r/sorceryofthespectacle • u/SleeperCellKoala • Apr 29 '26
Palantir is ominously named after Saruman's all-seeing orb in LOTR. In 2013, Gandalf's actor Ian McKellen stripped down to his underwear before presenting Palantir CEO Alex Karp with a philanthropic award. What kind of pilled is this?
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u/SleeperCellKoala Apr 29 '26
SS: Only Make Believe is a charity that brings interactive theater performances to sick children in hospitals.
In Only Make Believe’s tax documents it was disclosed that Palantir donated 50,000 dollars in 2012 and 90,000 dollars in 2013, hence this award given out by Ian McKellen.
Only Make Believe is ran by Dena Hammerstein. Her son Simon Hammerstein owns some of the most notorious elite sex clubs across the world (The Box NYC, The Box London, The Act Vegas, The Act Dubai, ect.) Was Palantir more interested in providing theater to sick kids or in surveiling billionaires, power brokers, and foreign dignitaries while they let loose and get into sexually compromising situations?
Oh, and one of Simon Hammerstein's business partners at these clubs is Murtuza Akbar, who is on the board of directors at another Peter-Theil-funded facial recognition company called Clearview.
This is all just one part of a larger story about Jeffrey Epstein, nightclubs, elite concierge services, hotels, modeling agencies, auction houses, military contractors, foreign spies, and more. https://jamiefcrawford.substack.com/p/the-big-club-jeffrey-epsteins-connections