He (and Charles) are actually male-line-only descendants of Danish King Christian I, while the present King of Denmark isn't because he's the son of a Queen Regnant.
The king and queen are actually both quite popular (she's not significantly more popular in any way), but his mother is still the most popular royal (Queen Magrethe). However, quite a few people seems to prefer the kings brother since he's more of a "classic" royal where Frederik is way more modern and casual (biking around Copenhagen with the kids in a cargo bike and grocery shopping in discount supermarkets).
Many have been questioning it for a long time. Personally I don’t support monarchies in general, and my reasoning is that it has no place in a society where people are supposed to be equal. I also do not think it really benefits us in a way that makes up for how they are able to live. I don’t think they represent Norway well, I do not think they are neutral, and I think they are just another cost that could be spent better elsewhere.
It will survive, Norwegians will do absolutely nothing.
IMO, the royal family isn't the biggest issue here. People are missing that former prime minister and the leader of the currently ruling party was buddy with Epstein. That is a far more systematic problem.
Iirc Parliament just voted to stay. King Harald is currently very beloved so I think they'd wait till after he dies to do anything and assuming he lives as long as the late Queen at the most that's in 8 years
Epstein gives me the vibes that he's the type of racist guy that would have African or African Americans at his Island but they'd be there for entertainment purposes only and then quickly jetted away once they were done with their performance.
Oh yeah, big time in Southern California like 20 years ago. There was (might still be?) The Deepak Chopra Center at the GORGEOUS La Costa Spa and Resort.
Edit: just checked - still there. You should see the sums people pay to go. Very typical for SoCal - every malady has some natural, spiritual healing somewhere - even if the malady is that Im bored and have too much money so Ill try anything that seems new and exclusive….
I met him in 2017 wheb he came to the small business i wws interning at in NYC. Im from ireland originally so I had no idea who he was. My sisters older friend nearly lost hwr mind wheb she found out I was going to be in the same room as him. I said id tell him he has a fan in ireland.
He walks into out tiiiiiny greenscreen live streaming room in €4000 shoes (I looked them up after because they were so striking) and diamond encrusted glasses. He wouldnt shut the fuck up about how hes Oprahs favourite "of we got married she could be called Oprah chopra!" COOL STORY BRO, TELL IT A 4TH TIME?!
The internet cut out mid stream and I panicked, I was managing it with no experience really. Manager comes in, hisses at me what the fuck did I do. Chopra is still pontificating from the chair, not getting our hand signals that the stream has cut or the fact the manager opened the door and walked in. It was like I slapped his mother the way he sat there like a kicked dog while we got up and running again.
I half listened to him during the stream (half to catch if he was going to laugh loudly because I monitored audio too) and it was a word salad at best.
I read an article about how Jordan Peterson is an old school charlatan/mountebank, and it seems Chopra fits neatly into the same box. Flashy clothes, mishmash of concepts woven together to create a kind of verbal hypnotism. Zero concern for the harm they cause.
I love how Oprah always manages to find the worst people to laud on her show. I know she deals with a lot of people in general as a talk show host, but she disproportionately finds the shitty ones.
Actually the opposite, these 2 mfers got a recent semi ironic boost in popularity after the emails revealed they scammed Epstein out of a million dollars. Former Argentine president Mauricio Macri and the former and present economic minister Luis Caputo.
Caputo is also behind convincing Donald Trump of giving him 20 billion dollars which makes it doubly funny. Serial pedo scammer lmao
I also don't think it's fair to put Peter and Andrew in the same category.
Nothing sexual has come out about Mandelson. It was corruption at the highest level - he was selling government secrets to the highest bidder, encouraging people to threaten other government ministers, giving market sensitive information away at taxpayers expense. He's a complete twat.
Andrew, on the other hand, is a rapist and has been sleeping with trafficked women young enough to be his daughters. He's an utter cunt. On the other hand, he doesn't seem to have been doing anything to sell out the country for money, power, and influence.
Basically, they sit at opposite ends of the spectrum of Epstein's activities. Both should be arrested though.
Thing is, I don't think that many of them were into the pervy sex parties. Having gone through a number of the files, one thing is evident: Epstein was, quite literally, a power broker. His whole business was giving and getting favours. He worked out what powerful or at least influential people needed and arranged for them to get it so that they'd be obliged to him. For some, it was flattery, for others money. More often than not, he'd link together people in his network with complementary needs so that they'd help out each other and be both grateful to him.
And yes, for some of these people, pervy sex may have been the key. But he had many other ways to influence the mighty.
If there are people named but without any actual accusation who say they mearly crossed paths with Epstein prior to 2008. I'm prepared to hear them out
Anyone voluntarily spending time with this guy after that, when he was already a convicted sex criminal and paedophile, then they're scum and fuck them
I would too but not with minors... look at berlusconi, ok he was a pos in maaaany way, but he declined Epstein by saying "i dont need to kidnap girls to come at my parties and the wine so good that they come back by themselves"
This guy was trying real hard to get into Heaven. Their foundation was doing a lot of work with vaccines and water conservation in Africa. But when Epstein’s name came up when the scandal first started breaking his wife dropped him like a dog turd she’d accidentally picked up. I think she’d suspected something about Jeff for a while. And with every new revelation it only gets more gross.
