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Krilons Resa · June 3rd, 2008, 08:05 PM

Ardbeg 10 is a Dayum FINE dram. mmmmm

Thanatopsis123 · June 4th, 2008, 04:05 PM

I just saw some local political ad in somebody's lawn. While it was funny, I'm not sure it did it's job. I can't remember the guy's name, nor the office he was running for, just the slogan at the bottom.

"He likes Twizzlers, yo!"

lurch70 · June 4th, 2008, 08:00 PM

so wait ... back in Kansas?

Thanatopsis123 · June 5th, 2008, 12:10 AM

Close. Arkansas.

And yes, for the time being.

Krigloch the Furious · June 5th, 2008, 07:24 AM

awesome!

First New Refinery in 32 Years!

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http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/arti...5e00110beb.txt

Union County approves zoning ordinance for Hyperion
By Dave Dreeszen Journal business editor

ELK POINT, S.D. -- Flashing a smile, Joyce Bortscheller briefly hugged Hyperion Energy Center executive Preston Phillips as she greeted him in the backyard of her home here.

Bortscheller, president of the Elk Point City Council, had invited about 250 supporters to an outdoor barbecue Tuesday to await the returns for arguably the most important election in Union County's history. The big crowd didn't leave disappointed.

As midnight approached, they popped the champagne corks, celebrating a hard-fought victory that keeps alive the county's chances of landing the nation's first all-new oil refinery in 32 years.

By a solid 58 percent to 42 percent margin, county voters approved Hyperion's request to rezone 3,292 acres of farm land for a new classification, Energy Center Planned Development.

"What happened tonight, we were not supposed to be able to do," Phillips told a cheering audience. "Development projects like this are supposed to be outright rejected by residents and neighbors. But this project is a testament to our balancing the needs for growth and for protecting the environment."

At stake was billions of dollars in capital investment and thousands of high-paying jobs. From the beginning, Hyperion executives said they would abandon its Union County site, just north of Elk Point, if a majority of voters failed to give their blessing to the rezoning.

While conceding defeat, opponents vowed to keep fighting the controversial project on every imaginable front, pressing on with a lawsuit it filed against the county over the zoning procedures and opposing Hyperion as it applies for a bevy of state and federal permits.

"We have strategies in place to slow or delay all the permit processes," Ed Cable, chairman of the anti-Hyperion group Save Union County, said after the vote.

Tuesday's historic election culminated a months-long, emotionally charged campaign that pitted neighbor against neighbor in this extreme southeast South Dakota county.

Supporters cited the once-in-a-lifetime economic opportunities the $10 billion project would bring.

An average of 4,500 construction jobs would be required over four years. With the refinery up and running, Hyperion pledges to create 1,826 full-time jobs at hourly wages of between $20 and $30.

"I think it would be a great opportunity for young people to stay in this area instead of leaving for other states," Kelly Hoekstra, 31, of Dakota Dunes said after casting a vote in favor of the rezoning.

Opponents argued the massive development would not be worth the pollution and other troubles they claimed the refinery would bring. The health risks traditionally associated with a refinery weighed heavily on the minds of some voters.

"I live out here. I don't need the pollution," said Jim Schroeder of McCook Lake, after voting against the rezoning.

The contentious issue largely broke along urban and rural lines, with residents living the closest to the Hyperion site fighting the hardest to keep the refinery out of their backyards.

Tuesday's record turnout largely reflected that split, with early returns from the mostly rural precincts putting the "No" votes squarely in the lead. As votes were tallied in the more populated area, particularly in the southeast tier closest to Sioux City, that lead was slowly erased.

The ordinance took a slim 205-vote lead after 11 of the 13 precincts reported. Hyperion supporters declared victory after the Elk Point precinct results came in, increasing the rezoning lead by 150 votes.

Last to report was voter-rich Dakota Dunes, where an unusually large number of absentee ballots slowed the counting. In the Dunes, the ordinance easily passed, 1,017 to 236 votes.

"That's huge," Phillips told the cheering crowd.

