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City of Newark falls for Sister City scam: "Whose job was it to do a simple Google search?"
CBS ^ | March 8, 2023 | Ali Bauman

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


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To: Titus-Maximus
They need to Google it?

Why not check with someone who has a basic understanding of geopolitical geography? You would think Newark might have someone like that.

21 posted on 03/09/2023 9:43:51 AM PST by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: Titus-Maximus

Next up: Wakanda.


22 posted on 03/09/2023 9:44:18 AM PST by dynachrome (“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
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To: Titus-Maximus

Wakanda forever.


23 posted on 03/09/2023 9:44:52 AM PST by exPBRrat
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To: Titus-Maximus

“ This is unbelievable”

No it’s not. It’s Newark.


25 posted on 03/09/2023 10:00:40 AM PST by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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To: dynachrome

I have two suggestions for Newark to replace Kailisa: Lilliput and Blefuscu.

Hint to Newark: check Google maps before picking sister cities.


26 posted on 03/09/2023 10:01:53 AM PST by seowulf (Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty, and dies with chaos...Will Durant)
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To: dynachrome

And then the Duchy of Gran Fenwick.


27 posted on 03/09/2023 10:02:02 AM PST by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just postill clickbait!)
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To: PeterPrinciple
The mayors office of international relations and diaspora Affairs.

Kinda similar to the White House, where it's the office of international relations and diaper affairs.

28 posted on 03/09/2023 10:08:58 AM PST by COBOL2Java (Gun laws empower criminals. Guns empower the people.)
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To: Titus-Maximus

The city did not get duped; the city’s LEADERS got duped. Hey, Newark, DUMP ‘EM!


29 posted on 03/09/2023 10:24:22 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Titus-Maximus

Then in another embarrassing turn, they joined with both Sylvania and Freedonia even though they at war with each other. Also, they are ruled by a different Marx than expected.


30 posted on 03/09/2023 10:25:17 AM PST by KarlInOhio (Gain of Pfunction. Gain of Pfunding. Gain of Pfizer. Now in control of Project Pferitas.)
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To: crusty old prospector

As with all of this sister city crap, they were just wanting a free trip to India.
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Now they will have to go with that Nigerian Prince


31 posted on 03/09/2023 10:45:04 AM PST by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW) )
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To: dirtymac

You know there was money involved but no mention of that.


32 posted on 03/09/2023 11:18:07 AM PST by Cowgirl
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To: Titus-Maximus

City of Newark is governed by morons.


33 posted on 03/09/2023 11:20:43 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Titus-Maximus

Never been able to wrap my head around the whole “sister city” thing anyway. It doesn’t do anything. There’s no trade involved, nobody gets cheap trips, it’s just some stupid ceremony and then it winds on a list on your city government’s website. We need more of these scams, then the silly might stop.


34 posted on 03/09/2023 11:23:44 AM PST by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: Titus-Maximus

Has anyone talked to the Kailiakan ambassador about this?


35 posted on 03/09/2023 11:48:20 AM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Titus-Maximus

Has anyone talked to the Kailasan ambassador about this?


36 posted on 03/09/2023 11:48:43 AM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Titus-Maximus

I don’t know who’s dumber — Baraka or the Newark city officials.


37 posted on 03/09/2023 11:49:12 AM PST by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Biden regime.)
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To: Cowgirl

it was probably funneled through that aforementioned Nigerian Prince. He writes to me all of the time.


38 posted on 03/09/2023 11:55:45 AM PST by dirtymac ( Now Is The Time For All Good Men To ComeTo The Aid Of Their Country! NOW) )
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To: PeterPrinciple

That Newark office of diaspora guy sure spends a lot of time raising the flags of other nations over City Hall.


39 posted on 03/14/2023 9:24:16 AM PDT by Reddy (BO stinks)
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To: Larry Lucido
And then the Duchy of Gran Fenwick.

Nope. White folks. Nonexistent, but still white. \smirk

40 posted on 03/14/2023 12:14:10 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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