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11. Two names I remember from the Nightly Business Report of the 1980s

Wed Sep 11, 2019, 03:48 PM

Sep 2019

T. Boone Pickens, and Wilbur Ross.

Always wondered why Paul Kangas mentioned them so often.

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T. Boone Pickens, larger-than-life energy tycoon and OSU diehard, dies at 91 [View all] alp227 Sep 2019 OP

That's too bad. He was a bloated asshole anyway. JohnnyRingo Sep 2019 #1

Another big Republican finder goes bye-bye Vogon_Glory Sep 2019 #2

He's dead then oswaldactedalone Sep 2019 #3

Fuck him and his swift boat vets friends... Dennis Donovan Sep 2019 #4

Another mammon worshiper that should have never been. n/t MarcA Sep 2019 #6

Asshole. Paladin Sep 2019 #8

buh bye EveHammond13 Sep 2019 #9

Two names I remember from the Nightly Business Report of the 1980s bucolic_frolic Sep 2019 #11

He would have only lost $150M in the wind business.......... Bengus81 Sep 2019 #12

The man behind the John Kerry swiftboating. F him. nt DURHAM D Sep 2019 #13

... blogslut Sep 2019 #14

Put the coins on his eyes as he tries Miigwech Sep 2019 #15

I get it... JohnnyRingo Sep 2019 #18

Good riddance to a rapacious asshole dalton99a Sep 2019 #17

I remember him as the Fracking King. Greybnk48 Sep 2019 #19