Major British Labour Politician Pressured to Resign Over Epstein Payoffs; Epstein Had a Secret Baby?

Peter Mandelson is a major fixer for Labour who is responsible for the rise of Tony Blair.

There are at least two occasions on which it is alleged Epstein handed large sums of money to Lord Mandelson or his husband.

His husband.

Mandelson directly referenced one of the claims when announcing his resignation from the Labour party. Bank statements held among the Epstein files released by the US Department of Justice appear to show that in 2003 to 2004 the disgraced financier paid a total of $75,000 (Ł54,750) into bank accounts of which Mandelson -- then a Labour MP -- was believed to be a beneficiary.
The former cabinet minister had already come under pressure over the second allegation that his husband, Reinaldo Avila da Silva, had received Ł10,000 from Epstein about two months after the registered sex offender was released from prison in 2009.
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The files also show evidence Mandelson advised Epstein on how the investment bank JP Morgan might lobby the government -- of which he was a part -- on plans for a tax on bankers' bonuses.
Among the documents is a chain of emails between Epstein and Mandelson, in which the former asks if the new tax might only apply to the cash portion of bonuses. "Trying hard to amend," Mandelson wrote back on 15 December 2009. "Treasury digging in but I am on case."
Mandelson, who was then business secretary in Gordon Brown's government, suggested two days later that the head of the investment bank call the then chancellor, Alistair Darling, and "mildly threaten" him.

I make no judgments about the policy nor whether it should have been opposed or not. But we once again see Epstein's hand behind political decisionmaking.

It had been known for years that Mandelson was linked to Epstein. It has long been a matter of public record Mandelson stayed in the disgraced financier's flat in New York while the latter was serving his prison term. And a briefing delivered to the prime minister, Keir Starmer, on the reputational risk in appointing Mandelson as ambassador to the US mentioned official records showing he had facilitated a meeting between Epstein and Tony Blair in 2002.

But a glimpse of the extent of the relationship between the former minister and Epstein would lead to Mandelson's withdrawal from Washington in September 2025.

Documents released then showed Mandelson had referred to Epstein as his "best pal" in a letter included within an alleged birthday book that was released by US lawmakers.

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The prime minister, who had been facing questions about his judgment after standing by Mandelson, removed him from his post when it emerged he had emailed Epstein suggesting his 2008 conviction for soliciting a child for prostitution was wrongful and should be challenged.

No 10 said it had not known about emails, in which Mandelson wrote: "I can still barely understand it. It just could not happen in Britain. You have to be incredibly resilient, fight for early release and be philosophical about it as much as you can."

Meanwhile, released emails indicate that Jeffrey Epstein had a secret baby with an unknown woman.

This disclosure was made in emails from Sarah "Fergie" Ferguson, the wife of the former Prince Andrew, and herself a big pal of the convicted pedophile.

Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appears to have had a secret child 15 years ago, according to a bombshell email reportedly sent by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson.
Ferguson congratulated him in the note sent on Sept. 21, 2011, after he was already convicted of sex with an underage girl, according to the latest drop of Epstein files.
"Don't know if you're still on this bbm but have heard from The Duke that you have had a baby boy," Ferguson wrote, according to the released email.

"Even though you never kept in touch, I still am here with love, friendship, and congratualtions [sic] on your baby boy. Sarah xx."
In another message, Ferguson claimed Epstein had disappeared and said she wasn't aware he was about to become a father.
Epstein's last known girlfriend was Karyna Shuliak and he reportedly wanted to leave her his infamous private Island as well as $50 million and his Upper East Side townhouse. He signed his will on Aug 8, 2019 -- just two days before he was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell.

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1 NO WORDS NEED BE SAID. WE KNOW WHO IS FIRST.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 02:26 PM (iFTx/)

2 Dumping millions of pages of grand jury testimony hasn't satisfied the conspiracy theorists?

Now, that's unpredictable.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 02:27 PM (GBKbO)

3 It's turtles all the way down. Except the turtles are sex criminals.

Posted by: Dr. T at February 02, 2026 02:28 PM (ejFjg)

4 Lord Mandelson (who is a fag and his shit's all retarded)...

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 02:28 PM (uEmCf)

5 Dumping millions of pages of grand jury testimony hasn't satisfied the conspiracy theorists?

Now, that's unpredictable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 02:27 PM

Even I saw that coming.

Posted by: Stevie Wonder at February 02, 2026 02:28 PM (bFu5X)

6 ALL of the "elites" are corrupt. ALL.

Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 02:28 PM (zjgNU)

7 Maybe that Prometheus Action lady is on to something after all?

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 02, 2026 02:29 PM (2wNzd)

8 LOL

Posted by: sock_rat_eez at February 02, 2026 02:29 PM (Cjt/F)

9 Dumping millions of pages of grand jury testimony hasn't satisfied the conspiracy theorists?

Now, that's unpredictable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook

It will take weeks to go through all this material. And they haven't found references to Donald Trump yet.

Stay tuned.

Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at February 02, 2026 02:29 PM (vcOmj)

10 The files also show evidence Mandelson advised Epstein on how the investment bank JP Morgan might lobby the government -- of which he was a part -- on plans for a tax on bankers' bonuses.

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But no 4K videos of Mandelson fucking a 3 year old?

Obviously, they're holding back the real meat of things.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 02:29 PM (GBKbO)

11 Leftists caught with Epstein

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2026 02:30 PM (Ia/+0)

12 I guess the thinking goes: Trump is in there, Biden didn't make public because he has so much integrity.

Comical.

Posted by: connected and litigious at February 02, 2026 02:30 PM (cS1cw)

13 he had emailed Epstein suggesting his 2008 conviction for soliciting a child for prostitution was wrongful and should be challenged.

No 10 said it had not known about emails, in which Mandelson wrote: "I can still barely understand it. It just could not happen in Britain.

Truer words were never typed.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 02:30 PM (jc0TO)

14 Dumping millions of pages of grand jury testimony hasn't satisfied the conspiracy theorists?

Now, that's unpredictable.
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 02:27 PM (GBKbO)

Well if it had , then they would have to concentrate on their own worthless, empty lives full of ugly regrets, self doubt, waste, hate and envy...so no. not happening.

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 02:31 PM (g47mK)

15 dammit

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 02:31 PM (jc0TO)

16 These people are vile on so many levels.

As far as I recall, Donald Trump is the only major figure to tell Epstein to go f*ck himself.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 02, 2026 02:31 PM (n9ltV)

17 16 These people are vile on so many levels.

As far as I recall, Donald Trump is the only major figure to tell Epstein to go f*ck himself.

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at February 02, 2026 02:31 PM (n9ltV)

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Ah, but you see, Epstein led every introduction to a new figure with, "I lead a secret pedophile sex ring. Wanna join?" He never discussed anything else, so everyone knew about it.

Except Bill Clinton. He was just there accidentally.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 02:32 PM (GBKbO)

18 First comment? Pfft.

I'm always Foist with the Moist.

Posted by: Fabio at February 02, 2026 02:32 PM (1QvIk)

19 Assume Epstein was an op to get influential people.

The only people that care about Prince Andrew and his wife are...the British.

This wasn't an Israeli op, or an American op...it was a British one.

Which is why Bill Clinton did everything the Brits wanted...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 02:32 PM (sKqQm)

20 9 It will take weeks to go through all this material. And they haven't found references to Donald Trump yet.

Stay tuned.
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at February 02, 2026 02:29 PM (vcOmj)

Leftists on Twitter were claiming that there's pages claiming that DJT forced underage girls to give him BJs.

I have my doubts.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 02:32 PM (uEmCf)

21 It just could not happen in Britain.

What a strange thing to say.

Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 02, 2026 02:33 PM (LosCS)

22 "the disgraced financier paid a total of $75,000 into bank accounts of which Mandelson was believed to be a beneficiary"

This Mandelson homo is a fucking Lord, and he's bought with basically pocket change? I assume a lot more money changed hands.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)

23 As far as I recall, Donald Trump is the only major figure to tell Epstein to go f*ck himself.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Musk as well.

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 02, 2026 02:33 PM (diia5)

24 It will take weeks to go through all this material. And they haven't found references to Donald Trump yet.

Stay tuned.
Posted by: Pepperidge Farms remembers at February 02, 2026 02:29 PM (vcOmj)

Leftists on Twitter were claiming that there's pages claiming that DJT forced underage girls to give him BJs.

I have my doubts.
Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 02:32 PM (uEmCf)
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Before or after they peed on him?

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)

25 I wonder if Melania knew there were photos of her at parties acting foolish, and she was one of the people pressuring Trump not to release them last year?

He seemed to do a 180 without giving good explanation, and marital pressure would fit. I am not saying she did anything wrong, but she looked young and stupid in the photo I saw of her on the couch, and it is very different from the image she now presents of being very sophisticated.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 02, 2026 02:33 PM (2wNzd)

26 20 Leftists on Twitter were claiming that there's pages claiming that DJT forced underage girls to give him BJs.

I have my doubts.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 02:32 PM (uEmCf)

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It's GJ testimony.

You can say anything to a Grand Jury. You're not under penalty of perjury for lying.

It's why grand jury testimony is almost never publicly released.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 02:33 PM (GBKbO)

27 Ah, but you see, Epstein led every introduction to a new figure with, "I lead a secret pedophile sex ring. Wanna join?" He never discussed anything else, so everyone knew about it.

There is an email chain when Epstein tells Musk that he is having a party with some very important UN diplomats that Musk that see hint hint.

Musk responds he's a busy man and doesn't have time to meet with worthless diplomats.

I guess being clues about social numbers/hints can have some benefits.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 02:33 PM (sKqQm)

28 Leftists on Twitter were claiming that there's pages claiming that DJT forced underage girls to give him BJs.

Let the chips fall where they may.

Posted by: Nope at February 02, 2026 02:34 PM (Ddi7K)

29 Epstein's last known girlfriend was Karyna Shuliak and he reportedly wanted to leave her his infamous private Island as well as $50 million and his Upper East Side townhouse. He signed his will on Aug 8, 2019 -- just two days before he was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell.
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Does that mean she actually got all that? I never thought about who would get his stuff. I sure would hate to be the executor of that estate, yeessh.

Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2026 02:34 PM (79pEw)

30 Dumping millions of pages of grand jury testimony hasn't satisfied the conspiracy theorists?
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The real criminals are hidden in the other document that weren't released.

Tailgunner Massie swears this will not deter him from his mission to expose the criminals and get justice for those girls.

Even if he will never, ever read his Sekret List of all the criminals on the floor of the House where he has absolute immunity from any prosecution.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 02:34 PM (qaAEY)

31 On the subject of creepy sex ....

We've been repeatedly ragging on bored, lonely women who seek arousal from "monster romance" books featuring ladies having sex with minotaurs, werewolves, insect-men, and other monsters.

It turns out there is a "monster fucking" genre for men too. In the "Dungeon Builder's Harem" there are 11 -- yes, 11 -- books featuring a male protagonist who builds a dungeon and a harem of inhuman female monsters.

I'm not sure who the audience is for these books, but if there are 11 of them then a lot of people must be reading them.

Judging from the cover art for these books, the answer is yes. Yes, The Blade would. Vigorously.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 02:34 PM (iFTx/)

32 It just could not happen in Britain.

What a strange thing to say.
Posted by: Rob Crawford at February 02, 2026 02:33 PM

Epstein would have been knighted rather than prosecuted were he British.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 02:35 PM (jc0TO)

33 meanwhile noted Epstein pal Jay-Z will be bringing you another woke sportsball halftime show next weekend to stick it to the normies and whypipo and the media will lap it up

Posted by: brak at February 02, 2026 02:35 PM (jGJov)

34 >>>No 10 said it had not known about emails, in which Mandelson wrote: "I can still barely understand it. It just could not happen in Britain.

Because they don't care when someone rapes children in England, local or foreigner.

Posted by: huerfano at February 02, 2026 02:35 PM (98kQX)

35 I would definitely trust Trump's DO(I)J to release everything tying him to Epstein! All on the up and up!
Posted by: Sid at February 02, 2026 02:34 PM

Sleepy Joe was covering up for Don!

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 02:35 PM (jc0TO)

36 Epstein's last known girlfriend was Karyna Shuliak and he reportedly wanted to leave her his infamous private Island as well as $50 million and his Upper East Side townhouse. He signed his will on Aug 8, 2019 -- just two days before he was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell.

His net worth was way more then that even at the end. Wonder where the rest of it went

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 02:35 PM (sKqQm)

37 Can we just feed the files into Grok and have it list anyone in power who is not a pedo? (besides Trump)

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 02, 2026 02:35 PM (2wNzd)

38 > Dumping millions of pages of grand jury testimony hasn't satisfied the conspiracy theorists?

At this point, the people clamoring for Epstein file releases fall into three broad camps.

1. People who believe Trump is Epstein's #1 client. They only care about Epstein because they think they can get Trump.

2. People who believe EVERYONE in power is a pedo. My FiL is one of these.

3. People who just want the dirty laundry all aired out so we can figure out who to jail. They don't care about any one specific client, they just want the truth.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 02, 2026 02:36 PM (Yp6az)

39 What a bunch of poofters and wankers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2026 02:36 PM (HFAps)

40 Funny how most of the mentioned are Democrats or British royalty. It has to make you scratch your head and ask why Democrats push this so hard.

Posted by: Gmac - WTF did you think was going to happen? at February 02, 2026 02:36 PM (H0l69)

41 >>>It could not happen in Britain.

What a strange thing to say.

In fairness, the fact that the British pedophile in question isn't Pakistani is rather unusual.

Posted by: Dr. T at February 02, 2026 02:36 PM (ejFjg)

42 Mark Steyn notes that we're now up to 5 London-based Ukranian male models who have tried to set Kier Starmer on fire, and yet most of the news there won't report it.

I guess Zelensky's assassination squads aren't nearly as well trained as the CIA's.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 02, 2026 02:36 PM (2ocoG)

43 It turns out there is a "monster fucking" genre for men too. In the "Dungeon Builder's Harem" there are 11 -- yes, 11 -- books featuring a male protagonist who builds a dungeon and a harem of inhuman female monsters.

D&D elves are just kind of like hippy chicks without all the body hair but pretty much any other non-humans...ugh...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 02:36 PM (sKqQm)

44 38
3. People who just want the dirty laundry all aired out so we can figure out who to jail. They don't care about any one specific client, they just want the truth.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 02, 2026 02:36 PM (Yp6az)

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If I got called into a GJ and said that Benjamin Disraeli was an Epstein client, it'd be in the files.

Does that make Benjamin Disraeli an Epstein client?

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 02:37 PM (GBKbO)

45
I expect most of these "Epstein clients" were cash-poor money grubbers who thought he could churn some simoleons for them, not pedos bonking 14-year-old girls.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 02:37 PM (tgvbd)

46 It turns out there is a "monster fucking" genre for men too. In the "Dungeon Builder's Harem" there are 11 -- yes, 11 -- books featuring a male protagonist who builds a dungeon and a harem of inhuman female monsters.

I'm sure men will get equal opportunity ragging for this.

/sarc

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 02, 2026 02:37 PM (a+4eV)

47 Epstein's last known girlfriend was Karyna Shuliak and he reportedly wanted to leave her his infamous private Island as well as $50 million and his Upper East Side townhouse. He signed his will on Aug 8, 2019 -- just two days before he was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell.
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Then why didn't she get it?

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 02:37 PM (MABZ1)

48 It remains to be seen whether #meToo/#timesUp or Epstein will be the bigger leftist own goal. My bet is on the former, because if Epstein is actually bigger, it will be viciously suppressed.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 02:38 PM (MABZ1)

49
Lord "Peter" Mandelson. Flamboyant public homo. Has a colon comrade fake 'husband.' Mr. Fix-it for anti-freedom communist Labor Party. Enabled nation-destroyer Tony Blair.

One thing is sure: the Epstein revelations are not a plot to embarrass him. If he were capable of embarrassment, he would have died of shame a long time ago.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 02, 2026 02:38 PM (mS8PE)

50 45
I expect most of these "Epstein clients" were cash-poor money grubbers who thought he could churn some simoleons for them, not pedos bonking 14-year-old girls.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 02:37 PM (tgvbd)

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There was a trial and everything.

Most of the women didn't testify. Want to know why?

Because they helped Epstein get other women (I think most were at least 17 years old) into the whole thing.

Epstein reportedly had a thing for younger girls, but it wasn't the sex side of his business.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 02:38 PM (GBKbO)

51 I guess Zelensky's assassination squads aren't nearly as well trained as the CIA's.
Posted by: Ian S. at February 02, 2026 02:36 PM (2ocoG)
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If he's using male models as assassins, he's got nothing in his quiver. Nothing.

Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2026 02:38 PM (79pEw)

52 Let me know when Billy Boy Barr is arrested, tried, and executed, then I'll believe this admin is serious.

Posted by: Major Healey at February 02, 2026 02:39 PM (abIsI)

53 They were splashing around a picture of Trump holding hands with an underage girl.

The picture was taken thirty years ago, and the girl was his daughter.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 02:39 PM (0U5gm)

54 Wonder where the rest of it went
Posted by: 18-1

Penicillin?

Posted by: gKWVE at February 02, 2026 02:39 PM (gKWVE)

55 In the Get Trump camp are those who maliciously doctor the tip-line transcripts. They deliberately omitted key details like 'informant has a criminal record and been recommended psychiatric care.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2026 02:39 PM (HFAps)

56 > I wonder if Melania knew there were photos of her at parties acting foolish, and she was one of the people pressuring Trump not to release them last year?

I suppose it's possible. Melania has several professionally done nude photos floating around. If she's trying to bottle the embarrassing old photos genie, she's already failed.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 02, 2026 02:39 PM (Yp6az)

57 a colon comrade

*snort*

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 02:39 PM (jc0TO)

58 >>>If he's using male models as assassins, he's got nothing in his quiver. Nothing.

but why male models?

Posted by: the guy from X-files at February 02, 2026 02:39 PM (jGJov)

59 Just to be clear, this guy is not a "pedo."

He's British, so properly he is a paedo.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 02, 2026 02:40 PM (2wNzd)

60 I pay so little attention I did not know Fergie was married to the pedophile guy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 02, 2026 02:40 PM (zZu0s)

61 @30: Tailgunner Massie swears this will not deter him from his mission to expose the criminals and get justice for those girls.
Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 02:34 PM (qaAEY)
*******
'Tailgunner Massie"....LOL that's pretty damn good.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 02, 2026 02:40 PM (KtnBe)

62 59 Just to be clear, this guy is not a "pedo."

He's British, so properly he is a paedo.

Posted by: bob (moron incognitus) at February 02, 2026 02:40 PM (2wNzd)

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"Is there a Peter File in the building?"

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 02:40 PM (GBKbO)

63 Then why didn't she get it?
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 02:37 PM (MABZ1)
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Do we know that she didn't? I honestly as asking as I have no idea what happened to his stuff.

Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2026 02:40 PM (79pEw)

64 The Marxists are still making AI out of the Epstein files labeling Conservatives. Seen YouTube shorts videos BS

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2026 02:41 PM (Ia/+0)

65 People who just want the dirty laundry all aired out so we can figure out who to jail. They don't care about any one specific client, they just want the truth.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 02, 2026 02:36 PM (Yp6az)

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If I got called into a GJ and said that Benjamin Disraeli was an Epstein client, it'd be in the files.

Does that make Benjamin Disraeli an Epstein client?
Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 02:37 PM (GBKbO)
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Yea, that's just it. What "facts"? The Epstein "files" are mountains of crap that someone said, or heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend, or speculated about, or who made accusations with an axe to grind or money to make. There are probably piles of Reddit-level bullshit and stupidity in there.

The photographs are in a different category, obviously, but I'm not sure they prove anything we didn't already know.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 02:41 PM (iFTx/)

66 Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2026 02:40 PM

*waves to bluebell*

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 02, 2026 02:41 PM (bFu5X)

67 The internet is running wild with the rumor that the photo of mandelson wearing underwear and a shirt and a chick with her face redacted and she's wearing a bathrobe is Megan Markle.

Their evidence is one of Epstein's victims attorneys spoke to the media about deposing Markle because she was close with Andrew and there are photos of Markle on a yacht with Karyna Shulak.

