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Larry Ellison Buys His Own Hawaiian Island

Posted by samzenpus on from the volcano-base dept.

First time accepted submitter nrozema writes "Oracle co-founder and billionaire Larry Ellison is buying the Hawaiian island of Lana'i, the sixth-largest island in the U.S. archipelago. Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie confirmed in a written statement that the current landowner filed a transfer application with the state's Public Utilities commission Wednesday to sell its 98 percent share of the 141-square-mile island to Ellison."

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  1. Re:Uh-oh. by h4rr4r · · Score: 5, Informative

    We send rice directly to Haiti. All that did was destroy their rice farms. Meaning more poor people to go on food aid. We destroyed one of the larger parts of their economy with this aid.

  2. Re:Uh-oh. by Dcnjoe60 · · Score: 5, Informative

    not trying to be a smart*ss

    Why the fuck did you censor your shit there? Slashdot's a free fucking speech zone, you can fucking say all the shit you fucking want to.

    But doesn't a free speech zone imply that I can censor myself, if I choose to?