I can add a few pieces more to this seeming criminally depraved puzzle. Back after WW2 a relatively unknown American born chap who ran a shadier side of British Intelligence, Harry Moore (earned his stripes on the ground during the Russian Revolution) put in place, just before he died, a working protocol that US/UK national Intelligence should become interwoven with global business (specifically oil exploration) and high finance. Fast forward to the 1963 Profumo Scandal and his son happens to be The Rich American at the centre of it. His best friend from the war years in SOE is (Sir) Clement Freud. The latter was a key British Intelligence operative who offered sex trafficking for VIP blackmail (using both the mob funded Playboy Club and White Elephant restaurants in London) who raped 100s of young boys and girls in plain sight and under full UK state protection for fun, on the side, for decades. He also became a BBC/UK entertainment industry celebrity, an MP and journalist. Ex PM Gordon Brown calling him a National Treasure at his funeral. As far as I can glean he sexually groomed and recruited Epstein. Bear in mind this network of global VIP filth has its roots in the era of the Cold War. In 1989 these men then quickly used their national Intelligence created financial and business networks to become a new post Cold War global oligarchy. Extremely wealthy, also for no good reason, Lord Peter Mandelson, who is now the British ambassador to the US, is also intimately bound in to this network. If it is ever properly investigated and fully exposed it would not only take down an entire ruling political class in the UK and the US but destroy their postwar reputations as rule of law democracies.
Thanks Greg. I must warn you though that there is a good (bad) reason why he has remained off the media radar. Even after death he has friends and family in very powerful positions and his son (connected to the Cambridge Analytica company scandal behind delivering Brexit) was once married to Elizabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert. So please take all necessary precautions and no personal risks.
Thank you Greg. Quite a web. The telling of the Kindly Ones has parallels to the intricate connections we are seeing between Epstein and the 'elite' world of scabs he circulated with. In a garden there are plants which mimic the physical attributes to those which were planted, they find ways to establish themselves amongst the beauties. But then they strangle them, either by vine or roots. I think where I'm going with this analogy is we are in the weeds with this Epstein story. Everything is entwined and there are so many aspects to this story it's hard to reveal. (a stretch here)
EDIT as I read this morning this is from Joyce Vance Civil Discourse on trumps response to have grand jury testimony released. "There’s always a federal judge you can blame for your problems when you’re Donald Trump—he’ll say he tried to get the records, but a judge stood in his way.
Today, longtime (and apparently now former) Trump supporter Nick Fuentes had this to say about the president, “F*** you … you suck.”
Re: Fuentes, I mean, when you've lost the Nazis...
Weisman says trying to release all this stuff will take a long time and is legally thorny...and not what we've asked for. Another delay tactic, all performative.
Delay and assume our heads will be screwed around by something else. I hope they have lost the Nazis! It's not a large percentage of the population we need to swing away from trump and his cult. Andrew Weisman is generally on point. I have read that trump is counting on the courts to say that a very limited amount of information from the Grand Jury Testimony can be released. Date and Time of the findings...... and then trump will blame the lack of information released on the courts. What a mess. Change the subject The Kindly One's is really well written. The way Jonathan Littell goes from the mundane to describing various actions back to the weather and the quality of wine has caught me attention. You think oh calm moment here and then Bam. I just passed page 300 so still at the beginning. It's a compelling read. So glad you mentioned this book. It was a good follow up to Stalingrad.
TGIF🎉🎉🎉After reading this I need to take a shower. It all harkens back to Robert Mueller’s Iron Triangle warning twenty (?) years ago. On a positive note, the Good Trouble rally in Boston last evening was great. Good turnout, great speakers, terrific music. Next nationwide rallies are 8/2 - see you there. Have a relaxing 🤣 break, Greg!
As I learned from protesting in the early 70’s, what we’re looking for is progress, not necessarily resolution. (It’s less discouraging that way😉). Have fun!
