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2019-07-13 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Real Hedge-Fund Managers Have Some Thoughts on What Epstein Was Actually Doing

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Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-13 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Bad link!

Posted by KBK 2019-07-13 00:07|| 2019-07-13 00:07|| Front Page Top

#2 Thanks KBK. I believe it's now working.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-13 00:16|| 2019-07-13 00:16|| Front Page Top

#3 The link works for me, KBK.

Posted by trailing wife 2019-07-13 00:17|| 2019-07-13 00:17|| Front Page Top

#4 Saw this, and had exactly the same thought many moons ago about this character.

He could never have been a "hedge fund manager" of any real consequence. To do so you have to have:

- many big, known investors (he had none)

- reliable trading desk partners to execute your trades (none of the trading desks ever executed any trades for him)

- lots of specialist employees to raise money, track the money, comply with authorities, manage your IT systems (he had next to none)

- regulatory filings such as 13F disclosures (there were never any).

Add to this the recent disclosure that his houses were full of cameras - hat tip to Ann Coulter on this catch - and it's obvious that the guy's real line was blackmailing wealthy and powerful men.

I'd say 3/2 odds that he's got the Big Dawg under his thumb.

Probably Eliot Spitzer and some other fixtures in the NY Democratic Party as well.

Posted by Lex 2019-07-13 00:53|| 2019-07-13 00:53|| Front Page Top

#5 I think he'll quietly serve time for a minimum of charges that will be played out as 'Justice Served' in the media. He could have more dirt on people that Hoover did. He might also make another deal, with the DoJ - where he's sure to have 'friends'.

Posted by Dron66046 2019-07-13 01:41|| 2019-07-13 01:41|| Front Page Top

#6 Connected to Bronfman too.

His flights to the island are a who's who of dodgyness.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2019-07-13 06:24|| 2019-07-13 06:24|| Front Page Top

#7 My initial thought is money laundering for foreign countries that are "donating" to the Clinton foundation.

Posted by AlanC 2019-07-13 08:12|| 2019-07-13 08:12|| Front Page Top

#8 I think the odds of Epstein being the recipient of a "regretable incident" while in custody while in in custody climb daily.
"Haruph haruph must be investigated fully, guilty parties punished haruph haruph..."

Posted by ed in texas 2019-07-13 08:37|| 2019-07-13 08:37|| Front Page Top

#9 Actually I think he was laundering cartel money for the DNC and the Clintons. The cartels are the only people with the kind of money he was throwing around.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2019-07-13 08:38|| 2019-07-13 08:38|| Front Page Top

#10 ...but cartels don't like their money squandered either. Their means of correcting bad behavior would have been obvious by now.

Now the implied link to the Clinton Foundation would have been sort of a money 'honey' pot for certain entities seeking influence. I can think of one with that kind of currency to throw around. Whether they were being hustled or not, as in getting something in return, is another question.

Posted by Procopius2k 2019-07-13 09:04|| 2019-07-13 09:04|| Front Page Top

#11 Ref #10: Now the implied link to the Clinton Foundation would have been sort of a money 'honey' pot for certain entities seeking influence.

I'll take "seeking influence" for $600. Alex.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-07-13 09:20|| 2019-07-13 09:20|| Front Page Top

#12 Let's see the flight logs. Also his home camera footage.

Posted by Punky Tojo4762 2019-07-13 10:24|| 2019-07-13 10:24|| Front Page Top

#13 I keep hearing about how the cartels corrupted the Mexican government so I wonder, is it such a stretch of the imagination that they could have corrupted our own government? I mean, why would so many of our politicians be so adamant about opening the border? Is it just the votes they get from illegal aliens or is it something else?

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-07-13 10:43|| 2019-07-13 10:43|| Front Page Top

#14 "Hedge funds" are the new "waste management".

This guy was a pimp.

The question is, who were his initial backers and what were they after?

And as things went on, did other parties get in on the action?

Also, we seem to have yet another case of "everybody knew, but nobody said anything" among the elites.

But remember...they are our betters and we must always obey them.

Posted by charger 2019-07-13 10:48|| 2019-07-13 10:48|| Front Page Top

#15 In the late 70's when Carter came into power, a cousin of my dad's had too high of a GS rating to fire. He was a Pub and Cold Warrior of some renown so Carter appointed him acting Drug Tsar. On his first day at the DEA it took him 2 hours of security checks to finally reach his office. 15 mins later his sectary buzz him that he had visitors. In walked top mobsters. He was no idiot. It took him 2 hours to get in and the mobsters walked in like they owned the place. They obviously did. He quickly figured out a office path back to his CIA/STATE one.

Posted by 3dc 2019-07-13 11:06|| 2019-07-13 11:06|| Front Page Top

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