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Hobby Lobby, a craft store that is so Christian they would not provide contraception through health insurance, is in trouble with Feds. Turns out the owners, pictured below, were engaging in illegal acts.  quote:Federal authorities are investigating whether the owners of Hobby Lobby illegally imported stolen artifacts for their planned Museum of the Bible. and this is not just a one time thing quote:A senior law enforcement official confirmed to the website that the Green family, which owns the arts and crafts retailer, has been under investigation for the last four years for illegally importing cultural artifacts from Iraq. The Green Family is building a bible museum in DC, set to open in 2017.  The Greens say it is just a paperwork issue but the reality is much worse. quote:But a source familiar with the Hobby Lobby investigation told The Daily Beast that the clay tablets were described on their FedEx shipping labels as “hand-crafted clay tiles” worth about $300 each — far less than their true worth — and does not indicate they are part of the cultural heritage of Iraq. These artifacts are from most likely the historical museums in Iraq that were looted by Iraqis. http://www.rawstory.com/2015/10/hobby-lobbys-christian-owners-under-federal-investigation-for-importing-looted-bible-artifacts-from-iraq/
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Oct 27, 2015 17:41
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It's all a conspiracy drummed up by lamestream media and homosexuALS
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Oct 27, 2015 17:44
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Grrr so mad at right wing man grr grr if this was europe they would already be in jail due top wrong think there'as no such thing as freedom of speech. grrr grrr
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Oct 27, 2015 17:44
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GBS stands with hobby lobby 
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Oct 27, 2015 17:45
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So these guys are funding ISIS? What a world.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:45
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kinda weird to think that Hobby Lobby directly profited from looting in Iraq, but here you go
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Oct 27, 2015 17:46
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Hobby Lobby and ISIS? Makes sense.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:46
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The Taint Reaper posted:Grrr so mad at right wing man grr grr if this was europe they would already be in jail due top wrong think there'as no such thing as freedom of speech. I'm not feeling the reap like I used to
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Oct 27, 2015 17:46
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Hooded Reptile posted:So these guys are funding ISIS? What a world. I don't see what's so strange about a US corp paying its taxes.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:47
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Prav posted:a US corp paying its taxes. Wait no I see it now.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:47
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Good, gently caress those assholes.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:47
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the british museum is full of Important Cultural Artifacts from pretty much every place in the world but lets get mad at hobby lobby
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Oct 27, 2015 17:48
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Worthless dumbass boomer christians doing illegal stuff? Hah, thats new and exciting! 
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Oct 27, 2015 17:48
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Great. Now I'm giving money to Bible-thumpers AND terrorists.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:49
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kindermord posted:the british museum is full of Important Cultural Artifacts from pretty much every place in the world but lets get mad at hobby lobby
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Oct 27, 2015 17:49
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it'd be much better if the tablets were in the hands of ISIS, so they can be disposed of properly like all idolatrous artifacts (inshallah)
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Oct 27, 2015 17:49
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oh wait they stole artifacts from places that regularly destroy historical artifacts. They should be deemed heroes
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Oct 27, 2015 17:50
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kindermord posted:the british museum is full of Important Cultural Artifacts from pretty much every place in the world but lets get mad at hobby lobby well its different when a corporation does it, thats a new thing thats never happened before. welcome to the age of corporate warfare
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Oct 27, 2015 17:50
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I look forward to going on a 3day vodka and indian food binge and visiting this new museum and depositing some artifacts in that brand new glistening restroom off of the gift shop, thanks OP.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:51
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Oh my illegally importing artifacts from iraq Let us give them back to the iraqi people who have always shown the utmost care in the safekeeping of the history of their own nation.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:52
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Basic Poster posted:I look forward to going on a 3day vodka and indian food binge and visiting this new museum and depositing some artifacts in that brand new glistening restroom off of the gift shop, thanks OP. Dude do that in the Utah Statehouse, their toilets cost 2 million dollars each because they're solid marble pieces.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:53
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If you're pulling something off, don't do other poo poo to get the cops' attention.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:54
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gently caress and I needed to get more paint for my imperial guard regiment
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Oct 27, 2015 17:55
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gleebster posted:If you're pulling something off, don't do other poo poo to get the cops' attention. The laws of GOD are higher than the laws of man. Gay Hitler posted:gently caress and I needed to get more paint for my imperial guard regiment Same, but Necrons. 
