Epstein confidante Ghislaine Maxwell arrested by FBI

The right-wing conspiracy types have done an amazingly effective job of convincing their flock that Epstein’s death was because of Evil Hillary and the Hollywood Pervs, and not at all related to Trump’s buddy who used to pick up girls at Mar-A-Lago being put in a jail run by Trump’s DoJ which suddenly had a bunch of standard procedures accidentally not followed. Did Trump or Barr order it done? Unlikely. Were they upset when it happened? (Probably, but they managed the cult’s interpretation, so) Nope.

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Heh. Also, I made it sound like hatred for my former neighbors. It wasn’t hatred outright. That incident was annoyance and I did call my neighbor and ask them pointedly, “Well why the fuck did you call the police on me? You know who I am. I’ve lived here for 15 years.” Their reply was contrite but also deflective, “Well, we didn’t know!” Yeah right. Just people being dumbasses. Otherwise forgiveable.

Now that I live in a very conservative area, full of the OTHER kind of dumbass - the mask-resistant… I would say I prefer the New England busybody style of dumbass. At least they have some sense to pay attention to health recommendations. Sheesh.

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ETA: As noted below, this is a satire site.

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Double-whammy, but they’d better do everything possible to keep her ass alive.

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You have got be f’ing kidding!

How convenient.

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Pretty likely, though; considering just how damn infectious the virus is.

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Nope.

This is an entertainment website written to satirize news events, politics, and popular faces and ideas, and to provide commentary on social attitudes and trends.
While familiar names of celebrities and other media figures as well as familiar agencies and organizations are used, all news stories contained within are fictional in nature. Most of the words and actions attributed to these figures are created entirely by the author, who has tiny, feminine hands, and who was once friend-zoned by his own sister.
The purpose of this site is to entertain. Failing that, we’ll settle for “bother” or “annoy”. We’re not a particularly proud publication.

Or at least, not yet.

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Yeah if anything it would be unusual if all these high-profile inmates like Epstein and Maxwell weren’t prone to the same abysmal health and safety conditions that non-celebrity prisoners are subjected to every day.

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Interesting, I’m usually pretty good at spotting satire but if there’s a joke in there I still don’t get it.

I guess not everyone can be The Onion.

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The fuck?

Thanks for the correction.

And what a douchey web site! Nothing about the article reads like satire. :angry:

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I got suspicious after seeing some of the headlines below the article, and did some digging. >shrug< I didn’t find it funny either.

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Maybe they learned the art of “satire” from the same people who taught Trump the meaning of “sarcasm.”

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Ironic thing is, my point still stands, farce or not;

They better do everything possible to keep her ass alive.

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Ideally they’d be doing everything they can to keep all wards of the state alive, but the prison system’s failures usually only come to the public’s attention when they involve a famous person.

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I’m not normally a “the press just makes shit up to sell ads”, but I remember them acting like nobody had a clue where she was.

She paid cash for this place in her own name, and had the deed transferred over. It’s literally on the record in December. She visited friends and family. When the FBI went to arrest her they knew exactly where she was. So , I suspect, did the press. But that’s not “interesting”, is it? It’s FAR more interesting to have a mystery on hand.

Some websites are more built around starting trouble… and then falling back under the “we’re satire” argument when called on it.

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Sadly, you and I both know the reality we inhabit is not hardly “ideal.” It isn’t even functioning.

The fact that she is rich and famous increases Maxwell’s odds for survival is the harsh reality here; just as being a woman and one in possession of some potentially dangerous information decreases those odds, simultaneously.

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Trump jokes are like the uncle who rips a gigantic fart at family Thanksgiving dinner during grace and then immediately announces, oh btw I ran over the dog when I was pulling in. And it’s true, he did. That’s a trump joke.

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