Quiet On The Set!

Posted on September 25, 2019 by boom booms room staff

The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 through May 1693. More than 200 people were accused. Nineteen were found guilty and executed by hanging. The episode is one of Colonial America’s most notorious cases of mass hysteria. It has been used in political rhetoric and popular literature as a cautionary tale about the dangers of false accusations and lapses in due process.

My how we have progressed in the 326 years since 1693. Or not.

Yesterday House Majority Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced after a meeting with Democratic House leaders that the House would begin an impeachment inquiry into the allegations that President Trump attempted to influence the 2020 presidential race by asking Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky to look into possible wrong doings by Joe Biden’s son Hunter in his business dealings with the country.

Last night it was reported that the whistleblower to the Intelligence Inspector General hadn’t actually heard the conversation, but was told of it. But, surely where there is smoke there is fire. The whistleblower retained an attorney who previously worked for Chuck Schuemer and none other than Hillary Clinton. But, we digress.

Today the White House will release the complete unredacted transcripts of the call. But, why wait for that? Get the pitchforks out of the shed yesterday.

Remember, Joe Biden is on tape bragging about how he influenced Ukraine to fire the prosecutor that was looking into his son’s LLC’s Ukraine dealings. This blatantly obvious transgression, much bigger than your average daily gaffe, makes us wonder.

Could two wrongs make a right for the far left? Let’s play “what if.” What if there is enough undertone to the tone of Trump’s call to give the mob more impetus to carry on the inquiry? Or, what if there is not? Here is what happens regardless.

Congressional Democrats up for reelection in 2020 can either vote to impeach (if it even comes to that) if it helps them gain reelection, or vote against if it will not. Remember, all politics inevitably are local. Thirty-one Democrats are running in districts that Trump carried by 10 points or more in 2016.
At a minimum this continues the “we must oust the corrupt Trump” war that the House has run with for three years now. We are just guessing, but this inquiry might just last up until, say, roughly the first week of November of 2020. Fire up the lanterns and the base.
What if Biden gets tangled up in this mess? Shouldn’t he have to release his meeting notes and phone calls to Ukraine when he was VP? As stated above, he’s openly told assembled crowds that he has done exactly what Trump is now accused of.
If so, doesn’t this further weaken an already weakened Biden campaign?
If so, doesn’t this turn a crack into a wide open door for a Warren, or Sanders, or Harris, etc. to walk through for the nomination?
There aren’t enough House votes to impeach. Even if there was, there certainly aren’t enough Senate votes to convict the President.
If so, then when it’s all said and done what’s the end game? The answer of course is “politics.” And political gain leads to power. And power leads to control.

The trials of 1692-3 were started after people had been accused of the witchcraft, primarily by teenage girls such as Elizabeth Hubbard, 17, as well as some who were even younger. Many books, documentaries, movies, and TV shows have examined the Salem trials.

One day many books, documentaries, movies, and TV shows will examine this accusation of wrongdoing as well. President Trump was once a reality TV star prior to his current gig. The casting director should choose Trump to play the role of Trump. And, he or she should choose Alexandria Octavio Cortez to play the role of the very imaginative teenage girl. And, it now seems certain that, reluctantly, Nancy Pelosi will direct the expose.

Lights, camera, action!

Rub the Lamp

Posted on September 19, 2019 by boom booms room staff

Canadian leader Justin Trudeau’s campaign for national elections was hit Wednesday by the publication of a photo showing him in “brownface” makeup at a costume party in 2001.

We have questions. One, was Aladdin a racist movie? Two, when then teacher Justin Trudeau dressed as an Aladdin character in 2001 for the annual school dinner that was themed “Arabian Nights” was he furthering sterotypes and committing a racist act? Was Trudeau’s apology for doing so, politics aside, really necessary? When he dressed that night, and likely many others at the British Columbia school party did similarly, did he or others think what they were doing was wrong? If he did, should he have apologized any time in the last 18 years? If he should have apologized, why didn’t he?

