I feel the same about his films being unwatchable. So much nightmarish violence, seemingly just because he likes it.  I have never understood why he is seen by some as some sort of a genius artiste.  I’m not a big movie buff, but I am unimpressed by their judgement.  

I have no interest in diamonds other than their geological origins (volcanically blasted up from great depths long ago), use in research (e.g. diamond anvil presses to probe high-pressure/temp mineralogy), and the socioeconomic impacts of mining and price fixing. Your comment made me curious about their gem grading,…

With all the billions they have coming in, his salary isn’t significant. They want him to seem official and important, to be the visible face that takes the heat for them, and to “shield” their ugly and illegal secrets. He’s dealing with paperwork and lawyers, traveling around to meetings and handling PR while they…

I wanted to add that given Epstein’s known actions and his constant private flights around the world, I strongly suspect another of his revenue streams has been outright sale of young girls to rich men, for example in the Middle East.

I recommend the 13-tweet step by step layout of the most believable theory of Epstein’s “business” model I have heard, as reported in New York Magazine and described at Raw Story:

Rachel Maddow’s excellent report on Acosta’s disturbing version of the history of the Epstein case and his role in the plea deal, including discussion on his bogus claim that “don’t blame me, times were different way back then”:

Let’s remember that Trump installed Acosta as Secretary of Labor, the cabinet department responsible for fighting against exactly the kind of human trafficking Epstein did and does:

I have to wonder about the motivations of the honorable Judge Brody.

Sort of a bad omen for the marriage if his wife isn’t helping him put sunscreen where he can’t reach. This is true whether she didn’t think of it, thought of it but decided not to say anything, or suggested it and he refused. (I am assuming that they were together when this burn happened.). Friends don’t let friends…

More like a self-fulfilling prophecy, I think. It would be very hard for a child, especially a son (instant perception as competition by the Narcissist-in-Chief), to grow up balanced and whole in that setting. But as an adult, Junior owns his own awfulness now.  

Obvious but I’ll say it anyway: Junior’s “hunting” and killing large wild animals is another expression of the same thirsty insecurity. He’s much smaller in every way than he tries to appear.

$3 million for “renovations”!  That’s quite a cottage.  Maintaining a royal family is an expensive habit.  

I don’t know what karma you acquired to deserve writing about these publications, but poor you.

“Tom Homan’s coming back,” Trump said. “He’s going to be very much involved with the border.” Trump added, “He’ll be probably working out of the White House but spending a lot of time at the border.”

When you do your research, be sure to check everything— especially the things that confirm what you suspect is going on. Most of the time, you’ll be right. But sometimes not, and that can change the entire direction of your thesis.

I expect that his ongoing mental deterioration will be far enough along by then — if he doesn’t stroke out in the meantime — that he wouldn’t even notice. And to make sure Mr. Black-People-Love-Me isn’t offended by a Tubman bill, his ass-kisser & diaper brigade would pluck them out of his cash supply before he saw…

Sex bench? Topic incomplete without trying to figure out King Edward VII’s sex chair:

“First, do no harm.”

I bought one of these last year and liked it so much I bought another. It’s very solidly built, you can slide the flared end to widen or narrow the beam, and it remembers the last setting you used so you don’t have to cycle through them each time. Unlike other flashlights with rechargeable batteries I have used, you…

I bought one of these last year and liked it so much I bought another. It’s very solidly built, you can slide the…

It’s so refreshing to watch him listening — almost a lost art in these times— and responding on point: