Suffer me a mild tangent prior to my getting to the crux of matters herein. Things that would not even register for others speaks directly to the experience of being Black and male in the “US.” For instance we are the only people in the “US” that have a crime named after us.
Any soul that may have missed my rather dark humor I trust will find comfort in knowing they are forgiven. This concludes my brief tangent. I shall now discuss the other blackmail, the crime, the one most of “US” are familiar with. One way or another.
Six months ago, On December 10, 2024, I published a piece about respect. My words then: “As I both shudder and marvel at a world on fire, from Palestine, to Ukraine, to Syria, to Iran (the next war), to Burkina Faso, to the Taiwan straits, to the mean streets of Los Angeles, I realize that love is not the answer. Respect is.”
Yesterday’s article discussed the potential for an attack (and how) on Iran’s nuclear facilities. Six hours after publication, Smitty ordered B-2 bombers to strike those facilities. The effectiveness of the strikes is likely less than the media is propagandizing it to be. In any event it should be noted that these lethal machines were stationed at “White-man Air Force Base” in Johnson County, Missouri.
Nothing less than absolutely, speechlessly spectacular.
Blackmail?
Rumors have always existed about some entity or other blackmailing Smitty. A popular meme is that Russian President Vladimir Putin has some dirt on him. If so, I suspect there’s a bit of extortion thrown in as well. Though in all probability it is an innocent, and pure, schoolboy crush and nothing more. Or less.
My point is, Smitty is of such transactional and compromised character that he would lend himself to blackmail. His personal conduct alone would tend to validate my previously articulated assessment. A bully’s victims are not always cowards inasmuch as they are frightened, being frightened and being a coward are distinctly different things. However, a bully is always, 100 percent, a coward.
Labelization or not, Israel is the world’s number one bully. If criticized you are called names. If criticized you are demon-etized, and demonized. If criticized you are ostracized. Typically, blackmailers are bullies; as are extortionists. Therein lies the problem pertinent to my proffered inquisition albeit hypothetical, as to whether Smitty has been blackmailed.
Let us proceed.
In one of my favorite movies, The Godfather, there is a scene in which “Don” Vito Corleone tells his adopted son Tom (consigliere) to make a movie producer in Hollywood “an offer he can’t refuse.” The phrase "make him an offer he can't refuse" doesn't literally mean a monetary offer, but rather an offer that is so compelling, or backed by such power, that the recipient cannot possibly turn it down. It implies a threat or consequence if the offer is rejected. I will spare the reader the entire backstory, but those that have seen the movie know it well.
Was Smitty’s “decision” to bomb Iran resultant of blackmail? Did the Israelis, particularly Nut-and-Yahoo, threaten to use its “undeclared” nuclear weapons on Iran if Trump did not jump into its aggression and warmongering? Warmongering and mass murder, in this case, ostensibly predicated upon Iran pursuing a nuclear weapon of which there is no evidence. Further, Israel is not subject to IAEA inspections, is not a signatory, like Iran, to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, and where did it get its nukes? Just asking the questions makes me an “antisemite” by default.
That dog don’t hunt.
Did the Israeli “Jewish” control over the media, finance, the legal system and, thusly, the “US” government intimidate Smitty into taking such a perilous step? Did Israel bully the bully? Was Smitty made an offer he can’t refuse? I cannot emphatically determine such as facts but I can say this: it is entirely plausible, if not logical.
Then There Is Jeff
Jeffrey Epstein had significant connections with Israeli individuals in both the governmental and private sectors, particularly with former Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Their relationship involved substantial financial transactions and business partnerships. Their connection began in 2003 through Shimon Peres, and they met numerous times.
Epstein also invested in an Israeli startup headed by Barak. Allegations suggest Epstein might have been involved in an Israeli influence operation or acted as an "access agent" for Israeli intelligence. These claims originate from various sources, including a lawsuit and statements from a former Israeli intelligence officer.
Epstein installed concealed cameras in numerous places on his properties to allegedly record sexual activity with underage girls or prominent people for criminal purposes such as blackmail. Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein's long-term girlfriend and companion, told a friend that Epstein's private island in the Virgin Islands was completely wired for video and the friend believed that Maxwell and Epstein were videotaping everyone on the island as an insurance policy. When police raided his Palm Beach residence in 2006, two hidden cameras were discovered in his home. It was also reported that Epstein's mansion in New York was wired extensively with a video surveillance system.