The final tally was 3,932 votes in favor of the ordinance and 2,832 against.

Hyperion touted the so-called "green" technology in its proposed energy center, which it claims would be the world's cleanest. The refinery would process 400,000 barrels of tar sands crude a day from Alberta into low-sulfur gasoline, diesel and jet fuel.

Supporters argued that tapping into reserves from our neighbor to the north would reduce the nation's dependence on Mideast oil and add badly needed refining capacity in the U.S., where the last all-new refinery was built in 1976.

Both sides flooded the county's nearly 10,000 registered voters with paid ads, direct mailers and door-to-door stops, combining to raise and spend more than $100,000.

A ballot question committee formed by Dallas, Texas-based Hyperion alone poured in at least $45,000.

"It was close, and one of the reasons why was negative campaigning worked," Phillips told supporters. "We have always taken the high road, and we will continue to take the high road."

Hyperion project executive J.L. "Corky" Frank, a former Marathon Oil executive, joined Phillips for Tuesday night's celebration, where supporters enjoyed music, food and drink and regularly checked their cell phones for up-to-date election numbers.

Addressing the audience, Phillips thanked the local supporters, including Bortscheller and her husband, Gary, for hosting the party.

Last summer, after Hyperion publicly announced its interest in the Union County site, Bortscheller, who is also a local economic development leader, organized a barbecue for Hyperion CEO Albert Huddleston to introduce him to local residents.

"From the very beginning I was on board because I felt it was the right thing for our county," Bortscheller said early in the evening.

Journal staff writer Michele Linck contributed to this story.

dorian gray · June 5th, 2008, 08:01 AM

I tried to write a critique in this space but I give up. If anyone is still deluding themselves that a 400,000-barrell-a-day refining capacity of (still foreign, btw) oil is going to make a difference then I give up. I say let Americans toil in ever increasing gas prices as they balk at alternative-energy methods of transport to and from the Wal-Mart strategically positioned at the extreme end of dying midwestern towns. Let them eat cake (that is transported 2000 miles by refrigerated tractor-trailer).

lurch70 · June 5th, 2008, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thanatopsis123

Close. Arkansas.

And yes, for the time being.

... can't wait for the photos.

MajestikMøøse · June 5th, 2008, 09:32 AM

Well at least the Albertans get to rape you silly out of it, and then I benefit through the government taking taxes off the tar-sands profits and paying for my education. SUCKERZZZZ.

dorian gray · June 5th, 2008, 09:42 AM

Seriously. What a joke this country has become.

cthulufhtagn · June 5th, 2008, 12:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dorian gray

Let them eat cake (that is transported 2000 miles by refrigerated tractor-trailer).

haw

lurch70 · June 7th, 2008, 07:45 AM

... does it only work with Diet Coke?

and that video reminds me ... the other day I cought a butterfly and it had a tattoo of a teenage girl on its back.

EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY · June 7th, 2008, 04:20 PM

God I cant wait to get the new Tyr, Unleashed, and MoonSpell this week.

EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY · June 7th, 2008, 04:27 PM

Yes if you want to watch good progressive viking metal yes

Thanatopsis123 · June 8th, 2008, 04:30 PM

I'd forgotten you can't buy booze here on Sundays.

Fuck.

EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY · June 8th, 2008, 07:26 PM

I have gas and I threw up this morning, then I worked out and watched UFC 80 and Demolition Man. Im thinking of a new Tattoo. Dont have anything right now but I need some more Viking and Skull tats

Conspicuously Absent · June 9th, 2008, 03:06 AM

we're all going to go to jail.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-99...l?tag=nefd.riv

You're all fat. FUckers.

Mormagil · June 9th, 2008, 03:19 AM

I knew that case was going to fuck up the world forever. You want to feel sorry for the girl's family because their super duper fucked up kid killed herself but now instead you just want to shoot the media for blaming cyberbullies instead of seeing it as a symptom of a sick society.