Posted by: CaliGirl at February 02, 2026 02:41 PM (ClDUJ)

68 Mark Steyn notes that we're now up to 5 London-based Ukranian male models who have tried to set Kier Starmer on fire, and yet most of the news there won't report it.

I guess Zelensky's assassination squads aren't nearly as well trained as the CIA's.

Posted by: Ian S.

I assume those aren't Ukranian assassins, but jilted young men seeking revenge.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 02:41 PM (0U5gm)

69 I don't really have a good unifying theory on Epstein, except that this was clearly someone that went out of his way to involve himself and leverage others in political and global matters.

It wasn't just a rich guy that was a sexual predator. Someone like him could have just lived his freak lifestyle a lot easier by NOT involving so many high profile people.

Posted by: Leupold at February 02, 2026 02:42 PM (eIzlH)

70 Ah, but you see, Epstein led every introduction to a new figure with, "I lead a secret pedophile sex ring. Wanna join?" He never discussed anything else, so everyone knew about it.
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I like how his emails were basically, "lonely women in your area want to meet up."

Like the email to Musk:
JE: "UN is in town, lots of interesting people will be there. Wanna go?"
Musk: "nah, I don't want to meet diplomats. Too busy building rockets and robots."
JE: "No, you retard. I mean I'll have lots of girls there who will want to have sex with you."
Musk: "yeah, I get it. I said I'm busy building rockets and robots."

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 02:42 PM (qaAEY)

71 Do we know that she didn't? I honestly as asking as I have no idea what happened to his stuff.
Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2026 02:40 PM (79pEw)
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I don't know. The way it is phrased - "he reportedly wanted to leave her ..." is ambiguous.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 02:43 PM (MABZ1)

72 what would a ghey guy be doing cavorting the m. markel??

Posted by: runner at February 02, 2026 02:43 PM (g47mK)

73 Tailgunner Massie?

That is an insult to Joe McCarthy.

Unless you are implying Massie likes it in the tail.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2026 02:43 PM (HFAps)

74 I'm going to continue the guitar discussion we were having in the previous topic. I think Keith Richards famous quote regarding guitars "Give me 15 minutes and they all sound alike" has never been properly analyzed. He's basically telling you he falls into one of the TWO categories of guitar players.

Category 1 players are chasing "the sound in their head". They have a pre-ordained idea of "how" a guitar SHOULD sound, so you can hand them a Flying V and a telecaster, and Keith Richards (and other Category 1) players will indeed have found a way to adjust the tone controls, string height, pedal settings, and amp settings so that at the end of the day, they "sound alike".

Category 2 players use guitars as a tool. Country? They pick up a telecaster. Jazz? An archtype of some model. Classic rock or modern rock with some "crunch"? A Les Paul. They allow the guitar itself to be true to its basic settings.

Neither category is "right"--its just the difference between how players view guitars.

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 02:43 PM (TN0g+)

75 ''Tailgunner Massie"

McCarthy was right. Massie is wrong.

Posted by: connected and litigious at February 02, 2026 02:44 PM (cS1cw)

76 Massie's primary opponent outraised him in terms of fundraising last quarter, and one poll shows him with 37% approval from Republicans in his district.

He's probably gone in November.

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 02:44 PM (GBKbO)

77 Related.

First, sparkly vampires.

Now, gay shape shifters.

BLOOD OF FUR AND BONE
A Wolf & Bear Shifter Romance
By: SCARLETT CROSS

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Damn It Feels Good to Be a Trumpster! at February 02, 2026 02:45 PM (J+Psw)

78 It turns out there is a "monster fucking" genre for men too. In the "Dungeon Builder's Harem" there are 11 -- yes, 11 -- books featuring a male protagonist who builds a dungeon and a harem of inhuman female monsters.

I'm sure men will get equal opportunity ragging for this.

/sarc
Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 02, 2026 02:37 PM (a+4eV)
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I don't rag on the ladies. I admit I would. I'm not interested in reading books about it, but if some hot female monster comes calling, I would.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

79 So this guy was a big wheel during the Blair era, and he is now being pressured to resign. 30 years (give or take) post-Blair.

Britain's politicos are dug in like ticks just like they are on this side of the pond.

Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 02:45 PM (MABZ1)

80 Category 1 players are chasing "the sound in their head". They have a pre-ordained idea of "how" a guitar SHOULD sound, so you can hand them a Flying V and a telecaster, and Keith Richards (and other Category 1) players will indeed have found a way to adjust the tone controls, string height, pedal settings, and amp settings so that at the end of the day, they "sound alike".

Category 2 players use guitars as a tool. Country? They pick up a telecaster. Jazz? An archtype of some model. Classic rock or modern rock with some "crunch"? A Les Paul. They allow the guitar itself to be true to its basic settings.

Neither category is "right"--its just the difference between how players view guitars.

Posted by: Crusader

You can make a Les Paul sound somewhat like a Stratocaster, but you can't make a Strat sound like a Les Paul.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 02:46 PM (0U5gm)

81 Inbred child rapists do what they gotta do.

These people have nothing on trailerpark trash and nothing surprises me, except that they are going to get away without any consequences.

Posted by: Rev. Wishbone at February 02, 2026 02:46 PM (oT7pT)

82 I don't rag on the ladies. I admit I would. I'm not interested in reading books about it, but if some hot female monster comes calling, I would.

Hey there hot stuff, wanna tie our beards together and see what happens?

Posted by: Some Hot Dwarf lady with an epic beard at February 02, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)

83 I love author John Ringo. I hate when he writes sex scenes a la "Ghost".

Posted by: connected and litigious at February 02, 2026 02:46 PM (cS1cw)

84 11 Leftists caught with Epstein

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2026 02:30 PM

AFAIK, there are zero pictures of Trump or any other Republicans having anything to do with Epstein, AFTER his 2008 conviction for procuring a minor for prostitution.

However, LOTS of Lefties and Democrats still did business and politics, in public and in private with Epstein after that conviction became public knowledge.

It's almost as if Democrats are just fine with consorting with pedophiles - as long as they can help increase the political power of the Democrat Party.

Posted by: Pillage Idiot at February 02, 2026 02:46 PM (HlyYF)

85 I don't know. The way it is phrased - "he reportedly wanted to leave her ..." is ambiguous.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 02:43 PM (MABZ1)
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I just looked it up and the estate is not yet fully settled. A bunch of stuff was sold off to compensate victims. And the only known beneficiaries are that Karyna girl, and the two guys who are the trustees. There may be more, but the terms have not been made public

Posted by: bluebell at February 02, 2026 02:46 PM (79pEw)

86 Mamdani’s mother was friends with Epstein. He has suddenly gone quiet about this.

Posted by: Piper at February 02, 2026 02:47 PM (d2kuJ)

87 BLOOD OF FUR AND BONE
A Wolf & Bear Shifter Romance
By: SCARLETT CROSS
Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks,

I'm pretty sure that the only new thing about "Monster fucks woman" is that it's suddenly aimed at a female audience, instead of a male audience.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at February 02, 2026 02:47 PM (a+4eV)

88 >> I'm going to continue the guitar discussion we were having in the previous topic. I think Keith Richards famous quote regarding guitars "Give me 15 minutes and they all sound alike" has never been properly analyzed.

I sold Keith a 1950 Esquire about 18 years ago.

One of the original 6 Salesman Sample guitars.
The only other one I have ever seen is in the Fender Collection.

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 02:47 PM (ZcsJV)

89 I don't rag on the ladies. I admit I would. I'm not interested in reading books about it, but if some hot female monster comes calling, I would.

Hey there hot stuff, wanna tie our beards together and see what happens?
Posted by: Some Hot Dwarf lady with an epic beard at February 02, 2026 02:46 PM (sKqQm)
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"We wrote a song about this, ya know ...."

-- Soft Cell

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 02:48 PM (iFTx/)

90 >>>>Tailgunner Massie?
That is an insult to Joe McCarthy.
Unless you are implying Massie likes it in the tail.
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2026 02:43 PM (HFAps)
******
I took it a sarcasm and laughed.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 02, 2026 02:48 PM (KtnBe)

91 Karyna Shuliak and he reportedly wanted to leave her his infamous private Island as well as $50 million and his Upper East Side townhouse. He signed his will on Aug 8, 2019 -- just two days before he was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell.

Posted by: Ace at 02:26 PM

So she gave her approval of the suicide, then.

Posted by: pookysgirl ,connecting the dots at February 02, 2026 02:48 PM (Wt5PA)

92 ''Tailgunner Massie"

McCarthy was right. Massie is wrong.
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I know.

But I want to force the left to defend McCarty.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at February 02, 2026 02:49 PM (qaAEY)

93
79 So this guy was a big wheel during the Blair era, and he is now being pressured to resign. 30 years (give or take) post-Blair.

Britain's politicos are dug in like ticks just like they are on this side of the pond.
Posted by: Joe Mannix (Not a cop!) at February 02, 2026 02:45 PM

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The pressure is heartfelt and genuine. It comes from people who genuinely want his job.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 02, 2026 02:49 PM (mS8PE)

94 The parts the lefties are going crazy over with Trump keep leaving off the other column where it says reports not credible, made same accusation against 59 other people, is in psychiatric care.

Posted by: Piper at February 02, 2026 02:49 PM (d2kuJ)

95
I don't rag on the ladies. I admit I would. I'm not interested in reading books about it, but if some hot female monster comes calling, I would.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 02:45 PM (iFTx/)

Hot monsters is just good common sense. If Medusa had had bigger tits, lives could have been saved.

Posted by: Bilwis Devourer of Innocent Souls, I'm starvin' over here at February 02, 2026 02:49 PM (w/O5Q)

96 Sex scenes inGhost were well written.

As opposed to what passes for sex scenes now as 'Anya lays in bed, naked save a tiny thing, bound to the bed posts with red silk cords, and eagerly awaiting her bullish lover Roderick J. Minotaur.'

