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Colombia works to salvage Spanish treasure ship loaded with estimated $1 billion in gold, jewels
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| July 6, 2017
Posted on 07/06/2017 10:47:42 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: VietVet876
Admiralty law, not maritime law. It belongs to the nation it sailed under in perpetuity, at least in theory. Notice by the way, they aren’t spending any time searching for some long lost monarch’s checkbook or bonds issued by a bankrupt entity, these treasures have an intrinsic value in of themselves, independent from governments or legal tender laws.
To: Kaslin
Recover the billion $ and send Spain a bill for another billion $ in port fees.
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posted on
07/06/2017 11:32:17 AM PDT
by
USMCPOP
(Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
To: Billthedrill
#3 DIBS! If nobody's called it yet, I'm gonna be rich. Sorry, Billthedrill, I already called, "no dibs!" I'll see you in Court!
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posted on
07/06/2017 11:34:38 AM PDT
by
heterosupremacist
(Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
To: Kaslin
“Taken away from the people”.
And you can be sure; If they can snag it, it will be given back.
To: Kaslin
Today I helped a man pull a boat out of the lake.
I was riding my bicycle and he came running and waving his arms. I thought he said boats so I asked how many boats he got. Turned out to be one boat which he already had on wheels in the water.
To: heterosupremacist
My team of trained legal experts awaits you at the UN, headed by some sleaze-bucket named Barack Hussein, who is a well-known Constitutional expert and wanted 30%, but I talked him down to 20. I wanted BJ Billy but he’s been disbarred.
To: Kaslin
Cartegena ..... Seems like that is the town where Obama’s security detail went bonkers chasing the locals.
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posted on
07/06/2017 11:44:05 AM PDT
by
ptsal
( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
To: Kaslin
All this has got me thinking about this game I loved playing back in the day.
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posted on
07/06/2017 11:57:46 AM PDT
by
NohSpinZone
(First thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers)
To: Billthedrill
#26 My team of trained legal experts awaits you at the UN, headed by some sleaze-bucket named Barack Hussein, who is a well-known Constitutional expert and wanted 30%, but I talked him down to 20. I wanted BJ Billy but hes been disbarred. I may be mistaken, but wasn't BHO and his skank 'wife' also disbarred?
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posted on
07/06/2017 11:58:42 AM PDT
by
heterosupremacist
(Domine Iesu Christe, Filius Dei, miserere me peccatorem!)
To: NohSpinZone
That was an excellent game! Wasted many an hour playing it.
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posted on
07/06/2017 1:22:56 PM PDT
by
TalonDJ
To: CondorFlight
I think there would have to be a clear line of succession of regimes.
If the Byzantine Empire (or its successor) still existed, then (under maritime law) a Roman warship would belong to it.
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posted on
07/06/2017 1:42:13 PM PDT
by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
To: VietVet876
Not sure about that: treasure from a Spanish wreck off Florida was recently awarded to Spain after years of court wrangling.
Warships are different from merchant vessels: they are considered sovereign property with a claim that never expires.
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posted on
07/06/2017 1:44:31 PM PDT
by
pierrem15
("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens")
To: pierrem15
Spain had 300+ years to salvage the loot, but.didn’t. It sux to be them!
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posted on
07/06/2017 8:05:44 PM PDT
by
TexasRepublic
(Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves. Socialism is governmental theft!)
To: Berlin_Freeper
To: Berlin_Freeper
My app says I bicycled 30.795156 miles yesterday. :)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Plus I went swimming in the lake, twice.
And pulled a boat out of the lake (while the guy worked the steering).
And went down and up these stairs for the tunnel under the canal. You put your bicycle wheels in the groove at the right side:
"These Are Days"
To: Berlin_Freeper
You better keep your hand on the brake going down!
Oh. Sun just came out.
To: CondorFlight
If we find an ancient Roman ship, does it belong to Italy?
Not if you keep quiet about it........"Loose lips..."
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