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- Written by: Rod Boyle
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An interesting article on how Putin (Trump's biggest, only ally) deals with the opposition:
These are the people Trump is in bed with. But - not to excuse him - these are the logical extensions of power, I've dealt with any number of people in the restaurant that would use similar means (or worse) if they felt it would advance their position....
Okie Treasure, Brass kettle, Jesse James
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Beginning:
"This the V March 1876 in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy six. We the undersigned do this day organize a banty bank. We will go to the west side of the Keechi Hills which is about fifty yards from a crossed set of rifles. Follow the trail line coming through the mountains just east of lone hill where we buried Jack, his grave is east of a rock. This contract made and entered into this V day of March 1876. This gold shall belong to who signs below.” Carved into the bucket were the names: Jesse James, Frank Miller, George Overton, Rub Busse, Charlie Jones, Cole Younger, Will Overton, Uncle George Payne, Frank James, Roy Baxter, Bud Dalton, and Zack Smith. "
Begins a curious old-west treasure tale involving Jesse and Frank Miller, numerous clues and treasure hieroglyphs, a curious treasure seeker named "Joe Hunter" and more. It's an interesting story that rings in several parts true, not least because survivors of the the gang actually returned to the area to seek out the various treasures reputed to be hidden there, and the weight of all evidence (bucket, above, included) is compelling.
Read more here: http://okietreasurehunter.blogspot.ca/2011/10/brass-bucket.html and here: http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=JA005 and here: http://www.tulsaworld.com/archives/only-in-oklahoma-sands-of-time-conceal-state-s-buried/article_9310f51b-f077-51bb-a7dc-43c763cdecd4.html
There's abundant more information on this, but the existence of the bucket, the copper scrolls, other maps and testimonies of surviving gang members, plus the slight caches unearthed, suggest there's a great deal more out there to be found. Interesting reading regardless...
2 Diamond Finds
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With Spring seemingly hidden behind an impenetrable wall of rain, here's a couple of stories that'll keep me going...
#1) Sierra Leone pastor discovers 706-carat diamond in village
The punch line is when the Pastor gives it to the President. Uh-huh. I somehow just can't imagine it's going to do any good, but that's just my opinion...
An image of the diamond is below:
and the second story, a 14 year old kid finds a 7.6 Carat diamond at "Crater of Diamonds" State park in Arkensas, the seventh largest diamond found there since 1972.
Presumably he couldn't find any high-ranking government officials to give it to because he decided to keep it.
Followed by a dog
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Nighttime, in the city, don't know which city, a big city. Walking home along a cobbled sidewalk and I've picked up a follower, dark, steel grey dog with black spots, medium height, short hair, sleek and lean, a very handsome mongrel. He's (?) following me, and I'm not in the mood, beside the sidewalk there's a sunken lane or alley, I grab the dog, duck under the rail and gently lower it the 2 or three feet to the lane...
...the dog merely jumps back up and continues to follow me, I repeat this, 2, 3 times, the dog always jumping up to resume following me, finally, the lane beside the sidewalk descends too deep for me to lower the dog without fear of injuring him, and now he follows me home...
...home, in my armchair, the dog loyally sitting at my side, growling at anybody that comes near...
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