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2026 02:50 PM (HFAps)

97 Mamdani’s mother was friends with Epstein. He has suddenly gone quiet about this.
Posted by: Piper at February 02, 2026 02:47 PM (d2kuJ)
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Epstein was a major player on the social scene for years. He had economic, political, and social power. Everyone wanted to be his friend.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 02:50 PM (iFTx/)

98 You can make a Les Paul sound somewhat like a Stratocaster, but you can't make a Strat sound like a Les Paul.
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I'm not sure that's right, to me its a matter of degree. If you run a Strat thru an overdrive that's parked into a distortion pedal and leading into a tube amp, you can do Guns-n-Roses all day, but a purist might say there's still a difference in the resulting tone. Iron Maiden's Dave Murray plays a Strat and his tone has never been criticized as weak for metal.

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 02:50 PM (TN0g+)

99 Steyn also says:

Among the documents are reports of "an orgy with Tony Blair" - not a phrase I would have thought the English language would ever have need for.

Wasn't Blair pretty widely promoted as "the British Bill Clinton" in the late 90s/early 2000s?

Posted by: Ian S. at February 02, 2026 02:50 PM (2ocoG)

100
Anyone named in the Epstein files, no matter how trivial should be forced to wear a Bright Red "E" clothing for the rest of their lives.

Posted by: Hester Prynne at February 02, 2026 02:50 PM (IifOV)

101 97 Mamdani’s mother was friends with Epstein. He has suddenly gone quiet about this.
Posted by: Piper at February 02, 2026 02:47 PM (d2kuJ)
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Epstein was a major player on the social scene for years. He had economic, political, and social power. Everyone wanted to be his friend.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 02:50 PM (iFTx/)

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But remember, he started every conversation with, "I run an underground pedophile sex ring. I just want to make that perfectly clear. My only purpose here is to advance my pedophile sex ring."

Posted by: TheJamesMadison, searching for twisted thrills with Park Chan-wook at February 02, 2026 02:51 PM (GBKbO)

102
Can't bear to watch the breed judging.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 02:51 PM (tgvbd)

103 97 Mamdani’s mother was friends with Epstein. He has suddenly gone quiet about this.
Posted by: Piper at February 02, 2026 02:47 PM (d2kuJ)
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Epstein was a major player on the social scene for years. He had economic, political, and social power. Everyone wanted to be his friend.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026

He seems like that icky guy who knows someone or at least knows someone who knows someone so you engage with him to get to the someone you want, but not necessarily him.

Posted by: Piper at February 02, 2026 02:52 PM (d2kuJ)

104 >> Iron Maiden's Dave Murray plays a Strat and his tone has never been criticized as weak for metal.

Blackmore never had any issues.

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 02:52 PM (ZcsJV)

105 I sold Keith a 1950 Esquire about 18 years ago.

One of the original 6 Salesman Sample guitars.
The only other one I have ever seen is in the Fender Collection.
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Did he buy in person? If so, do you recall anything about him playing it, or was this strictly the purchase of a collectable to him?

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 02:52 PM (TN0g+)

106 If he's using male models as assassins, he's got nothing in his quiver. Nothing.
Posted by: bluebell

*Derek Zoolander has entered the chat.*

Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 02, 2026 02:53 PM (Cdew6)

107 It turns out there is a "monster fucking" genre for men too. In the "Dungeon Builder's Harem" there are 11 -- yes, 11 -- books featuring a male protagonist who builds a dungeon and a harem of inhuman female monsters.

I'm sure men will get equal opportunity ragging for this.
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I doubt there are many guys reading text of that nature.

Playing video games designed around that sort of thing, sure, and it's not well thought of (see Goonergate).

Posted by: Methos at February 02, 2026 02:53 PM (vSvIl)

108 The UK 'elite' seem to break down to 'homo or neo-marxist.'

Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 02, 2026 02:53 PM (diia5)

109 Oy. Wus all this ‘bout a baby boy then?

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 02:53 PM (qpQFJ)

110 I'm watching Ring 4 for you, Hadrian.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 02, 2026 02:53 PM (Y1sOo)

111 Or Neo-Marxist Homo

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2026 02:53 PM (HFAps)

112 108 The UK 'elite' seem to break down to 'homo or neo-marxist.'
Posted by: weft cut-loop at February 02, 2026 02:53 PM (diia5)

Power of and has never been more applicable.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 02:54 PM (qpQFJ)

113 Iron Maiden's Dave Murray plays a Strat and his tone has never been criticized as weak for metal.

Blackmore never had any issues.
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Depending on the day of the week, Ritchie Blackmore is my favorite guitarist. I remember having a friend turn me on to Rainbow, and then I worked my way backwards into the Deep Purple material.

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 02:54 PM (TN0g+)

114 News flash:
Critical Drinker has found something he likes! Seriously, it's an interesting disquisition on the state of modern fantasy, and why that may finally, blessedly, be changing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkwMMpz699Y

Posted by: Archimedes at February 02, 2026 02:54 PM (Riz8t)

115 Speaking of British faggots ....

From the files of "how could I be so dumb," for my entire life I thought the Westminster Kennel Club and annual dog show was a British thing. I only realized last week that it's not only quintessentially American, it's held every year in my own city.

I have no idea how I could have missed that all these years.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 02:54 PM (iFTx/)

116 > Yea, that's just it. What "facts"? The Epstein "files" are mountains of crap that someone said, or heard it from a friend who heard it from a friend, or speculated about, or who made accusations with an axe to grind or money to make. There are probably piles of Reddit-level bullshit and stupidity in there.

Not just that, but Epstein was great at making connections using every tool available to him. He met people at normal parties. He donated money. He was a fixer. Plenty of people knew him or owed him favors that never went anywhere near the island. I'm sure the files name these connections as well.

Just look at all the people who latched onto the pictures of Elon Musk and Ghislaine Maxwell at a party. It's a very tenuous connection, but they are certain it means Musk is a pedo.

Posted by: bonhomme at February 02, 2026 02:54 PM (Yp6az)

117 I'm not sure that's right, to me its a matter of degree. If you run a Strat thru an overdrive that's parked into a distortion pedal and leading into a tube amp, you can do Guns-n-Roses all day, but a purist might say there's still a difference in the resulting tone. Iron Maiden's Dave Murray plays a Strat and his tone has never been criticized as weak for metal.

Posted by: Crusader

To be more precise, it is a mechanical thing. You can route out a stratocaster body and fit in a humbucking pickup to replace the single coil to get the tone, and if you get rid of the tremolo you can get the sustain, but that is a lot of work to try and get the sound. It is much easier to thin out the sound of a Les Paul than to make a Strat beefier.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 02:55 PM (0U5gm)

118 6 ALL of the "elites" are corrupt. ALL.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 02:28 PM (zjgNU)

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NOT Donald Trump!

He is so macho and alpha he didn't need Epstein. Women lined up to be with him.

PS - morons should support Melania and watch her movie!

Posted by: Diabeetus at February 02, 2026 02:55 PM (fq8Zx)

119 "Inhuman female monster."

Used to date her.

Posted by: Lotsa guys at February 02, 2026 02:55 PM (tV5x4)

120 You can make a Les Paul sound somewhat like a Stratocaster, but you can't make a Strat sound like a Les Paul.

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Why on God's Green and Scenic Earth would you want something . . . anything . . . to sound like a Les Paul? With the exception of Money for Nothing?

The world already has Yoko. It does not need more Les Paul.

Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 02, 2026 02:55 PM (8AONa)

121 Too many animes are now isekai harem animes where the male MC ends up surrounded by women, monster women, or both.

Gotten pretty boring so I tune out.

Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2026 02:56 PM (HFAps)

122 I see one of the guys the left is blaming for killing Pretti is named Jesus and the other is Raymundo.

So does that mean that two hispanics guys killing a white dude is the brown face of white supremacy or something?

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 02:56 PM (sKqQm)

123 guys, listen, I put the lotion back in the basket!

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 02, 2026 02:56 PM (jrgJz)

124 @99: Wasn't Blair pretty widely promoted as "the British Bill Clinton" in the late 90s/early 2000s?
Posted by: Ian S. at February 02, 2026 02:50 PM (2ocoG)
*****
I remember that too. Blair invented some Orwellian speak about a "third way" to soft sell his socialist BS. But in the end his open boarder immigration policies did a lot to destroy the UK. His wife is a piece of work as well.

Posted by: Rufus T. Firefly at February 02, 2026 02:57 PM (KtnBe)

125 Wasn't Blair pretty widely promoted as "the British Bill Clinton" in the late 90s/early 2000s?
Posted by: Ian S. at February 02, 2026 02:50 PM (2ocoG)
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Yes, haha, and it was meant as a compliment to utilitarian politics! Clinton could "triangulate" to achieve bipartisan agreement, or so it was claimed, and so could Blair, though in a more technocratic way.

BTW, The Bee reports "Awkward! Jack Smith reports to hearing wearing one of Melania's dresses"

Posted by: Huck Follywood at February 02, 2026 02:57 PM (lJiYY)

126 The Verve is one of the UK’s most under rated bands. It’s criminal.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 02:57 PM (qpQFJ)

127 Gotta be an ugly kid.

Posted by: Wyatt Earp at February 02, 2026 02:57 PM (ZRzmB)

128 Plus there's the whole furry thing, which tends to be 'male' and generally despised.

Posted by: Methos at February 02, 2026 02:58 PM (vSvIl)

129 Why on God's Green and Scenic Earth would you want something . . . anything . . . to sound like a Les Paul? With the exception of Money for Nothing?

The world already has Yoko. It does not need more Les Paul.

Posted by: 2009Refugee

What you want is one of each, or maybe two of each....

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 02:58 PM (0U5gm)

130 107 Playing video games designed around that sort of thing, sure, and it's not well thought of (see Goonergate).
Posted by: Methos at February 02, 2026 02:53 PM (vSvIl)

I've noticed that nobody even talks about "The First Descendant" (the game that really kicked off Goonergate) anymore.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 02:58 PM (iXqHn)

131 I played D&D a long time ago, before bards became a thing.

And...I don't get it.

Pretending you are a warrior or a wizard or something like that with your friends is fun

But playing as a horny musician where you have to pretend flirt with your male DM because he has to play the female NPCs? Ick

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 02:58 PM (sKqQm)

132 Point of Order.

"Rout out a new Stratocaster body."

Rout refers to the woodworking power tool: a router.

Route refers to a path for a journey.

