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AZJonnie

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11. NP. Ever since I got taken in REALLY badly by the LIHOP/MIHOP conspiracy theories in the early 2000's

Reply to jmbar2 (Reply #7)

Tue Feb 10, 2026, 01:52 AM

Feb 10

And made a complete fool of myself, I've tried to train myself to be leery of "believing things because I want to believe them" without actually researching them. And things since then have gotten like 100x more 'clickbait'-y. Little snippets are taken and blown up, without providing full context, in order to sell the outrage and generate eyeballs.

Epstein is SUCH a cottage industry at this point, everything one reads should be closely scrutinized.

Like you did here

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Epstein files: A reference to the nine-year-old [View all] teach1st Feb 9 OP

It is possible that could be an encoding thing jmbar2 Feb 9 #1

... Prairie Gates Feb 9 #2

The explanation is plausible. I had your reaction for a split second, vanessa_ca Feb 10 #8

That's testable if we know what software they're using. harumph Feb 9 #3

Here's the explanation from wikipedia jmbar2 Feb 9 #4

Brave of you to question the dominant paradigm, that's often not appreciated in society AZJonnie Feb 10 #5

Thanks for your thoughts jmbar2 Feb 10 #7

NP. Ever since I got taken in REALLY badly by the LIHOP/MIHOP conspiracy theories in the early 2000's AZJonnie Feb 10 #11

the answer to your 'how this was released' question - is most likely right there in your own post stopdiggin Feb 10 #10

I'm relieved. Stomach has turned enough. Nt lostnfound Feb 10 #12

Those suggestions do not explain how a '1' turns into an equals sign muriel_volestrangler Feb 10 #13

The way to find out for sure TommyT139 Feb 10 #6

And why scan them? Just screenshot the electronic copy. -eom vanessa_ca Feb 10 #9