We have answers. No. No. No. No. Yes. And, hmm, good question.

Aladdin debuted in 1992 produced by Walt Disney. It was remade in 2019 and grossed one billion dollars worldwide. Will Smith was the lead in the 2019 remake. It seems like Walt Disney, a ton of movie goers, and Will Smith seem to think it wasn’t racist.

The dressed for the party Trudeau in 2001 was doing nothing different than the movie writers, producers, casting, cast, directors, and producers did in 1992. Did he give getting “brownfaced” a second thought then? It’s highly unlikely, and it was highly unnecessary as well that he do so. Intent matters.

Trudeau, who launched his reelection campaign a week ago, said he should have known better. “I’m pissed off at myself, I’m disappointed in myself,” Trudeau told reporters traveling with him on his campaign plane. Perhaps he could get a make believe role in the next remake. He is “sooooo” redfaced about being caught redhanded being brownfaced. This sounds “sooooo” 2019 politically correct that we wish we could rub a genie’s lamp and make it all stop.

We wonder how long he has been beating himself up for this heinous act. Our guess is that the faux self flogging only began right after Time magazine posted the photo, which it says was published in the yearbook from the West Point Grey Academy where Trudeau worked as a teacher before entering politics. The photo depicts Trudeau wearing a turban and robe, with dark makeup on his hands, face and neck.

Trudeau has been admired by liberals around the world for his progressive policies. Canada has accepted more refugees than the United States in the last three years. His Liberal Party government has also strongly advocated free trade. He faces a very stiff challenge from Conservative leader Andrew Scheer. But, being politically correct knows no political boundaries.

One of the three wishes Aladdin had for the Genie was to get out of the “cave of wonders.” We don’t live in a cave. Therefore, we don’t wonder why he apologized after the photo surfaced and not before.

Bad acting comes and goes. But, we hope that the curtain never falls on authenticity. Somebody rub the lamp and wish it all away.

Know When to Say “Uncle.”

Posted on September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 by boom booms room staff

Budweiser, in a responsible drinking campaign several years back, coined the phrase “know when to say when.” Remember growing up when you were involved in a little physical tussle, skirmish, wrestling match, etc. and one side had enough they would say “uncle.” Why would they say “uncle?” It seems that while “crying uncle” is today regarded as an Americanism, its origins go all the way back to the Roman Empire. Roman children, when beset by a bully, would be forced to say “Patrue, mi Patruissimo,” or “Uncle, my best Uncle,” in order to surrender and be freed.

So, when should Uncle Joe Biden’s team say “uncle?” Preposterous you say? We actually think that Joe Biden means well. We think that he thinks that he can continue to do something, or has done something in his 32 years in public office to make a positive difference. But.

Wasn’t it just three years ago that very suddenly people named Bush and Clinton looked old and sounded so “yesterday?” What does that make Biden look like and sound like today?

Ronald Reagan’s detractors pointed out repeatedly when he had a “senior moment” or three that he might no longer be fit to hold the highest office in the land in his second term. Reagan exited the oval office for good after term two at the tender age of 77. Biden would already be 77 if he won when sworn into the office.

Don’t you wonder why he passed on the chance to run one final time after he served eight straight years as VP under Obama? Would the timing ever be better? Did he think it was Hillary’s turn? Please. Who thinks like that when they need to have the drive, bravado, tenacity, and “can do” attitude to handle the insane pressure of the top job? When has that stopped someone who wanted something? Or, was he just plain tired?

Several weeks ago he reminded us in his service to his country as VP that he had a chance to speak to some of the survivors and families touched by the Parkland School shooting. The problem, of course, was that he wasn’t in office then. His team said that he was referring to the Sandy Hook school shooting. Hmm.