Posted by: Peevish person who just likes to say Point of Order at February 02, 2026 02:58 PM (tV5x4)

133 Nobody ever makes porn with women lusting after programmers.

Plumber or programmer? Trades workers close the job gap

Plumbers, electricians and pipe fitters with a two-year degree are more likely to be employed than four-year college graduates, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's a very new trend, reports Taylor Telford in the Washington Post.

“For decades, college graduates have typically faced lower unemployment rates, found jobs faster, and experienced more stable employment than high school graduates without college experience,” according to a 2025 report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. But the college advantage has been eroding in recent years. Now it seems to have vanished.

While AI has taken some entry-level white-collar jobs, hurting new college graduates, demand is strong for blue-collar workers.

https://is.gd/im98cK

Posted by: Archimedes at February 02, 2026 02:58 PM (Riz8t)

134 Does that mean she actually got all that? I never thought about who would get his stuff. I sure would hate to be the executor of that estate, yeessh.
Posted by: bluebell

According to an article in the NY Post, his final will written 2 days prior to his death and given to his lawyer, bequeathed $288 million to three main beneficiaries - his girlfriend, Ghislaine, and his brother Mark. Millions, his properties, jewels, etc. None of them have received anything because the money and assets are being held in a trust that is being used to pay off victims/settlements, etc. It is reported to be down to $127 million now.

Posted by: Cheri at February 02, 2026 02:59 PM (oiNtH)

135 >>Did he buy in person? If so, do you recall anything about him playing it, or was this strictly the purchase of a collectable to him?

He was looking for a first year for his collection. He was not here to demo it. He picked it up at JFK in NY.

He had a lot to say about the guitar once he got it. And he tried to come by and buy a few more pieces the next year, but I don't let people do that.

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 02:59 PM (ZcsJV)

136 Yes, I always hear the crunch from a Les Paul. It might be my imagination, though.

I always wanted to play Strat-style guitars to help me sound lighter/smoother.

I developed my early playing on strictly on acoustic guitars, and I have a heavy-handed technique on electric. My band buddy has a feather touch on electric and he knows what guitars and strings and tones are enablers for him.

I play telephone cable strings.

Posted by: Bad Andrew at February 02, 2026 02:59 PM (DgMqy)

137 Also........I play bass.....I've never hear the guitar

Posted by: TheCatAttackedMyFoot at February 02, 2026 02:59 PM (jrgJz)

138 Point of Order.

"Rout out a new Stratocaster body."

Rout refers to the woodworking power tool: a router.

Route refers to a path for a journey.

Posted by: Peevish person

You learn something new here every day.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 02:59 PM (0U5gm)

139 Nobody ever makes porn with women lusting after programmers.

This brings up an interesting point. In, uh, movies, the female lead calls a plumber or similar but doesn't have cash so she pays him something else.

None of these movies ever have a Geek Squad guy fixing the woman's wifi before sexy times start...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 03:00 PM (sKqQm)

140 Why on God's Green and Scenic Earth would you want something . . . anything . . . to sound like a Les Paul? With the exception of Money for Nothing?

The world already has Yoko. It does not need more Les Paul.

Posted by: 2009Refugee

What you want is one of each, or maybe two of each....
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That's "Category 2" thinking, that each guitar should-and-does sound differently.

To a "Category 1" thinker like Keith Richards, he'd have them all sounding alike in 15 minutes (although some would in real life take a lot longer than 15 minutes).

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 03:00 PM (TN0g+)

141 But playing as a horny musician where you have to pretend flirt with your male DM because he has to play the female NPCs? Ick

Theater geeks have no imagination. All they really want to do is mary sue themselves. So they either play bards, or they play vampires sucking the lifeblood out of everyone around them.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at February 02, 2026 03:01 PM (EXyHK)

142 Something off topic; Savannah Guthrie‘s mother is missing, in Arizona, under "suspicious" and "concerning" circumstances.

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen on the evening of January 31, 2026, at her home. There are 'disturbing signs' at her home.
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I honestly don't care, but did Savannah go off the leftist reservation lately?

Posted by: Martini Farmer at February 02, 2026 03:01 PM (jtM2q)

143
Why on God's Green and Scenic Earth would you want something . . . anything . . . to sound like a Les Paul? With the exception of Money for Nothing?

The world already has Yoko. It does not need more Les Paul.

Posted by: 2009Refugee

Mark Knopfler plays a Stratocaster (or a strat variant), almost exclusively

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 02, 2026 03:01 PM (tljrc)

144
Select Dog. Pooh.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 03:01 PM (tgvbd)

145
106 If he's using male models as assassins, he's got nothing in his quiver. Nothing.
Posted by: bluebell

*Derek Zoolander has entered the chat.*
Posted by: Stu Podaso at February 02, 2026 02:53 PM

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Come to think of it, that movie started with feckless male models and mass immolation.

We should remember that Zelensky got his start as a comedian.

Posted by: Semi-Literate Thug at February 02, 2026 03:01 PM (lsrsS)

146 I saw Epstein's Secret Baby open for Death Cab for Cutie in a Chicago club back in '05.

Fergie was involved? If she knew what was going on, that's disappointing. I always liked her (translation: wanted to bang her). Maybe she didn't know. Probably not the type of info a husband shares with his wife.

> eagerly awaiting her bullish lover Roderick J. Minotaur.'
Posted by: Anna Puma at February 02, 2026 02:50 PM (HFAps)

...eagerly awaiting her bullish billionaire lover Roderick J. Minotaur's arrival on his Gulfstream G800 after a series of hedge fund meetings in Switzerland.

Can't leave out the billionaire part.

I can remember when romance novels (aka "porn for women") wer satisfied with the male lust object just being a doctor or an airline pilot or a cowboy or something. Now he's got to be at least a billionaire.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 02, 2026 03:01 PM (IG3/x)

147 we had a moronette called "westminsterdogshow" for maybe decades (z''l)

Posted by: gKWVE at February 02, 2026 03:02 PM (gKWVE)

148 By purposefully opening the floodgates to Muslim immigration to ensure Labour voting dominance, Tony Blair has done what Hitler failed to do: destroy Britain.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 02, 2026 03:02 PM (x8TL/)

149 144
Select Dog. Pooh.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 03:01 PM (tgvbd)

Sorry.. But it's a big honor to make it there...

Posted by: It's me donna at February 02, 2026 03:02 PM (VE6XX)

150 20,000 lines of Matlab code. Same as on campus.

Posted by: Nerdy programmer at February 02, 2026 03:02 PM (tV5x4)

151 I've noticed that nobody even talks about "The First Descendant" (the game that really kicked off Goonergate) anymore.
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According to steamcharts, they're down to ~5000 players, from a hig of 22k near the end of July (which was over a 90% drop from the all time high).

Posted by: Methos at February 02, 2026 03:03 PM (vSvIl)

152 I played D&D a long time ago, before bards became a thing.

And...I don't get it.

Pretending you are a warrior or a wizard or something like that with your friends is fun

But playing as a horny musician where you have to pretend flirt with your male DM because he has to play the female NPCs? Ick
Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 02:58 PM (sKqQm)
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We had some girls play with us back in the day. No, they weren't hot. But above average.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 03:03 PM (iFTx/)

153 >> Yes, I always hear the crunch from a Les Paul. It might be my imagination, though.

So many of the guys who play LPs used Teles and Juniors in the Studio that it is kind of funny.

There's a reason Leslie West sounded the way he did.

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 03:03 PM (ZcsJV)

154 No one has spoken of Rickenbacker guitars. Always wanted one. I like its tinkling sound.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 02, 2026 03:03 PM (Hpgos)

155 For decades, college graduates have typically faced lower unemployment rates, found jobs faster, and experienced more stable employment than high school graduates without college experience,” according to a 2025 report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland. But the college advantage has been eroding in recent years. Now it seems to have vanished.

While AI has taken some entry-level white-collar jobs, hurting new college graduates, demand is strong for blue-collar workers.

https://is.gd/im98cK
Posted by: Archimedes at February 02, 2026 02:58 PM (Riz8t)

I think it would be really cool to be working at a construction site at Boca Chica or Cape Canaveral.

Posted by: Dr. Pork Chops & Bacons at February 02, 2026 03:03 PM (g8Ew8)

156
Have the fiddle-pickers upended the flick-dicks on AOS?

Posted by: Auspex at February 02, 2026 03:03 PM (Y8DZL)

157 Wasn’t Epstein supposed to be an evil billionaire? How is his will only $288M?

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 03:04 PM (qpQFJ)

158 >>No one has spoken of Rickenbacker guitars. Always wanted one. I like its tinkling sound.

Never found a Rick I liked.
I love Jazzmasters...but the Rickenbackers just went a bit too far in that direction, for my taste.

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 03:04 PM (ZcsJV)

159
No one has spoken of Rickenbacker guitars. Always wanted one. I like its tinkling sound.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 02, 2026 03:03 PM

Tom Petty played a Rickenbacker

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 02, 2026 03:04 PM (tljrc)

160 "Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen on the evening of January 31, 2026, at her home."
+++

Police suspect fair play.

Posted by: The ghost of Dennis Miller at February 02, 2026 03:04 PM (tV5x4)

161 No one has spoken of Rickenbacker guitars. Always wanted one. I like its tinkling sound.
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Lots of classic rockers loved Rickenbackers!

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 03:05 PM (TN0g+)

162 Guthtrie owes her career to Matt 'Casting Coach' Lauer, who plucked her from relative obscurity. Just sayin'

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 02, 2026 03:05 PM (x8TL/)

163 “My guitar won’t do it”. Uh-huh. It’s not the clubs, it’s the player

You could have handed Doc Watson and guys like that a crappy POS guitar and they could make it sing.

It is true beginning musicians should have a reasonably good instrument, but that’s only so they don’t quit in frustration.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 03:05 PM (X3owK)

164 Watching the Epstein interviews with Steven Bannon on YT, the man was a babbling idiot. He could have been Kamala's speechwriter.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at February 02, 2026 03:05 PM (wBaIH)

165 I love author John Ringo. I hate when he writes sex scenes a la "Ghost".
Posted by: connected and litigious at February 02, 2026 02:46 PM (cS1cw)

I cannot think of a single novel where a detailed sex scene added anything of real value. FFS guys, If I wanted to read about wizards getting it on, I know where on the internet to go for it. Looking at you, Jim Butcher.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 02, 2026 03:06 PM (zZu0s)

166 I can remember when romance novels (aka "porn for women") wer satisfied with the male lust object just being a doctor or an airline pilot or a cowboy or something. Now he's got to be at least a billionaire.

