Biscuits and mexican strawberries
That asbestos was a big bugaboo for Haliburton
Most people assume that Halliburton made a fortune when Cheney, who had just left his previous job as secretary of defence, took over the company in 1995. Halliburton had, after all, just scored its first $1bn military logistics contract in war-torn Bosnia and Kosovo. But in reality, the company made a gigantic loss because of a very bad deal that Cheney made for Halliburton – by buying a company called Dresser Industries in 1998. All told, Halliburton paid out $2.8bn in cash because Cheney and his advisers had neglected to pay much attention to the asbestos liability of Dresser. The stock price of Halliburton rose from about $12 a share in 1996, to a high of $25, before plunging to about $7 a share in 2002.
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If the shareholders can prove that Cheney or his advisers knew about the liability and did not tell anyone, the company could be in deep trouble. On the other hand, if they did not realise that Dresser Industries was in financial trouble, it merely suggests that Cheney was a very bad businessman.
There is some evidence that the board was definitely not paying close attention at the time. A federal investigation of Halliburton's pension plans showed that the company had charged some costs of Halliburton's top bosses' pension and bonus plans to the workers' pension fund, spending about $2.6m in total between 1 June 1999 and 1 January 2004. Two such violations took place while Cheney was the company's CEO.
The company also failed to pay out a part of the pensions that was owed to employees who came to work at Halliburton when Cheney bought up Dresser. When the workers complained to investigators at the UD department of labour, Halliburton returned the money to the affected people and returned the money it had spent from the workers' pension funds.
But it is unlikely that Cheney will ever testify. He has, after all, wriggled out of testifying on the Nigeria bribery scandal, and nobody has ever brought charges against him for the much-commented-on war-profiteering in Iraq.
Whittington, if anon had to guess, got or was going to get a subpoena, and rather than take a chance, Dick called his buddy up to go shoot birds
possibly even a singing bird
allegedly
but it is rumored that Whittington was kept on the ranch much longer than known because Dick was using a 28g…not exactly the caliber that a sith would sport
Rockefeller survived nice and comfy in the states
and on this "rock" I will build my church
So, philanthropy becomes the indulgence for the church then…
but hunting for art in New Guinea,,,no no
Boteach came out in support of RFKjr after the 2023 talk about how COVID-19 was developed to not target ashkenazi jews…
Christianity as taught by who….then?
10 commands
and a couple of rules
the rest…parables
There's no argument on that level…
and yes
it really is that simple
but simple
don't put mamon in the wallet book
division does
Cheney, who was Halliburton's CEO in the 1990s, and nine others were charged with conspiracy and "distribution of gratification to public officials" in a long-running case involving the company and its Kellogg, Brown and Root subsidiary. Nigerian officials accused the company of paying bribes to secure $6 billion worth of contracts for a liquefied natural gas project in the Niger Delta.
Making something from nothing….that is a work of god
making something from nothing which is based on something…that a different story
Money for nothing just needed a different set of lyrics
Let's just go with the biblical parable then
descendants of cain
are they trying to get right with god by delivering the biggest sacrifice they can
is that why there was the first "murder"
put a little accelerant in the mix
should you wish
but a little Loggins and Messina
I'm all right
subject to interpretation perhaps
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Rides in with the Storm
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Only been day shift for an hour time
and they're calling a lid