A few weeks later, when America was on it’s heels from the back to back mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Biden spoke to gun control needs again and referenced these shootings in Houston and Michigan. Well, that’s a wrong city in the right state and the wrong state when attempting to recall a city in another state. Jeez.

Yesterday, to an assembled crowd, he advanced the idea of an $8000 child care credit for families and said that it would put 720 million women back to work. You can see the short clip here. We aren’t convinced that one begets the other. Further, when you subtract men and children from the estimated 330 million who call America home, you might get to 80-90 million women in all.

Remember, all of this is happening 14 months out from the general election. There are 11, yes 11, Democratic Presidential debates scheduled prior to the nomination. Then, the survivor gets to tangle with the man who loves to get people to say “uncle,” one Donald J. Trump.

Most incumbents, and all front runners, tend to limit their exposure and by definition limit the number and length of the debates. Donald J. is not a “most” incumbent.

Current odds on Biden to not be the Democratic nominee is minus $400. You bet $400 to win $100 if he doesn’t gain the nomination fair and square. You also win the 100 bucks if Uncle Joe says “uncle.”

“I want to be clear, I’m not going nuts,” Biden said Friday two weeks ago. The former vice president’s clarification came before he mistakenly praised Vermont when asked about his impression of Keene, N.H. Painful.

Father Time is undefeated. Uncle Joe might be best served by saying “uncle” before he is defeated.

Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth.

Posted on September 11, 2019 by boom booms room staff

Yesterday the US Census Department released it’s annual report Income and Poverty in the United States:2018. It’s 77 pages of some heavy statistical comparisons of who we are, how much we make, and how we are doing v. previous years. In general there is pretty good news in it.

More Americans than ever are working. Wages rose an average of 3.3% for men and women alike. The percent of families and singles living in poverty reached record lows. These wins occurred regardless of skin color as well. Economists find much to like during a deep dive into deep details.

Trump’s unprecedented combination of “Hire American” and economic growth policies is helping create those wage gains nationwide. The growth policies pressure companies to hire more workers.

What follows is excerpted from a Breibart article printed yesterday.

The “Hire American” policy suppresses the inflow of legal and illegal migrants and also blocks demands from businesses for special infusions of cheap foreign labor, such as extra refugees, asylum-seekers, visa workers, and legal immigrants.

Trump’s low-immigration policies have prompted many progressives and Democrats to claim he is racist. But his growth and “Hire American” combination is pressuring companies to compete for Americans workers — including blacks and Latinos — by offering higher wages and better benefits.

One expected impact of the shortage is a growing number of non-white Americans who are being hired and are getting wage increases.

Each year about 4 million Americans enter the workforce after high school or college graduation. This includes about 800k of more highly skilled professionals in the business, engineering , medical, etc. world.

But the federal government then imports about 1.1 million legal immigrants and refreshes a resident population of about 1.5 million white-collar visa workers.

The net effect of the two keeps the labor wage market in check even in good economic times. In tougher times it drives the supply of good workers up and wages are held in check or even decrease. This makes American workers from all corners unhappy. This makes the corner of Wall Street happy. Good supply and low prices of in demand assets is always welcome by shareholders.

Which brings us to claims that Trump is a racist for his immigration and buy/hire America(s). Maybe he is a racist. It isn’t today’s post purpose to discuss.

It’s purpose is to ask if you scream about the amount of college debt, are concerned about individuals ability to repay, and want it forgiven by the government should you reexamine the effect of immigration on a society who’s population growth relative to yesteryear has slowed. If more work qualified immigrants (legal or not) enter the work force percentage wise v. US qualified workers you exacerbate the problem.

Wall St. benefits. Americans scream that the rich get richer. Students struggle with loans. Americans scream that we should help them. Millennials struggle to find work. Americans scream about the labor market. Wages rise too slowly. Americans scream about the income gap.