To be fair, there was a real TikTok video by a single mother insisting that a millionaire wasn't good enough for her, she wanted someone with at least $50 million. Even the minotaurs are gonna give up on women at this rate, LOL.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 02, 2026 03:06 PM (2ocoG)

167 The Venn Diagram of Epstein's tentacles will ultimately include all politicians on Earth, at this rate.

Posted by: zombie at February 02, 2026 03:06 PM (se8lQ)

168 The Owlcat Pathfinder game had a halfling bard you can get as a companion. I think they made a solid choice by making her a writing nerd instead of a horn-dog.

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 03:06 PM (sKqQm)

169 158 >>No one has spoken of Rickenbacker guitars. Always wanted one. I like its tinkling sound
Never found a Rick I liked.
I love Jazzmasters...but the Rickenbackers just went a bit too far in that direction, for my taste.
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I already own a Jazzmaster. I just love the weedy tinkle of a Rick. Never played one. Juvelike

Posted by: pudinhead at February 02, 2026 03:06 PM (Hpgos)

170 Some msm twat’s mom is missing? Oh no!!

Anyway.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 03:06 PM (qpQFJ)

171 r/romance_for_men is where Redditors who don't like r/harem hang out, although harem sneaks into there too.
Of course, yeah, a lot of it is monstergirl slop. It's been noted over there that R4M is a niche genre compared with 4F. And more male readers prefer harem, so authors write harem to get paid.

Posted by: gKWVE at February 02, 2026 03:06 PM (gKWVE)

172 we had a moronette called "westminsterdogshow" for maybe decades (z''l)
Posted by: gKWVE

Yes we did and she was wonderful. I met her at a Moron meet up in Denver years ago and she had put the whole thing together and we all had a great time. She and her husband were a blast and were the best people. Very sadly, she passed away a few years ago and way to young. I still have a 'Ace of Spades' playing card at my desk from that party.

Posted by: Cheri at February 02, 2026 03:07 PM (oiNtH)

173 Twitchy-
"Make HIM Famous: YouTube DBAG DECIMATED for Doxxing Hispanic ICE Agents Involved in Alex Pretti Shooting"
So white supremacists, right?

https://tinyurl.com/bdhu543b

Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 03:07 PM (NpAcC)

174 "There's a reason Leslie West sounded the way he did."

Not the fastest player, but no one could milk a note better.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 02, 2026 03:07 PM (x8TL/)

175 There are small, but loyal, minorities that like fringe brands like Vox and Mosrite, also.

I had a Vox Phantom VI during my teenage "gonna be a rock star" phase. Nice guitar. Wish I still had it... they're worth a fortune now.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 02, 2026 03:07 PM (IG3/x)

176 None of these movies ever have a Geek Squad guy fixing the woman's wifi before sexy times start...
-
Have you tried unplugging, and then plugging it back in?

*cues cheesy music*

Posted by: Methos at February 02, 2026 03:07 PM (vSvIl)

177 167 The Venn Diagram of Epstein's tentacles will ultimately include all politicians on Earth, at this rate.
Posted by: zombie at February 02, 2026 03:06 PM (se8lQ)

Which was always to be expected. We all know he knew “everybody”. And “everybody” also knows politicians. It’s like six degrees of Kevin Bacon but with only 2 or 3 degrees to politicians.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 03:08 PM (qpQFJ)

178 164 Watching the Epstein interviews with Steven Bannon on YT, the man was a babbling idiot. He could have been Kamala's speechwriter.
Posted by: Field Marshal Zhuko

For all we know, he was Kamala's speechwriter. That would be the least surprising revelation of the last couple days.

Posted by: zombie at February 02, 2026 03:08 PM (se8lQ)

179 Single coil sounds like a single coil humbucker sounds like a humbucker no the guitar shape, neck joint or wood.
Can’t make a Strat sound like a Paul? A million SuperStrats from the 80’s have entered the chat.

Posted by: JROD at February 02, 2026 03:08 PM (LEz2V)

180 158 >>No one has spoken of Rickenbacker guitars. Always wanted one. I like its tinkling sound
Never found a Rick I liked.
I love Jazzmasters...but the Rickenbackers just went a bit too far in that direction, for my taste.
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I already own a Jazzmaster. I just love the weedy tinkle of a Rick. Never played one. Love my JM. Gave my Tele Thinline to my son, the Rock Star.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 02, 2026 03:08 PM (Hpgos)

181 So does that mean that two hispanics guys killing a white dude is the brown face of white supremacy or something?
Posted by: 18-1

Yes.

Larry Elder.
(The black face of white supremacy)

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at February 02, 2026 03:08 PM (WmF8p)

182 It's just another Merlot Monday.

Posted by: Old Lady Emhoff at February 02, 2026 03:09 PM (tV5x4)

183 Hadrian,

Saw a quick view of the borzoi judging. Interesting a mostly white dog won. Not my favorite color for borzoi.

Was pulling for the Big Dummy but he is still a super high quality dog and you should be proud.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at February 02, 2026 03:09 PM (3AwA+)

184 >>Did he buy in person? If so, do you recall anything about him playing it, or was this strictly the purchase of a collectable to him?

He was looking for a first year for his collection. He was not here to demo it. He picked it up at JFK in NY.

He had a lot to say about the guitar once he got it. And he tried to come by and buy a few more pieces the next year, but I don't let people do that.
Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 02:59 PM

Limit One per customer.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 03:09 PM (jc0TO)

185 One other interesting change in the last 20 years - it used to be considered an important thing for a pol to be able to speak publicly.

Clinton was good at it, Obama was good at, and so on.

Now we have people that sound like Kamala ...

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 03:09 PM (sKqQm)

186 Wasn’t Epstein supposed to be an evil billionaire?
Epstein? That's a joo name init?

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 02, 2026 03:10 PM (Kt19C)

187 No one has spoken of Rickenbacker guitars. Always wanted one. I like its tinkling sound.

Never found a Rick I liked.
I love Jazzmasters...but the Rickenbackers just went a bit too far in that direction, for my taste.

Posted by: garrett

I have a 4001 bass. Love that sound.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 03:10 PM (0U5gm)

188
Mark Knopfler plays a Stratocaster (or a strat variant), almost exclusively

Posted by: AltonJackson

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Almost being the key word

Posted by: 2009Refugee at February 02, 2026 03:10 PM (8AONa)

189 beginning musicians should have a reasonably good instrument, but that’s only so they don’t quit in frustration.
Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 03:05

This. Something unplayable will kill a beginner guitar players voyage faster than a grenade in a helmet.

Posted by: Berserker-Dragonheads Division at February 02, 2026 03:10 PM (E8ET5)

190 >>>Interesting a mostly white dog won.

Good looking dog. Seemed a little smaller than most of the others. No idea what the breed standard is, however.

Posted by: one hour sober at February 02, 2026 03:11 PM (Y1sOo)

191 It’s like six degrees of Kevin Bacon but with only 2 or 3 degrees to politicians.
Posted by: Really??

Or, in this case, Six Degrees of Makin' Bacon.

Posted by: zombie at February 02, 2026 03:11 PM (se8lQ)

192 Since this is a guitar thread, The Blade used (and still has) a Guild prototype that looks like a sexier strat. EMGs. Such a pretty guitar. I've never seen another one like it. Supposedly it was one of three made.

It's a full-size guitar, but the neck is slightly narrower than, say, a Jackson. I bought it when I was like 12, so the narrower neck was more comfortable. But I kept using it all the way through college.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 03:11 PM (iFTx/)

193 ome msm twat’s mom is missing? Oh no!!

Anyway.
Posted by: Really??

I hope the Police are grilling Savannah. I don't trust people that smile like that. A lot going on behind that forced grimace of teeth.

Posted by: Cheri at February 02, 2026 03:11 PM (oiNtH)

194 I have a 4001 bass. Love that sound.
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The weigh a lot lighter than a Fender Bass. Also have a unique sound.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 02, 2026 03:11 PM (Hpgos)

195 None of these movies ever have a Geek Squad guy fixing the woman's wifi before sexy times start...
-
Have you tried unplugging, and then plugging it back in?

*cues cheesy music*
Posted by: Methos at February 02, 2026 03:07 PM

While restoring her PC, our technician discovers video evidence that she has been stalking him.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 03:11 PM (jc0TO)

196 Sure, I'm pleased about many other things, but I'm nearly ecstatic that I didn't wind up having to hear Commie Lay's cackle for four years.

She's worse than Hitlery, if that's possible.

I think there's a reason why the stereotypical witch cackles.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at February 02, 2026 03:11 PM (IG3/x)

197 86 Mamdani’s mother was friends with Epstein. He has suddenly gone quiet about this.
Posted by: Piper
____

You're mother hung around a Jew! Shame!
- NY Democrats

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 03:11 PM (Dv3i1)

198 the weedy tinkle of a Rick"

Astley?

Posted by: man at February 02, 2026 03:11 PM (XuXeR)

199 >>Limit One per customer.

lol

No. I don't let people come by to shop. If they want something I have, we can talk.

Otherwise, I'd rather not meet you, him or anyone else.

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 03:12 PM (ZcsJV)

200
Was pulling for the Big Dummy but he is still a super high quality dog and you should be proud.

Posted by: Brunnhilde at February 02, 2026 03:09 PM (3AwA+)

__________

Thicker than two short planks but always a gentleman. We are very proud of him.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 03:12 PM (tgvbd)

201 I have a 4001 bass. Love that sound.

Posted by: Thomas Paine

Newer 4001s have a special switch so you can turn off the tone improvement and make it sound like the old ones. I guarantee you most people flip that switch to 'degrade' the sound and never switch it back.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 03:13 PM (0U5gm)

202 >>Mark Knopfler plays a Stratocaster (or a strat variant), almost exclusively

Always liked those Pensa-Suhr guitars.