Conspicuously Absent · June 9th, 2008, 03:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mormagil

I knew that case was going to fuck up the world forever. You want to feel sorry for the girl's family because their super duper fucked up kid killed herself but now instead you just want to shoot the media for blaming cyberbullies instead of seeing it as a symptom of a sick society.

Not to mention the mother... I mean, the kid had depression, and then had been harassed and shit and cried to her mom, who instead only freaked out at her for talking naughty online.

Whatever... in other news, if you harass any swedes you'll definitely get busted, soon they'll be looking at everything that passes through their country, even if its only on the way to finland!

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...-citizens.html

lurch70 · June 10th, 2008, 07:27 PM

WTF ... Journey's new singer is a Philipino?

You Tube

he's got chops though

MajestikMøøse · June 11th, 2008, 10:55 PM

god I fucking hate shaving. I feel like a beardless effeminate.

dorian gray · June 12th, 2008, 08:19 AM

What looting technique are you using? Smash-and-grab or wait-and-see?

E-bortion · June 13th, 2008, 10:49 PM

So, Demonoid has been back up since April and not one of you cunts mentioned it?

I feel like a fool. Oh well, my ratio of 4.37 still > you.

EricT · June 13th, 2008, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by man as robot

So, Demonoid has been back up since April and not one of you cunts mentioned it?

I feel like a fool. Oh well, my ratio of 4.37 still > you.

My ratio is pretty fucking high on demonoid. Especially since it came back since I still had a lot of shit people wanted to seed...

Thanatopsis123 · June 14th, 2008, 12:33 AM

dorian gray · June 14th, 2008, 09:28 AM

Tim Russert died.

June 3rd, 2008, 08:05 PM	#12401 (permalink)
Krilons Resa High Infidelity Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Shadynasty's Posts: 27,655	Ardbeg 10 is a Dayum FINE dram. mmmmm __________________ *With mind distracted, never thinking death is coming... To slave away on the pointless business of mundane life, and then to come out empty is a tragic error..*

June 4th, 2008, 04:05 PM	#12402 (permalink)
Thanatopsis123 白鬼 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: 日本 Posts: 7,017	I just saw some local political ad in somebody's lawn. While it was funny, I'm not sure it did it's job. I can't remember the guy's name, nor the office he was running for, just the slogan at the bottom. "He likes Twizzlers, yo!" __________________ "It’s a universal principle operating throughout the universe; the entire universe is moving toward a final state of total, absolute, kippleization.” - J.R. Isidore

June 5th, 2008, 12:10 AM	#12404 (permalink)
Thanatopsis123 白鬼 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: 日本 Posts: 7,017	Close. Arkansas. And yes, for the time being. __________________ "It’s a universal principle operating throughout the universe; the entire universe is moving toward a final state of total, absolute, kippleization.” - J.R. Isidore