A good recipe has just the right amount of ingredients working together for a better meal. Balancing the outcome is a very delicate process. Put too much of one ingredient in and you spoil the soup. There is a big pot on the stove right now. Shouldn’t we step back and let the head chef decide how much of one is too much of one? After all can’t we agree that home cooked meals taste best?

One Love That Is Shared by Two

Posted on September 5, 2019 by boom booms room staff

In a interview with the Washington Post earlier this week noted progressive Barbara Streisand described the United States electoral college system as “antiquated” and advocated replacing it with a system that allows the winner of the popular vote to win the election.

She went on to say, “If I could, I would end the antiquated electoral college. Twice in the last 20 years the popular vote winner was denied the presidency. This is an assault on our democratic principles, where the dictum should hold true: one person, one vote.”

And she isn’t the only voice from the left touting a change away from the now 243 year old way of electing presidents. South Bend, Indiana mayor and announced Democratic Presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg suggested making the reform as well calling it undemocratic. Streisand would change it now if she could as she said, while Mayor Pete would do so down the road a bit.

“So maybe when we make this reform, we set it to take effect in the 2030’s, when it’s not clear which party is going to benefit,” he said. “But at the end of the day, I think most Americans, of any party, ought to be able to get on board with the idea that one person, one vote, counting equally, is the fairest way to choose our president.” We suppose that if you could put it in a popular nationwide vote today “most Americans, of any party would be able to get on board,” as Mayor Pete waxed so eloquently.

We wonder if of the above is exactly why our founding fathers put the process in place at the outset. We submit the following counterpoints.

That is, they had the foresight to realize that a ground swell could occur. And when it did a simple popular vote taken on the matter could eliminate the electoral college vote and replace it with, well, a simple popular vote. Stated differently, over the course of time, this would open up the opportunity to repeatedly manipulate how the president was elected.
What Barbara should know, and likely does, is if one person could do anything unilaterally in our union it would not be a democracy.
Citing twice in the last 20 years as a reason fails to speak to the fact that a) its happened only five times in 243 years, and b) it happened in a span of 12 years when in 1876 Rutherford B. Hayes won the electoral college and lost the popular vote and again in 1888 when Benjamin Harrison did the same. The logic sounds much like two bad hurricanes in 20 years proves climate change, so we must change and now.
And, we’re supposed to be United States, not necessarily always united people. States, as an entity all to themselves, have rights in our union and therefore each have two senators with equal say to senators from other states.
Buttigieg says that we won’t know in the 2030’s which party would benefit. One, yes we do Pete. Two, if we don’t know which would benefit why change from the current, unless you don’t believe in states’ rights.
Buttigieg hails from Indiana. It’s a state that could be the poster child for why the electoral college is in place. It has a) below average population making the two electoral senate seats important to them, b) is driven by farming creating a need for perspective that is anything but urban (ask them right now if they want a voice in who is the next president considering the effect on the state that tariffs are having).

The 77 year old Oscar winning Streisand might be an expert on “antiquated.” It looks more and more like her party’s current front runner sure does. But she is no expert on democratic principles. She should know that what she and other left voices are advocating to eliminate this “assault on our democratic principles” is actually an assault on our democratic principles.

Aren’t the real experts our founding fathers?

Rates Fall But Stocks Don’t

Posted on August 28, 2019 by Jim Carlton

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Friends

Yields on bonds fell this morning which spooked the stock market at the open, but the bulls rallied the troops and stock buyers appeared and drove sticks higher by midday. Trading was quiet in the afternoon, but the bulls can be encouraged that they were able to hold onto the hard earned gains.

By the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 258 points to finish the day at 26,036. The S&P 500 was up 18 points to close at 2,887. Gold was down $3.10 to trade at $1,548 per ounce, while oil was up $1.00 to trade at $55.93 per barrel WTI.

As mentioned, interest rate declines have been triggering stock sell offs. Did we break that cycle today, or was it just a one day phenomenon? It will be something to watch for.

Have a nice evening everyone.

Jim

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“How” and “Why” Matter.