Jeffrey Epstein died in prison. The official cause of death was ruled as suicide by hanging at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) in New York City on August 10, 2019. But there is “controversy” surrounding Epstein’s death which centers on the official ruling of suicide by hanging versus the widespread public skepticism and various conspiracy theories that suggest he was murdered.
Doubts
A private pathologist hired by Epstein's brother, Dr. Michael Baden, disputed the official autopsy findings, claiming that neck injuries sustained by Epstein, including fractures to his hyoid bone, were more consistent with homicidal strangulation than suicide. The New York City Medical Examiner's office, however, stood by its conclusion that the death was a suicide by hanging, stating that such fractures can occur in both suicides and homicides. It is suggested that Epstein's injuries were as consistent, if not more so, with strangulation or homicide than suicide.
Questions were raised about how Epstein, a high-profile prisoner on suicide watch following a previous attempt, could have died by suicide in a facility that was supposed to be closely monitoring him. Although prison officials later stated he had been removed from suicide watch, questions remained about the circumstances of his death. Investigations revealed that guards failed to monitor Epstein for several hours before his death, despite him being on suicide watch. Two guards were charged with falsifying records to cover up their failure to perform required checks.
Staff also allowed Epstein to have extra blankets and linens, which were used in his suicide. Security camera systems were reportedly not fully functional in the area where Epstein was held, limiting recorded video evidence. Additionally, despite the aforementioned alleged earlier suicide attempt, Epstein was not assigned a new cellmate after his original cellmate left, leaving him alone in his cell.
Epstein's connections to wealthy and powerful individuals have fueled conspiracy theories that he was murdered to prevent him from revealing damaging information about his associates. Was Smitty one of them? And is Nut-and-Yahoo privy to such damning data? After all, it was just weeks ago during Smitty’s Haitian Divorce with Elon Musk (another of Smitty’s crushes) that the estranged Musk ominously said: "Donald Trump's name is in the Jeffrey Epstein files and this is the reason those files have not been fully released to the public.” Musk stated that it was, “Time to drop the really big bomb.”
I will keep my powder dry on that one and leave you, the reader, to make whatever fun with it you like.
One Other Curious Query
Iran owns, maintains and operates significant oil fields that are developed for commerce, making it a major player in the global oil market. Iran holds the world's third-largest proved crude oil reserves and is a major oil producer within OPEC and possesses major onshore fields like Ahvaz Field, Gachsaran Field, and Marun Field. Others in the Khuzestan province are crucial to its production and the country actively extracts, refines, and exports crude oil and refined products.
Iran has an extensive infrastructure network including pipelines, refineries, and the largest oil tanker fleet in the Middle East. Despite sanctions and geopolitical tensions, Iran continues to export a significant amount of crude oil, primarily to China. So riddle me this and just thrill the hell out of me with your answer, why did the “US” and Israel (the doppelganger “US”) not bomb the oilfields and cripple the infrastructure thereof if Iran is such an exigent threat? The binary aggressors have targeted civilians, apartment buildings, homes, hospitals, schools and tents but, for some wildly weird reason, that oil and its infrastructure has been left untouched.
Stupid I am not, maybe you are, but I just look like this M.F.
Frankly, I am exasperated with Amerikan intellectual cowardice, sycophancy and overall pervasive ignorance. I am going to ask the hard questions and I am going to provide the hard answers when and where I can. I am going to hold all to account: Black People in the United States, European-Amerikans, Asians, Latinos and everyone else in between up to, and including, alien life forms. Israel starts wars, the “US” finishes them.
But even losers have to finish the game; that is how defeat is verified.
Your quandaries are valid, and if your implications are correct, the answers should be eventually revealed.
Generally, the results of blackmail are two fold.
Either the mark is fleeced and then outed, or
The mark is outed, either by self admission or by the perpetrators.
Either way, with mass public influence such as it is, your theory has legs and can run, whether true or false.
Your track record of reading the tea leaves and deciphering the outcomes is impeccable.
I do so appreciate your knowledgeable and insightful perspectives.
This one hits home for me.
PS. Regardless of his shit in the pants reasoning for entering the newest war in the middle east "again" and most likely failing to neutralize the "perceived" threat, what a dumb M.F-er.
Jeffrey Epstein? Hmm, I hadn't heard about his connections with Israel before, but....
Hmmmmmm. 🤔
And, yeah—Epstein's "suicide" has, to quote Nick Danger, Third Eye paraphrasing The Beatles, "enough holes to fill Albert Hall!"
I had wondered what Netanyahu might have promised Trump if he DIDN'T bomb Iran, but you've handed me a few more pieces I didn't have before, Rohn.
Hmmmmmmm.... 🧐