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RedTagAlan · 10/02/2026 16:37

SerendipityJane · 10/02/2026 16:28

I wonder if his kids have a better memory ?

It's the Norwegian that got me.

"Among other things, Epstein bequeathed $10 million to the couple's children two days before his death in 2019."

Norwegian ambassador relieved of duties following Epstein revelations (nordictimes.com)

Thing is, I have always been told that these folk are really smart, and that they are "better" then me etc blah blah.

Now, I happily admit all these folk are waaay smarter than me, but even I can figure out that kids should be kept away from convicted pedophiles.

ambassador

Norwegian ambassador relieved of duties following Epstein revelations - The Nordic Times

Two days before his death in 2019, the sex offender left $10 million to the diplomat couple's children.

https://nordictimes.com/the-nordics/norway/norwegian-ambassador-relieved-of-duties-following-epstein-revelations/

SerendipityJane · 10/02/2026 16:39

RedTagAlan · 10/02/2026 16:37

It's the Norwegian that got me.

"Among other things, Epstein bequeathed $10 million to the couple's children two days before his death in 2019."

Norwegian ambassador relieved of duties following Epstein revelations (nordictimes.com)

Thing is, I have always been told that these folk are really smart, and that they are "better" then me etc blah blah.

Now, I happily admit all these folk are waaay smarter than me, but even I can figure out that kids should be kept away from convicted pedophiles.

Christ, you need a strong stomach these days. Or a dull imagination.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 10/02/2026 17:15

Peter Navarro: "Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."

Millions? Really? How many millions? Is that per day, per week, per month? So many questions, so many lies in answer....

SerendipityJane · 10/02/2026 17:24

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 10/02/2026 17:15

Peter Navarro: "Wall Street has to adjust for the fact that we're deporting millions of illegals out of the job market."

Millions? Really? How many millions? Is that per day, per week, per month? So many questions, so many lies in answer....

What happens if Wall St. doesn't chose to live in his fantasy world ?

Even as I type, there are people with trillions of dollars to invest who are quietly noting that any US economic data cannot be relied on and that exposure needs to be limited in mitigation.

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 10/02/2026 17:25

Actual deportation figures hunted down by the NYT suggest 230,000 people who were arrested inside the country and another 270,000 arrested on the border, last year, plus roughly 40,000 people who returned to their countries after signing up to “self-deport” and receive a stipend – in other words were bribed to go away.

I make that a little over half a million deported since the fart came to office last January. Many, many millions....

SerendipityJane · 10/02/2026 17:34

Lalgarh · 10/02/2026 17:28

British woman shot dead by her Trump supporting father. Texas jury declines to indict him

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cwyk917xy8no

Sadly she went before people here would have warned her.

RIP.

PickAChew · 10/02/2026 17:42

SerendipityJane · 10/02/2026 15:56

Liking the joke that Kid Rock is the new name for Epstein Island

I learnt this weekend that there had been a Pokestop on Epstein Island. Niantic removed it as soon as they learnt of it - last weekend!

Lalgarh · 10/02/2026 18:31

Unredacted files said to feature Trump more than 1 million times

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/10/trump-epstein-files-jamie-raskin-unredacted

RedTagAlan · 10/02/2026 18:36

Lalgarh · 10/02/2026 18:31

Unredacted files said to feature Trump more than 1 million times

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/10/trump-epstein-files-jamie-raskin-unredacted

So this might be the one time that Trump being " a million times bigger" might actually be true.

MrTiddlesTheCat · 10/02/2026 21:25

Checking in.

DuncinToffee · 10/02/2026 21:43

Lalgarh · 10/02/2026 18:31

Unredacted files said to feature Trump more than 1 million times

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/10/trump-epstein-files-jamie-raskin-unredacted

Archived Axios article
https://archive.ph/Bi3uX

AskingQuestionsAllTheTime · 10/02/2026 21:54

Somehow I am unsurprised to learn this. Even if many of the files amount to laundry lists, that's the sort of number I might have expected: it would be what, one mention every six files? Sounds entirely possible, doesn't it.

DuncinToffee · 10/02/2026 22:20

US Olympic Curling Team member Rich Ruohonen speaks out against ICE:

"I'm proud to represent Team USA. But we'd be remiss if we didn't mention what's going on in Minnesota and what a tough time it's been. What's happening is wrong. There's no shades of gray."

https://bsky.app/profile/factpostnews.bsky.social/post/3meju3eup322v

Zonder · 10/02/2026 22:21

I just can't understand why nothing is happening. Why hasn't Andrew been arrested? Why does Trump get away with it all? Why is Maxwell the only person actually in prison for any of this? That's if she is still in prison, given that the footage recorded in her cell was from 6 years ago.