Thanks. Having worked in the Wall Street environment all my business life, both in the US then City of London British version for some 25 years, I can understand how people get confused by it all. I was aware of the Jess Staley saga from his controversial hiring, most recently following the trial via Financial Times and Guardian reporting. An aside, Mrs OM devours the UK version of the Guardian and keeps me abreast of such reporting. It is a great newspaper, a US app version exists.
There is an interesting thing about UK financial regulation. Anyone, especially senior positions working in the financial services sector must be approved by the regulator. They have a very convenient catch all when they wish to revoke someone's authority to work. It is called being "a fit and proper person". As you may imagine this designation can be widely interpreted. While making misleading statements may not neatly fit into a breach of a specific statute like lying on an application, it may certainly not make one a fit and proper person. Depends on who is making the determination. It is mind boggling that JS sued the regulator over his ban given the fit and proper rule.
While I am well versed in things financial, the crypto world is beyond my comprehension. To me it is worse than the lock picker analogy where it is held that the criminal knows how to pick the newest version of a lock before it goes on sale. Indeed to me crypto is like the criminal designs the lock and sells it to unwary buyers, biding time until the criminal strikes.
A further thought on Staley. He must have been advised by his lawyers given the fit and proper designation that filing his lawsuit was a fools errand. In that regard he and the orange imbecile are the same. Rather than work to put the fire out they pour gasoline on it. 4547's WSJ lawsuit is like that. The imbecile not only refuses to let this matter fade into the background, he works to not only keep it alive but grow.
As my mind races forgive the ramble. One more aside, Colbert's firing. Supposedly a cost cutting measure. Bullshit! Colbert is the highest rated show in it's time slot. It rakes in advertising dollars. Deduct from revenue production costs including Stephen's reported $50 million annual salary and the show should be turning a comfortable if not huge profit. Paramount, cutting nose off to spite face?
Finally, all the current brouhaha boils down to one thing. I note JD Vances's social media post of last night, is it the first shot in his campaign to sit behind the Resolute desk? Forget 4547's health issues; Epstein is the silver bullet. An Old Man conspiracy. Vlad the Impaler got JD elected to ensure his grip on the US, always knowing 4547 was a loose cannon and may become uncontrollable, narcissism works both for and against the grand manipulator. JD is Vlad's safe pair of hands and Vlad has now decided 4547 must go. Vlad has his own version of the 25th Amendment, novichok too messy, besides a two for one, 4547 goes out in a way that sows greater division in the country.
What truly scares me, what really serious things are happening while we deal with the surface bullshit?
Again, sorry for a long ramble, at least I feel a bit unburdened. Over and out.
Never apologize for the long ramble! I like to hear what's on your mind.
The Colbert thing is ominous. He'll be fine, but the precedent it's setting is very very bad.
Thanks for the notes on the British banking stuff. These people are all arrogant...although Staley was, it seems, a good banker and a big LGBTQ ally. His brother is a prominent HIV activist. Sad, really.
One of the shocking points (for me and it should not have been) in the book Defying Hitler 📕 was how quickly the make up of who was IN the Nazi Party changed. New casts of characters came in as time went on, meaner and meaner as war went on. We see how “who” is in Congress has change OR is that not true. The old Southern hate was pretty strong back in the 70’s. Grassley shocks me still…. American values have changed quickly. I can see it in myself. It has to. To keep up with the speed of things; Data centers and Amazon. I gotta read and buy more and more books. Consumer is my name.
You should check out "Nazi Billionaires" by David de Jong. To this day, there are dynastic families who are still exceedingly wealthy and were never held to account for their support of the Nazis. Very eye-opening.
I might have the book I think. I once bought a huge book on the French Revolution. I start reading the first chapter and it says the revolution was about the distribution of wealth. Then it says, after the revolution, mostly the SAME wealthy powerful families were in power…. That was a main point. I remember being so repulsed i threw the book in the garbage (as if that would solve anything.). It applies today, to us here. These senators both parties, getting their “generational wealth.” Steve Schmidt was caught on tape saying that was his goal for his political punditry. He got flack for that. Values. We need to have some values about all this. I can;t see any good place all this is going. So yes like Germany.
