A real capitalist

[likethebeer]

Trotsky murder weapon may have been found

"Looking at it objectively, this is a piece of history," Volkov [Trotsky's grandson] said in an interview at the home in the leafy Mexico City district of Coyoacán, where Trotsky was killed, just blocks from where Salas, the ice pick owner, also spoke to The Associated Press. "It should be in the museum."

Volkov, 79, has offered to give a sample of his own DNA for comparison to whatever material can be recovered from the pick, but only on the condition that Salas donate the artifact to the Trotsky museum in Mexico City.

"If it is for commercial purposes, I refuse to participate in this kind of thing," Volkov said with a disdain echoed in the volumes of Trotsky's revolutionary writings on display in the museum's library.

Salas, 50, refuses to consider such a donation, saying people value only the things they pay for.

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[low-delta.livejournal.com]

Salas, 50, refuses to consider such a donation, saying people value only the things they pay for.

Asshole.

[likethebeer.livejournal.com]

It's always comforting when I see people from outside of the US being just as greedy as the rest of us. It is a little odd that she would hanging on so tenaciously to a pick ax. She must have been dreaming about its value for 30 years.