crowfarm
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posted on April 6, 2007 01:30:22 PM new
Why aren't we at war with the banana company ???????????
Chiquita to plead guilty to ties with terrorists
Federal authorities say the banana producer made transactions with terrorist organizations.
March 14 2007: 6:54 PM EDT
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Chiquita Brands International entered a plea agreement with federal authorities on charges that it engaged in transactions with a terrorist organization.
The company agreed to pay a $25 million fine regarding the investigation of protection payments made by the company's former banana-producing subsidiary in Colombia.
Federal authorities charged banana giant Chiquita with ties to terrorist organizations.
Shares of Chiquita (up $0.25 to $12.75, Charts) fell nearly 1 percent in after-hours trading on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday.
The announcement came moments after U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeffrey Taylor accused the Cincinnati-based banana producer with paying - through its Colombia subsidiary Banadex - a right-wing paramilitary group in Urabá and Santa Marta, two areas of Colombia where Chiquita grew bananas.
"From in or about 1997 though on or about Feb. 4, 2004, defendant Chiquita made over 100 payments to the AUC [United Self-Defense Forces of Colombia] totaling over $1.7 million," the 17-page information said.
It said Chiquita had also paid money to two left-wing organizations from about 1989 until about 1997, when those groups controlled areas where the company grew bananas. It identified the groups as the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) and the ELN (National Liberation Army).
The company recently pushed back its annual report to amend an agreement with lenders after taking a charge related the federal investigation.
Under the terms of the agreement, the company will pay the fine in five annual installments. The agreement is subject to approval and acceptance by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Chiquita did not file its annual report by March 1 as required and now expects to file it on March 16. It is seeking approval of an amendment with lenders under a June 28 credit agreement, it said.
In a Feb. 22 filing, Chiquita said it had voluntarily disclosed that its Colombian banana-producing subsidiary, which it sold in June 2004, had made payments to certain groups there that were designated as "foreign terrorist organizations" under U.S. law.
Following the disclosure, the Justice Department initiated a criminal investigation to examine the role and conduct of the company and some of its officers in the matter, the company said in that filing.
Terrorist payments
The company began making the payments after a general manager for Banadex met with the then leader of the AUC, Carlos Castaño, the information said.
Castaño told the company's general manager that the AUC was preparing to drive FARC from Urabá and asked for payments to be made to the AUC through private security companies, the information added.
"Castaño sent an unspoken but clear message that failure to make the payments could result in physical harm to Banadex personnel and property," it said. Senior company executives knew about the payoffs to AUC, the information said.
Though the checks were written to security companies, the companies provided no actual services.
In 2002, after the U.S. government designated the AUC a terrorist organization, Chiquita began paying the AUC in cash, turning over more than $1 million and continuing to pay even after outside counsel told the company that the payments were illegal and should stop immediately, the information said.
In a written statement, Chiquita Brands International's CEO Fernando Aguirre said the information is part of a plea agreement, "which we view as a reasoned solution to the dilemma the company faced several years ago."
He said Chiquita voluntarily disclosed the payments to the Justice Department in 2003, saying they were made "to protect the lives of its employees."
He added, "The company made this disclosure shortly after senior management became aware that these groups had been designated as foreign terrorist organizations under a U.S. statute that makes it a crime to make payments to such organizations. Since voluntarily disclosing this information, Chiquita has continued to cooperate with the DOJ's investigation."
--CNN's Katy Byron and Reuters contributed to this report
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ST0NEC0LD613
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posted on April 6, 2007 01:51:37 PM new
So what's the matter Cathy. Forget your mingopig log in?
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If it's called common sense, why do so few Demomorons have it?
 Are YOU a Bunghole?
Take the bunghole quiz here.
http://www.idiotwatchers.com/bunghole/index.html
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Linda_K
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posted on April 6, 2007 02:08:16 PM new
That's why I call her SYBIL.
LOL
She can't make up her mind IF she's crowfarm or mingotree. AGAINST community RULES/guidelines to use TWO userids on one board.
but following 'RULES/guidelines' is something she and rustygumbo/shagmidmod or whatever THINK they're above.
tsk tsk tsk
[ edited by Linda_K on Apr 6, 2007 02:09 PM ]
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mingotree
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posted on April 6, 2007 02:12:47 PM new
Sybil had multiple personalities....a medical condition....not multiple IDs. You're so uneducated I didn't expect you to know the difference.
