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barbaraann Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 01:24 PM
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Bush/Blair mutual friend raking in energy profits. (shock, shock!)
GWB spent a summer on the Gammell family farm in Scotland when he was 13 and Blair went to college will Bill Gammell and there are also some subsequent fundraising and business ties between Blair and Gammell.

Cairn reveals Nepal move as profits soar
IAIN DEY DEPUTY BUSINESS EDITOR

CAIRN Energy revealed plans for a "pioneering" move into Nepal yesterday, as it racked up an 86 per cent jump in pre-tax profits to £26.3 million.

The Edinburgh-based oil and gas firm has tendered bids for five separate exploration blocks in the country, covering a total area of 25,000 square kilometres.
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http://www.news.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=181&id=966152003
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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 01:28 PM
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1. Energy is the biggest racket on the planet - way more than drugs
prostitution and gambling put together.

And these thugs want MORE deregulation in this country and ALL over the world so they can control entire populations while collecting unseemly profits.
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barbaraann Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Oct-01-03 01:58 PM
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2. It seems like the British Empire morphed into the oil & gas
industry.
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