Exactly. I wouldn’t put it past them to regard the scrubbing as an “ongoing federal investigation” — which the article clearly mentions can still be redacted.

There’s an obligation not to believe it. If the Grinch fucks up your Christmas 10 years in a row, then tells you he’s ready to turn a new leaf, you don’t respond by telling him where you put the tree this year. You instead wonder if this is the newest trick up his sleeve, trickery. When he later does a good deed, you now wonder if he’s playing the long con here. When fellows start to advocate for the Grinch having changed, you wonder if your fellows are either naïve or in on the trick. I don’t know at what point the Grinch deserves trust, but it’s probably proportional in some way to the amount of trust they proved themselves not to deserve.

Also, if you later discover that the Grinch turned a new leaf only after discovering that the police seized his computer, found support for a pedophile in chief, and plans to make it public… then you wonder if the whole thing is just Grinch trying to survive the blowout. Grinch has been very bad.

And why the fuck would companies get the refund? The costs of their import fees were passed onto consumers. Another fucking payday for the slime fucks while the actual population of human beings suffers?

All that but we can’t grow new teeth in our mouths. What’s up with that, nature?

Bamboo as well.

I’d buy stock, bonds, or perhaps a lifetime supply of an air freshener. We’ll see.

If Trump and Epstein’s relationship were the 2015/16 October surprise, could have worked. Like the emails, the photos, the rumors of Trump’s coordination via his beauty pageants, … all of that.

I think part of the problem is that the damning evidence comes right after slightly less damning evidence in every case. It’s like walking his follows up a steady staircase until they’re all full on fascist and can no longer recognize themselves (nor care to).

People will get the deltas shipped in from global shops or try making it themselves with dangerous chemicals that need be properly removed afterward, don’t worry. The price between delta 8 and delta 9 is just too wide that a country built on market capitalism and class-based disenfranchisement won’t be able to resist. You’ll have a less safe blackmarket soon enough, but the good news is that drug dealers don’t check ID so it’s technically more accessible to kids now too. /s

We should all be considering just how successful his operation was, as well. It’s not like Epstein was a small figure head. Epstein effectively trafficked girls and networked them to high ranking public officials for decades. That ought be concerning for us all, knowing that our society was so vulnerable. Epstein built his pedophile pedestal in a way that reinforced the system’s security as it grew. It was so effective, in fact, that even in death his secrets remain mostly secret. That’s a failure on our part; we were vulnerable as a society and he capitalized on that vulnerability.

I think that’s largely true, but aren’t you skipping the idea of a chapter 13 (is it?). I thought there was a major difference between chapter 7 and 13, being that you aren’t required to pay anything back. You may still have to forfeit some assets, but you can also keep assets like a car so long as you can prove you’re making payments and you need it. Also consider, the people who can’t afford insurance and would thus take this option probably don’t have much in the first place. I’m not a lawyer though, what are your thoughts?

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But, isn’t there an alternative? You just go, accept the debt, and eventually file bankruptcy.

Sounds fucked up, but at the same time… what’s the number one reason for bankruptcy in the US? We’d just be doing so on our terms by that point.

We need to restructure politics. Screw republicans, democrats, they’re all just deceptive proxies. I want to see the Working Class Party, the Corporate Class Party, … drop the shenanigans and let people think for themselves for once.

Very surface level. Thanks for the perspective.

You paid him more than his bullshit 2k anyway. Weren’t the earliest estimates like 3.5k annual per household? Not to mention, you can’t buy my complacency on dismantling of the economy. Fuck Trump. I’d rather eat roaches than take his stimulus.

This one? https://youtu.be/mkXIWPmdfdo

Edit: no wait, this one? https://youtu.be/6MTTug24lpE

Edit2: Ohhh, no, it’s gotta be this one right? https://x.com/LindseyGrahamSC/status/727604522156228608

Funny enough, I do not fear communism out of spite for the Republicans. It’s a system of government, and they’re who demonized it. I’m willing to try and remove that bias.

I think there’s evidence that they were business partners in the trafficking operation. Trump owned children beauty pageants, he had girl servants at one of his resorts, reports of some of those girls winding up with Epstein… I bet there are financial transactions proving it.

I would like to look into this. Do you have a name?

I don’t know. I’m autistic, and my most recent therapist mentioned to me that I am probably the best person at hiding it he’s ever seen. I’ve had sales jobs, jobs that required I be a good persuader with stakeholders, and I’ve had a deep longing to make authentic relationships with people.

But, yeah I’m still autistic. After a long conversation, I need a nap.