So go ahead and turn me in....it would be the only , and cowardly, way to keep me from continually proving you to be a fool.
Now, please try really , really hard to post something that could even come somewhere near intelligent.
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kiara
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posted on April 6, 2007 02:38:25 PM new
Can anyone post the rule about using more than one ID on Vendio?
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Linda_K
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posted on April 6, 2007 02:44:34 PM new
why, do you also use more than one userid to post in the RT? 
The rule is one id for each account one pays for/has.
email vendio and LEARN.
It was often mentioned, in the long ago past, when STANDARDS around here actually meant something.
And posters LOVED outing those who posted under more than one userid.
memory must be FAILING you again. LOL
"While the democratic party complains about everything THIS President does to protect our Nation": "What would a Democrat president have done at that point?"
"Apparently, the answer is: Sit back and wait for the next terrorist attack." 
Ann Coulter
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kiara
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posted on April 6, 2007 02:49:26 PM new
I would like someone to post the Vendio rule about posting on the boards with only one ID.
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Linda_K
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posted on April 6, 2007 02:53:54 PM new
LOL
oh yea, vendio's word in response to an email just wouldn't work for kiara.
she wants someone ELSE to do the research FOR HER. Hand it to her on a silver platter. Be sure it also has a doily on it.
ROFLOL
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kiara
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posted on April 6, 2007 02:59:18 PM new
I've read their user agreement several times and I do not see that rule posted.
It never occured to me to start e-mailing Vendio and asking them stupid questions about what other users are doing. I'm bright enough to figure out why some post with more than one ID without being deceptive.
Perhaps you are comparing them to your sockpuppet friends that got booted so often so must think all are deceptive? Trust me, they're not and most have been around for years to prove it.
[ edited by kiara on Apr 6, 2007 03:10 PM ]
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Linda_K
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posted on April 6, 2007 03:13:20 PM new
LOL LOL LOL
Yep, once again your memory FAILS you.
But your laziness is showing clearly.
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Linda_K
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posted on April 6, 2007 03:17:25 PM new
Also in the long ago past....the rule was two different posters couldn't use one userid.
The only exception I ever saw Auction Watch make was with Terri and her [now] ex-husband. [She posts, or did - think she's left there now too] on the Ross board as 'agogoboots'.
When they posted, using the same userid, they had to identify WHO was using the userid at that time.
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kiara
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posted on April 6, 2007 03:17:39 PM new
Lazy about what? Because I don't e-mail Vendio and try to meddle in the affairs of others? If that's your game, go for it.... you should be good at it by now since you claim you know so much by e-mailing them.
Perhaps you didn't bother to read my last post?
[ edited by kiara on Apr 6, 2007 03:19 PM ]
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NathanCS
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posted on April 6, 2007 03:19:01 PM new
Hello All,
I just wanted to clear up the confusion on whether it is okay to post with multiple Vendio IDs. Many of our customers have more then one eBay ID. This requires that they also have more than one Vendio ID (at this time it is only possible to manage one eBay ID per Vendio ID). They are allowed to post with either or both of their Vendio IDs.
Regards,
Nathan
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kiara
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posted on April 6, 2007 03:22:16 PM new
Thank you, Nathan.
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Linda_K
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posted on April 6, 2007 03:22:35 PM new
Thank you for clarifying that Nathan.
When I emailed Vendio, CS. I was told that they could use ONE in the EO and one in the RT.
But you're saying they can use as many as they want as long as they have that same number of accounts?
Thanking you in advance.
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mingotree
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posted on April 6, 2007 03:23:48 PM new
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mingotree
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posted on April 6, 2007 04:09:33 PM new
So, why aren't we at war with these banana growing terrorist supporters???
ROFLMAO....
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classicrock000
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posted on April 6, 2007 04:15:28 PM new
personally I like crowfart better
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If you dont want to hear the truth....dont ask the question.
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kiara
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posted on April 6, 2007 05:10:12 PM new
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Bear1949
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posted on April 6, 2007 05:10:50 PM new
So, why aren't we at war with these banana growing terrorist supporters???
Because lonely old maids like you wouldnt have a non battery powered "friend" at night.
