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slightlv

(7,310 posts)
80. Yippers... REAL people with functioning hearts, minds, and souls.
Thu Dec 18, 2025, 06:43 PM
6 hrs ago

You have to have a touch of evil for evil to reach out for you, IMO. Like draws like.

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Oopsie. Ocelot II 11 hrs ago #1
I was going to post the same reaction PatSeg 11 hrs ago #14
Did he do bad things to girls???? Trueblue1968 10 hrs ago #33
So much sin and scandal to go around PatSeg 8 hrs ago #68
We still really know very little on what financial dealings he offered his clients. Was he shielding his clients money LiberalArkie 10 hrs ago #38
Everyone is so focused on the many PatSeg 8 hrs ago #67
Like maybe Epstein was a big part of hiding money off shore? LiberalArkie 7 hrs ago #73
That would make sense PatSeg 7 hrs ago #78
LMAO BeyondGeography 11 hrs ago #2
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha not fooled 11 hrs ago #20
Came to post smarmy n/t hibbing 10 hrs ago #22
Never fails malaise 10 hrs ago #28
He was just following his compass' pointer. Qutzupalotl 4 hrs ago #87
I'm sure his objection was principled. spooky3 11 hrs ago #3
Of course malaise 10 hrs ago #31
This message was self-deleted by its author MarineCombatEngineer 11 hrs ago #4
Alrighty then ....... Lovie777 11 hrs ago #5
I wonder how many times he visited "Fantasy Island"...Epstein, Epstein, Epstein... wcmagumba 11 hrs ago #6
+1 dalton99a 11 hrs ago #15
Of course he is! RockRaven 11 hrs ago #7
Glad to have popsdenver 6 hrs ago #82
Oh my. Wednesdays 11 hrs ago #8
Well, well, well mcar 11 hrs ago #9
That's a karmic full circle that took more than twenty-five year to complete itself. Baitball Blogger 11 hrs ago #10
Oh My! malaise 11 hrs ago #11
Brooks is an ass PJMcK 10 hrs ago #39
Why is it that the biggest scolds are often the biggest perpetrators? SupportSanity 9 hrs ago #49
In psychiatric terms popsdenver 6 hrs ago #83
He tries so hard to seem reasonable and moderate Freddie 7 hrs ago #72
Explains a LOT. Kid Berwyn 11 hrs ago #12
LOL. NewHendoLib 11 hrs ago #13
Kick. N/T Upthevibe 11 hrs ago #16
Ha ha ha ! - was just discussing that pretentious asshole in another thread harumph 11 hrs ago #17
LOL - his hypocrisy knows NO bounds! Everyone on that list, and I mean EVERYONE, needs to be held accountable PatrickforB 11 hrs ago #18
WOW. Is there anyone Epstein didn't taint? Sogo 11 hrs ago #19
Yippers... REAL people with functioning hearts, minds, and souls. slightlv 6 hrs ago #80
THAT'S funny! no_hypocrisy 10 hrs ago #21
My turn: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Paladin 10 hrs ago #23
It would be delicious if Trump takes a lot of people down with him. SupportSanity 9 hrs ago #51
Gotta figure Trump has been using what he knows about Epstein's friends & 'clients' to blackmail a lot of rich guys Attilatheblond 8 hrs ago #61
Wadda ya know MustLoveBeagles 10 hrs ago #24
My my my! Isn't that interesting! liberalla 10 hrs ago #25
Well, well, well. StarryNite 10 hrs ago #26
HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA HAHAHAHA CatWoman 10 hrs ago #27
Well, isn't that convenient. C_U_L8R 10 hrs ago #29
No way in hell was Brooks looking for libidinous pleasures. It's not in his DNA. He's allegorical oracle 10 hrs ago #30
He left his wife for a younger woman he was working with SamuelTheThird 10 hrs ago #35
Yep -- hang him for hypocrisy because he's probably guilty. And I've never been a fan of allegorical oracle 8 hrs ago #65
He is Jewish Bluestocking 9 hrs ago #58
I personally have Jewish friends who for all-the-world would sound waspish. Brooks allegorical oracle 8 hrs ago #63
Brooks converted to Christianity during his mid-life crisis involving second wife wishstar 6 hrs ago #81
How many in the media, congress, courts, corporations, banks are in the Epstein files? Irish_Dem 10 hrs ago #32
So, when I see reports like this, intheflow 10 hrs ago #34
Pictures of people at an event isn't evidence of a crime EdmondDantes_ 9 hrs ago #57
I agree OrangeJoe 8 hrs ago #62
Ro Kahna said basicly the same thing on Jim Acosta today. Volaris 7 hrs ago #74
Nobody has demanded anything. MorbidButterflyTat 7 hrs ago #76
K&R spanone 10 hrs ago #36
Complicit milquetoast. tblue37 10 hrs ago #37
Of course he is. He's always been a republican AllyCat 10 hrs ago #40
I just dropped the link in the NYT comments. N/T tonekat 10 hrs ago #41
Brooks was always a creep. rustbeltvoice 9 hrs ago #42
He was always a slimy prick... PCIntern 9 hrs ago #43
Maybe he will talk about it Friday night on the News Hour displacedvermoter 9 hrs ago #44
This is the best Johonny 9 hrs ago #45
The saying goes, "You made your bed, now lie in it." Bluetus 9 hrs ago #46
Paraphrasing Desi Arnaz... Dave Id 9 hrs ago #47
Out yourself much, Brooks? Obvious. Cha 9 hrs ago #48
Nothing to see here.... SergeStorms 9 hrs ago #50
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise! Rhiagel 9 hrs ago #52
I recall him writing a book about how to kairos12 9 hrs ago #53
Hey David Clouds Passing 9 hrs ago #54
Boom SheltieLover 9 hrs ago #55
He just liked to watch. BamaRefugee 9 hrs ago #56
Gonna be a lot of mansplaing coming. Joinfortmill 8 hrs ago #59
He doth protested too much. BlueKota 8 hrs ago #60
"The Epstein Story? Count Me Out." Dave Bowman 8 hrs ago #64
But Is he finished?😀 malaise 7 hrs ago #71
Well, yeah, TSF isn't finished Wednesdays 3 hrs ago #89
Should have resigned already malaise 3 hrs ago #90
The schadenfreude is especially delicious today nt Rob H. 8 hrs ago #66
Yesterday Steve Schmidt mentioned what Marcus Aurelius had to say about the wisdom of keeping your big mouth shut. flashman13 8 hrs ago #69
Oh My !!!!!!!!!! Ford_Prefect 8 hrs ago #70
K&R Scott Alan Swaggerty 7 hrs ago #75
David Brooks has always been Alice Kramden 7 hrs ago #77
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise Deep State Witch 7 hrs ago #79
Ah, yes, Mr. American Moral Fiber. . . . hatrack 6 hrs ago #84
Further proof, as if it were needed, those that are tainted are Buddyzbuddy 6 hrs ago #85
David Brooks has always been an snob and elite belittling jerk Bread and Circuses 4 hrs ago #86
Not surprised. Brooks has always seemed to be hiding something. A bit too right wing and phonily moral. Martin68 4 hrs ago #88
Conspiracy theories are starting to look like our reality. #EpsteinFiles #davidbrooks Buttoneer 2 hrs ago #91
I'm waiting for the compromising pictures of Dershowitz and George Will. NBachers 1 hr ago #92
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