Diplomacy and Foreign Relations
Conscience Adherent Paradise Government
For a very brief time, in the early 1990s, 717 E Magnolia St. in Arcadia, Florida was home to the "Conscience Adherent Paradise Government" — a separatist state that had declared its independence from the United States. Details from the Tampa Tribune (Apr 4, 1992):DeSoto sheriff’s Capt. Will Wise and Deputy Gary Holsomback went to their apartment in May to serve the couple with an eviction notice that was prompted by unusual behavior.
When deputies arrived, Soloman Frommell grabbed a pair of nunchukas, his wife had a butcher knife, and they fled to the front of the apartment, according to reports.
717 E Magnolia in Arcadia, FL, via Google Maps
Tampa Tribune - Apr 4, 1992
Posted By: Alex - Fri Jan 10, 2020 -
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Category: Government, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, 1990s
Clutch Cargo in “Pipeline to Danger”
Clutch gets involved with the Saudis!The IIMDB page.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Nov 09, 2019 -
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Category: Annoying Things, Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Surrealism, Cartoons, 1950s
President Truman and the Albino Kangaroo
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The animal was spoken of at a press conference.
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But according to LIFE, it came with a name.
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BTW: what was meant by Truman being good at naming dinosaurs? I think this is the answer:
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Posted By: Paul - Mon Aug 20, 2018 -
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Category: Animals, Government, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, 1950s, Australia, North America
The WWI Plot That Failed
Chances are, this man's face is totally unfamiliar to you. And yet he came within a hairsbreadth of altering the course of global history in the aftermath of World War I.
Take your best guess as to his claim to fame, then find out his story after the jump.
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Posted By: Paul - Thu Apr 12, 2012 -
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Category: Daredevils, Stuntpeople and Thrillseekers, Disguises, Impersonations, Mimics and Forgeries, Government, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Politics, 1910s
Banned Advert
Explanation here.
Watch it quick, before it's yanked.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Dec 02, 2011 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Celebrities, Government, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Officials, Humor, Africa
Pat Boone’s “Speedy Gonzalez”
A gesture towards better relations between Mexico and the USA.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 14, 2011 -
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Category: Music, Stereotypes and Cliches, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, 1960s
Globetrotters Costume Party
Here is a history of The Globetrotters Club, which is still in operation today.Shortly after their founding, in 1947, they threw a costume party, pictured here.
I hope such events are still part of their activities.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Sep 20, 2009 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Eccentrics, Bohemians, Beatniks, Hippies and Slackers, Pop Culture, Travel, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Dogs, 1940s
Weird… Handbags?
Unfortunately, the advice to keep an eye on your handbag came too late for one member of the UK's "Serious Organised Crime Agency" (a sort of British FBI). On arriving at the main airport in Bogota, Colombia, to gather information on the drug cartels there, the unnamed agent managed to lose her handbag, and with it the memory-stick she was carrying containing the names and addresses of dozens of SOCA's informants and operatives. According to sources the agent is "a lovely girl but a bit daft and scatterbrained", just the sort of person to be transporting information vital to your country's war on drugs then (The Australian).
Of course, it's not always what's taken out of your handbag that can get you into trouble. A Melbourne woman faces five years in a Thailand jail for stealing a beermat, even though two people have come forward and testified that she is innocent and they hid the mat in her handbag. The woman's lawyer has appealed to the Prime Minister of Thailand to intervene in the case (ABC News).
Somehow I don't think the same excuse would work for Teresa Tambunting though. Tambunting, who worked for Jacmel Jewelry in New York, is alleged to have fashioned a hidden pocket in the lining of her handbag and smuggled out over $12 million in gold over the course of 5 years. Surprisingly, money doesn't seem to have been the motive, and soon after the company began an investigation into the higher than expected "manufacturing losses", Tambunting returned a suitcase containing 66lbs of gold pellets. Police later recovered another 447lbs from her Scarsdale home (The Times).
But even loaded with gold, Mrs Tambunting's handbags would fare a poor second in value to those of a certain Mrs Beckham. Victoria "Posh" Beckham, perhaps in a bid to be to handbags what Imelda Marcos was to shoes, has amassed an incredible collection of over 100 designer handbags. Specifically, they are all by one designer, Hermès, and all of one design, his extremely desirable (apparently) "Birkin" model, named for actress Jane Birkin, which start from around $7000 a piece. Beckham's entire collection, which she refers to as "an investment", is worth an estimated $2.3 million (Female First).
Posted By: Dumbfounded - Tue May 19, 2009 -
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Category: Crime, Fashion, Law, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Goofs and Screw-ups
Take My Ambassador, Please!
It's not too soon for the new administration to be thinking about appointing some ambassadors...
Posted By: Paul - Fri Nov 07, 2008 -
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Category: Movies, Music, Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, Comedians
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