XPost: rec.food.cooking, can.general   
   From: zed@is.dead   
      
   On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:33:45 -0600   
   Hank Rogers  wrote:   
      
   > Mars Sellus wrote on 2/11/2026 2:34 PM:   
   > > On Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:26:23 -0700   
   > > Mars Sellus  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> On Mon, 9 Feb 2026 13:54:53 -0800   
   > >> Alan  wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> There has never been a law against gold ownership in Canada   
   > >>   
   > >> How many nazi-taken gold fillings are on your spot market?   
   > >>   
   > >   
   > > AI Overview   
   > > Canada's central bank and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York were   
   > > involved in post-war transactions that included gold potentially   
   > > commingled with assets looted by the Nazis, including "victim gold"   
   > > from concentration camps. The Bank of Canada later participated in   
   > > efforts to identify and restitute these assets. Canada's   
   > > Involvement in "Nazi Gold" Transactions Wartime Gold Storage:   
   > > During World War II, under "Operation Fish," significant amounts of   
   > > British and other European nations' gold reserves were securely   
   > > moved to Canada for safekeeping from the Nazis. This gold was   
   > > legitimate monetary reserves, not looted property. Post-War   
   > > Commingling: After the war, a large cache of gold discovered by the   
   > > Allies was managed by the Tripartite Gold Commission (TGC) for   
   > > restitution to the central banks of occupied countries. This   
   > > recovered gold included both monetary gold and a certain amount of   
   > > "non-monetary gold" (personal effects, jewelry, and dental gold)   
   > > that the Nazis had systematically plundered from individuals,   
   > > including Holocaust victims, and melted into standard bars to   
   > > disguise its origins. Bank of Canada's Role: Documents declassified   
   > > in the 1990s revealed that the Bank of Canada and the Federal   
   > > Reserve Bank of New York facilitated the transfer of some of this   
   > > commingled gold from Switzerland to Portugal in "paper transfers"   
   > > during the war, potentially aiding the Nazi war effort by allowing   
   > > neutral countries to trade with Germany. After the war, the Bank of   
   > > Canada held some of the commingled gold for the TGC.   
   >   
   > Are you still squabbling with Alan (nuh-uh) ?   
   >   
   > Hell, he usually is the stoutest defender of apple products.  They   
   > will be dismayed at loosing their most staunch supporter.  I am   
   > shocked!   
   >   
   > Please release him so he can go back to defending apple full time.   
   > Please!   
   >   
   > Please Fuck off and let our nuh-uh apple guy free.   
   >   
      
   IKR?!?!   
      
      
   That was bad of me, let him eat lotsa crow...   
      
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