprise, surprise. Exxon wins. |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Exxon seems to be doing great under this administration ... record |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. SCOTUS is a sham |
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Tafiti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. It's more important than people think. |
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subsuelo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. I agree |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Heck, I'd settle for another Sandra Dee - at least she saved Roe |
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Tafiti (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 12:46 PM Response to Reply #36 |
64. Re: O'Connor - not exactly. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
27. Seems that SCOTUS |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
28. There's a big fucking surprise |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Hey I was going to post that sentiment as well. |
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Steerpike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
32. Exxon has been fighting in the court for years on this... |
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riverdeep (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
34. Reading up on punitive damages a little. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. personally, i don't think that punitive damages in any lawsuit should go to plaintiffs... |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. I would be for putting the punitives towards some type of fund for victims - |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:44 PM Response to Reply #35 |
69. Not. |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 04:29 PM Response to Reply #69 |
70. that's what compensatory damages are for. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #34 |
57. The ratio nonsense hides a basic fact: punitive damages improve YOUR LIFE |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
39. Took 20 years but they'll finally elminate it -- |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #39 |
40. ExxonMobil should be in jail for their lies/disinformation re Global Warming --- |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 01:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
41. And so it goes... |
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happyslug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #17 |
56. Here is the Opinion |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:57 PM Response to Original message |
44. Statement by ExxonMobil Chairman and CEO, Rex W. Tillerson, Regarding the Valdez Supreme Court Rulin |
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Shoelace (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:17 PM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Hey T-Rex, it took you 20 years to buy off the White House, SCOTUS, you succeeded beyond our wildest |
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emad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 02:59 PM Response to Original message |
45. ExxonMobil now ripe for a take over by Chevron Corp. |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
49. That's why John Roberts was appointed to the court. He's doing his job |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
50. If they remove the punative damages, Exxon actually makes a PROFIT on the spill. n/t |
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fiamma mama (16 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #50 |
62. yes. they put the original settlement money in escrow |
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yurbud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 04:51 PM Response to Original message |
51. paying just actual damages sounds like a "get out of jail free'' card |
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Gidney N Cloyd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
53. OK, so now where does Exxon go to get it's reputation back? |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:12 PM Response to Original message |
59. Despicable. nt |
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ToeBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:56 PM Response to Original message |
60. Tell me again how saving the Supreme Court hinges on the next election... |
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HiddenCSLib (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-25-08 07:59 PM Response to Original message |
61. This is so wrong |
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lakeguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
65. inflation has already taken a huge chunck... |
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Megahurtz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-26-08 02:16 PM Response to Original message |
66. Disgusting. |
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