June 5th, 2008, 07:24 AM	#12405 (permalink)
Krigloch the Furious 18th level asshole Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Springfield, IL Posts: 29,404	awesome! First New Refinery in 32 Years! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/arti...5e00110beb.txt Union County approves zoning ordinance for Hyperion By Dave Dreeszen Journal business editor ELK POINT, S.D. -- Flashing a smile, Joyce Bortscheller briefly hugged Hyperion Energy Center executive Preston Phillips as she greeted him in the backyard of her home here. Bortscheller, president of the Elk Point City Council, had invited about 250 supporters to an outdoor barbecue Tuesday to await the returns for arguably the most important election in Union County's history. The big crowd didn't leave disappointed. As midnight approached, they popped the champagne corks, celebrating a hard-fought victory that keeps alive the county's chances of landing the nation's first all-new oil refinery in 32 years. By a solid 58 percent to 42 percent margin, county voters approved Hyperion's request to rezone 3,292 acres of farm land for a new classification, Energy Center Planned Development. "What happened tonight, we were not supposed to be able to do," Phillips told a cheering audience. "Development projects like this are supposed to be outright rejected by residents and neighbors. But this project is a testament to our balancing the needs for growth and for protecting the environment." At stake was billions of dollars in capital investment and thousands of high-paying jobs. From the beginning, Hyperion executives said they would abandon its Union County site, just north of Elk Point, if a majority of voters failed to give their blessing to the rezoning. While conceding defeat, opponents vowed to keep fighting the controversial project on every imaginable front, pressing on with a lawsuit it filed against the county over the zoning procedures and opposing Hyperion as it applies for a bevy of state and federal permits. "We have strategies in place to slow or delay all the permit processes," Ed Cable, chairman of the anti-Hyperion group Save Union County, said after the vote. Tuesday's historic election culminated a months-long, emotionally charged campaign that pitted neighbor against neighbor in this extreme southeast South Dakota county. Supporters cited the once-in-a-lifetime economic opportunities the $10 billion project would bring. An average of 4,500 construction jobs would be required over four years. With the refinery up and running, Hyperion pledges to create 1,826 full-time jobs at hourly wages of between $20 and $30. "I think it would be a great opportunity for young people to stay in this area instead of leaving for other states," Kelly Hoekstra, 31, of Dakota Dunes said after casting a vote in favor of the rezoning. Opponents argued the massive development would not be worth the pollution and other troubles they claimed the refinery would bring. The health risks traditionally associated with a refinery weighed heavily on the minds of some voters. "I live out here. I don't need the pollution," said Jim Schroeder of McCook Lake, after voting against the rezoning. The contentious issue largely broke along urban and rural lines, with residents living the closest to the Hyperion site fighting the hardest to keep the refinery out of their backyards. Tuesday's record turnout largely reflected that split, with early returns from the mostly rural precincts putting the "No" votes squarely in the lead. As votes were tallied in the more populated area, particularly in the southeast tier closest to Sioux City, that lead was slowly erased. The ordinance took a slim 205-vote lead after 11 of the 13 precincts reported. Hyperion supporters declared victory after the Elk Point precinct results came in, increasing the rezoning lead by 150 votes. Last to report was voter-rich Dakota Dunes, where an unusually large number of absentee ballots slowed the counting. In the Dunes, the ordinance easily passed, 1,017 to 236 votes. "That's huge," Phillips told the cheering crowd. The final tally was 3,932 votes in favor of the ordinance and 2,832 against. Hyperion touted the so-called "green" technology in its proposed energy center, which it claims would be the world's cleanest. The refinery would process 400,000 barrels of tar sands crude a day from Alberta into low-sulfur gasoline, diesel and jet fuel. Supporters argued that tapping into reserves from our neighbor to the north would reduce the nation's dependence on Mideast oil and add badly needed refining capacity in the U.S., where the last all-new refinery was built in 1976. Both sides flooded the county's nearly 10,000 registered voters with paid ads, direct mailers and door-to-door stops, combining to raise and spend more than $100,000. A ballot question committee formed by Dallas, Texas-based Hyperion alone poured in at least $45,000. "It was close, and one of the reasons why was negative campaigning worked," Phillips told supporters. "We have always taken the high road, and we will continue to take the high road." Hyperion project executive J.L. "Corky" Frank, a former Marathon Oil executive, joined Phillips for Tuesday night's celebration, where supporters enjoyed music, food and drink and regularly checked their cell phones for up-to-date election numbers. Addressing the audience, Phillips thanked the local supporters, including Bortscheller and her husband, Gary, for hosting the party. Last summer, after Hyperion publicly announced its interest in the Union County site, Bortscheller, who is also a local economic development leader, organized a barbecue for Hyperion CEO Albert Huddleston to introduce him to local residents. "From the very beginning I was on board because I felt it was the right thing for our county," Bortscheller said early in the evening. Journal staff writer Michele Linck contributed to this story. __________________ Last.fm my cd list @Krigloch twitter that shit! SOMEONE BUY MY FUCKING AMPEG VH140C!!!!