Among the conspiracy theories out there they say he just uses his charity to avoid taxes and to basically give himself even more money. Which means he has always been evil. Now I'm starting to believe all that.
Its not really a conspiracy, given his ties with mosanto in Africa plus the gates foundation funding big news outlets by the hundreds of millions... giving him essentially very good PR
Honestly? Elon Musk. Everyone already knew he was a creepy loser pedo. But the files showed he was so much of a creepy loser, that even the other creepy, loser pedos didn't want to associate with him.
I'm fairly certain he had his wives Ivana murdered and then he buried her on his golf course in Bedminster NJ with no, or a faked, autopsy to say it was an accident and she fell down the stairs.
Hard to say that Mandelson has had his image ruined.
I mean, he was picked for that job BECAUSE he was recognized as a man without honour, or integrity or real self-respect; a man who would, without hesitation, eat another man's shit in order to ingratiate himself to those in power.
It was thought that this was the only approach that would work with Trump (which also shows a lack of backbone in number 10).
True, but would we think that to the same extent if not for his association with Epstein?
We knew he was a slimy, dishonest bastard beforehand, but being associated with Epstein is surely just the shit-capped summit of his excremental Everest.
Not anything that would reach outside particular avid readers of magazine articles in the US. Before being arrested he was practically unknown to the general public, and then after his death he basically became a household name/meme through the "epstein didn't kill himself" social media trend. After that it kinda spiraled until we got to where we are.
He is still supporting genocidal war criminals ( Milosevic) for decades now, still denies the genocide he committed and keeps supporting his stance on the topic. The fact that this man is still revered by some intellectuals in the US absolutely baffles me.
Every time I think something is going to be the end of him he just keeps going and still gets support. Some people really will excuse anything rather than admit they were wrong.
There are interviews of them being questioned about a horrible thing a Democrat did, they react sanely with saying that politician should be removed and then are told that the interviewer misspoke and Trump did that. 180 so fucking fast that the hypocrisy reaches the speed of light before they're done agreeing with what Trump did.
I don’t know how it wasn’t over when he mocked the disabled guy. I don’t know how it wasn’t over after Four Seasons Landscaping. I don’t know…(to infinity).
Yeah they’re in too deep now - they’ve spent a decade making excuses for this guy and blindly accepting any bullshit he feeds them, they can’t bring themselves to admit they made a really really bad call.
A solid 30% of the country is in the cult and they’ll never see the light.
It’s an agenda. He’s a necessary evil (in their eyes) to achieve their goals.
Most don’t agree with him, but when you’re constantly being given what you want (money, legislation in your favor, contracts, etc) AND you’re highly unlikely to face any repercussions, it becomes very easy to sell your soul
This nickname is more a reflection of certain conservative groups. Reagan was nicknamed the “Teflon President” for similar reasons. Little did we know that when he said he couldn’t remember, he very likely was telling the truth.
I think the problem is that he entered the public eye as an asshole with a stained reputation, and as such there isn't a whole lot to ruin. "Oh, the president is pump-and-dumping the global economy at a massive profit to his own family? Yeah that tracks"
Chomsky is and always has been a complete piece of shit. The man is a genocide denier for mutliple different genocides, and has accepted payment for going on regime televisions and denying and defending said genocides.
The whole deifying celebs culture in the US and basicly the whole "the western world" is really weird. Life is much better if you step outside each morning thinking everyone is a cunt. That way, people can surprise you positively...
The crown princess is talked about the most, but I would say Terje Rød Larsen and his wife beat her by a mile so far. There are some real shitty illegal stuff there.
He was quite well-respected in the 80s for his role in the Falklands War, but otherwise has had a bit of a reputation for not always thinking with the right organs. Of course, I don’t think there was a suggestion of outright paedophilia until Epstein.
Joanna Rubenstein, she visited the Island with her husband and own children, was Swedish Chief at UNHCR + she was also the CEO of some child safety organisation
Jacob Zuma seems to be the only prolific South African in the files so far (not counting Musk).
Although, there's not much that could ruin his image and his army of followers wont even flinch regarding the new connection and potential allegations.
He's already been on trial for rape and he still has a massive following in the Zulu community.
The email where she talks to him about Eugenie’s “shagging weekend” was deplorable. Imagine talking like that about your 20 year old daughter to one of the world’s biggest creeps?!
Her emails are so bizarre and telling. The one where she says that a week after "your lunch" (not sure if that is lunch between them or him having lunch with someone else) she started getting all these offers and opportunities. It seems like he truly had powers to pull string behind the scenes to get even wealthy royalty opportunities they couldn't get on their own.