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Oct 27, 2015 17:56
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these art thieves should have their hands cut off and sent to Iraq as a gesture of goodwill
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Oct 27, 2015 17:57
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Gay Hitler posted:gently caress and I needed to get more paint for my imperial guard regiment do they even sell model paint? I thought it was all wicker baskets and cheap wrought iron decorations.
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Oct 27, 2015 17:59
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The Taint Reaper posted:Oh my illegally importing artifacts from iraq hosed up and true... not reaped at all here
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Oct 27, 2015 17:59
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OP every story I'm reading has the stolen tablets be linked to a shady dealer who sold things under false pretenses. Hobby Lobby also doesn't seem to be the only affected organization and there are many other legitimate museums who apparently used the same guy to procure stuff and are also in the same hot water.
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Oct 27, 2015 18:00
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OMFG FURRY posted:well its different when a corporation does it, thats a new thing thats never happened before. it sounds like they bought some lumps of clay with cuneiform scribbles and there are hundreds of thousands of those, many of which are privately owned. i get that antiquity looting is a problem but what is an illegal artifact and what isn't is huge clusterfuck of question marks. it's pretty clear this whole thing is a way to grief hobby lobby for being wrongthinkers and that's ok it's just that you should admit that. if your real interest is protecting antiquities then hobby lobby is the smallest fish in the sea.
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Oct 27, 2015 18:01
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Drunkboxer posted:do they even sell model paint? I thought it was all wicker baskets and cheap wrought iron decorations. Not true! There's so much you can get at Hobby Lobby! Practically anything craft related! And it's really inexpensive! I'm sure there's one near you! (if you're in the southern US)
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Oct 27, 2015 18:01
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Mods knew
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Oct 27, 2015 18:02
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Mad Monk posted:Mods knew
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Oct 27, 2015 18:04
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phasmid posted:Not true! There's so much you can get at Hobby Lobby! Practically anything craft related! And it's really inexpensive! I'm sure there's one near you! i think you're lying more like slobby knobby
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Oct 27, 2015 18:04
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The Taint Reaper posted:Oh my illegally importing artifacts from iraq Lol if you don't detonate national treasures in the name of allah and traditional values while driving off on two wheels of a new japanese tundra firing russian weapons bumping M.I.A.
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Oct 27, 2015 18:04
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Basic Poster posted:Lol if you don't detonate national treasures in the name of allah and traditional values while driving off on two wheels of a new japanese tundra firing russian weapons bumping M.I.A. a bulldozer is more efficient  most efficient of all is tricking obama into thinking a Big Meeting is in progress and you pile up antiquities and your prisoners in a huge pile and let a j-dam take care of the whole thing
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Oct 27, 2015 18:09
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The Taint Reaper posted:Dude do that in the Utah Statehouse, their toilets cost 2 million dollars each because they're solid marble pieces. Goddamn, I'd poo poo in those toilets
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Oct 27, 2015 18:11
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I don't want them to shut Hobby Lobby down. Where am I going to get bins full of multi-colored pom-poms or small plastic horses?
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Oct 27, 2015 18:12
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I hope the government kills them
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Oct 27, 2015 18:12
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This is like Dinosaur Adventure Land all over again. When will our greedy atheist government stop oppressing innocent tax-dodging Christian frauds?
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Oct 27, 2015 18:14
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Hobby Lobby did nothing wrong. No, really. The person who sold them teh artifacts is 100 percent culpable unless they had foreknowledge that the artifacts were property of the iraqi people and not being privately sold
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Oct 27, 2015 18:15
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