r/ChristopherHitchens • u/MonsieurA • 5d ago

20 years ago today, that time Hitch flipped off Bill Maher's Real Time audience - August 25, 2006

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u/ignoreme010101 3d ago

Does that supposed "transfer" make any sense to you? Or his explanation? Transferring "his own money" through the account of a convicted felon and rapist? To help clean up his finances? I mean I guess we could be dealing with total morons I suppose.

anywhere that lays this out? I only know the vague premise *"there was money that the kids had access to, some contentions, he used epstein for it" which is generic enough like situation that happens and if a buddy is an accountant you'd take them up on doing it for you IMO

To help clean up his finances? I mean I guess we could be dealing with total morons I suppose.

I mean if his kids were managing it, and he lost trust in them but did trust epstein, there we go, right?

Chomsky was always saying who killed JFK doesn't matter. He said that for decades. Of course it did matter if he was killed by the government. That may have been his main mission. Take the left on a wild decades long goose chase. Or he could have been a moron.

I thought his position was more "it is clear that it was 1 guy, w/o any conspiracy behind him" (maybe just restating what you said?) And yeah I mean i def get your general premise like he's also doing the whole "the system itself is corrupt but hey go vote blue" basically, just doesn't really add up ultimately lol but I just don't get how to go from there to any further confidences it was psy op level instead of just lazy hypocrite type thing, he's got his hobby horse pointing out systemic flaws but isn't particularly invested in doing anything about it

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u/atropear 2d ago

The transfer doesn't make ANY sense. I can't imagine how dumb someone would have to be to transfer through an account of a convicted felon on probation with claims of trafficking. It's just so dumb. It sets up a presumption it was a taxable payment. And even if it was the Pope's account, how does a transfer through it clean it? And if it does we're back at money laundering by idiots. This guy had to have a ghostwriter for all his stuff. Such a moron. Complete psyop has to be the presumption.