The Frankish Reich

Welcome back.

Nice work pulling up Biden Admin tweets. I thought that's why we elected Trump, to drain the swamp! Never mind. So turns out Trump is PART of that ruling class that covers up gross immorality and crime? I never would've guessed it.

Well, thanks. In addition to those 3, there's also the good ol' Trump is Playing 5D Chess. The prosecutions/military tribunals/whatever are still coming, and to release the list(s) now would compromise those efforts. Note that this is essentially an updated QAnon: "Hillary will be arrested in March (2017)" etc, etc. So which camp are you in? I am going with old I'm shocked (shocked!) that there are a lot of sleazebags in high positions in business and politics.

The fun thing with this Epstein business: the right wing echo chamber can't come up with a convincing talking point. Is it the Bidenites (read: Clintonites) destroyed everything before Trump stormed back into office? Is it that Bondi has been co-opted because rich and powerful Floridians (hey, Mr. Trump!) are on the list and key Dems aren't? Is it because ... well ... we just grossly exaggerated the Epstein Influence/Blackmail Scheme and there really never was any evidence to support it (that is, we lied about it to get people like Blitzy all hot and bothered?) The Laura Loomers are going with the Bondi is Corrupt theme. Here? Well, I know, let's talk about Biden and immigration!!

Hmm, seems a bit off topic here. Wondering why you posted it.

Yeah, go ahead, call him a communist. He fits the bill. Then think about the communist things he's said as opposed to some ordinary Democrat or even ordinary Democratic Socialist. I don't think even Bernie has talked about seizing the means of production.

Looks like a truly hellish place to live. "Inside a windmill." Meanwhile, the Very Strong and Powerful President Xi continues on his coal burning beautification project.

They weren't scammed by just Pam Bondi. As that wonderful Deep State thread shows, they've been scammed for damn near a decade now. Guess what we called it back then? QAnon. Guess who fell for it? A lot of our posters here.

I don't disagree with his comment here. But isn't hatred of the political "enemy" the only thing that holds our Democratic AND Republican coalitions together now?

Good question. My hunch is that there is probably something there. Emails back-and-forth between CBS and the Harris campaign about how the interview will be conducted. The best possible lighting, who the interviewer is, things she doesn't want to be asked about (Willie Brown, whatever). In other words, things that probably happen all the time with structured/planned "exclusive" interviews that nevertheless could be embarrassing. So yes, keeping that stuff under wraps would also give CBS a reason from wanting to avoid further litigation, even if it doesn't directly have anything to do with how the interview was edited.

Thank you for changing the subject. Right on cue.

The Twitter monkeys have spoken: no more talking about Epstein. Hence the weird misdirection here - in the Jeffrey Epstein thread - to something about defunding Planned Parenthood. DC Draino and Liquid Plumber Gold here sure did drain that swamp, didn't they. MAGA Nation, you've been scammed again.

Well, it most certainly caused the markets to go down more than 10%, which is nothing to sneeze at. And then the Trump TACO play most certainly caused it to rebound. And now we go again.

The "election rigging" claims long ago moved into the realm of farce, so I don't even know what to call this: https://reason.com/volokh/2025/07/07/6k-sanctions-for-apparent-ai-hallucinations-in-coomer-v-lindell-my-pillow-election-related-libel-suit/ My Pillow king Mike Lindell's lawyers filed legal pleadings that included a bunch of fake AI-generated legal citations. Imagine that. The "rigged election" forces continue to pitch a shutout, coming up empty in each and every claim that has been subject to court scrutiny.

And don't forget that the Court of International Trade has already found that Trump was without authority to enact these tariffs. That decision is stayed pending appeal, but there's a very good chance it will be upheld.

I could see that he always had his eye on that building. Even while the other one was looking straight ahead.

It still amazes me that the Cult of Trump managed to spin the following established facts into a criminal conspiracy that TRUMP would reveal: - Trump had a long relationship with Epstein, who was a frequent guest at Mar-a-Lago - Epstein got a sweetheart plea deal from Alex Acosta, who was then offered a position in Trump's cabinet - Epstein was found dead while in the custody of Trump's Bureau of Prisons - Ghislaine Maxwell arrested, and Trump quips "I wish her well" - Trump hires Alan Dershowitz - Dershowitz's former accuser, Virginia Giuffre, weirdly recants and says maybe it wasn't he who raped her after all (she confused him with another yellow-toothed goblin?) - Virginia Giuffre kills herself. And now add: - Trump's AG/FBI Director have determined that there is nothing of interest in Epstein's files and that he did, in fact, commit suicide And somehow the Cult says it's all about ... Bill Clinton? Who was last president a quarter century ago? I mean, it isn't too difficult to construct a fine and simple conspiracy theory around those facts, right? And yet we have the bizarro Hillary Clinton baby-eating cult as the favored one.

Epstein Scorecard: Mainstream Media 1, Nutcases 0.

You know, reading through those, you were kind of a curious skeptic back then. Others took all the bait the weirdos set out for them. You should be proud. So I guess we're all o.k. with the big Nothing To See Here despite the 100+ pages about how the Epstein Files would expose the Deep State in its entirety? Anyone care to chime in? Were you just ... wrong about all this? Was the real cover-up the Trump cover-up?

Another choice one. Go back and note all the fools who gave this the trophy emoji (in case they can't recall)

You mean that whole Nazi Breeding Program thing wasn't real? My world turned upside down.

Some would call this an unfair trade practice.

I'm not even sure I'd say that it was unwise to build a summer camp there and to keep it running. The camp was apparently always full. It provided a lot of fun and happiness for a lot of families over the decades. There was obviously a risk; maybe some of the parents didn't really think about the risk, but it was there. I'm not sure we can live our lives expecting perfect protection from mother nature's threats. It is a tragedy.

100 year flood? 1,000 year flood? Try 40 year flood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guadalupe_River_(Texas) The river is prone to flash floods due to a combination of topography, geology, and climate. The greater area, Texas Hill Country, is known as flash flood alley 1978: 33 dead 1987: 10 dead (school bus swept away) I posted something very similar about Malibu/Pacific Palisades fires last year. They happen all the time. This happens with a little less frequency, but it happens.