June 5th, 2008, 09:32 AM	#12408 (permalink)
MajestikMøøse Membrum virile Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Not Siberia Posts: 22,257	Well at least the Albertans get to rape you silly out of it, and then I benefit through the government taking taxes off the tar-sands profits and paying for my education. SUCKERZZZZ. __________________ .

June 4th, 2008, 08:00 PM	#12403 (permalink)
lurch70 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 24,629	so wait ... back in Kansas?

June 5th, 2008, 08:01 AM	#12406 (permalink)
dorian gray Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 18,453	I tried to write a critique in this space but I give up. If anyone is still deluding themselves that a 400,000-barrell-a-day refining capacity of (still foreign, btw) oil is going to make a difference then I give up. I say let Americans toil in ever increasing gas prices as they balk at alternative-energy methods of transport to and from the Wal-Mart strategically positioned at the extreme end of dying midwestern towns. Let them eat cake (that is transported 2000 miles by refrigerated tractor-trailer).

June 5th, 2008, 09:42 AM	#12409 (permalink)
dorian gray Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 18,453	Seriously. What a joke this country has become.

June 7th, 2008, 07:45 AM	#12411 (permalink)
lurch70 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 24,629	... does it only work with Diet Coke? and that video reminds me ... the other day I cought a butterfly and it had a tattoo of a teenage girl on its back.

June 7th, 2008, 04:20 PM	#12412 (permalink)
EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY I hate weiner dogs. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Salina, Ok Posts: 3,776	God I cant wait to get the new Tyr, Unleashed, and MoonSpell this week.

June 7th, 2008, 04:27 PM	#12413 (permalink)
EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY I hate weiner dogs. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Salina, Ok Posts: 3,776	Yes if you want to watch good progressive viking metal yes

June 8th, 2008, 04:30 PM	#12414 (permalink)
Thanatopsis123 白鬼 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: 日本 Posts: 7,017	I'd forgotten you can't buy booze here on Sundays. Fuck. __________________ "It’s a universal principle operating throughout the universe; the entire universe is moving toward a final state of total, absolute, kippleization.” - J.R. Isidore

June 8th, 2008, 07:26 PM	#12415 (permalink)
EVERLOSTINDEADETERNITY I hate weiner dogs. Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Salina, Ok Posts: 3,776	I have gas and I threw up this morning, then I worked out and watched UFC 80 and Demolition Man. Im thinking of a new Tattoo. Dont have anything right now but I need some more Viking and Skull tats

June 9th, 2008, 03:06 AM	#12416 (permalink)
Conspicuously Absent Linguistically Confused Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Berlin Posts: 8,766	we're all going to go to jail. http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-99...l?tag=nefd.riv You're all fat. FUckers. __________________

June 9th, 2008, 03:19 AM	#12417 (permalink)
Mormagil bring back the corvee Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: California Posts: 2,692	I knew that case was going to fuck up the world forever. You want to feel sorry for the girl's family because their super duper fucked up kid killed herself but now instead you just want to shoot the media for blaming cyberbullies instead of seeing it as a symptom of a sick society. __________________

June 11th, 2008, 10:55 PM	#12420 (permalink)
MajestikMøøse Membrum virile Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Not Siberia Posts: 22,257	god I fucking hate shaving. I feel like a beardless effeminate. __________________ .

June 12th, 2008, 08:19 AM	#12421 (permalink)
dorian gray Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 18,453	What looting technique are you using? Smash-and-grab or wait-and-see?

June 13th, 2008, 10:49 PM	#12422 (permalink)
E-bortion Omae wa mo shindeiru Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 3,521	So, Demonoid has been back up since April and not one of you cunts mentioned it? I feel like a fool. Oh well, my ratio of 4.37 still > you. __________________

June 14th, 2008, 12:33 AM	#12424 (permalink)
Thanatopsis123 白鬼 Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: 日本 Posts: 7,017	__________________ "It’s a universal principle operating throughout the universe; the entire universe is moving toward a final state of total, absolute, kippleization.” - J.R. Isidore

June 14th, 2008, 09:28 AM	#12425 (permalink)
dorian gray Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 18,453	Tim Russert died.

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