Halliburton gets a bitty fine for destroying Gulf of Mexico spillrecords
 

Halliburton pleads guilty to destroying Gulf spill evidence


* Third company to plead guilty over Gulf spill

* Halliburton to pay $200,000 fine

* $55 million to be donated to fish and wildlife group

July 25 (Reuters) - Halliburton Co has agreed to plead guilty to
destroying evidence related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the
U.S. Department of Justice said on Thursday.

The government said the guilty plea is the third by a company over the
spill, and requires the world's second-largest oilfield services company
to pay a maximum $200,000 statutory fine. Halliburton also made a
separate, voluntary $55 million payment to the National Fish and
Wildlife Foundation, the Justice Department said.

Halliburton also agreed to three years of probation, and to continue
cooperating with the criminal probe into the April 20, 2010 explosion of
the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig.

Court approval of the settlement is required.

A Halliburton spokeswoman did not immediately respond to requests for
comment.

The disaster caused 11 deaths and triggered the largest U.S. offshore
oil spill following the rupture of the Macondo oil well, which was 65
percent owned by BP Plc. Halliburton had earlier provided cementing
services to help seal the well.

According to the government, Halliburton recommended to BP that the
Macondo well contain 21 centralizers, metal collars that can improve
cementing, but BP chose to use six.

The government said that, during an internal probe into the cementing
after the blowout, Halliburton ordered workers to destroy computer
simulations that showed little difference between using six and 21
centralizers. Efforts to forensically locate the simulations were
unsuccessful, the government said.

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This will never stop with itsy-bitsy fines, because they are just a cost
of doing business. Halliburton execs should be doing time.

Halliburton gets a bitty fine for destroying Gulf of Mexico spill records
 

On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:06:52 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Halliburton execs should be doing time.

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And so should you. Tax fraud is a felony last time I looked.

Halliburton gets a bitty fine for destroying Gulf of Mexico spillrecords
 

On 7/25/2013 8:14 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:06:52 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Halliburton execs should be doing time.

===

And so should you. Tax fraud is a felony last time I looked.

Harry cant reconcile to the fact that we *all* know about his financial
problems. I think we should keep after him till he confesses and repents
for his sins.

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On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:32:36 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

On 7/25/2013 8:14 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:06:52 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Halliburton execs should be doing time.

===

And so should you. Tax fraud is a felony last time I looked.

Harry cant reconcile to the fact that we *all* know about his financial
problems. I think we should keep after him till he confesses and repents
for his sins.

===

I'm sure that Harry has somehow convinced himself that all of his
financial failures are a result of some right wing conspiracy, perhaps
lead by Dick Cheney personally. Maybe he should have taken a few
business courses in college instead of all that underwater basket
weaving fluff.

Halliburton gets a bitty fine for destroying Gulf of Mexico spillrecords
 

On 7/25/2013 9:30 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:32:36 -0400, Hank©
wrote:

On 7/25/2013 8:14 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Thu, 25 Jul 2013 20:06:52 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

Halliburton execs should be doing time.

===

And so should you. Tax fraud is a felony last time I looked.

Harry cant reconcile to the fact that we *all* know about his financial
problems. I think we should keep after him till he confesses and repents
for his sins.

===

I'm sure that Harry has somehow convinced himself that all of his
financial failures are a result of some right wing conspiracy, perhaps
lead by Dick Cheney personally. Maybe he should have taken a few
business courses in college instead of all that underwater basket
weaving fluff.

Imagine spending all that money for a BA and an MA and having only the
credentials of "good spella" to show for it. He should have saved his
money, and entered a few spelling bees in grammar school instead.

Even his career choice missed the mark. A union organizer can only grow
up to be a thug. Whereas a community organizer can grow up to be, well
you know. As Maxwell Smart used to say "He came that close".

Halliburton gets a bitty fine for destroying Gulf of Mexico spillrecords
 

On 7/26/13 11:52 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 05:55:59 -0400, Hank©
wrote:



Imagine spending all that money for a BA and an MA and having only the
credentials of "good spella" to show for it. He should have saved his
money, and entered a few spelling bees in grammar school instead.

Even his career choice missed the mark. A union organizer can only grow
up to be a thug. Whereas a community organizer can grow up to be, well
you know. As Maxwell Smart used to say "He came that close".

What's the difference between an English major and a Domino's pizza?


A Domino's pizza can feed a family of 4..



It's always a chuckle when those without college degrees knock those who
have them.

Halliburton gets a bitty fine for destroying Gulf of Mexico spill records
 

On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:23:38 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

It's always a chuckle when those without college degrees knock those who
have them.

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Too bad they didn't teach you about paying taxes and your debts.

Halliburton gets a bitty fine for destroying Gulf of Mexico spillrecords
 

On 7/26/13 1:04 PM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:23:38 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

It's always a chuckle when those without college degrees knock those who
have them.

====

Too bad they didn't teach you about paying taxes and your debts.


Wow...a lecture from a bankster facilitator. What are the odds that some
of your retirement income comes from an organization that bilked
millions of people and required massive federal bailouts?

Halliburton gets a bitty fine for destroying Gulf of Mexico spillrecords
 

On 7/26/13 1:07 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 12:23:38 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:

On 7/26/13 11:52 AM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 05:55:59 -0400, Hank©
wrote:



Imagine spending all that money for a BA and an MA and having only the
credentials of "good spella" to show for it. He should have saved his
money, and entered a few spelling bees in grammar school instead.

Even his career choice missed the mark. A union organizer can only grow
up to be a thug. Whereas a community organizer can grow up to be, well
you know. As Maxwell Smart used to say "He came that close".

What's the difference between an English major and a Domino's pizza?


A Domino's pizza can feed a family of 4..



It's always a chuckle when those without college degrees knock those who
have them.

I always chuckle when guys with BAs ask me if I want fries with that.


I always chuckle when guys who went into the navy instead of college and
have no B.A. or B.S. knock on the doors of the houses in the 'hood and
ask if they can pump out the septic tanks or clear out the brush. We
have a contractor for the former who comes by every couple of years to
check on the septic tanks and pump them out if needed.

Halliburton gets a bitty fine for destroying Gulf of Mexico spillrecords
 

On 7/26/13 2:25 PM, wrote:
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 13:40:10 -0400, "F.O.A.D." wrote:


I always chuckle when guys with BAs ask me if I want fries with that.


I always chuckle when guys who went into the navy instead of college and
have no B.A. or B.S. knock on the doors of the houses in the 'hood and
ask if they can pump out the septic tanks or clear out the brush. We
have a contractor for the former who comes by every couple of years to
check on the septic tanks and pump them out if needed.

A licensed septic contractor will make a whole lot more money than
most of your college friends.

You have no way of knowing that.

It is also a recession proof business.
When you gotta go, you gotta go.

I find it interesting that the college loan crisis is bigger than the
bankruptcy problems in all of the corrupt northern cities combined ...
by a factor of 10x or more. It is largely for the same reason. People
borrowed more money than the productivity they gained with the
"investment" will ever pay back.

What an interesting take. A better one might be that the entire concept
of financing higher education should be ****canned, and that higher
education should be provided at no or little cost to students who can
progress through it. You know, like Europe.