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• Nancy Pelosi Fan Club

  
  Vancouver Secrets — Authority: 132
  The Dumocrats want to pass another stimulus to complete the looting of America: Americans Would Accept More Red Ink in Exchange for Jobs “We have to shed any weakness that anybody may have about not wanting to be confrontational on this subject for fear that we’d be labeled not sensitive to the deficit,” ...
  10 hours ago

• Google to put Iraqi Museum artifacts online

  
  The History Blog — Authority: 424
  Iraq’s National Museum in Baghdad, so brutally looted after the US invasion in 2003, is getting a boost into the 21st century thanks to Google. Google CEO Eric Schmidt announced in Baghdad that they would make virtual copies of all the artifacts in the museum at their own expense and put them online by early ...
  4 days ago

• Ten more arrested in Orissa (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 729
  Bhubaneswar, Nov 23 (IANS) Police arrested 10 more people Monday for attacking a police station and looting weapons three days ago in Orissa’s Koraput district, taking the total arrests to 30, officials said.The arrests took place in Narayan Patna town, about 500 km from here. A mob of over 300 people had attacked ...
  6 days ago

• Mmm.. Antique jewelry… Damn. Antique jewelry.

  
  The History Blog — Authority: 424
  Sometimes I wish I had never found out about how prevalent looted goods are in the antiques trade. Browsing an auction catalog of gorgeous historical pieces I could never afford used to be purely pleasurable. Now a pall is cast on every lot that has no record of ownership prior to 1970, and oh man are they legion. ...
  1 week ago

• Fun? In Baghdad? A Theme Park Seeks A Comeback

  
  Blogger — Authority: 168
  During the time of Saddam Hussein, Iraqi families flocked to Baghdad Island, a sprawling, once-popular Baghdad amusement park. Destroyed by looting after the 2003 U.S. invasion, the park is now undergoing revitalization, with the help of the U.S. Army.
  1 week ago

• Alan Watt: The Wise Men’s Dream, Kill ‘em All, Save the Cream (Nov. 12, 2009)

  
  www.TruthRing.org — Authority: 132
  Don’t forget about the Alan Watt Audio page.
  2 weeks ago

• You Suck At Central Planning

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 761
  Occasionally, one finds absolute gems floating around in the aether. Coyote Blog is one such, which yesterday uncovered this gem : Those of us who accused Chrysler and GM of hyping their electric car programs merely as a honey trap to capture money from the Obama Administration were accused of being ...
  2 weeks ago

• Vermeer Art Thefts

  
  Art Theft Central — Authority: 110
  Occasionally, one comes across an article citing the top stolen artists (or even the most frequently stolen masterpiece ). Typically, at the top of this list are artists such as Dali, Picasso, and Miro. It is not surprising that they are the most frequently stolen artists because of a number of factors including: ...
  2 weeks ago

• Caught between looting & museums

  
  Elginism — Authority: 126
  Archaeology is a far more complex endeavour today than it ever was in the past due to the many parties trying to get hold of the artefacts before they are properly excavated & catalogued. Most countries have legal frameworks in place to prevent this, but direct action against who purchase illegally excavated ...
  3 weeks ago

• Tracing the artefacts looted from the Summer Palace

  
  Elginism — Authority: 126
  China is sending teams of experts to catalogue the Chinese artefacts in museums abroad . This raises the question though of why the Museums do not already have such records of their own – or if they do have them, why they are unwilling to share them. From: Modern Ghana CHINESE RESEARCH ARTEFACTS LOOTED IN ...
  3 weeks ago

• Pakistan’s ministry of culture awaiting the return of 290 artefacts

  
  Elginism — Authority: 126
  Two years ago, large numbers of looted artefacts from Pakistan were siezed in the UK & Italy. Agreements have been made for their return, but various constraints maen that this has still not taken place. Such returns represent a major victory in the battle against modern day smugglers of illegal antiquities, ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Parable of the Trading Sardine

  
  The Melting Pot Project — Authority: 425
  Buddy Christ approves this message. Sudden Debt recently posted this little story, and I would be remiss to not share a lesson taught by guys named "Zebediah" and "Yorick." Enjoy: Andy convinces Billy to buy a can of sardines at...
  3 weeks ago

• Viking Silver Stolen from Archaeological Site

  
  Chess, Goddess and Everything — Authority: 140
  From The LocalIsland thieves bag Viking treasurePublished: 2 Nov 09 17:31Five hundred Viking era silver artifacts have been plundered from a site of archaeological interest on the Baltic island of Gotland.Two archaeologists employed by Gotland county were dismayed to discover the valuables had vanished when they ...
  3 weeks ago

• China’s worldwide hunt for artefacts looted from Beijing’s Summer Palace

  
  Elginism — Authority: 126
  Further coverage of the decision by China to try & catalogue the artefacts in museum around the world that were looted from the Summer Palace. The British Museum says that they don’t see this as a threat – but then they said in the past that the New Acropolis Museum adds nothing to the argument for the ...
  3 weeks ago

• WoW Insider Show Episode 114: Live on location

  
  WoW.com — Authority: 680
  I think this might be one of my favorite things weve ever done (though all credit must go to Turpster, as usual). Last week on the show, he asked listeners for pictures of where theyre listening to the show, and we got a nice gallery below of all of you in different places (many of you at work, which makes us worry a ...
  3 weeks ago

• Democratic Senate Hopeful Jonathan Tasini

  
  Addiction in the 21st Century — Authority: 125
  Is the Recession Over? Author, Democratic Senate Hopeful Jonathan Tasini on “The Audacity of Greed: Free Markets, Corporate Thieves and the Looting of America”With the US economy snapping a record streak of four straight quarterly declines and expanding 3.5 percent in the third quarter, many economists are ...
  3 weeks ago

• Officers Quarters: More loot-rolling shenanigans

  
  Warcraft Bloggers Aggregation — Authority: 159
  Every Monday Scott Andrews contributes Officers Quarters , a column about the ins and outs of guild leadership. Last week , I addressed a situation where a married couple who leads a guild were using the old double-rolling scam to get extra loot for each other. Normally I dont like to address the same topic ...
  3 weeks ago

• Public Looting & Green Energy

  
  StickWithANose — Authority: 127
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  3 weeks ago

• Opting out of the whole “Trick or Treat” concept

  
  Tempus Fugit by Mark Jaquith — Authority: 410
  Halloween is my least favorite holiday (or rather, holiday eve). At its very best, it can be a celebration of the season and a diverse display of clever costumes. But more often than not, it’s about store-bought licensed character costumes, more candy than a person should ever eat in a year, and the worst of all: ...
  4 weeks ago

• China wants to catalogue its artefacts in Museums abroad

  
  Elginism — Authority: 126
  China hopes to send experts to foreign museums to build a more complete catalogue of the Chinese artefacts looted from Beijing’s Summer Palace in foreign museums (many of which are not on public display). From: Agence France Presse China experts to search abroad for looted relics (AFP) – 2 days ago ...
  4 weeks ago

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