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Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - GMDino - 07-05-2017 Apparently their beliefs, while not including allowing insurance companies to pay for their employees birth control, does allow committing fraud or theft. http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/hobby-lobby-to-forfeit-artifacts-pay-dollar3-million-us-fine/ar-BBDOKVv?ocid=sf Quote:OKLAHOMA CITY — Federal prosecutors say Hobby Lobby Stores has agreed to pay a $3 million federal fine and forfeit thousands of ancient Iraqi artifacts that the government alleges were intentionally mislabeled. "oversight" RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - StLucieBengal - 07-05-2017 How treacherous . A customs violation. RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - GMDino - 07-05-2017 (07-05-2017, 10:59 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: How treacherous . A customs violation. Lying, theft...apparently not covered under "things their faith prevents them from doing". RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - StLucieBengal - 07-05-2017 (07-05-2017, 11:02 PM)GMDino Wrote: Lying, theft...apparently not covered under "things their faith prevents them from doing". Or maybe just an actual shipping error. Pretty sure they outsource that..... But please don't let that stop you from mocking a Christian's faith. RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - GMDino - 07-05-2017 (07-05-2017, 11:05 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Or maybe just an actual shipping error. Pretty sure they outsource that..... Quote:Prosecutors say acquisition of the artifacts "was fraught with red flags" and that packages bore shipping labels that described their contents as "ceramic tiles." Prosecutors say Hobby Lobby agreed to adopt internal policies for importing cultural property and training its personnel. (07-05-2017, 11:05 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: But please don't let that stop you from mocking a Christian's faith. I'm merely commenting that birth control goes against their incredibly strong belief system. Stealing does not. Another thing...why did they need that stuff? Gonna sell it in the stores? I bet not.... RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - Benton - 07-05-2017 (07-05-2017, 11:05 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: Or maybe just an actual shipping error. Pretty sure they outsource that..... From other articles on this, green personally bought the items and arranged shipping. As far as the story, good intention but bad handling. The Middle East isn't great on preserving history, its good that someone with the resources was willing to procure them. On the other hand, Defrauding shareholders about what they invest chunks of money in should be prosecuted. RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - GMDino - 07-06-2017 Apparently they have been being watched since 2011. http://crooksandliars.com/2017/07/hobby-lobby-slapped-3-million-fine Quote:When Hobby Lobby’s CEO Steve Green traveled in 2010 to the Holy Land-as the Biblically minded like to call Israel and a swath of the greater Middle East-to inspect and make an offer on what turned out to be 5,500 pieces of looted Iraqi cuneiform and other objects, he was setting off on a mission that continues to this day. RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - Vas Deferens - 07-06-2017 (07-05-2017, 11:05 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: But please don't let that stop you from mocking a Christian's faith. Facts =/= mocking Beta reaction. RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - Bengalzona - 07-06-2017 So let me get this straight. The Green family, owners of the Hobby Lobby chain and controversial Christian figureheads, purchased Christian artifacts from Iraq which were most probably looted by ISIS in order to fund their terrorist attacks against Christians. Is that the story? RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - Vlad - 07-06-2017 (07-05-2017, 11:09 PM)GMDino Wrote: You just posted the answer to your own question. The fundamentalist Green family has poured $800 million into a Bible Museum Now, the ancient Mesopotamian cultural relics that Hobby Lobby intended for display in that museum, with its glass ark on top and shiny high-tech displays inside, must be turned over to federal authorities in New York, according to a complaint filed Wednesday by federal prosecutors in Brooklyn. The Greens aim to present Middle Eastern history and culture through a narrow and historically dubious Judeo-Christian lens. RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - Vas Deferens - 07-06-2017 (07-06-2017, 06:26 PM)Bengalzona Wrote: So let me get this straight. They had the matting ready to display their treasonous acts in the name of christie all mighty. RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - Nately120 - 07-06-2017 Geez, all that money saved by not having to subsidize their employees' sinful lifestyles and they STILL have to steal to get by. Give them more taxbreaks you heartless libs! RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - Vas Deferens - 07-06-2017 (07-06-2017, 08:37 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Geez, all that money saved by not having to subsidize their employees' sinful lifestyles and they STILL have to steal to get by. Give them more taxbreaks you heartless libs! You'd think they'd give their good christie employees a living wage before handing millions over to the worlds enemy for their own self gain. Where is that in the good book? Kind of like a virgin virtuous act maybe. RE: Hobby Lobby to forfeit artifacts, pay $3 million US fine - Vlad - 07-07-2017 (07-06-2017, 09:41 PM)Vas Deferens Wrote: You'd think they'd give their good christie employees a living wage before handing millions over to the worlds enemy for their own self gain. Where is that in the good book? Kind of like a virgin virtuous act maybe. You'd think we at some point could get through a thread without someone posting made up hate garbage. I mean if you're gonna hate, at least back it up with solid reasons. Job Title Hobby Lobby Salary Cashier - Hourly $9.99/hr Store Manager $64,935 Department Head - Hourly $14.59/hr Part Time Cashier - Hourly $10.05/hr |