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@Mik said in The Epstein File:
There's the rub. Epstein canoodled with just about everyone in those social circles. He had access. None of these things stand as evidence of wrongdoing. If you have evidence against individuals, bring it on. Otherwise, we risk smearing people who did nothing wrong. this thing has always been a tempest in a teapot. Rich people misbehaving. Who knew they do that?
True but as the cliched platitude goes;
Birds of a feather, flock together.
The issue with Lutnick is not whether he engaged in the debauchery. Rather it is that his own stories about his contact with Epstein are inconsistent and give rise to question Lutnick’s personal credibility regarding his now apparent ongoing relationship with the deceased felon.
That is exactly what we’re hearing about the lead up to the tantrum.
As a very close friend of mine who lives in Ottawa emailed the following to me earlier today:
”Does anyone in the White House do even a modicum of research before making official statements or giving press briefings? Trump, Leavitt, and no doubt others demonstrated that they have absolutely no grasp at all of the basic facts of this file. But that's not stopping them from riling up their followers to show how "they're sticking up for America" (and distracting from the Epstein files). Sloppy, appalling, performative politics. There's also speculation that, similarly, one of Trump's Gulf Stream buddies got his ear just before the Trumpster ranted about Canada not certifying some Gulf Stream aircraft to operate in Canada. Again, Trump's tweet was completely factually inaccurate.”
@Horace said in The Epstein File:
I have no doubt that there were such things as innocent trips to Epstein Island. It's established that visitors sometimes brought their families, including kids.
Nutlick’s stated on/off relationship with Epstein is the least of the reasons I think he’s a knuckleheaded sleaze. Still, given what he knew about the creep, Epstein, I cannot fathom why he, or anyone else who knew that Epstein was a degenerate, a pedophile and a pimp, would bring his wife and kids within 10 miles of Epstein’s fornication fortress on the sea.
Call me a judgemental prude.
In the minds of Canadians Trump is fast moving beyond just a looming existential threat to becoming a clear and present danger.
He’s very lucky. Kangaroos have been known to eviscerate humans with their back legs. You don’t want to tangle with one any more than you would want to take on a grizzly or a lion.
Follow up with facts:
Carney said he told Trump that the federal government paid some $4 billion to build the Windsor-Detroit bridge and that it was built with Canadian and U.S. workers and steel from both countries, despite the president's bogus claims that there was "virtually no U.S. content" used during construction.
While Trump said the [Canadian] federal government owns "both the Canada and the United States side," the bridge is in fact publicly owned by both Canada and Michigan.
The Canada-Michigan Crossing Agreement, signed between the two jurisdictions in 2012, guarantees its joint, binational ownership despite Canada paying all upfront costs associated with construction.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trump-carney-gordie-howe-bridge-9.7082658
Trump is a megalomaniacal demagogue devoid of any recognizable principles or moral compass. This latest tantrum is because he is failing miserably in his covetous obsession to undermine this country’s economy and sovereignty.
Who can forget Joseph of Arimathea's "Nothing but a J thang in ma' Garden, biatch!", and the uplifting rhythm's of Lil' Saul-Paul's "Straight Outta Tarsus"?
That last one is, after all these years, still one hell of a Saturday night toe tapper.
I think Mark Farner might have even done a cover of it back in the day.
I like Berlioz’s version for voice, chorus and full orchestra. Liszt also made an inspiring and crowd thumper of a piano transcription of it as well - there’s a recording out there with a young Cyprien Katsaris playing it.
@AndyD said in I heard there’s a big game going on today:
God I miss Whitney.
The usual understated brouhaha does little for me, but by God you have a truly great national anthem.
If they do, they stole the melody from the British. From Google:
It took 117 years for "The Star-Spangled Banner" to become the ...
The melody for "The Star-Spangled Banner" originated from "To Anacreon in Heaven" (also known as "The Anacreontic Song"), composed around 1775 by British composer John Stafford Smith. It served as the official constitutional anthem for the Anacreontic Society, a London-based gentlemen's music club.
WikipediaKey details regarding the melody's origins:
Original Purpose: The song was created for amateur musicians to perform at social meetings, celebrating music, wine, and the Greek poet Anacreon.
In other words it was originally an English gentlemen’s drinking song.
I’ll take La Marseillaise any day over any other anthem. A true rabble rowser to the barricades if there ever was one.
Link to videoWas there a lot of complaining when these folk played, or are the UK and Canada considered to be more "American" than Puerto Rico?
And all along I just thought it was that every American journalist just wanted to be the next Walter Winchell.
I have always made a point of trying avoid US news sources whenever possible.
New to me as well but, all the same, not at all compelling for the simple reason it places too many people in the know.
I saw that earlier today. There have been other articles published the past year or so citing Mussayev’s claims. He appears to have been at this for some time.
I am of the opinion that there is nothing there and that Mussayev is conjuring this up to get attention in the hope of gaining recognition as an “expert/influencer” and cashing in on what that role offers in the charged populist dichotomy of our times. Even if there is a grain of truth in his claims, I highly doubt any serious kompromat on Trump involves women of any age group. Rather, it would be of a financial nature involving investments of ill gotten Russian money into Trump family owned properties. Essentially Putin knows and has the paperwork showing who, when, where and how much to the penny was involved in laundering money via the Trump syndicate.
Interesting. Then if he can do it and land it square then he should go for it. Dazzle the judges and raise the bar.
It’s an amazing jump but since he is the only skater thus far capable of completing the move, he may not be allowed to use it in competition. He may have to wait until others in his skating class can also master the jump. I seem to recall Elvis Stojko was not allowed a move in competitions that only he could perform. Forget what it was - a spin? He had to hold off employing until others could perform it. It only took a year or so.