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Elephants and Jackasses...

Discussion in 'Permanent Threads' started by Nettdata, Oct 14, 2016.

  1. xrayvision

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    Do you think the Israelis have that leverage through Epstein? I also think Israel has shit on him. But I’m just trying to figure out where and how.
     
  2. Nettdata

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    I think it's a mixture of everyone having shit on him/them or everyone having cash and bribing him/them.

    Take your pick... you get to the same place multiple ways.
     
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    Trump's admin is now dismantling the US Forestry Service.
     
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    I think Epstein was an Israeli agent tasked with compromising US officials. Now it's out in the open, but not really. There's still deniability. And tho a reason there's not a loud enough clamor from the Democrat or the Republican elite over it and that the media clearly wants to avoid it. They're all guilty.

    Trump's thoughtful rationale for dismissing the AG:

    Good article, paywalled:

    https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/i-think-its-time-the-inside-story-of-pam-bondis-ouster-c16167d0?st=hkgYoK&reflink=article_copyURL_share
     
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    It is so frustrating that people looked at all the grift, self dealing and chaos of Trump's first term and thought, "Yeah, let's do this again." The government does so many things that you take for granted, and the main goal of this cabal seems to be to strip it down and sell it to the highest bidder for personal profit.
     
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    It's what happened in Russia after the fall of the soviet union. Players behind the scenes were able to scoop up the properties and companies being cut from the government. These guys were and are the modern day Russian oligarchs.

    I need to go back and read this one again. It seems very relevant to current events....

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    What bothers me is that they’re absolutely okay with it. They don’t care that Trump is openly saying “you should be cool with me because I did this for you,” when they won’t shut the fuck up about Hunter Biden in Ukraine.

    The message is clear, they weren’t mad about what was happening, they just wanted their guy doing it.