Posted on August 26, 2019August 26, 2019 by boom booms room staff

Journalism 101 teaches to insure that the “who”, “what”, “when”, and “where” is included in every lead of a story. Optional, but also important, is the “how” and the “why.” Getting the first four “w’s” in is relatively easy. Figuring out the how and the why is harder as it sometimes requires some interpretation.

Take late last week as an example. In a span of 48 hours on Thursday and Friday (when) President Trump (who) castigated (what) Fed Chairman Powell (who)
on Twitter (where) of not being aggressive enough with rate cuts and economic commentary. He barely took a breath, then he ORDERED American companies importing manufactured goods and the like from China (he pronounces it as CHII Nah) to find a way to bring the manufacturing back to the U.S. By mid Friday morning he announced further tariffs(import taxes) almost across the board on goods coming from across the Pacific from said China.

The result of his actions and words seems, at the outset, that Powell said nothing, American companies did nothing not already planned, and China said “we’ll see your bet, and raise you one or five.” The other result is again, at least for a day, the American stock market and those still open abroad, tumbled hard.

We think his political base added the to the story by questioning “how” he did this?

How he swung three times seemed almost petulant, petulant like a child that is. In the Trump Tower when you hold the decisions as to who gets massive building contracts and what your expectations are and when they get paid is one thing. When you ORDER (we use all caps because he did in the Tweet) American companies around you cross way too far into government attempted control on free enterprise at a minimum. At the maximum you sound like a second grader who doesn’t get his way on the playground. Plus, it’s the exact opposite of the many government regulations that he has pulled back to free businesses up.

In the tariff tiff he seems to think that he can bully China like he bullied Mexico. Maybe. Maybe not. It seems to have not worked so far.

The Powell undressing is tired. Take the repeated rants indoors already. You hired him Mr. President.

We think even his political base questioned “why” as well.

Why did he do all of the above? Well, we admit that every time he seems to have face planted off a newly built tower he actually has packed a parachute and landed just fine, and ready to fight for the American people for another cause on another day.

And, just this AM he is tweeting that China is ready to come to the table. Maybe Powell will cut again and again and sooner. And, maybe more American companies will build or rebuild factories here.

But, when how Americans feel about their investments (401k, education, house) turns south, they stay home if they voted for you prior, and turn out if they voted against you prior. The very recession talk (at this point talk) that you are trying to squash becomes self fulfilling.

The tightrope that is being walked is high, higher than most Trump Towers built. The fall would be unpleasant for all. How you walk across, and why you walk across matters greatly in the next 15 months.

On Thursday you anointed yourself as “The Chosen One” to combat the decades long China advantage in import and export tariffs. China seems to have chosen too. Their choice looks like they want to see if “The Chosen One” is chosen again in November of 2020.

A small fracture in the Trump base and someone else will need to “Keep America Great.” Perhaps there will be another “Chosen One?” Although that seems as cloudy as the smoke created from last week’s outbursts. The lead candidate against Trump was in New Hampshire, was asked about New Hampshire, and sung the praises of Delaware.

It’s another week. Can the American political leaders gaffe meter possibly keep up?

Tweet Storm Drenches Stocks

Posted on August 24, 2019 by Jim Carlton

Independent Investment Management designed to protect and grow your wealth.

Friends

Everything looked to be just fine. Despite the Chinese
announcement of additional tariffs (which sent stock futures lower right before
the open), Fed Chair Powell’s opaque speech at Jackson Hole seemed effective enough
to settle things down, and by about 9:15 stocks had actually worked their way
into positive territory. Then, the President went nuclear. He blasted Jay
Powell then declared China the “enemy” and last, but certainly not least he
wrote – “American Companies are hereby ordered to immediately start looking for
an alternatives to China…”. Now, I could be wrong, but I don’t think an
American President can order corporate America to “bring their companies home”.
Regardless, stocks collapsed and the selling got worse as the day wore on. The
demeanor of the President finally negatively affected stocks today. Many market
participants might agree with what the President is trying to accomplish, and
it’s not easy, but today the markets were unnerved by his temperament and
impulsiveness.

