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  • Oh for sure. He’s an 80 year old man who’s barely holding it together.

    I might be alone on this, but I’d love to see some research in 50 years about the role Roe v. Wade plays in this. The Republican party spent a lot of time, effort, and money turning their base into single issue voters, turning “morality” into a weapon. The party has been trying to twist socialism into the new evil I’m morally obligated to oppose for a long while now, but it lacks the same motivation as abortion. If I were making a case to grandmothers in Kansas, I’d much, much easier to make a case against abortion than ending school lunches.

    Most of the people I know who are really angry about the Epstein files are Republicans. They’re so used to feeling like they and Republican politicians have the moral high ground, and when that’s proving itself false, they’re freaking out. I now know a ton of Republican single issue voters with Epstein as their issue. They’re angry, they’re disappointed, and they don’t like being told to forget about it. We’ll see if that plays out in the next election though, but living in a very red state, there have been lots of little things I’ve seen over the past 8ish year that wake up one or two people here and there. But this is a little different, at least to my eyes. So many people are outraged about it and staying outraged about it.

    I would imagine that Madam Jewish Space Lasers is more concerned about being on the right side of this long term. The files will come out. They’ve been in too many hands. But, this will be a purity test for Republicans for years. It’s what the Iraq War vote became for Democrats. We’re you on the right side of history, or the wrong side? For people who aren’t implicated by Epstein, it’s easy, for people who are, it’s hard.










  • Democrats didn’t release it because it doesn’t just hurt Republicans, it hurts Democrats and the rich.

    Republicans won’t release it because it doesn’t just hurt Democrats, it hurts Republicans and the rich.

    The Catholic Church keeps its own list; no need to meddle.

    What we’re seeing here with Epstien is all the cross party collaboration we desperately crave, but instead of fixing something useful, like the opiod crisis, or homelessness, it’s to let abusers go unpunished.



  • Nobody is going to release a real list because it will exclusively hurt the rich and powerful.

    Trump Part 1 didn’t, Biden didn’t, Trump won’t do it now.

    There definitely is a list. Probably not a spreadsheet or a black book, but you have to make schedules and appointments work. Double booking diddlers is bad business. There are records.

    What has been established by the media is that there is a list (whether true or not) and being on that list is damning. Unfortunately we’re at a point where if a list is released, anyone with a brain would have to doubt it as being nothing more than a political tool, and anyone without a brain will immediately try to crucify anyone on it.

    All the back and forth and hemming and hawing buys time to figure out who to put on the list. Get all the Democrat names you like, but finding enough Republicans to put on the list, but not anyone who’ll rat (preferably dead) is the tricky part. Gotta make it halfway believable.

    It’s sad that instead of bringing the worst people in our society to justice, this will either be swept under the rug or set fire to the Reichstag.






  • It’s an oversimplification, but it’s like an older brother and a younger brother sharing a room. They hate each other. They’re always messing with each other’s stuff. The older brother knows better, but he’s angry and tends to be abusive. The younger brother knows he shouldn’t pick a fight, but can’t help himself. They’ve both been fighting so long that each feels justified in hurting the other.

    Who’s at fault is the wrong question. Is it the 7 year old? He’s 7. Is it the 12 year old? He’s a kid too, just bigger and stronger. Both lack the maturity and empathy to be in charge and have the run of things. They’ve both proven they’re entirely incapable of being fair or kind to each other.

    It’s the parents’ fault for letting it happen. Or in this case, enabling both kids and giving them tips and tricks for how to fight better.

    We can’t expects Israel or Palestine to be the adults in the room. They aren’t. They can’t. We can’t expect ourselves to be the adults in the room. We’re watching these kids beat themselves bloody for our amusement.

    Until someone puts their foot down and says enough is enough, nothing will change, but the person who says that and lays down their weapons probably gets killed. So this won’t end until one side exterminates the other.