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Democrats release Epstein docs with Musk, Thiel, Bannon and Prince Andrew mentions (www.independent.co.uk)
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Roughly six pages from more than 8,500 documents provided by Epstein’s estate to Democratic members on the House Oversight Committee include meeting schedules appearing to show appointments with Bannon and venture capitalist Peter Thiel during Donald Trump’s first term in office.

The documents also mention Musk joining a potential trip to Epstein’s island in 2014.

Prince Andrew also is listed in the documents as a passenger on Epstein’s aircraft, with financial disclosures provided to the committee suggesting evidence of payments from Epstein to an individual listed as “Andrew.”

His appointment with Bannon in 2019 was just months before Epstein was federally charged with trafficking and sexually abusing dozens of minors. Epstein pleaded not guilty and was found dead in a jail cell in New York in August 2019.

His appointment with Bannon in 2019 was just months before Epstein was federally charged with trafficking and sexually abusing dozens of minors. Epstein pleaded not guilty and was found dead in a jail cell in New York in August 2019.

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[–] Danquebec@sh.itjust.works 141 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

Is pedophilia a prerequisite for joining the financial elite?

[–] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 97 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

A person gets that rich because their morals allow them to exploit other people.

Once they are that rich, they can get anything they want, they no longer have the "thrill of the hunt" and substitute it for the "thrill of the forbidden".

[–] mrmanager@lemmy.today 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I have the thrill of wanting them put in a rocket and sent into the sun. :)

Guess that wont happen but one can dream.

[–] luciferofastora@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago

Sending something into the sun isn't quite as trivial as it seems. Launching off the earth, it will have an initial orbital momentum close to the earth's, about 30 km/s (about 67000 mph or 107000 km/h), which your rocket would have to lose in order to push its orbit low enough that it'll hit the sun. The Parker Solar Probe took six years of flight and nine Venus flybys to get to a distance of 6.2 million km (3.8 million miles) from the surface.

Wouldn't that be one hell of a thrilling engineering challenge to beat?

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 48 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

When you feel invincible you tend to test that invulnerability. We should feel lucky they aren't hunting us for sport just to prove they can.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 16 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You know I was going to say its probably some sort of "forbidden fruit" but if that were the case I think a pedophile ring would be the tip of the iceberg.

[–] stringere@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Watch the movie Hostel, or read the synopsis, and tell me that doesn't seem plausible.

Escape Room has a similar premise. One could also argue Cabin In The Woods tells a similar tale of shadowy groups of elites using human sacrifice if you put billionaires in place of the Old Gods.

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 10 points 2 weeks ago

See I would have gone with The Most Dangerous Game first, but human sacrifice is totally there. Cannablisim or some shit too

[–] QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 weeks ago

Hostel was allegedly based on real events

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Highly recommend reading the book American Kompromat by Unger

[–] BeMoreCareful@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

just from the summary, that is pretty wild, but it sounds as likely as anything else, I suppose. I'm going to have to check that out.

[–] LustyArgonianMana@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

He hasn't been sued, and Fox went nuts about it for a few months when it came out

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 weeks ago

Well, it certainly seems to give the other rich bastards a trustworthy amount of blackmail

[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] TacoButtPlug@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

Damn. I don't think I'd be laughing at that joke but I get it.