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ex_navynuke's avatar

The notion that many powerful people might be compromised by a Mossad or CIA blackmail operation is not that far fetched. Are you familiar with the work of Whitney Webb? It's a bit disingenuous to mis characterize that concern.

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Jordana Stoddart's avatar

Conspiracy kooks have repeatedly told him to check out Whitney Webb's books, even though it's highly unlikely any of them actually read her utterly tedious books. Conspiracy theorists don't read to begin with, especially not dense and convulated 1000+ page book series.

Instead of demanding someone read over a thousand pages of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon bullshit, how about you just formulate a coherent argument of your own, rather than this argument from authority, if you can even call the anti-semitic conspiracy theorist Whitney Webb an authority.

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Somebody Else's avatar

Oh never mind, you’re concerned about antisemitism, that explains your point of view

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Somebody Else's avatar

The reason is that her work has actual sources and documentation and is considered a reliable publication on the topic. You’re not doing yourself any favors by admitting your own bias in your commentary.

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Jordana Stoddart's avatar

It might be considered a reliable publication by conspiracy kooks that by and large never read the book. As Tracey has said, it's pretty much unreadable.

So, again, how about you just formulate a coherent argument of your own instead of telling others to torture themselves with 1,000 pages of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon trash that even the kooks barely read.

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Rob (c137)'s avatar

Yeah, I don't understand why he dodges that huge point.

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WhatsMadderU's avatar

😂😂😂😂😂😂 Whitney Webb

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Somebody Else's avatar

So now I’m obliged to help you make the connection between Maxwell, Wexner and Mossad? This is becoming very tedious. There is no point in debating the contents of a book. You’re clearly incurious and predisposed to a conclusion to the point of intellectual dishonesty. And that’s fine, you have every right to your point of view, I just entirely disagree with Michael Tracy. I used to appreciate some of his work but in my opinion he’s just destroying his credibility with his sophistry on this topic.

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Somebody Else's avatar

He finds Webb’s “One Nation Under Blackmail” unreadable? Did he selectively lose his reading comprehension? The book documents Epstein and Ghilane Maxwell’s relationship with the Mossad through her father Robert Maxwell in an apparent blackmail operation of powerful politicians. Do you require someone to read the book out loud for you to understand? Your concern about antisemitism is a clear reason why you are incurious. Tracy just torched his credibility on this topic. He’s now interviewing random people at the beach to make a point.

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Jordana Stoddart's avatar

You've proven the point splendidly that conspiracy theorists are unlikely to have actually read Webb's tedious books. The book does not actually document Epstein and Maxwell’s supposed relationship with the Mossad and there's no good evidence for any Mossad relationship excepting perhaps the worthless claims made by the known fantasist Ari Ben-Menashe who the government deemed "totally untrustworthy".

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Somebody Else's avatar

Oh geez, you restack Paul Krugman and Richard Hanania, this is explains your sophistry

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Somebody Else's avatar

Volume two of “one nation under blackmail” specifically(!) discusses the relationship between Epstein, the Maxwells, and Leslie Wexner. I’m uncertain where you are getting your conclusions from but there is no point in having a back and forth about what is factually true; which in this case is the contents of a book.

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Jordana Stoddart's avatar

I didn't mention Leslie Wexner at all but thank you for telling me that the book discusses the relationship between Epstein, Maxwell, and Wexner.

What I said was that "The book does not actually document Epstein and Maxwell’s supposed relationship with the Mossad"

Please wait for your schizophrenia medicine to kick in before responding next time.

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BookWench's avatar

I caught this last night on System Update.

FABULOUS!

You should do more interviews on the Jersey Shore, because you get such a wide range of people, and the New Jersey residents you interview trust you because you have roots there.

Great interviews! System Update's live chatters were cracking up.

(Great camera work by Meagan, too.)

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TycheSD's avatar

You are funny. I get the feeling people in New Jersey feel they know Trump personally.

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Henry Miller's avatar

That was superb. And what an ending, nearly summoning a tidal wave to bring about his own glorious demise! Michael might be the Zohran Mamdani of New Jersey.

I'm welcoming myself to the Cult of Tracey.

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SW's avatar

We need more Bobs in the world.

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BookWench's avatar

My 34 year old son said he wants to be just like Bob when he gets old.

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Guven Cagil's avatar

Michael Tracey's interviewing is at top level in this video, and he has a super closing with the atlantic ocean as a backdrop. The woman he interviewed had very intelligent answers. Perhaps, Michael Tracey has watched Grizzly Man and utilized the ending to that film, as influence for the ending to this video. Smart move!

Also, I saw Eddington yesterday. Pretty good film but too much gun violence toward the end. The director could have made clearer that all the people, except the sheriff, doing the shooting to be wearing Covid masks, in the almost empty desert at night. That would've been something. Of course, if you wanted to make the film 4 hours long, Lieutenant Columbo could have come on in the second or third-to-last scene. I wonder that extended cut would look like?

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Chuck Nasmith's avatar

One State Palestine.

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coday's avatar

Meh

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Brigid's avatar

He’s a star his face his brain his lips they way they move

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Lynn Russell's avatar

Rapists cover for each other. He is a rapist and a mob ruler. Say it outloud Castration is reasonable consequence for unreasonable violence against women and children and increases safety and wellbeing for all people.

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Jan Gam's avatar

Get over yourself, nobody cares about the Epstein files. The Democrats had them too They didn't release them.

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Jan Gam's avatar

Well, you've got the old name calling tradition of the liberals down. Impressive! I said the democrats had the documents if they wanted them released, they could've release them. You're ‘protecting pedophils’, rhetoric, it's pathetic and meaningless.

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Sloppy Memes's avatar

Funny I’ve never seen Michael Tracey and Judah Friedlander in the same place at the same time.

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Jenny Marie Hatch's avatar

The President is playing the left like a Stradivarius.

He wants the files released.

This MAGA American Woman is 100% all in.

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Rani Kalra's avatar

Vermin

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Rani Kalra's avatar

Epstein bitch

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Rani Kalra's avatar

POS Tracey

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