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The most frustrating part is how blatant and in-your-face the excuses have been and how many media outlets just seem to accept what they're told and run with it
by FillardMillmore 7y ago
The most frustrating part is how blatant and in-your-face the excuses have been and how many media outlets just seem to accept what they're told and run with it without question.
Just look at the responses we've been given to various questions (paraphrased, of course):
Q: "How could he have committed suicide, wasn't he on suicide watch?"
A: "Oh, well he was taken off suicide watch shortly before he committed suicide"
Q: "Didn't he have a cellmate though? Why didn't his cellmate do anything?"
A: "Oh, his cellmate was moved to a different location shortly before he committed suicide"
Q: "Well what about the guards, weren't they supposed to be checking up on him every 30 minutes?"
A: "Yeah, turns out they both fell asleep - sorry, we know how important a criminal Esptein was, but our guards were simply overworked"
Q: "What about the cameras? Wasn't there a camera inside his cell?"
A: "Yes, but unfortunately it malfunctioned"
Q: "Well what about the camera surveying the outside of his cell?"
A: "Oh...well...we've reviewed the footage on that one and unfortunately it's, erm, unusable"
Q: "Wasn't the room supposed to be 'suicide-proof'?"
A: "Uhh...it was but we overlooked the surprising tensile strength properties of the paper-thin bedsheets...our bad".
Q: "Well how about some photos of the body? Can we see them?"
A: "Sorry, he's been cremated and buried at his brother's request and we can't release any photos at this time"
And of course, nothing (that we know of) has happened to all the many people associated and possibly complicit with Epstein. The paparazzi is following Ghislaine Maxwell around burger joints while Bill Barr's justice department files lawsuits to prevent Edward Snowden from making a profit from his book sales.
It is legitimately more difficult to accept all of these circumstances than it is to believe it was covered-up, bought-and-paid-for hitjob. I truly do think Occam's Razor would dictate it is more likely that this is the case. Though, it is important to note, we do not yet have the evidence to say this is the case definitively.
- SimbaOnSteroids 7y agoPlus the motivations of those implicated, if you're Prince Andrew, a Saudi Royal, or a Soviet Bloc oligarch you're just going to sit there and accept consequences?
- FillardMillmore 7y agoAll the players involved kind of add a cover for any nefarious actors. There's so many people involved and so many people that would have motivation to order a hitjob that trying to determine who would be behind such a thing would be at best a wild guessing-game.
- RedBeetDeadpool 7y agoSeriously, people who think this isn't a cover-up have to think about the other alternative. Lets say you own, even $100 million dollars. A small sum for the wealthy class. Even if you spent a fraction of that money on a hit and cover up, it would be nothing. A few million dollars would be a gamechanger for an ordinary man. I would bet ordering a hit is surprisingly easy and cheap (especially for an uber-wealthy man who routinely pays for child prostitution), and a far likelier outcome than everything you listed happening in tandem. Keep in mind people like these are also usually psychopaths with a complete lack of empathy and it wouldn't trigger anything in them to take any of these actions. There really is nothing stopping them from going back to the store and buying a get out of jail card because they got a little scared.