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  1. He made the proper decision, but far too little attention is being devoted to Barry Krischer, the Florida Democrat whose misbehavior in the case was more egregious. What is more and more obvious is not only that the sources of Epstein’s wealth are uncertain and dubious (Ponzi schemes, offshore money-laundering, and blackmail have all been suggested), but also that he has perhaps been connected to one or more intelligence services, as well as to powerful predators.

  2. The left shot themself in the foot again. They had a guy the “far right” hated now he is gone.

  3. As I think I said on the other thread, it may be that Acosta made the best of an ugly situation with Epstein. People with money and connections sometimes skate with no consequences at all. But I would have preferred to see Acosta leave because he hasn’t been a conservative Labor Secretary.

  4. I hear the temporary Labor Secretary is more likely to move on regulation reforms and less likely to dance with the labor unions.

  5. Man, I am a veritable anti-prediction machine. Write this down: bet on the opposite of whatever predictions steve walsh makes and you will win most, if not all, of the time.

    Off topic but did you see how Trump defended Pelosi on the attacks from AOC? Love it.

  6. The Acosta situation serves us ill.
    The Dems got him and we did not stand up for him. Why? Because he “danced with the labor unions”? He was one of us, was an outstanding US Attorney in FL, and is now in the trash can.
    Labor is perhaps the least important Cabinet position. Driving for anti-(public) union regs in a pro-union Dept is tough, and I for one am in no position to impugn his performance as Sec. of Labor.

    Epstein has already been convicted before a trial, with both Dems and GOPers in tune with that violation of a primary constitutional construct.

    Epstein also serves as a titillating, sustained distraction from the evils done by the Clintons et al.

    So the Dems are winning yet again.

  7. https://libertyunyielding.com/2019/07/10/photos-of-bill-clinton-and-jeffrey-epstein-vanishing-fake-photos-of-trump-and-epstein-appearing/

    Fake news giveth and fake news taketh away.

    Earlier today, conservative author and columnist Paul Sperry noted in a tweet that “Google photos of Jeffrey Epstein and his friend Bill Clinton, previously available on Google Images, appear to have been scrubbed.” Indeed a search of Google Images using the terms “Bill Clinton and Jeffrey Epstein” (or the same names in the reverse order) turns up a great many split images of the two men (like the one above) but none in which they appear in the same photo. Interestingly, included in the photos that do show up among the search results are several of Epstein and a younger Donald Trump:

    according to Politifact, which headlines a piece on the photo “This image of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein is doctored.” Politifact writer Ciara O’Rourke provides the provenance of the image:

    The only amazing thing is that Politifact told the truth.

  8. Richard Fernandez, who is my go-to guy on international affairs, has described this as one more example of Democrat torpedoes that circle and explode at the source.

  9. Cicero, my sentiments exactly.

    I watched Ken Starr interviewed on the Laura Ingraham show tonight. He was one of Epstein’s attorneys. He defended Acosta as being ethical and tough. He said that Epstein would have gotten off with no jail time and no sex offender registration had not the Feds stepped in and threatened to prosecute. Starr’s job as Epstein’s defense attorney was to argue that the evidence indicated that the Feds had no jurisdiction. The evidence of trafficking across state lines was apparently weak. Starr argued that in front of Main Justice, but the DOJ believed it was strong enough that they could threaten prosecution in order to force a stiffer plea deal with the State of Florida for Epstein. It’s complex. As usual, much of the media coverage is slanted and full of innuendo against Acosta and by association……… Trump.

  10. Aesop does it again! Thanks for the link to L.I., Aesop. :>)

    Repeated here for our eddification, from the L.I. story — following a picture of Mr. Trump, a young girl, and Epstein, under which L.I. writes,

    But there’s more — much more. There is this one, posted to Facebook by someone named Lisa Marie Durkot, who captions the image “Jeffrey Epstein and his buddy, fellow accused child rapist, Trump. Epstein smirks as Trump inappropriately touches a young girl.”

    Well! I guess that puts Trump directly under the gibbet for inappropriately fondling a young girl!

    –But wait. Not so fast! L.I. now quotes Politifact:

    One such post shows what looks like a photo of Epstein, Trump, and a girl, who Trump appears to be kissing on the head with his hands around her waist.

    [T]he purported photo of Trump and Epstein featured in the Facebook post is made up of two separate images. The one of Trump is from October 1993, when he was photographed with his daughter Ivanka — the girl mentioned in the Facebook post — at the grand opening of the Harley Davidson Cafe in New York City.

    The photo of Epstein is from May 2005. He was attending the launch of RADAR MAGAZINE at Hotel QT, also in New York City. Trump is not in the picture.

    https://www.politifact.com/facebook-fact-checks/statements/2019/jul/10/viral-image/image-donald-trump-and-jeffrey-epstein-doctored/

    The piece goes on to tell us,

    The one of Trump is from October 1993, when he was photographed with his daughter Ivanka — the girl mentioned in the Facebook post — at the grand opening of the Harley Davidson Cafe in New York City.

    The paragraph contains a link to the photo, at

    https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/donald-trump-and-ivanka-trump-during-grand-opening-of-the-news-photo/104969172

    Very, very interesting. I notice that the anti-Trump piece says “inappropriately touching,” whereas the Politifact write-up does not suggest any out-of-the-way touching:

    One such post shows what looks like a photo of Epstein, Trump, and a girl, who Trump appears to be kissing on the head with his hands around her waist.

    The original allegation and doctored image were from a Facebook posting by a Lisa Marie Durkot. But of such minor editorializing, slanted writing are smears made, then spread, then deemed credible (at least by the credulous), and lynchings sometimes committed.

  11. Re: Google removing photos of Clinton and Epstein

    Snopes

    Did Google Remove Photos of Bill Clinton with Jeffrey Epstein from Search Results?

    It is quite easy to hide something that apparently didn’t exist in the first place.

  12. Snopes is not an unbiased outlet. I have seen photos of Bill Clinton and Epstein. I haven’t searched recently, but then, I don’t use Google, either. Some enterprising person should compare Google searches to DuckDuckGo searches.

  13. “May you live in interesting times”

    And it’s corollary: may you enjoy the liberal euphemisms.

  14. If you want to be wrong, read and believe in Snopes.

    If you want to not make wrong predictions… don’t make predictions.

  15. Philip on July 13, 2019 at 1:10 pm said:
    So, steve, got any stock tips?

    Buy Disney.

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