And was I shocked when a friend of mine “confessed” to me with much shame, he wealth came from blah blah during blah blah blah? No because I could not compute what that actually meant! At the time. I will have updates from the SW when you get back and are ready to hear them.
Well, at least he had some shame... we have plenty of crooks in Congress, and retired from Congress, who stole public funds to enrich themselves, and they feel entitled. Lots of Malignant Narcissists, Psychopaths and Sociopaths--Congress is a magnet.
How did I miss this??? I've been following you (&LB) and Cheri Jacobus since you were both on (I think) the Stuttering John podcast years ago!! I didn't see it until I was at my local Kramerbooks a few months back, and ordering Fredrik Logevall's masterful biography "JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century 1917-1956."
It took him 10 years of research, and it is only Part I.
After I got about halfway through (pg. 326 of 650 text pages + another 192 pgs. of notes & acknowledgments) I set it aside and jumped into "Nazi Billionaires."
Right after that, I attempted to get "Billion Dollar Whale" through my library, and finally gave up after 4 weeks of run-arounds (I think they de-commissioned it) and bought a copy. Not nearly as well written as David's and Fredrik's books, it's yet another tale of trans-national criminality that hasn't been punished adequately.
Thanks for that, btw. It's on my desk and I will read it after I get back...I need a break from Nazis and sex traffickers for a few days. Grassley is the worst. And I guess immortal? Ugh.
Legacy media KNOWS we’re all sitting on a powder keg. The types of crime inside the Epstein web, per your report on Tuesday, is breathtaking in scope!
It’s his incessant posting and denialism about Epstein that seems to be a cry for help… This has crossed my mind - I think he’s tired now. Term 2.0 is much harder than he thought, too much work, he’s in so deep and half the time he does not know what he’s doing.
Please come and arrest me!
We’re either going to go through another Teflon Don phase or things are going to get REALLY interesting. Personally, I’m waiting for a crucifixion of 47 & Co.
I agree that he's tired, and his brain is fraying, and he's scared. And still an arrogant, stupid jerk. Not a great combo. But as one of the replies said on BlueSky, if Epstein doesn't take him down, nothing ever will.
I know next to nothing about finance, but I know you’re obviously on to something focusing on following the money. It wouldn’t surprise me if Trump is even more worried about the financial stuff coming out than the sexual stuff.
I can add a few pieces more to this seeming criminally depraved puzzle. Back after WW2 a relatively unknown American born chap who ran a shadier side of British Intelligence, Harry Moore (earned his stripes on the ground during the Russian Revolution) put in place, just before he died, a working protocol that US/UK national Intelligence should become interwoven with global business (specifically oil exploration) and high finance. Fast forward to the 1963 Profumo Scandal and his son happens to be The Rich American at the centre of it. His best friend from the war years in SOE is (Sir) Clement Freud. The latter was a key British Intelligence operative who offered sex trafficking for VIP blackmail (using both the mob funded Playboy Club and White Elephant restaurants in London) who raped 100s of young boys and girls in plain sight and under full UK state protection for fun, on the side, for decades. He also became a BBC/UK entertainment industry celebrity, an MP and journalist. Ex PM Gordon Brown calling him a National Treasure at his funeral. As far as I can glean he sexually groomed and recruited Epstein. Bear in mind this network of global VIP filth has its roots in the era of the Cold War. In 1989 these men then quickly used their national Intelligence created financial and business networks to become a new post Cold War global oligarchy. Extremely wealthy, also for no good reason, Lord Peter Mandelson, who is now the British ambassador to the US, is also intimately bound in to this network. If it is ever properly investigated and fully exposed it would not only take down an entire ruling political class in the UK and the US but destroy their postwar reputations as rule of law democracies.
Thanks, Monnina. This is fascinating and I have never heard of this guy. Will look into him.
