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Newspaper “steals” NYC landmark
It reportedly took under 90 minutes for the New York Daily News to “steal” the Empire State Building earlier this week. No, really: It happened. On Monday, the paper filed fake paperwork with the city–complete with a bogus notary stamp.
The office of the city register, upon receipt of the phony documents prepared by the newspaper, transferred ownership of the 102-story building from Empire State Land Associates to Nelots Properties, LLC. Nelots is “stolen” spelled backward.
To further enhance the absurdity of the heist, included on the bogus paperwork were original “King Kong” star Fay Wray as witness and Willie Sutton, the notorious bank robber, as the notary.
“Of course, stealing the Empire State Building wouldn’t go unnoticed for long, but it shows how easy it is for con artists to swipe more modest buildings right out from under their owners,” the paper concluded.
And in case you were wondering, the paper has returned the $2 billion property to its rightful owners.
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About a decade ago, a bunch of militia-types decided it would be fun to file a whole lot of fictitious liens against property owned by those whom they deemed political enemies.
It caused quite a ruckus.
It’s not surprising that the Daily News would pull the same kind of stupid stunt.
And my guess is that counterfeiting a notary stamp is a crime.
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#1 Arcadia
“It’s not surprising that the Daily News would pull the same kind of stupid stunt.”
Lose your sense of humor?
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Bob: No, the Daily News has just lost its own perspective. This is the kind of thing you might expect from a high school nerd or college newspaper.
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Actually, if they had a purpose for doing it (like showing how careless some agents of the government are), then it’s the kind of thing reporters have always done. Sometimes an issue has to become a news story before it can be fixed.
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Have the liberals lost their sense of humor today and yesterday?
What’s going on? First Scroop is muttering sour grapes about election results after his guys won, and now Arcadia is snarling about everything from “bogus” meteor stories to this bogus steal.
Gosh guys, lighten up…
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T’would seem Cheryl that revelation of lax verification in the bureaucracy was NYDN’s purpose. From their story:
“The massive ripoff illustrates a gaping loophole in the city’s system for recording deeds, mortgages and other transactions.
The loophole: The system – run by the office of the city register – doesn’t require clerks to verify the information.”
I think it also may illustrate a feature/result of our bombardment of information brought through these boxes we’re glued to connecting us to the world.
In my business, I find that people don’t read a computer screen as carefully as a piece of paper that they must hold of the identical thing. For some reason—inattention, trust, overload or whatever—more errors are missed in a file than on a printed proof. I can’t explain the phenomenon, but I’ve seen it more than once.
I wonder if we’re becoming over pixelated?
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I’m afraid lots of people registered to vote that way.
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Reminds me of the counterfeit bills that said “ucantcashit” and “afakebill” in large currency. Apparently the counterfeiters wanted to play a joke, but when they found that nobody thought the bills were fake, they went and bought stuff.
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The gov has been doing this for years. They call it “Eminent Domain”.
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