By the close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 623
points to finish the day at 25,628. The S&P 500 was down 75 points to close
at 2,847. Gold was up $29 to trade at $1,538 per ounce, while oil was down
$1.43 to trade at $53.92 per barrel WTI.

We appear to be in a full-fledged trade war now (well, at
least until the next tweet), but that would likely force the Fed to be even
more accommodative than they might have been already leaning. So, let’s just
catch our breath, see what the President unveils this afternoon, and prepare
for next week. Remember, headline filled days like today are not to be acted
upon. Long term investment goals are achieved through patience, planning and
determination. We’ll be back at it for you next week.

Have a great weekend everyone.

Jim

10200 Grogan’s Mill Road, Suite 340
The Woodlands, TX 77380
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info@chjwealthmanagement.com www.chjwealthmanagement.com

Investment Advisory offered through Carlton, Hofferkamp & Jenks Wealth Management, LLC (“CHJ”).

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Crazy. Crazy. Chomp. Chomp.

Posted on August 23, 2019August 23, 2019 by boom booms room staff

Are you ready for some football? Tomorrow afternoon the Florida Gators kick off the NCAA football season with the Miami Hurricanes. We can’t wait for 3pm. And, thankfully we won’t have to wait longer than that.

We won’t have to wait longer to watch the Hurricanes because we won’t need to worry about watching The Weather Channel worrying about a hurricane. Those pesky storms can get in the way of our fun this time of the year. But, so far this year so good. Tropical storm Chantal churns weakly over 500 miles off of the east coast. It’s only the third named storm this year from the east- a weak start to the season.

Another plus is that, while the game is in Florida, we assume Orlando is far enough inland that Andrew Yang considers it high enough ground in his Democratic debate plea to “move everyone to higher ground now” since it was too late in his opinion to reverse the effects of climate change.

All of which brings us to two events this week that has us puzzled. Governor Jay Inslee from the great state of Washington ended his campaign for president. Inslee’s platform started and ended with his six prong, detailed approach to a climate change solution. His fire burned out on it’s own. Meanwhile, yesterday Bernie Sanders unveiled his $16.3 trillion plan to combat climate change.

Others have put forth their plans, Elizabeth Warren among them. But her plan was a meager 2 trillion. Bernie was considered a bit crazy four years ago running against Hillary Clinton. But, in the race to crazy it seems Bernie has been left out recently in the torrential rain. No more. This plan calls for the most massive government outlay of all. Crazy indeed. Bernie chose California of all of our 50 states to chose from to announce his plan. Hmm.

Aside from all of the announced future benefits of the plan, the greatest part is that Bernie says that the plan will “pay for itself.” If you ever concern yourself with the small matter of the 22 trillion and counting debt that this country is in, this must be relief welcomed by you much like getting electricity restored after a storm knocks yours out.

Two point three trillion dollars of the cost would come from income taxes from new jobs generated under the plan. The plan doesn’t estimate the income taxes lost by current jobs in fossil fuel industries that would be leveled like a tornado that would also be eliminated, we assume, with this plan. Another $1.2 trillion would come from reduced military expenses related to oil shipping routes. We assume(you know what happens when you assume) the military would not be redeployed in any other way.

The plan is to lower the two largest causes of U.S. harmful emissions by 71% by 2030, and “help” developing countries to lower theirs by 36% in that same time with a $200 billion appropriation. At press time no developing countries had yet commented on whether they would accept the government handout, though we assume (damn it, again) that they graciously would.

