Month: March 2012

Good riddance. Hopefully this teaches other corporations to more accurately calculate environmental destruction and/or risk mitigation costs into their operating costs in the future.

Arco stations for sale as BP plans to leave Southland

Last year, the company said that it had hoped to sell those operations and its refinery in Texas City, Texas … [to] raise money to pay for the disastrous Gulf of Mexico oil leak.

https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-arco-20120317,0,5945101.story

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The greatest error, today, is to believe that those of one temperament should seek to develop the characteristics of another. The true challenge is to accept the beauty of one’s own nature, and rely on divine providence to assist one in emphasizing one’s unique inclinations towards virtue and keep one from the dangers towards which one’s weaknesses would make one inclined.

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i long for the day when guys and girls can punch each other in the face and be judged equally …

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Looks like Habeas Corpus is alive and well. What’s the big deal anyway? All he did was kill 16 future terrorists. Give the man a medal and a hero’s welcome.

Soldier suspected in Afghanistan massacre to huddle with lawyers

The lawyer representing the U.S. soldier implicated in the massacre of 16 villagers in Afghanistan said on Saturday he and other members of the defense team would spend several days with him in the week ahead.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/17/us-usa-afghanistan-soldier-idUSBRE82G0FG20120317

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