And now for something weird...

nsaspook

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https://apnews.com/article/dr-seuss-books-racist-images-d8ed18335c03319d72f443594c174513

BOSTON (AP) — Six Dr. Seuss books — including “And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street” and “If I Ran the Zoo” — will stop being published because of racist and insensitive imagery, the business that preserves and protects the author’s legacy said Tuesday.

“These books portray people in ways that are hurtful and wrong,” Dr. Seuss Enterprises told The Associated Press in a statement that coincided with the late author and illustrator’s birthday.
Looking so hard for things to be upset about in old books must mean there's too little actual racist and insensitive imagery today. :confused:
 

nsaspook

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Trader Buys $36 Million of Copper and Gets Painted Rocks Instead
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...lion-of-copper-and-gets-painted-rocks-instead

Commodities trader Mercuria Energy Group Ltd. struck a deal last summer to buy $36 million of copper from a Turkish supplier. But when the cargoes started arriving in China, all it found were containers full of painted rocks.

The saga unfolds like a gangland thriller, with the Swiss trading house saying it’s been the victim of cargo fraud. Before its journey from a port near Istanbul to China even began, about 6,000 tons of blister copper in more than 300 containers were switched with jagged paving stones, spray-painted to resemble the semi-refined metal.
 

nsaspook

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It's an old scam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Complaint_tablet_to_Ea-nasir
Ea-nasir travelled to the Persian Gulf to buy copper and returned to sell it in Mesopotamia. On one particular occasion, he had agreed to sell copper ingots to Nanni. Nanni sent his servant with the money to complete the transaction.[4] The copper was sub-standard and not accepted. In response, Nanni created the cuneiform letter for delivery to Ea-nasir. Inscribed on it is a complaint to Ea-nasir about a copper delivery of the incorrect grade, and issues with another delivery;[5] Nanni also complained that his servant (who handled the transaction) had been treated rudely. He stated that, at the time of writing, he had not accepted the copper, but had paid the money for it.
 

nsaspook

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“People were getting eaten alive in their racks,” said the petty officer, who alleges that the infestation spread to several enlisted berthing spaces and at least one officer state room.

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your...-this-submarine-is-being-ravaged-by-bed-bugs/

Sailors say this submarine has been ravaged by bed bugs


These damn things were the horrible on ships. More than once we just burned all the old bedding to get rid of them.
 
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