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TheRickles

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12. Thank you for this excellent summary, which I will be sharing far and wide. But....

Reply to radical noodle (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 12:50 PM

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One thing I still don't get - what did Donald Barr see in Epstein that led him to hire such a completely unqualified faculty member in the first place? Did Epstein have some influence via his own family of origin, did he seduce Barr, etc.? Something still seems missing from the narrative, whatever it was that got the ball rolling. I don't remember Whitney Webb mentioning this detail, but maybe I missed it.

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Epstein timeline and the people who built him [View all] radical noodle Monday OP

Rec x1000 Easterncedar Monday #1

Digging deeper and deeper into his contacts and mentors radical noodle Monday #3

This is a really excellent and valuable summary Easterncedar Monday #2

I thought so too. I hoped it would be noticed radical noodle Monday #4

Thanks for doing this! Easterncedar Monday #5

KR&B. This is an excellent summary. ms liberty Monday #6

It certainly helps with perspective, I think n/t radical noodle Monday #8

The very trite saying, "follow the money," applies 100% here. Ocelot II Monday #7

Exactly, and the way he always escaped accountability radical noodle Monday #9

Interesting but I would strongly caution angrychair Monday #10

Of course we do not know nearly all of it radical noodle Monday #15

Absolutely disgusted KNR and bookmarking. niyad Monday #11

Thank you for this excellent summary, which I will be sharing far and wide. But.... TheRickles Monday #12

My guess is something like how Schindler got started LT Barclay Monday #16

Maybe, but how would Epstein ever cross paths with Barr? TheRickles Monday #17

Another movie reference: maybe Epstein learned early how to see a desire and fill it like Risky Business? LT Barclay Yesterday #27

That's a question I've never heard an answer to radical noodle Monday #22

Ghislaine knows who Wild blueberry Monday #13

K&R 2naSalit Monday #14

Thank you for this. Various pieces of this had me wonder how he built wealth or got into such so far. It's clear that... themaguffin Monday #18

We are still missing many details - but the properties need to be torn apart TBF Monday #19

One other thing though, not sure if it's because the writer is conservative, but trump is too big to be left out of the themaguffin Monday #20

Perhaps because we don't know when or what trump did yet radical noodle Monday #23

Very interesting thanks Tree Lady Monday #21

Infinity Rec WiVoter Monday #24

K&R. Wednesdays Monday #25

K & R nt Javaman Yesterday #26

Kickin' Faux pas 16 hrs ago #28

The Rothschilds should be in this timeline RussBLib 16 hrs ago #29

I did a search on the files radical noodle 4 hrs ago #30