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| Judge orders railway company to pay Native American tribe astonishing sum for 'trespassing' on land |
| 2024-06-19 |
| [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] BNSF was ordered to pay the Swinomish tribe nearly $400 million. More penalties for big oil. US District Judge Robert Lasnik ordered BNSF Railway to turn over the astonishing sum of cash on Monday after finding that the company intentionally trespassed on the Swinomish Tribe's reservation north of Seattle when it repeatedly ran 100-car trains carrying crude oil across the land. By doing so, the railway deliberately violated a 1991 easement with the tribe that allows trains to carry no more than 25 cars per day, Lasnik initially ruled last year |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #11 There remained legally enslaved people in states that never seceded from the Union. See - Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky The concept started with a Union general who proclaimed all slaves in his area of authority were to be treated as wartime contraband. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-06-19 16:42 |
| #10 Ahh Besoeker, from Wikipedia: Juneteenth (yes spelled as one word) Juneteenth, officially Juneteenth National Independence Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. The holiday's name is a portmanteau of the words "June" and "nineteenth", as it was on June 19, 1865, when Major General Gordon Granger ordered the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in Texas at the end of the American Civil War.[8][9] Although this date commemorates enslaved people learning of their freedom under the Emancipation Proclamation, this only applied to former Confederate states. There remained legally enslaved people in states that never seceded from the Union. These people did not gain their freedom until the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 6, 1865." More at Wiki... |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2024-06-19 16:36 |
| #9 Stock market closed today for "June Teenth" whatever the fok that is. We are so....GONE ! |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-06-19 09:59 |
| #8 I am glad that there was a suit instead of violence. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2024-06-19 09:55 |
| #7 /\ He owns a large number of oil tank cars. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-06-19 09:51 |
| #6 ^ Who has actively fought pipelines, for some obscure reason |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-06-19 07:53 |
| #5 BNSF = Warren Buffet/Berkshire Hathaway |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-06-19 07:49 |
| #4 Raise gas price on the reservation to $30/gal to pay for it. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2024-06-19 07:44 |
| #3 If only there was another way of moving the stuff. Say like pipelines. Try to get one of those built today. The past presidents and responsible board members should face $$$ responsibilities for blowing off the tribe and playing the 'go sue me' game as a trade off. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2024-06-19 07:11 |
| #2 All of which will be passed on to the American consumer in the form of higher prices at the gas pump and grocery store. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-06-19 06:22 |
| #1 Good for the tribe. Bad for the people who need this oil to live normal lives. Maybe, just maybe, old Will knew something we forgot? |
| Posted by: Grom the Reflective 2024-06-19 01:18 |