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Kid Berwyn

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17. Precisely. Who today remembers Curveball?
Thu Feb 26, 2026, 07:50 PM
Thursday
Curveball should mean strike three for Bush, Cheney, Powell, Rumsfeld, Tenet, et al.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x451875

It'd be better for everyone, living and dead, for the just to lock up the evil that creates war -- just to make a buck. Take Jeffrey Epstein...

Epstein helping pals make money off war…



How Jeffrey Epstein Helped Israel Establish A Police State In This Country The story began in late 2010, when a disputed presidential election in Cote d'Ivoire triggered violence.

Edited by: NDTV News Desk
Nov 16, 2025

Excerpt…

Ouattara's son met Epstein in New York. Three months later, Epstein met Ouattara's niece Nina Keita and then Barak privately at the Regency Hotel. Epstein later flew to Africa, planning stops in Cote d'Ivoire, Angola, and Senegal.

Barak has claimed his dealings with Epstein were private, but documents suggest Epstein acted as a fixer. After leaving office in March 2013, Barak continued negotiating the deal. On March 19, he received an email from his brother-in-law Doron Cohen with materials from MF Group outlining plans for a surveillance and video monitoring centre in Abidjan. Communications were kept secret using cryptic references.

Negotiations were briefly disrupted by a UN report on Israeli-labelled ammunition, and the embargo was extended. Barak then called Israeli security figures including Amos Malka and Michael “Micky” Federmann, and on May 27, Sidi Tiemoko Toure, Chief of Staff to Ouattara.

Using a “non-security” pretext of building hospitals, Barak arrived in Abidjan on August 1, 2013, meeting top officials and President Ouattara.

On September 16, 2013, Barak received a 13-page proposal from Aharon Ze'evi-Farkash detailing a SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) system for Cote d'Ivoire. Farkash wrote, “The document is based on experience that has been accumulated during Amnon's and my service in the unit… I believe this meets the ‘export‑of‑knowledge' test. I thought it appropriate to bring this to your attention.”

Continues…

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/how-jeffrey-epstein-helped-israel-establish-a-police-state-in-this-country-9645587

They are evil incarnate.

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Does "evil" exist" [View all] kentuck Thursday OP
It wears orange makeup, hairspray, and sells bibles Blue Owl Thursday #1
Don't forget the girdle an high heels MustLoveBeagles Thursday #13
absence of empathy is definitive, and not as uncommon as I'd prefer (nt) normalynn Thursday #2
Quote from GM Gilbert, chief psychologist Blue Full Moon Thursday #39
Yes, evil is selfishness. Selfishness is at the root of all bad behavior. Coventina Thursday #3
Well said. jls4561 Thursday #4
Why cannot there be an opposite to "good"? kentuck Thursday #6
Sure: Imagine Satan, the Devil, Lucifer, whatever. Coventina Thursday #12
Um, "intelligence, strength, cleverness, wit, charm," are in no way automatically "good" qualities. Wiz Imp Thursday #30
Point taken, they can all be used to evil ends, but they are definitely not EVIL either. Coventina Thursday #37
each person will have their own interpretation of your question. NewHendoLib Thursday #5
I think its unevolved to be evil FullySupportDems Thursday #7
I'm an atheist, but I know evil exists in this world. There exists people who do horrible things to others, with sinkingfeeling Thursday #8
Evil is malevolence that is unprompted, unsought, or gratuitous bucolic_frolic Thursday #9
Evils only exists in humans OC375 Thursday #10
As a clinician, I didn't use to believe in evil. Irish_Dem Thursday #11
Do they recognize their own evil? mr715 Thursday #21
Usually not. Irish_Dem Thursday #22
Yes, in re: boundaries mr715 Thursday #25
I believe that good vs evil is the iconic human condition. Irish_Dem Thursday #26
"Money trumps peace." -- George W Bush Kid Berwyn Thursday #14
Greed...? kentuck Thursday #15
Precisely. Who today remembers Curveball? Kid Berwyn Thursday #17
Didn't Epstein say Trump is evil, that says a lot. nt doc03 Thursday #16
evil spelled backwards is "live" rampartd Thursday #18
The same 4 letters also spell vile. 3catwoman3 Thursday #35
And "veil" Orrex Yesterday #41
Does Evil exist AzTired64 Thursday #19
That's what I wonder. Haggard Celine Thursday #32
Very interesting question - ancient one. mr715 Thursday #20
There are no gods Mysterian Thursday #23
Apart from the religious connotations canetoad Thursday #24
M. Scott Peck TuxedoKat Thursday #27
M. Scott Peck TuxedoKat Thursday #28
You know it when you see it - and it must be destroyed - because it is innate, irredeemable, incessant dalton99a Thursday #29
Evil lives in that pit in the back of our brains. haele Thursday #31
There are so many different definitions of evil. Oneironaut Thursday #33
You made my brain work overtime. Do evil people think they are evil or do they just not recognize it. Ferrets are Cool Thursday #34
It does, and it absolutely affects my life. iemanja Thursday #36
The two wolves parody. hamsterjill Thursday #38
Yes Beringia Yesterday #40
Hmm... OldBaldy1701E Yesterday #42
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