Hobby Lobby Surrenders 245 More Smuggled Iraq Artifacts
Source: Newsweek Magazine
HOBBY LOBBY SURRENDERS 245 MORE IRAQ ARTIFACTS FROM SMUGGLED CACHE OF TABLETS AND SEALS TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
BY KASTALIA MEDRANO ON 1/18/18 AT 10:02 AM
In a new chapter of the ongoing saga of Hobby Lobbys smuggling of Iraqi religious artifacts, the arts and crafts emporium surrendered 245 objects to the United States government, according to court documents.
Hobby Lobby Stores voluntarily turned over the artifacts to federal prosecutors in New York on January 17, according to Long Island Business News. This brings the total number of artifacts surrendered so far to 3,839. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. had previously agreed to turn over 5,500.
In July 2017, Hobby Lobby agreed to pay a $3 million fine for smuggling religious artifacts out of Iraq, including thousands of ancient cuneiform tablets deliberately mislabeled as tile samples, according to The New York Times.
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The store's evangelical Christian owners spent $1.6 million on the artifacts in December of 2010, even after a cultural property law expert that the business itself had retained warned that such artifacts might have been looted, and that without proper verification they could be seized by United States Customs and Border Protection. Nevertheless, according to a press statement from the United States Justice Department, Hobby Lobby persisted:
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cstanleytech
(26,213 posts)the rule of law like they try to claim then shouldnt they be on trial for this?
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)It's a more relative, complex, conditional thing for cons. , but really.
marble falls
(56,973 posts)provide full health care to women was.
Its not like they stole white Christian artifacts you know.
marble falls
(56,973 posts)even ethical atheists don't hold with theft. A lot of these artifacts were going to be on display in his bible museum in Washington DC, so he must have felt there was some connection to his biblical values.
PatSeg
(47,218 posts)but lately it seems that some Christians think certain values don't apply to non-believers or people of color. I feel like Hobby Lobby rationalized this abhorrent thief on some ridiculous religious grounds. I really don't understand how these people think.
dbackjon
(6,578 posts)A wealthy white "Christian" steals priceless artifacts, gets a slap on the wrist.
EVERY PERSON INVOLVED IN THIS SHOULD BE JAILED FOR LIFE
Orrex
(63,161 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)lark
(23,059 posts)The law doesn't matter to these fucks, only skin color and $$, and the Hobby Lobby folks are what Sessions likes.
uponit7771
(90,301 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)What a surprise.
Every corporate location, and the personal homes of every executive, should be raided until every last artifact is confiscated.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)of their own religion's precepts are very ostentatiously religious, as if their faith includes special personal dispensations. Forget what those who study this call it, but they're a type.
Fwiw, one of the most effective ways of protecting antiquities is to have them widely distributed around the planet, which is no doubt a big rationalization to these people.
Not an argument for not tossing thieves in prison, though.
atreides1
(16,063 posts)Have the artifacts there been checked to see if they were looted, too???
suffragette
(12,232 posts)truthisfreedom
(23,138 posts)Everyone involved!
Initech
(100,026 posts)mpcamb
(2,868 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)TlalocW
(15,372 posts)Presumably the Hobby Lobby owners are surrounded by merchandise with the 10 Cs on them, and it's not doing them any good.
TlalocW
Nitram
(22,755 posts)keithbvadu2
(36,631 posts)Witness for their Christian faith by lies, theft, deceit...
Christianity and the Bible honored, enhanced, exemplified, glorified and displayed by theft and fraud.
packman
(16,296 posts)That Hobby Lobby bought those artifacts from dubious sources - with ties to terrorist groups. In other words, Hobby Lobby funded in some part ISIS.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,558 posts)If this had been a dime bag of weed, they'd probably be looking at a hard 10.
If they were POC, of course.
OMGWTF
(3,935 posts)Fuck those guys. Seriously.
crazycatlady
(4,492 posts)I was extremely turned off by the hymns playing on the PA system.
Incidentally I made some pussyhats with Hobby Lobby yarn (bought at a garage sale). I'm thinking of donating the value of that yarn to Emily's List.
LisaM
(27,791 posts)more or less turned a blind eye. The story got very little traction. People were just sticking things in their pockets, basically.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)And evangelicals?
"This brings the total number of artifacts surrendered so far to 3,839.
Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc. had previously agreed to turn over 5,500.
In July 2017, Hobby Lobby agreed to pay a $3 million fine for smuggling religious artifacts out of Iraq"
Guess they misunderstood "What would Jesus do?"
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)as long as they dont screw over somebody that has more money than them,,, dont sweat it!
NCDem777
(458 posts)bluestarone
(16,838 posts)LOCK THEM UP