Thanks Greg. I must warn you though that there is a good (bad) reason why he has remained off the media radar. Even after death he has friends and family in very powerful positions and his son (connected to the Cambridge Analytica company scandal behind delivering Brexit) was once married to Elizabeth Murdoch, daughter of Rupert. So please take all necessary precautions and no personal risks.
Excellent synopsis Greg. Thank you and enjoy your time away!
Thanks, John!
The acrobatics Trump’s performing so we don't notice what absolutely everyone is noticing.
Yeah, it's not working so well. Maybe that's why his ankles are so swollen!
😆😂🤣😂 The picture you just put in my head kinda needs theme music and dramatic lighting. Epic.
FFS…my hands have now stopped shaking quite so much. Some of us have been fighting a rearguard action in our silenced siloes for decades now.
So, thanks for caring about the truth, your emotional honesty and intellectual acuity and Have a Great Holiday.
Thank you. I know, this is all infuriating. And so so SO dark.
wow. Thanks, Greg. Enjoy your well-deserved vacation.
Thanks, Bronwyn!
Truly amazing stuff Greg. Where is the MSM? Rhetorical question, right? Relax and have a good time.
Thanks, Dennis. Slowly, slowly, slowly, MSM is starting to report on the rift, if not the actual facts.
Thank you Greg. Quite a web. The telling of the Kindly Ones has parallels to the intricate connections we are seeing between Epstein and the 'elite' world of scabs he circulated with. In a garden there are plants which mimic the physical attributes to those which were planted, they find ways to establish themselves amongst the beauties. But then they strangle them, either by vine or roots. I think where I'm going with this analogy is we are in the weeds with this Epstein story. Everything is entwined and there are so many aspects to this story it's hard to reveal. (a stretch here)
EDIT as I read this morning this is from Joyce Vance Civil Discourse on trumps response to have grand jury testimony released. "There’s always a federal judge you can blame for your problems when you’re Donald Trump—he’ll say he tried to get the records, but a judge stood in his way.
Today, longtime (and apparently now former) Trump supporter Nick Fuentes had this to say about the president, “F*** you … you suck.”
He called Trump fat, a joke, and not as funny as he thinks he is. “This entire thing has been a scam,” he said of MAGA. “The liberals were right, the MAGA supporters were had,” he said, calling Trump a scam artist." https://open.substack.com/pub/joycevance/p/following-orders?r=fa5ey&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Have a wonderful vacation.!
Re: Fuentes, I mean, when you've lost the Nazis...
Weisman says trying to release all this stuff will take a long time and is legally thorny...and not what we've asked for. Another delay tactic, all performative.
Delay and assume our heads will be screwed around by something else. I hope they have lost the Nazis! It's not a large percentage of the population we need to swing away from trump and his cult. Andrew Weisman is generally on point. I have read that trump is counting on the courts to say that a very limited amount of information from the Grand Jury Testimony can be released. Date and Time of the findings...... and then trump will blame the lack of information released on the courts. What a mess. Change the subject The Kindly One's is really well written. The way Jonathan Littell goes from the mundane to describing various actions back to the weather and the quality of wine has caught me attention. You think oh calm moment here and then Bam. I just passed page 300 so still at the beginning. It's a compelling read. So glad you mentioned this book. It was a good follow up to Stalingrad.
TGIF🎉🎉🎉After reading this I need to take a shower. It all harkens back to Robert Mueller’s Iron Triangle warning twenty (?) years ago. On a positive note, the Good Trouble rally in Boston last evening was great. Good turnout, great speakers, terrific music. Next nationwide rallies are 8/2 - see you there. Have a relaxing 🤣 break, Greg!
I'm glad the rally went well! And I'm hopeful this means the tide is turning, although I will believe it when I see it...
Thank you!
As I learned from protesting in the early 70’s, what we’re looking for is progress, not necessarily resolution. (It’s less discouraging that way😉). Have fun!