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 03:13 PM (ZcsJV)

203 None of these movies ever have a Geek Squad guy fixing the woman's wifi before sexy times start...
-
Have you tried unplugging, and then plugging it back in?

*cues cheesy music*
Posted by: Methos at February 02, 2026 03:07 PM

While restoring her PC, our technician discovers video evidence that she has been stalking him.
Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 03:11 PM

"Pipe, shmipe, lady, I can lay miles of Cat 5 cable."

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 02, 2026 03:13 PM (bFu5X)

204 Valley Arts, too.

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 03:13 PM (ZcsJV)

205 Since this is a guitar thread, The Blade used (and still has) a Guild prototype that looks like a sexier strat. EMGs. Such a pretty guitar. I've never seen another one like it. Supposedly it was one of three made.

It's a full-size guitar, but the neck is slightly narrower than, say, a Jackson. I bought it when I was like 12, so the narrower neck was more comfortable. But I kept using it all the way through college.
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Guild makes good guitars! I wouldn't mind owning one of their acoustics.

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 03:13 PM (TN0g+)

206 And fwiw, I cannot play the guitar.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 02, 2026 03:14 PM (bFu5X)

207 Good looking dog.

Lip smakin! - barry

-

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 02, 2026 03:14 PM (Kt19C)

208 "According to an article in the NY Post, his final will written 2 days prior to his death and given to his lawyer, "

His jailors let him do this, and didn't use legal means to block it.

Which supports my belief that Epstein did kill himself as part of a deal.

Posted by: Ignoramus at February 02, 2026 03:14 PM (x8TL/)

209 Wimpy Will Stancil continues to learn about his position in Minneapolis' future Communist society:

It’s head-spinning. Somehow, after 22 days of spending 5+ hours a day patrolling for ICE, the antifa types have decided that not only should I not be allowed to do that, but I am “a danger to everyone around me” and should be universally excluded from left spaces. Insanity

My crime? Talking to mainstream press about what was happening. Posting a handful of videos, of public spaces, edited to ensure no one else is identified. Stating my disapproval of agitators lighting fires in my neighborhood and getting punched in the head for the trouble.

Will Stancil, kulak.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 02, 2026 03:14 PM (n1OCj)

210 >>Guild makes good guitars! I wouldn't mind owning one of their acoustics.

The Westerly RI built Guilds are some of the best affordable acoustics out there, imo.

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 03:15 PM (ZcsJV)

211 My wife has had the same fake Strat for 30+ years. A GTX (?), I think.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 03:15 PM (jc0TO)

212 "Pipe, shmipe, lady, I can lay miles of Cat 5 cable."

Cat 5? 2026 is the year of affordable 10GBase-T. And since nothing else in computers is affordable right now it's a tempting upgrade.

Posted by: Ian S. at February 02, 2026 03:16 PM (2ocoG)

213 ALL of the "elites" are corrupt. ALL.
Posted by: Formerly Virginian at February 02, 2026 02:28 PM (zjgNU)

MTG said that, and the best response so far is:

Jesús Enrique Rosas - The Body Language Guy
@Knesix
4h
Classic manipulation attempt by despair-baiting. Or blackpilling, if you will.

"It's all one big repulsive club" implies a meaning that every single person mentioned in the files (even if said mention proves they rejected Epstein's invitations) is tainted.

This will resonate with the segment of the population who doesn't have agency and attribute their circumstances to the latest conspiracy theory.

"You can't vote your way out of this" reinforces that loser baiting. Because it's also vaguepoasting without proposing a solution or option (also engagement bait, so the 'solutions' will be in the deranged replies)

Avoid anyone who weaponizes pessimism, especially if they're doing it for attention points.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 03:16 PM (rbvCR)

214 I assume New York in the near future will be implementing a plan like the UK, in which case dogs won't be allowed in the city.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 03:16 PM (0U5gm)

215 Declare and maintain your agency.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 03:16 PM (rbvCR)

216 Since this is a guitar thread, The Blade used (and still has) a Guild prototype that looks like a sexier strat. EMGs. Such a pretty guitar. I've never seen another one like it. Supposedly it was one of three made.

It's a full-size guitar, but the neck is slightly narrower than, say, a Jackson. I bought it when I was like 12, so the narrower neck was more comfortable. But I kept using it all the way through college.
-------

Guild makes good guitars! I wouldn't mind owning one of their acoustics.
Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 03:13 PM (TN0g+)
_____

My first real guitar was a Guild acoustic. When it came time for an electric, my dad took me to Manny's in Manhattan. I tried a few electrics, but the Guild prototype was my fav by far.

Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 03:16 PM (iFTx/)

217 That’s cool. So Keef inspected & bought it in person? I’d have thought he would send a trusted surrogate or guitar wrangler, not wishing to sully his hands dealing with the hoi-polloi or whatever.

Did he play a lick or two at least? Was he still chain smoking then? Supposedly he quit tobacco. Surprised that didn’t kill him. Quitting, I mean.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 03:17 PM (X3owK)

218 206 And fwiw, I cannot play the guitar.
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That's okay. Most guitar players can't play either.

Posted by: pudinhead at February 02, 2026 03:17 PM (Hpgos)

219 i think the Russian for Stancil is "Durak", blyat

Posted by: gKWVE at February 02, 2026 03:17 PM (gKWVE)

220 Mark Knopfler plays a Stratocaster (or a strat variant), almost exclusively

Always liked those Pensa-Suhr guitars.
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Whatever that red one was that had the maple neck--Rockpalast show from 1979--THAT Strat was always my favorite of his. I think it has a Fender label on it, but I realize that doesn't mean it was truly a "regular" Fender.

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 03:18 PM (TN0g+)

221 How does the horde feel about paying somebody to age/fuck up your new guitar?

I'm agin it.

Posted by: connected and litigious at February 02, 2026 03:18 PM (cS1cw)

222 "Hey baby, I can wipe it for you."
"Like with a cloth?"
"Dammit, you're ugly AND stupid! I'm sorry, I can't do it. There's not enough money or eye bleach"

Posted by: Wally at February 02, 2026 03:18 PM (65cLN)

223
And fwiw, I cannot play the guitar.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 02, 2026 03:14 PM (bFu5X)

___________

The guitar: too simple for beginners, too difficult for experts.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 03:19 PM (tgvbd)

224 Afghans have to be a grooming nightmare

Posted by: one hour sober at February 02, 2026 03:19 PM (Y1sOo)

225 Stating my disapproval of agitators lighting fires in my neighborhood

A Revolution is not a dinner party, Will.

If the Party determines that your neighborhood needs to burn down to serve the cause of The Revolution, then your neighborhood will be burned down.

Posted by: Zombie Mao Zedong! at February 02, 2026 03:19 PM (n1OCj)

226 224 Afghans have to be a grooming nightmare
____

Have you seen a Somalian?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at February 02, 2026 03:20 PM (Dv3i1)

227 Twitchy-
"Make HIM Famous: YouTube DBAG DECIMATED for Doxxing Hispanic ICE Agents Involved in Alex Pretti Shooting"
So white supremacists, right?

https://tinyurl.com/bdhu543b
Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 03:07 PM (NpAcC)

There is a terrible, horrible meme out there that "Pretti should have been shot 13 days earlier, but was spared to find Jesús"

Which is funny, and horrible, and totally inappropriate.

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 03:20 PM (rbvCR)

228 When it came time for an electric, my dad took me to Manny's in Manhattan.
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Manny's is legendary!

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 03:20 PM (TN0g+)

229 When 30’s blues player Mississippi John Hurt was “rediscovered” in the 60’s and brought out of retirement the promotors took him to a guitar shop and said pick out anything you want. They figured he’d select a Martin. He chose a Guild.

The original slide players and blues guys were poor. Sears and Harmony and lesser names like that in the 30’s. If you want to sound “authentic” then that’s probably what you want to use.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 03:20 PM (X3owK)

230 >>Keef inspected & bought it in person?

I was the one using the agent. But, yeah...I dropped the guitar off and got paid.
They brought it to JFK for him to inspect and such.
Those guys were way more into the meet Keith and get a photograph with him and the guitar nonsense.

I'm not into that sort of thing.

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 03:20 PM (ZcsJV)

231
Afghans have to be a grooming nightmare

Posted by: one hour sober at February 02, 2026 03:19 PM

pakistanis ain't much easier

Posted by: AltonJackson at February 02, 2026 03:20 PM (tljrc)

232 I laffed, Chuck

Posted by: one hour sober at February 02, 2026 03:20 PM (Y1sOo)

233 They took Andy's titles because he was an Epstein bro, they should do the same to "Lord" Mandelson.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 03:21 PM (BWnHZ)

234 My comp at home is... going on 6 years old. It was a good system then, but I wish I had gotten a better video card before things went nuts.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 02, 2026 03:21 PM (zZu0s)

235 IndieWire put together a list of the best female directed movies and included...the Matrix

The best woman really is a man according to the FN....

Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 03:22 PM (sKqQm)

236 >> How does the horde feel about paying somebody to age/fuck up your new guitar?

I think it is retarded.

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 03:22 PM (ZcsJV)

237 i think the Russian for Stancil is "Durak", blyat

And soon to be "zek".

Fifteen years without the right to correspondence.

Posted by: Zombie Joe Stalin! at February 02, 2026 03:22 PM (n1OCj)

238 How does the horde feel about paying somebody to age/fuck up your new guitar?

I'm agin it.
------

I can't stand the relics. And I've read people going on for what seems like days about how good the neck feels in their hand and how perfectly wound the pickups sound and whatever else and I'm always just screaming "BUT THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO WRECK THE PAINT TO GIVE YOU A GREAT NECK AND PROPERLY WOUND PICKUPS!!!"

Posted by: Crusader at February 02, 2026 03:23 PM (TN0g+)

239 Its always fascinating to see the subculture come out in the horde- even if it is like watching mutual of Omaha wild America.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 02, 2026 03:23 PM (zZu0s)

240 How does the horde feel about paying somebody to age/fuck up your new guitar?

--

My question would be, what does this do to improve the sound or playability? Nothing.

Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 03:23 PM (0U5gm)

241 4.2 earthquake in SF this morning.
Posted by: wth at February 02, 2026 01:25 PM (UjdFS)
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Wake me when you get to 7.0

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 03:23 PM (RIvkX)

242 209 Will Stancil, kulak.
Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 02, 2026 03:14 PM (n1OCj)

It Do Be Like That, Mista Stancil.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 03:23 PM (FpHTM)

243 Posted by: Zombie Joe Stalin! at February 02, 2026 03:22 PM (n1OCj)

You were funny. I'll give you that. Like a meal, not everyone got the joke

Posted by: gKWVE at February 02, 2026 03:23 PM (gKWVE)

244 There is a terrible, horrible meme out there that "Pretti should have been shot 13 days earlier, but was spared to find Jesús"

Which is funny, and horrible, and totally inappropriate.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 03:20 PM (rbvCR)
*******
It's funny because it doesn't fit the Left's narrative of White Racist Nazi.

Posted by: redridinghood at February 02, 2026 03:24 PM (NpAcC)

245 233 They took Andy's titles because he was an Epstein bro, they should do the same to "Lord" Mandelson.
Posted by: Smell the Glove at February 02, 2026 03:21 PM (BWnHZ)

Also, force-change his name to Fagdelson.

Posted by: XTC at February 02, 2026 03:24 PM (FpHTM)

246 Avoid anyone who weaponizes pessimism, especially if they're doing it for attention points.
Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 03:16 PM

A number of commentators here exhibit levels of cynicism that are not consonant with their tender years.

I blame Big Penguin.

Posted by: Fabio at February 02, 2026 03:25 PM (L01ot)

247 My question would be, what does this do to improve the sound or playability? Nothing.
Posted by: Thomas Paine at February 02, 2026 03:23 PM (0U5gm)

Kind of like back in the day with jeans? Broken in?

Of course now all jeans and women come pre broken in. Standard.

Posted by: Aetius451AD work phone at February 02, 2026 03:25 PM (zZu0s)

248 Just look at all the people who latched onto the pictures of Elon Musk and Ghislaine Maxwell at a party. It's a very tenuous connection, but they are certain it means Musk is a pedo.
Posted by: bonhomme at February 02, 2026 02:54 PM (Yp6az)

Musk has been launching into Reid Hoffman hard

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 03:25 PM (rbvCR)

249 Will Stancil, kulak.

Particularly appropriate when little Will complains that he was punched by an Antifa-type.

"Kulak" in Russian means "fist".

Posted by: Zombie Joe Stalin! at February 02, 2026 03:25 PM (n1OCj)

250 Wild Kingdom

Wild America was a different show? “I’m Marty … so and so, and this is your Wild America!”

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 03:25 PM (X3owK)

251 So does that mean that two hispanics guys killing a white dude is the brown face of white supremacy or something?
Posted by: 18-1 at February 02, 2026 02:56 PM (sKqQm)

White supremacy in real life

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 03:25 PM (rbvCR)

252 Musk has been launching into Reid Hoffman hard
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*perks up*

Posted by: Pete Buttigieg at February 02, 2026 03:26 PM (Dv3i1)

253 Gibson had some major issues with those Murphy Lab LPs for a while.
The Lacquer was just sloughing off of them.

Idiots paying 10k+ for those things...

Posted by: garrett at February 02, 2026 03:26 PM (ZcsJV)

254 Ed Martin out as leader of DOJ's 'weaponization' group, sources say

Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 03:26 PM (RHGPo)

255 So, add "Les Paul vs. Stratocaster" to the Great List of Horde Contentions?

Posted by: Brother Tim (102mm/W59), Keeper of the Tim Continuum at February 02, 2026 03:26 PM (OUMaO)

256 women come pre broken in.

Stump broke.

Posted by: Commissar of plenty and festive little hats at February 02, 2026 03:27 PM (Kt19C)

257 I like those little plastic ukuleles.

Posted by: wth at February 02, 2026 03:27 PM (UjdFS)

258 Durak translates as clown but used as pejorative like "schmuck"

Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 03:27 PM (RIvkX)

259 It's funny because it doesn't fit the Left's narrative of White Racist Nazi.

If the Left was paying attention, they would have noticed earlier that most of the Border Patrol is Hispanic.

Posted by: The ARC of History! at February 02, 2026 03:27 PM (n1OCj)

260
Now: Baron Mandelson of Foy in the County of Herefordshire and of Hartlepool in the County of Durham

Soon: Number 805

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at February 02, 2026 03:28 PM (tgvbd)

261 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth

Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 02, 2026 03:28 PM (frUd/)

262 women come pre broken in.

This is, how you say, not true.

Posted by: Paolo at February 02, 2026 03:29 PM (L01ot)

263 Durak translates as clown
Posted by: San Franpsycho

Usually as "fool."

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 03:29 PM (77rzZ)

264 I can play the guitar like a mother f'n riot

Posted by: Oh noes! at February 02, 2026 03:29 PM (HcoTw)

265 The EU made an agreement with India to buy refined petroleum products.

EU bans direct sales of crude oil from Russia

Trump says India agrees to stop buying Russian oil

Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 03:30 PM (RHGPo)

266 Nood. John Brennan.

Posted by: RedMindBlueState at February 02, 2026 03:30 PM (bFu5X)

267 You defiantly don't need a quality guitar to learn how to play the guitar.

You just need the desire, drive and in born facility to play.

Pretty much all of your guitar heroes learned to play on shit gear.

Posted by: Thomas Bender at February 02, 2026 03:30 PM (qGMHR)

268 Marlin Perkins was Wild Kingdom.

Marty Stauffer was Wild America.

Lorne Greene was Last of the Wild.

Posted by: Bulg at February 02, 2026 03:30 PM (77rzZ)

269 A metric crapload of very fine vintage and antique guitars were destroyed in Nashville some years back, due to flooding. Lots and lots of high dollar guitars were stored at some kind of warehouse, owned by the rich and famous.

Lots of collectibles come in and out of fashion and maybe come down in price. Not Martin guitars. They have always been kind of expensive. Then they got stupid expensive.

Posted by: Common Tater at February 02, 2026 03:30 PM (X3owK)

270 yum yum shit
yummy shit pebbles
in my mouth
Posted by: Aliassmithsmith at February 02, 2026 03:28 PM (frUd/)

Never gets old.

Posted by: toby928(c) at February 02, 2026 03:30 PM (jc0TO)

271 I've got the Mills Brothers palying now. Actual talent.

Posted by: free tibet with purchase of equal or greater value tibet at February 02, 2026 03:32 PM (iNp3L)

272 4.2 earthquake in SF this morning.
Posted by: wth at February 02, 2026 01:25 PM (UjdFS)
====

Wake me when you get to 7.0
Posted by: San Franpsycho
......

I won't have to.

Posted by: wth at February 02, 2026 03:33 PM (UjdFS)

273 Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein appears to have had a secret child 15 years ago, according to a bombshell email reportedly sent by Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson.
Ferguson congratulated him in the note sent on Sept. 21, 2011, after he was already convicted of sex with an underage girl, according to the latest drop of Epstein files.

"Don't know if you're still on this bbm but have heard from The Duke that you have had a baby boy," Ferguson wrote, according to the released email.
Posted by: Ace at 02:26 PM

Somewhere out there is a random white boy with a large face and big chin, who just turned 14 (not 15) sometime before September 21, who has no idea that he is about to become Candace Brokebrains's latest fixation.

Posted by: SciVo at February 02, 2026 03:33 PM (Sy6m/)

274 Wake me when you get to 7.0
Posted by: San Franpsycho at February 02, 2026 03:23 PM (RIvkX)

When SF got the 7.9 quake it made my family rich. G-G-Pa owned part of a sandstone company that supplied material for rebuilding

Posted by: Kindltot at February 02, 2026 03:35 PM (rbvCR)

275 - Trump registered for the draft after his 18th birthday on June 24, 1964 (draft dodgers don't register*).
- He was given an S-2 (college) deferment on June 28, 1964 (perfectly legal, not a draft dodger).
- His S-2 status was renewed on Dec 14, 1965 (legal, not a draft dodger), and he was then classified on Nov. 22, 1966, as 1-A (available for service).
- Dec. 13, 1966, his S-2 was again granted to attend Wharton (legal, not a draft dodger). His final deferral was granted on Jan. 16, 1968.
- After graduating from Wharton, he was reclassified 1-A on July 9, 1968. He went to his Armed Forces Physical (something a draft dodger probably would not do) on Sept. 19, 1968, and was categorized as 1-Y, disqualified for service except in war or national emergency (due to bone spurs in both heels).
- He received a high draft lottery number and was never called up. On Feb. 17, 1972, after the abolishment of the 1-Y classification, he was classified 4-F (not qualified for military service).

Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 03:36 PM (RHGPo)

276 Judge Ordered Illegal Alien Criminal Released on a Date That Doesn’t Exist.

Posted by: SMOD at February 02, 2026 03:37 PM (RHGPo)

277 Our Judiciary system has gone Marxism

Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2026 03:42 PM (Ia/+0)

278 This Mandelson homo is a fucking Lord, and he's bought with basically pocket change? I assume a lot more money changed hands.
Posted by: Judge Elric The Blade at February 02, 2026 02:33 PM (iFTx/)

One of the most fascinating things I've observed in news reports on things like stolen rarities and official corruption is a fairly consistent 1000:1 ratio in things like appraisal:fence contract:bribe value. I guess if it basically doesn't cost you anything, since it isn't really yours, then the buyer knows he can offer pocket change.

That actually makes me madder at corruptocrats and thieves. 99.9% of the value is just destroyed by their actions. Of course I knew they were dyscivic, but that's a quantifiable proxy for just how much.

Posted by: SciVo at February 02, 2026 03:46 PM (Sy6m/)

279 Our Judiciary system has gone Marxism
Posted by: Skip at February 02, 2026 03:42 PM (Ia/+0)

That happened about 50 years ago.

Posted by: Really?? at February 02, 2026 03:53 PM (qpQFJ)

280 "It just could not happen in Britain." Yeah, I think we all know why.

Posted by: Ex Rex Reeder at February 02, 2026 04:25 PM (MZ+PY)

281 His husband. What? Is he gay?

Posted by: DWags at February 02, 2026 06:06 PM (AKFiu)

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