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Intelligence sources believe Epstein was running ‘the world’s largest honeytrap operation’ on behalf of the KGB when he procured women for his network of associates.

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        Hey, you still bringin your macaroons to the gun club potluck Dale? It’s this Sunday I called Nancy and she said she’d be at John Redcorns’ and didn’t know what your plans were.

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          I don’t know who Dale Gribble is, I don’t answer to that name, and frankly it sounds like the kind of identity the government invents so you’ll accidentally admit to owning a leaf blower.

          Now purely for the sake of accuracy, if this so-called ‘Dale Gribble’ were bringing macaroons to the gun club potluck, which I am not confirming, then let’s get one thing straight: they are almond-extract macaroons, not vanilla. He switched after 2004. Anyone saying otherwise is either misinformed or working off outdated surveillance notes as we all know ovens run on government-calibrated thermostats.

          As for the potluck itself—total psy-op. Food-based compliance exercise. Coconut is a known vector for trust-building. I’ve said this for years.

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        If your press is free but it can be owned by a private coproration then it’s not a free press.

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          It’s more that they own the underlying infrastructure. It was the presses, now it’s light pipes.

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            At least in Canada and the USA, most publications are owned by private corporations. Canada’s right is fuelled by Post Media’s papers, which is owned by a MAGA hedge fund. The CBC and some very small independents like Breach Media or The Narwhal are the only ones not owned by private interests.