• Skiluros@sh.itjust.works
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    The US is such a corrupt country. This was basically a kangaroo court, but with typical American-style pomp and self-absorption.

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      Wait so $660m? Maybe I missed it, but it doesn’t look like they physically damaged anything, and the fine is for damaging a reputation of a company that majority of people never heard of?

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        CEO Kelcy Warren, a Texas billionaire and huge trump donor, has been trying to take out environmental groups for years.

        On a completely unrelated note, I wonder how Luigi is doing?

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    Just do what corporations do. Start a subsidiary, transfer all assets to that entity. Spin the entity off as independent. Then declare bankruptcy.

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        21 hours ago

        True, but I haven’t paid a parking ticket in like a decade so I’m pretty sure they can just “ignore” it like I do.