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Lisbeth Farnum's avatar

It’s TUESDAY🎉

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Greg Olear's avatar

Time marches on!

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Wd52's avatar

Force release of the financial crimes of Trump-Epstein. Thousands of transactions there

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Greg Olear's avatar

That's what we really need to see, yes.

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Sara Frischer's avatar

"What is the sound of one mind thrashing?" OK, I am glad I didn't have breakfast before I read this Greg!. Very well written. I did gasp and say Chomsky Too? It will be interesting to see what gets released this week. Thank you

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Greg Olear's avatar

Thats, Sara. That quote with the mind thrashing was revolting. I expect nothing this week, and hope I'm pleasantly surprised.

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Sara Frischer's avatar

Greg, I am wondering what he is going to announce tonight as a deflection

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Mary Ann Rennick's avatar

The zebras. Thanks, Greg. ☺️

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Greg Olear's avatar

When one imagines zebras, one tends not to imagine them copulating. Nathan M, what were you thinking?

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Mary Ann Rennick's avatar

I grew up on a farm … 🤣

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William E. Becker's avatar

Damn, you went Tolstoy on us.

Nor do I think we're near the end yet.

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Greg Olear's avatar

War & Peace & Pedophiles

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Old Man's avatar

Thanks Greg for peeling the onion. Await chapter 4, maybe by then some of this will make sense and we shall get to the nub. I shall repeat my comment from last week. As horrific as the child trafficking and abuse is, for the Oval Office Imbecile the biggest fear is the disclosure of long standing ties to the Kremlin and Putin, the whole Manchurian candidate bit. I am beginning to believe that there is a cabal consisting of Democrats, Republicans, executives from the financial, tech and Silicon Valley worlds who want us to focus on trafficking and sexual abuse while keeping secret the Russia take over the world angle. Khanna and Massie, the heroes of the discharge petition led the effort to deflect from intelligence community and Russia to the more emotional trafficking and abuse, serving their masters well.

My conspiracy theory for today. Power and greed, the drivers of the evils of life are the drivers of the real Epstein cover up, the Trump angle the tidbit that distracts us. Will the cabal throw him to the wolves? This is his biggest fear as that may be the salve which keeps the cabal's true secret away from the world.

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Greg Olear's avatar

Thanks, Old Man. I will talk more about this in the next installment (which will hopefully be the last one). I did not think about that -- the Khanna/Massie bit. But you're right, of course. No doubt MTG is enjoying getting to act classily and pretend not to be horrid.

Maybe it's that the Kremlin isn't even the Kremlin, but the wrapper of the sort of UHNWI network Brooke was talking about? We may never find out.

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Old Man's avatar

Key to getting on the right track, push trump into a corner. First MTG, then Wiles, next whatever can be gleaned from files, the ACA discharge leads to extension passed in House, hopefully passed in Senate, force trump's discolored hand to sign or veto. Expect tonight's WH nation address will be the ultimate distraction attempt, a Venezuelan wag the dog moment, however the evil trio, miller, vought and jd may surprise with something outlandish like arresting Biden for treason. After the Reiner post there is no level to which these shitheads will not sink.

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Brian Keeler's avatar

I’m wondering if this week’s release or redact-o-Rama will force a part V.

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Greg Olear's avatar

I had the same thought. If what comes out is bad enough, it might moot what I was going to write. Although I suspect we won't know much more come EOD Friday.

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Brian Keeler's avatar

I am of the opinion that we will never see the full Epstein Files.

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Amy G Starks's avatar

I’ve wondered about that adjacent island, too. Future James Bond films could use it as a set. This story is like a serial “who done it” for our times, which makes it all the more riveting with each discovery. I will have to cogitate on all these Russian connections, but I agree; that after growing up in the shadow of the former Soviet Union & behind The Iron Curtain, an association with Eps was initially an opportunity for ambitious Eastern Bloc women. He was seen as a prodigy of sorts, attractive, intelligent and appealing to Russian women; no matter his sexual proclivities. Willing to give a few the benefit of the doubt but when they start harming people that all changes. At the end of the day, it’s TNOC, sex (& drugs somewhere) with endless Carte Blanche mixed up with Chemistry, & Physics and Ivy League/Intelligence minds. Epstein was their poster boy; he easily reeled them all into his orbit.

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Greg Olear's avatar

Agree about the harming others. And all of them may well have, but I have not seen evidence of Masha doing so. Especially when describing a conspiracy, it's important to always give benefit of the doubt. As for the eggheads, though? You can't edit book after book and give seminar after seminar centered around how brilliant you and your friends are, and then claim ignorance of something even a dope like Howard Lutnick recognized in five minutes.

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Homi Hormasji's avatar

My head is spinning.

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Greg Olear's avatar

MEGO.

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Robert Praetorius's avatar

Somewhere in the nerds+models section, a recollection of this wonderful (G rated) film clip came to mind: https://www.openculture.com/2012/12/marilyn_monroe_explains_relativity_to_albert_einstein.html

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Greg Olear's avatar

What's funny is, I literally JUST finished watching a Roeg movie when you posted this...and I rarely watch movies, and hadn't seen one of his in probably 30 years.

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Robert Praetorius's avatar

The only one of his works I've seen (in toto) is The Man Who Fell to Earth. With all the weird and wonderful stuff that happens in that film (both visually and plotwise) the part that really stuck with me is: "I think perhaps Mr. Newton has had enough, don't you?"

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Kat Hart's avatar

Reading about SPACs, it appears they've been developed to avoid the IPO demands. If they merge with an existing entity... the rules don't exist. Another sweep it under the carpet move of risk w/no recourse for those who lose.

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Greg Olear's avatar

Yes, that makes sense. It's a good idea, but if course thumbs its nose at the spirit of the law. But the idea of all that dough waiting to pounce...it's like one of those nature films about the savannah. Or maybe I just have zebras on the brain.

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Kat Hart's avatar

Oh, they'd fall under 'illegal' if it weren't for the wealth behind it. So much of this country has accepted the notion the rich may walk on water and never pay a dime. It ranks up there when some fool opened REITS to single family home investing.

I think I'd equate it to a horde of rats in the sewer waiting for fresh garbage. Once the smell of money is released, they rush in.

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Monnina's avatar

Does anyone know if Ian Osborne a family relative of George Osborne or whether he is an Oxbridge graduate ?

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Greg Olear's avatar

They are not related. At least, none of the articles mention that, and I assume they would. He's Scottish, went to school at Edinburgh.

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Monnina's avatar

Thanks.

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