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Paraguay official resigns after signing agreement with fictional country
AP via Toronto Sun ^ | Nov 30, 2023

Posted on 12/02/2023 1:18:34 PM PST by Squawk 8888

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A Paraguayan government official was replaced after it was revealed that he signed a memorandum of understanding with representatives of a fugitive Indian guru’s fictional country, who also appear to have duped several local officials in the South American country.

The revelation sparked a scandal — and lots of social media mockery — in Paraguay but it’s hardly the first time self-described representatives of the United States of Kailasa duped international leaders. Earlier this year, they managed to participate in a United Nations committee meeting in Geneva and also signed agreements with local leaders in the United States and Canada.

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1 posted on 12/02/2023 1:18:34 PM PST by Squawk 8888
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To: Squawk 8888

Kailasa is supposed to be the Hindu equivalent of Liberia, a place near Ecuador where Hindus who have migrated from India can become a citizen of a supposed Hindu nation.

They would need to call their capital The Really New Delhi, but I digress.


2 posted on 12/02/2023 1:25:20 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: Squawk 8888

Nothing new under the sun.

https://globalvoices.org/2016/03/01/poyais-the-19th-century-con-that-remains-one-of-historys-boldest/


3 posted on 12/02/2023 1:25:24 PM PST by Reverend Wright ( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
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To: Squawk 8888

Hey, they identified as a country. Isn’t that enough? /s


4 posted on 12/02/2023 1:32:56 PM PST by Eccl 10:2 (Prov 3:5 --- "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding")
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To: Squawk 8888

Has the United States of Kailasa reduced its carbon emissions? That’s all that really matters these days. It’s actual existence is of no concern.


5 posted on 12/02/2023 1:34:19 PM PST by Leaning Right (The steal is real.)
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To: Leaning Right

Even better- I checked and it doesn’t show up in any list of carbon-emitting countries at all!


6 posted on 12/02/2023 1:36:38 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (I don't run; if you see me running, you should run too.)
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To: chajin

“”They would need to call their capital The Really New Delhi””

And the possible names of the capital building:

PB&J
OnRye
TinSliced
HoldTheMayo


7 posted on 12/02/2023 1:37:17 PM PST by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: Squawk 8888

“government officials”

It’s not fair to humiliate hapless wonks who instinctively lodge themselves into government like fleas in an armpit.

But it’s fun.


8 posted on 12/02/2023 1:37:33 PM PST by JustaTech (My mind is the weapon. Everything else is tools.)
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To: JustaTech

i wish the article would have identified the-

1.U.S. officials
2.The Canadian officials
3. The u.n. wonks

need to try and shame them- -I know ,I know they have no shame- but at least we could mock them


9 posted on 12/02/2023 1:46:47 PM PST by mj1234
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Sheesh. How hard can it be? He should at least included his nearest neighbors Uraguay and Chadguay in the treaty. He now looks like a complete dope.


10 posted on 12/02/2023 1:58:15 PM PST by BipolarBob (Yes officer, I saw the speed limit sign. I just didn't see you.)
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To: mj1234

Corrine brown not available for comment.


11 posted on 12/02/2023 2:13:06 PM PST by Mouton (US Home to one party rule)
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To: Squawk 8888

Who was the US presidential candidate years ago who was fooled by a journalist with a question about the action of Freedonia?


12 posted on 12/02/2023 2:37:59 PM PST by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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To: I-ambush

nation of Freedonia


13 posted on 12/02/2023 2:38:44 PM PST by I-ambush (From the brightest star comes the blackest hole. You had so much to offer, why didya offer your sou?)
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To: Squawk 8888

Reminds me of something that Biden would do. He would even create an executive order for it.


14 posted on 12/02/2023 2:40:11 PM PST by Dacula
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To: Squawk 8888

It’s more real than Palestine.


15 posted on 12/02/2023 2:57:42 PM PST by HYPOCRACY (This is the dystopian future we've been waiting for!)
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To: chajin

“They would need to call their capital The Really New Delhi...”

Yeah, they probably would.


16 posted on 12/02/2023 3:18:18 PM PST by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: I-ambush

I do remember when a certain Republican candidate won the Presidency after taking a call from Canada’s Prime Minister Poutine...


17 posted on 12/02/2023 3:37:56 PM PST by Squawk 8888 (I don't run; if you see me running, you should run too.)
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To: Squawk 8888

Moon Over Parador. Great movie, but not well known.


18 posted on 12/02/2023 7:33:45 PM PST by Bernard (We honor veterans who fought to keep this country from turning into what it now is. --Argus Hamilton)
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