Topic: Artifacts

Deutsche Welle reports that ISIS earns approximately $1 million per day from captured oil and gas fields, with some of the oil potentially being sold to G20 member Turkey. The group also generates revenue through a 20% tax on local economic activity and the sale of looted archaeological artifacts. The hosts describe ISIS as a "criminal organization" that functions like a state-within-a-state with its own currency.

The 9/11 Memorial Museum's new exhibit featuring a uniform from a SEAL Team 6 member and a brick from the Abbottabad compound is discussed. The hosts criticize the "postmodern" nature of displaying these artifacts and the lack of photographic evidence of Bin Laden's death.

FBI agents seized thousands of artifacts, including Native American relics and ancient Chinese pottery, from the home of 91-year-old Donald Miller in rural Indiana. Miller, a WWII veteran, had spent decades amassing the collection and often gave tours to local schoolchildren. The hosts criticize the seizure as government thievery, suggesting the FBI is acting without clear evidence of a crime.

A host recounts living in Uganda for three years during the presidency of Milton Obote, just prior to the rise of Idi Amin. The family collected various artifacts during this time, including carved ivory tusks, zebra skin rugs, and lion skins, which were legal at the time. There are plans to digitize Super 8mm film footage of African wildlife and family life from that era before the physical media deteriorates.