Bon voyage! We will be here when you come back.
Thanks!
I forgot to mention: whenever I go away on a proper vacation, big news drops. So...fingers crossed...
Thanks. Having worked in the Wall Street environment all my business life, both in the US then City of London British version for some 25 years, I can understand how people get confused by it all. I was aware of the Jess Staley saga from his controversial hiring, most recently following the trial via Financial Times and Guardian reporting. An aside, Mrs OM devours the UK version of the Guardian and keeps me abreast of such reporting. It is a great newspaper, a US app version exists.
There is an interesting thing about UK financial regulation. Anyone, especially senior positions working in the financial services sector must be approved by the regulator. They have a very convenient catch all when they wish to revoke someone's authority to work. It is called being "a fit and proper person". As you may imagine this designation can be widely interpreted. While making misleading statements may not neatly fit into a breach of a specific statute like lying on an application, it may certainly not make one a fit and proper person. Depends on who is making the determination. It is mind boggling that JS sued the regulator over his ban given the fit and proper rule.
While I am well versed in things financial, the crypto world is beyond my comprehension. To me it is worse than the lock picker analogy where it is held that the criminal knows how to pick the newest version of a lock before it goes on sale. Indeed to me crypto is like the criminal designs the lock and sells it to unwary buyers, biding time until the criminal strikes.
A further thought on Staley. He must have been advised by his lawyers given the fit and proper designation that filing his lawsuit was a fools errand. In that regard he and the orange imbecile are the same. Rather than work to put the fire out they pour gasoline on it. 4547's WSJ lawsuit is like that. The imbecile not only refuses to let this matter fade into the background, he works to not only keep it alive but grow.
As my mind races forgive the ramble. One more aside, Colbert's firing. Supposedly a cost cutting measure. Bullshit! Colbert is the highest rated show in it's time slot. It rakes in advertising dollars. Deduct from revenue production costs including Stephen's reported $50 million annual salary and the show should be turning a comfortable if not huge profit. Paramount, cutting nose off to spite face?
Finally, all the current brouhaha boils down to one thing. I note JD Vances's social media post of last night, is it the first shot in his campaign to sit behind the Resolute desk? Forget 4547's health issues; Epstein is the silver bullet. An Old Man conspiracy. Vlad the Impaler got JD elected to ensure his grip on the US, always knowing 4547 was a loose cannon and may become uncontrollable, narcissism works both for and against the grand manipulator. JD is Vlad's safe pair of hands and Vlad has now decided 4547 must go. Vlad has his own version of the 25th Amendment, novichok too messy, besides a two for one, 4547 goes out in a way that sows greater division in the country.
What truly scares me, what really serious things are happening while we deal with the surface bullshit?
Again, sorry for a long ramble, at least I feel a bit unburdened. Over and out.
Never apologize for the long ramble! I like to hear what's on your mind.
The Colbert thing is ominous. He'll be fine, but the precedent it's setting is very very bad.
Thanks for the notes on the British banking stuff. These people are all arrogant...although Staley was, it seems, a good banker and a big LGBTQ ally. His brother is a prominent HIV activist. Sad, really.
And dark. So so so dark.
One of the shocking points (for me and it should not have been) in the book Defying Hitler 📕 was how quickly the make up of who was IN the Nazi Party changed. New casts of characters came in as time went on, meaner and meaner as war went on. We see how “who” is in Congress has change OR is that not true. The old Southern hate was pretty strong back in the 70’s. Grassley shocks me still…. American values have changed quickly. I can see it in myself. It has to. To keep up with the speed of things; Data centers and Amazon. I gotta read and buy more and more books. Consumer is my name.
Chopin's Heart
You should check out "Nazi Billionaires" by David de Jong. To this day, there are dynastic families who are still exceedingly wealthy and were never held to account for their support of the Nazis. Very eye-opening.