Sanders also boldly claims that his new Green New Deal will “end unemployment” based on the sheer number, estimated at 20 million, of jobs it would create. With only 6 million American workers(who want to or are capable to work) currently unemployed we will need 14 million more people here, and soon. One current problem with the clean energy economy is that a 2019 Brookings Institute study found that the workforce is “older, dominated by male workers, and lacks racial diversity.” Where could we ever find them? Our guess is to look south to the border towns that are so global warming dry this time of the year. Sounds like a win win to us. Open the borders like floodgates on a climate change caused swollen Mississippi River.

And, in an effort to be even more inclusive, the plan includes $40 billion for a “climate justice resiliency fund” for under-resourced groups like Native Americans, people with disabilities, and the elderly to “prepare for climate change.” Presto, Elizabeth Warren qualifies in two of the three ways.

Sports are a great escape from all of the day to day craziness. We’re counting on the Gators. Hurricanes must be stopped by 2030. Why wait? Let’s get started Saturday.

Welcome to Fantasy Island!

Posted on August 15, 2019August 15, 2019 by boom booms room staff

We have two questions for you. One, do you believe that Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman in the assassination of John F. Kennedy? Two, do you believe Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone in the plot carried in the assassination of John F. Kennedy? Those are two questions that sound alike but are actually very different.

We have two more questions. One, do you believe that Jeffery Epstein lived his life as the luckiest pedophile and sex trafficker alone? Two, or do you believe that Jeffery Epstein had significant help along the way to being one of the biggest scumbags to ever walk on two legs on planet earth?

How do you have a personally owned fantasy island for pedophilia? How do you have a staff and a “girlfriend” complicit in procuring underaged girls? How do you have many, many “guests,” some high profile, that all are able to whistle past the long arm of the law?

How do you strike a deal with the long arm for non-prosecution that not only shielded Epstein from further prosecution, but protected his alleged co-conspirators back in 2007? I’ll scratch your back if you scratch mine and ten of my closest soon to be indicted friends who I might have video of and might be blackmailing.

But it goes on. Rearrested on 7/9/19 for more charges of the same, but outside of his plea deal details, Epstein was locked up in the NY Metropolitan Correctional Center. After what either was or not an attempted suicide on his own life three weeks ago, Epstein was placed on suicide watch. Then he was taken off of same. Why would he be judged safe from himself days after he attempted to hurt himself? So, did someone attempt to hurt him, or did he decide to hurt himself?

But it goes on. Now off of suicide watch, Epstein was locked down in an area where inmates are supposed to be checked on every 30 minutes. But, on Saturday morning in a three hour window of no checks made, he allegedly committed suicide by hanging. You can kill yourself by hanging in between 30 minute checks, but why the three hour window of supposed incompetence by his not one, but two guards? The NY Times reports that the two guards fell asleep at the same time. If one was going to sleep on the job, would they want the other to cover for them, and then vice versa? Why both simultaneously? Security tapes prove the lack of checks, but the range of the video does not span wide enough to include the actual event. Why would Epstein have access to materials that could be used to hang himself? Or did he?

But it goes on. Epstein was arrested over a month ago. Why was his St. Thomas area private island just served a warrant and searched on Monday? Wouldn’t or shouldn’t have his arrest back in July opened the doors to all of his properties for search and seizure?

But it goes on. The names tossed out by credible sources of who was on his private jet and his private island, or was his friends with possible massage benefits spans Silicon Valley, Wall St., The Capital, and a former White House resident-William Jefferson Clinton. Would any of them, along the way, have had any influence on any of the above?

Some secrets, believed to be suppressed in 2007, are best if taken to the grave. Some secrets cannot see the light of day from the grave. It is believed that Epstein had extensive video recording abilities on the island and in his NY and Florida homes.

Our answers to the above four questions? Lone gunman? Yes. Carry out the plot alone? No. Epstein acted alone? Hell no. Did said scumbag have help from other powerful scumbags in life? Hell yes.

And, did he in his death? Let’s find out. The Justice Department has been sleeping on this rancid mess for a lot longer than those two guards. May the truth be told.

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