@SeasonedRP Man, look, I don't care. He's argued the files aren't real. He's argued they're all a hoax. He's argued they've all been released and he's met his pledge. He's argued they exonerate him, which is a miracle for things that aren't real.

Which lie, specifically, should I believe? I'm choosing none of the above, and there isn't a single thing or person on the face of this earth that can disavow me of the idea that every single apparatus of the west isn't involved and corrupted by some really dark and malign scary shit.

This is why I don't care though, because we can't even get around to discussing what's important about them because the partisan circus rolls into town to defend their team.

Again, it's all fake and gay.

@Stigma Epstein tried to enlist Michael Wolff and Ken Starr in an attempt to take down Trump.

@Typo-MAGAshiv Victims and their attorneys praised Trump for being the only one willing to help them in their pursuit of charges and civil proceedings against Epstein. Tying Trump to Epstein reflects wishful thinking and/or a lack of understanding of how things are in such circles.

@MentORPHEUS What @Typo-MAGAshiv said. There are many inefficient markets in the U.S. where cronyism, government favors, and connections prevail rather than competition on price and services. I read something truly remarkable about Epstein: he had the CIA's airline moved from Florida to Columbus, Ohio. How can a private citizen do such a thing?

@SeasonedRP If Capitalism is supposed to work as a market driven Meritocracy, how is it SO many middling to outright terrible at business individuals keep failing upward so incredibly high within it?

@adam-l It's been a while since I read it but I'll do some checking. May have been a study cited in a textbook I have. But it shouldn't be surprising, should it?

While I'm doing that, look for research on gun crimes in various countries. There is recent research showing that gun crime really isn't all that much higher in the United States if the comparison is limited to whites.

@SeasonedRP this is an interesting claim. Where can I see the data?

@adam-l If you take out crimes by blacks, the crime rates in Europe and the U.S. have always been similar.

@Vermillion-Rx Typical for NY Times.