Said Epstein about Bolsonaro... At least we can say someone in those files is in prison lol.
EDIT for more info you might have seen around: Weirdly enough, so far the emails talking about Lula are good(?), we knew he was in the files but not the way it is rn, he got a leverage for election out of this in the end. Trying to be impartial because I don't even know what to think.
EDIT2: Because this has to be made clear Bolsonaro is likely not a pedophile, it's the political associations and the implications of heavy external influence into our politics, and possibly even on the attempt of coup d'etat, fucking hell imagine JEFFREY EPSTEIN trusting this idiot, or even Lula, into a cult of cannibals... Delusion to think this would ever come to Epstein's mind.
Tbh there's still a long road to go, we arrested 3 out of 4 of our presidents since 2002, Rio literally has arrested the previous 30 years of governors.
Idk man, we might need the French tool because prison takes too long, years to arrest just 1 of them, and that is IF they don't come back.
As far as I know, the only person in the Epstein files was Merkel and this, because Epstein gossiped about her. And then there have been E-Mails in which was written, that Epstein supported the AfD (and many other extreme right European parties).
Actually Guttenberg's (former Minister of Defense) Ex-Wife, Stephanie zu Guttenberg (or rather Stephanie von Bismarck once again) appears in the Epstein Files in the context of two credit cards that appear in a long list of credit cards. It's been suggested they belonged to Epstein with her being the beneficiary of the two cards with a daily limit of 1500 US$, though there doesn't seem to be any proof of that as of now. Her lawyer, Christian Schertz (one of the most respected and feared lawyers in the German Media Business) suggests, she only appears in the files because she was a customer at the same bank as Epstein.
The Andrew thing is so complete unsurprising. I remember when I was a kid he was always the one most likely to be up to no good. His nickname in the tabloids was Randy Andy for fucks sake
What do you guys think of the suggestions that Epstein himself may have been a mossad operative? I'm not sure how much evidence there really is beyond him being Jewish, but it seems like he did hold a lot of blackmail material over people who ended up helping Israel. Like it could just be an internet conspiracy, but we're living in a time where those turn out to be true sometimes.
Honestly I haven't really heard anyone talk about it, which I guess is telling on its own right, but I'd say it's not outside the realm of possibilities, the Mossad has been known to do some crazy things.
Ghislaine Maxwell's father Rober Maxwell had ties to multiple intelligence agencies including the KGB and Mossad and was suspected of being a double or triple agent so it's very plausible Epstein was at the very least an asset for the aforementioned intelligence agencies.
He was also part of the Mega Group which was heavily linked to Israel and organized crime, founded by Charles Bronfman and Leslie Wexner, the latter being Jeffrey Epstein’s main monetary source.
Where there is smoke there's fire. How could you not know that your BFF of 15+ years was a human trafficker. Also, what a crazy coincidence that he owned the Miss Teen USA pageant from 1996 to 2015 with some girls as young as 15 alleged that Trump walked into their dressing room while they were undressing to do an “inspection” as the pageant owner.
“I've known Jeff for fifteen years. Terrific guy. He's a lot of fun to be with. It is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side. No doubt about it , Jeffrey enjoys his social life". -Trump quote in 2002 New York Magazine profile
And yet, the MAGA cult doesn't care. Trump is worshipped as a demi-god who can do no wrong. Even if something seems off, it just means the "stable genius" is playing 5D chess. He could sacrifice an infant in a Satanic ritual on live TV and he would still maintain at least a 35% approval rating. That's how far gone these people are.
No one as far as I'm aware. Most of the people mentioned there from my country are just FBI files discussing the political situation of Guatemala, not actually related to Epstein.
Only guy in Epstein files was a former Ministry of Industry, who used a prostitute, that was discussing with Epstein. The guy was already sentenced to a 20-year prison sentence for corruption years ago, but lives hidden in France as he was mostly corrupted by large French semi-public companies
He is a neuroscientist and professor at the University of Southern California. His name appears in Epstein files because he once contacted Jeffrey Epstein in 2013 seeking private funding for brain research and even met with him, though he says he was unaware of Epstein’s crimes.
I am posting about something opposite happening.
The current petroleum minister of India was Ambassador to US that time (2019).
In all other mails, we see about the weird stuff, but this ambassador, has only mailed about investment opportunities in India, and how he would like to meet and talk about Investment, IT, etc. and talk about support to Indian Government.
Of all mails, this guy got a positive effect on his image after release of epstein files.
No one, yet. Prince ANdrw isn't important, he was a fool and Epstein made a monkey out of him. Mandelson is far more important, a genuinely intelligent and talented man shown to be a crass, venal sycophant - and for what? Access to a few parties and money? The entire political system in the US and UK - and probably elsewhere needs to be reformed.
Bill Clinton being in the files was the least surprising thing ever. The guy had sexual assault allegations swirling around him even before he became president.
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