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28. He doesn't get back what he paid for the items, does he?

Wed Jul 28, 2021, 07:16 PM

Jul 2021

I hope not, even if it means that the people who sold stolen artifacts along get to keep the money.

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Hobby Lobby ordered to forfeit rare Gilgamesh tablet smuggled out of Iraq in 2003 [View all] UpInArms Jul 2021 OP

Good! Aristus Jul 2021 #1

Hypocrites Duncanpup Jul 2021 #2

😂 Duncanpup Jul 2021 #21

i was a teeny part of this story, maybe, mopinko Jul 2021 #3

Must have been fascinating n/t hibbing Jul 2021 #12

it was. forget the guy's name, but he was quite intense, mopinko Jul 2021 #14

Hobby Lobby sounds like the nazi party. C Moon Jul 2021 #4

It's sickening that this criminal only has to pay fines. Lonestarblue Jul 2021 #5

He's a jerk ArizonaLib Jul 2021 #6

He doesn't get back what he paid for the items, does he? csziggy Jul 2021 #28

This isn't his first theft of Middle Eastern artifacts...total jerk PortTack Jul 2021 #8

IIRC, he has received thousands of stolen artifacts over the years. Probatim Jul 2021 #13

Good, it belongs to the people whose ancestors wrote it. Warpy Jul 2021 #10

This is a problem in a different way; it says sex is civilising muriel_volestrangler Jul 2021 #18

Yeah - surprised he didn't hide or destroy it. lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #24

Shut them the fuck down Orrex Jul 2021 #16

Hobby Lobby are war profiteers. apnu Jul 2021 #22

Hahahaha!!!!!! Marrah_Goodman Jul 2021 #23

I wonder what Iraq will do with this artifact. JustABozoOnThisBus Jul 2021 #25

C'mon, they bought it from ISIS Fair and Square! brooklynite Jul 2021 #26

Not blaming Hamas this time? LanternWaste Jul 2021 #27

Only 2 or maybe 3 commandments broken whistler162 Jul 2021 #29

IIRC Hobby Lobby uses the artifacts as a huge tax scam also. They okaawhatever Jul 2021 #30