Posted on 03/09/2023 9:05:40 AM PST by Titus-Maximus
NEWARK, N.J. -- The city of Newark is admitting it got scammed.
It was about to become a Sister City with a Hindu nation, but there was one problem -- the nation doesn't exist.
As CBS2's Ali Bauman reports, the city only found out about the fraud after it held an official ceremony for it. What started off as a seemingly well-intentioned partnership has turned into a giant embarrassment for the city of Newark.
Earlier this year, Mayor Ras Baraka invited what he thought was the Hindu nation of Kailasa to Newark's City Hall for a cultural trade agreement, but it turns out Kailasa is no nation at all; it's a fake.
"Very embarrassing for the city," Newark resident Jacob Rosario said.
"I truly don't even have words for it," Newark resident Atiyah Harris said.
"I'm really sorry for the city that they got duped in that way," Newark resident Amaris Mitchell said.
Though it has a detailed website, "Kailasa" has no real government. It's the brainchild of Swami Nithyananda, a notorious scam artist and fugitive from India who has been on the run from rape charges since 2019.
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Ghetto not bright.
Wouldn’t a more appropriate city for Newark be any city from the nation of Corruptistan?
In this era of “look at me!” virtue signaling, is it really hard to believe?
What is “Kailasa” identifies as a Hindu Country?
Shouldn’t that be enough?
Whoops.
“Oh Mr mayor, the governor of Wakanda is on line 2, he wants to talk to you about a financial partnership.”
Has Swami Nithyananda considered a career in US politics?
Sorry state of American public education on display, and in brutal fashion. The pathological ignorance of most public-schooled Americans in matters of history and geography is mercilessly exposed by this episode.
We have become an idiocracy.
January 11, 2023 – Under the auspices of the Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism (The SPH) Bhagavan Nithyananda Paramashivam the United States of KAILASA and the City of Newark, New Jersey, USA, entered into a protocol bilateral agreement.
The agreement marks a significant step forward in the mutual efforts to combat the cascading effects of the pandemic, complex mental health issues, violence, poverty, illiteracy and climate change through mutual cooperation for the upliftment of all people ultimately contributing to conflict free living and the cause of world peace.
This sums it up very well.
LOOOL the “Supreme Pontiff of Hinduism”
Hollywood isn’t a real city either - it never was. It’s just a neighborhood of Los Angeles. The “Mayor of Hollywood” is just a publicity stunt.
look at the sign.
The mayors office of international relations and diaspora Affairs.
As with all of this sister city crap, they were just wanting a free trip to India.
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