AcrossthePond55 · 10/02/2026 23:17

Zonder · 10/02/2026 22:21

I just can't understand why nothing is happening. Why hasn't Andrew been arrested? Why does Trump get away with it all? Why is Maxwell the only person actually in prison for any of this? That's if she is still in prison, given that the footage recorded in her cell was from 6 years ago.

Because money talks the rest walks. That, and the 'old boy's clubs'. Maxwell has no 'power' in her own right, any power she had came from Epstein. The 'old boys' don't give a shit if she rots in prison for the rest of her life.

I think the actual names in the files are just the first domino in a huge row of dominoes. The first 'domino' gets indicted and will sing like a canary and implicate other people to try to get immunity. And the other dominoes will do the same as they fall. And when it comes to businessmen being named, businesses that do business with them fear they will suffer financially if it's known that they do business with XX person. So they put pressure on for names not to be revealed for fear of damaging or devaluing their own business. It's a big nasty onion with many layers, and each layer that gets peeled back may reveal more and more nastiness.

As far as Andrew, the US isn't going to do anything to him ahead of doing anything to the perpetrators in the US. It would be a long and expensive extradition battle to get him here I think. Since supposedly some of his 'activities' took place in the UK, I think the US will leave the UK to deal with him. Now, should he set foot in the US, all bets are off.

Justsaynonow · 11/02/2026 02:15

RedTagAlan · 10/02/2026 05:44

What an odd chap. It's a bridge now.

Trump threatens new bridge between Detroit and Canada | AP News

“We will start negotiations, IMMEDIATELY. With all that we have given them, we should own, perhaps, at least one half of this asset,” Trump said in a lengthy social media post, complaining that the United States would get nothing from the bridge and that Canada did not use U.S. steel to built it."

Nobody knows what he is on about, because :

"While Canada paid for the project, the bridge will be operated under a joint ownership agreement between Michigan and Canada, said Stacey LaRouche, press secretary to Whitmer."

This bridge project has been on the go since 2012, Canada has paid for it, and it will be joint Canada US owned.

His rant is below. Apparently China will stop ice hockey in Canada.

Full on lunatic.

Speaking of dementia - he endorsed the project in 2017

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/windsor-gordie-howe-trump-bridge-opening-truth-social-post-9.7081929

Justsaynonow · 11/02/2026 02:25

And thank you for the new thread - I'm honoured to have helped with the title. I have to say, I was a bit concerned about posting it because I'm new to the thread & some people don't think wishing demise on anyone is ok. Someone on another thread had mentioned this one and I headed on over to #154 - I've found my people.😊My mental state can't take much more of people justifying their voluntary trips to the US or why they think the GOP are doing a great job.

DuncinToffee · 11/02/2026 09:24

All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.

Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.

The announcement said: “THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MAY USE DEADLY FORCE AGAINST THE AIRBORNE ACFT, IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE ACFT POSES AN IMMINENT SECURITY THREAT.”

https://bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3mel535cdgc2b

Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social)

I mean…

https://bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3mel535cdgc2b

Spandauer · 11/02/2026 09:26

Just saw that about El Paso.

Anybody got any credible theories as to why?

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OrangeCrushes · 11/02/2026 09:28

Thx for the new thread!

DuncinToffee · 11/02/2026 09:33

Spandauer · 11/02/2026 09:26

Just saw that about El Paso.

Anybody got any credible theories as to why?

No idea, police think there is a connection with a nearby home shooting.

Just terrible news Sad

Lalgarh · 11/02/2026 09:54

DuncinToffee · 11/02/2026 09:24

All flights to and from El Paso, Texas, have been grounded for ten days for “Special Security Reasons”, the Federal Aviation Administration announced.

Shutting down airspace of a major US city for such an extended period hasn’t happened since the aftermath of 9-11.

The announcement said: “THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MAY USE DEADLY FORCE AGAINST THE AIRBORNE ACFT, IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE ACFT POSES AN IMMINENT SECURITY THREAT.”

https://bsky.app/profile/chadbourn.bsky.social/post/3mel535cdgc2b

What's the National Monument near El Paso? The Alamo?

Sky now have it

https://news.sky.com/story/airport-in-texas-closes-over-special-security-reasons-13505220

Might be some hazardous chemical type thing

Airport in Texas closes over 'special security reasons'

El Paso International Airport in Texas has been ordered to halt all flights for the next 10 days.

https://news.sky.com/story/airport-in-texas-closes-over-special-security-reasons-13505220

Igotjelly · 11/02/2026 10:09

I wondered if it was something related to potential action against Mexico (doesn’t El Paso border Mexico?)

SerendipityJane · 11/02/2026 10:30

"Special Security Reasons"
"Special Military Operation"