It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.George S. Patton
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mingotree
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posted on April 6, 2007 06:08:23 PM new
Good one, bear....and it keeps this lovely thread right on top
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mingotree
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posted on April 7, 2007 05:47:26 AM new
Good Morning Everyone!
Well, linduh you got your answer from your tattling to Vendio....happy that you once again were wrong!???
I suppose after yesterday you'll need one of those "rest" periods....
""" Linda_K
posted on April 6, 2007 02:08:16 PM
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That's why I call her SYBIL.
LOL
She can't make up her mind IF she's crowfarm or mingotree. AGAINST community RULES/guidelines to use TWO userids on one board.
but following 'RULES/guidelines' is something she and rustygumbo/shagmidmod or whatever THINK they're above.
tsk tsk tsk """""""
All I can say to that linduh, once I stop LAUGHING , is TSK TSK TSK
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Helenjw
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posted on April 7, 2007 07:13:05 AM new
Good, Mingo and Kiara! It's refreshing to see her nagging misinformation corrected by Vendio.
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bigpeepa
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posted on April 7, 2007 07:14:14 AM new
LIAR_K,
Has made a fool of herself again.
Thanks for the laugh LIAR_K
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Linda_K
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posted on April 7, 2007 07:22:51 AM new
I didn't LIE. I had previously contacted CS at Vendio....and I got a little bit different answer than Nathan gave here.
Not unlike ebay...ask two different CS reps the same questions and you're likely to get different answers.
I suggested kiara email Vendio .....so I wasn't trying to mislead anyone.
I think we all know rule changes do happen and sometimes we aren't aware of them.
So GLOAT away you children.
Now mingo/crow can sneak in with MORE userids....like she did when she first started using both.
At least rusty had the consideration to INFORM all of us that his post was him, using a different userid.
But not mingo. character difference there for sure.
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mingotree
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posted on April 7, 2007 07:47:30 AM new
Pretty sad when you have to try to win arguments by TATTLING on other posters
Character issue ? You bet!!!!
linduh excuse No.398:"""Now mingo/crow can sneak in with MORE userids....like she did when she first started using both.
At least rusty had the consideration to INFORM all of us that his post was him, using a different userid.""
What difference does it make?
None.
Besides YOU made sure everyone was aware of my other ID for the SOLE purpose of trying to cause trouble.
The COWARDLY act of trying to eliminate a poster who YOU can't handle by TATTLING is despicable.
You were humiliated and PROVEN wrong...try to get over it
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Linda_K
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posted on April 7, 2007 07:50:08 AM new
LOL....your twisted MIND would think that way.
Asking a question about CHANGED POLICY is NOT tattling.
get a clue.
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mingotree
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posted on April 7, 2007 07:57:44 AM new
No, linduh, you are lying as usual to try to save face. YOU blundered and esposed yourself for the coward I always knew you were.
WHY would YOU enquire about policy change?
Thinking of having another ID yourself? WHAT OTHER reason would there be then ???
No, linduh, it won't work...you can post about me lying, about how I (and everyone else) "twists" your words but this thread is here...and stays here and anyone can read it and you can run away for a few days but you can't hide this thread.
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kiara
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posted on April 7, 2007 07:58:57 AM new
I suggested kiara email Vendio .....so I wasn't trying to mislead anyone.
There was no need for me to e-mail Vendio and I told you so.
I think we all know rule changes do happen and sometimes we aren't aware of them.
Then I advise you read the terms of service occasionally before throwing a tantrum.
Now mingo/crow can sneak in with MORE userids....like she did when she first started using both.
I didn't see her sneaking at all. Too bad you were too dense to figure out what was going on.
At least rusty had the consideration to INFORM all of us that his post was him, using a different userid.
But that didn't stop you from ragging on him about it constantly, did it?
I'm still LMAO. 
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Linda_K
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posted on April 7, 2007 08:33:05 AM new
The rules DID CHANGE. It used to be ONE userid per poster. That is a FACT and the truth.
DENY that kiara. Even helen, if she were so inclined would HAVE to admit to that. Not that either of you could be honest about it.
Many past posters were 'outed' and SUSPENDED for using more than one userid.
And I'm sure you KNOW that too kiara. Just more childish games from you.
All I did was post what **I** was told by a Vendio CS rep....about a year and a half ago.
Now....continue making a major case out of this.
Facing the truth isn't as much fun for you as playing these games are.
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