[meteorite-list] Meteorite Black Market (Weather Channel)

From: Martin Altmann <altmann_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sat, 2 Mar 2013 23:07:31 +0100
Message-ID: <003b01ce1792$585a9ac0$090fd040$_at_de>

Hi yo,

I wonder, why authors of such articles never mention, that the participants
in that black market are extraordinarily simple minded people.

Sittin as a hermit retreated in a cell in the Schaeftlarn monastery trying
to get my annual tax declaration ready within less than 4 weeks,

I asked myself, why so many people are willing to take the stress of working
60-80 hours a week for meteorites, undercover and in highly criminal
circles, taking the risk of decades long imprisonment or even death penalty,
like if they would deal with heroin or would smuggle plutonium,
when there are only a few single splendid examples of that pack, whose
revenues constantly exceed the salary (and pension plan) of a middle school
teacher?

I guess, they must be either really desperate or remarkably stupid.

In former times I thought, such stories would originate from curators coming
home,
telling them to their wives/husbands to impress them what for a exciting and
dangerous job they would have, hoping their better halves would tolerate
when Indiana Jones or Lara Croft leaves his/her socks on in bed...

but now?

To me it seems, that in general the U.S. print media have lost a lot of
quality and standards, or at least whenever I'm in USA, I'm astonished how
poor the newspapers are compared to European ones.
Here in Germany, but also in Austria I've read a lot of really excellent
pieces about meteorites in the bigger newspapers,
and as far as I remember (also in TV) the monetary aspects never was pointed
out and of course that illegality-BS neither.

Best!
Martin



-----Urspr?ngliche Nachricht-----
Von: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
[mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com] Im Auftrag von Galactic
Stone & Ironworks
Gesendet: Samstag, 2. M?rz 2013 21:46
An: Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
Cc: meteorite list
Betreff: Re: [meteorite-list] Meteorite Black Market (Weather Channel)

Someone please tell me where the "Black Market" is. I would love to see it.
Is it an unmarked building in the industrial district of Chicago? What is
the code word to gain entry through the forbidden Naugahyde Door?

If there is a meteorite black market, then it must be the most highly-kept
secret in the world, along with the location of Jimmy Hoffa's body and the
identity of the second gunman who shot JFK.

I hear every second tuesday of the month is "Forbidden Meteorite Day", and
all shoppers get a free Berduc stone and a pack of Katol Menthol Light
100's.

Best regards,

MikeG

FWIW - there are MANY more crooked writers than there are meteorite dealers.
Look how many writers get outed for plagiarism nowadays, and compare that
number to the population of disgraced meteorite dealers - the writers win
that dubious distinction with ease.




On 3/2/13, Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum <dorifry at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> An article from the Weather Channel entitled: "Meteor Fragments Hot on
> the Black Market."
>
> http://www.weather.com/news/meteor-cleanup-20130218
>
>
> Phil Whitmer
> Joshua Tree Earth & Space Museum
>
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