So when will the artifacts be returned to Iraq?
Ancient Iraqi Artifacts Imported By Hobby Lobby to be Forfeited
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#12Does anyone know what the purpose of the purchase was? Hobby Lobby isn't a place people would go to buy things like this. So, I'm assuming it was something unrelated to their main line of business.
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#13Does anyone know what the purpose of the purchase was? Hobby Lobby isn't a place people would go to buy things like this. So, I'm assuming it was something unrelated to their main line of business.
Here's some background:
http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/5-things-to-know-ab...
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#14Saw on Twitter that someone called them the "Wahhabi Lobby". But actually, it seems ridiculous to me that this only warranted a $3m settlement. They've (almost certainly) been indirectly funding ISIS by robbing a country of its cultural artifacts. Not cool.
To me this seems tantamount to funding terrorists and yet no one will spend even 1 hour in jail. From a purely practical perspective, why doesn't the government pursue prison for individuals involved in this?
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#15Does anyone know what the purpose of the purchase was? Hobby Lobby isn't a place people would go to buy things like this. So, I'm assuming it was something unrelated to their main line of business.
Here's some background: http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/5-things-to-know-ab...
Ahh, okay. The Hobby Lobby owner is also a founder and board member for "Museum of the Bible". https://www.museumofthebible.org/board-members
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#16Anyone else reminded of Snow Crash by this?
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#17Does anyone know what the purpose of the purchase was? Hobby Lobby isn't a place people would go to buy things like this. So, I'm assuming it was something unrelated to their main line of business.
The owners of Hobby Lobby are building a museum of the bible in Washington DC. via http://www.npr.org/2017/07/06/535823149/hobby-lobby-agrees-t...
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#18Anyone else reminded of Snow Crash by this?
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#19Hobby Lobby's robby hobby: Hammurabi
It looks like you stole this from this tweet?
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#20Buy priceless artefacts from warzones and funding terror groups who steal them! Hey Hobby Lobby, you should also build a conflict diamond collection. If you want to take a chance you could also get into human trafficking or organ smuggling.
"Man's gotta have a hobby."