I might have the book I think. I once bought a huge book on the French Revolution. I start reading the first chapter and it says the revolution was about the distribution of wealth. Then it says, after the revolution, mostly the SAME wealthy powerful families were in power…. That was a main point. I remember being so repulsed i threw the book in the garbage (as if that would solve anything.). It applies today, to us here. These senators both parties, getting their “generational wealth.” Steve Schmidt was caught on tape saying that was his goal for his political punditry. He got flack for that. Values. We need to have some values about all this. I can;t see any good place all this is going. So yes like Germany.
As featured on my podcast! : )
https://gregolear.substack.com/p/lynchpins-of-plunder-with-david-de?utm_source=publication-search
And was I shocked when a friend of mine “confessed” to me with much shame, he wealth came from blah blah during blah blah blah? No because I could not compute what that actually meant! At the time. I will have updates from the SW when you get back and are ready to hear them.
Well, at least he had some shame... we have plenty of crooks in Congress, and retired from Congress, who stole public funds to enrich themselves, and they feel entitled. Lots of Malignant Narcissists, Psychopaths and Sociopaths--Congress is a magnet.
Reading now. Ok. NOW you are really on vaca because I’m not going to talk more. 😂
How did I miss this??? I've been following you (&LB) and Cheri Jacobus since you were both on (I think) the Stuttering John podcast years ago!! I didn't see it until I was at my local Kramerbooks a few months back, and ordering Fredrik Logevall's masterful biography "JFK: Coming of Age in the American Century 1917-1956."
It took him 10 years of research, and it is only Part I.
After I got about halfway through (pg. 326 of 650 text pages + another 192 pgs. of notes & acknowledgments) I set it aside and jumped into "Nazi Billionaires."
Right after that, I attempted to get "Billion Dollar Whale" through my library, and finally gave up after 4 weeks of run-arounds (I think they de-commissioned it) and bought a copy. Not nearly as well written as David's and Fredrik's books, it's yet another tale of trans-national criminality that hasn't been punished adequately.
Thanks for that, btw. It's on my desk and I will read it after I get back...I need a break from Nazis and sex traffickers for a few days. Grassley is the worst. And I guess immortal? Ugh.
Omg, that is the funniest. Grassley immortal. Spot on. 😂
Legacy media KNOWS we’re all sitting on a powder keg. The types of crime inside the Epstein web, per your report on Tuesday, is breathtaking in scope!
It’s his incessant posting and denialism about Epstein that seems to be a cry for help… This has crossed my mind - I think he’s tired now. Term 2.0 is much harder than he thought, too much work, he’s in so deep and half the time he does not know what he’s doing.
Please come and arrest me!
We’re either going to go through another Teflon Don phase or things are going to get REALLY interesting. Personally, I’m waiting for a crucifixion of 47 & Co.
I agree that he's tired, and his brain is fraying, and he's scared. And still an arrogant, stupid jerk. Not a great combo. But as one of the replies said on BlueSky, if Epstein doesn't take him down, nothing ever will.
Crucifixion? Well, they DO think he's Jesus...
So, as usual, "follow the money," not the legion of distractions. Some things always hold true. Have a great time off, Greg!
Thanks, Steve!
" follow the money"
As white collar crime investigator there was always a lot of smoke but if one followed the money, the fire would appear.
Like. Selling Futures in "Empty" Silos.
Note: there are only 5000 people in the world. They are called Bankers.
Everything else is a commodity.
Ooo, I love that quote, Cal.
And the one in the Paradise Lost article from Blake: "He's in the devil's party but doesn't know it."
Enjoy your vacation. We’ll be here when you return. I’m assuming the USA will still be here. Just kidding. We shall overcome. We shall prevail.
Thank you!
We lasted 249 years, we'll last another week...
I think...
I know next to nothing about finance, but I know you’re obviously on to something focusing on following the money. It wouldn’t surprise me if Trump is even more worried about the financial stuff coming out than the sexual stuff.
Neither do I, but these people are so so corrupt. Sick plunderers, nothing more. I hope there is a hell so they can burn in it.