yeah but why associate with him, beginning in the 2010s, when epstein was already a notorious sex offender.
― treeship., Tuesday, 11 May 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
Because you’re an egomaniac with a zillion dollars and get away with everything? Given the lack of downside, why not?
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 11 May 2021 20:10 (two years ago) link
maybe
― treeship., Tuesday, 11 May 2021 20:11 (two years ago) link
I hope that’s true but my sense is that outside of vaccine conspiracists he is generally thought of as a benevolent dude who has given his fortune away
Sadly true yes, gets brought up in "the ultra rich aren't all bad" discussions by supposedly otherwise intelligent people in a way that Bezos or Zuckerberg never do.
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 12 May 2021 09:42 (two years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/16/business/bill-melinda-gates-divorce-epstein.html
On at least a few occasions, Mr. Gates pursued women who worked for him at Microsoft and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, according to people with direct knowledge of his overtures. In meetings at the foundation, he was at times dismissive toward his wife, witnesses said.And then there was Jeffrey Epstein, whom Mr. Gates got to know beginning in 2011, three years after Mr. Epstein, who faced accusations of sex trafficking of girls, pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor. Ms. French Gates had expressed discomfort with her husband spending time with the sex offender, but Mr. Gates continued doing so, according to people who were at or briefed on gatherings with the two men.
And then there was Jeffrey Epstein, whom Mr. Gates got to know beginning in 2011, three years after Mr. Epstein, who faced accusations of sex trafficking of girls, pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor. Ms. French Gates had expressed discomfort with her husband spending time with the sex offender, but Mr. Gates continued doing so, according to people who were at or briefed on gatherings with the two men.
For years, Mr. Gates continued to go to dinners and meetings at Mr. Epstein’s home, where Mr. Epstein usually surrounded himself with young and attractive women, said two people who were there and two others who were told about the gatherings.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Sunday, 16 May 2021 20:30 (two years ago) link
does not sounds like an amicable divorce
― treeship., Sunday, 16 May 2021 21:00 (two years ago) link
Some of the employees said that while they disapproved of Mr. Gates’s behavior, they did not perceive it to be predatory. They said he did not pressure the women to submit to his advances for the sake of their careers, and he seemed to feel that he was giving the women the space to refuse his advances.
why not look for sidea action discreetly *outside* your own workplace then?
― treeship., Sunday, 16 May 2021 21:04 (two years ago) link
Well, he did become buddies with Epstein
― Vinnie, Monday, 17 May 2021 02:44 (two years ago) link
yeah but why associate with him, beginning in the 2010s, when epstein was already a notorious sex offender.― treeship., Tuesday, May 11, 2021 4:03 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglinkBecause you’re an egomaniac with a zillion dollars and get away with everything? Given the lack of downside, why not?― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, May 11, 2021 4:10 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglinkmaybe― treeship., Tuesday, May 11, 2021 4:11 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
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― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, May 11, 2021 4:10 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
― treeship., Tuesday, May 11, 2021 4:11 PM (six days ago) bookmarkflaglink
lol, posts vmic hof, imo.
― Deicide at Chuck E. Cheese (PBKR), Monday, 17 May 2021 17:25 (two years ago) link
Bill Gates hoped Jeffrey Epstein would help him land the Nobel Prize, "which is what Bill wants more than anything else in the world,” ex-foundation staffer tells us. With @LachCartwright https://t.co/SAwuMyqgfd via @thedailybeast— kate briquelet (@kbriquelet) May 18, 2021
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 22:25 (two years ago) link
the nobel prize for dumbness maybe
― treeship., Tuesday, 18 May 2021 22:43 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4D2qcbu26gs
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 18 May 2021 22:45 (two years ago) link
Citizen Pane
― If you value Vox, we have an axe (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 03:21 (two years ago) link
Imagine you’re an incomprehensibly wealthy old man and want some strange…do you:A) make friends with another old rich guy who is obviously sex-trafficking minors?B) hit on people at work?C) both A and B?D) try to think of literally any other options, fail, and go with C?
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 03:42 (two years ago) link
Bill Gates alone, in line at Dick's, wanting some strange.
― If you value Vox, we have an axe (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 04:03 (two years ago) link
Bachelor sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein gave Bill Gates advice on ending his marriage with Melinda after the Microsoft co-founder complained about her during a series of meetings at the money manager’s mansion, according to two people familiar with the situation.Gates used the gatherings at Epstein’s $77 million New York townhouse as an escape from what he told Epstein was a “toxic” marriage, a topic both men found humorous.The billionaire met Epstein dozens of times starting in 2011 and continuing through to 2014 mostly at the financier’s Manhattan home — a substantially higher number than has been previously reported.Gates, in turn, encouraged Epstein to rehabilitate his image in the media following his 2008 guilty plea for soliciting a minor for prostitution, and discussed Epstein becoming involved with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Gates used the gatherings at Epstein’s $77 million New York townhouse as an escape from what he told Epstein was a “toxic” marriage, a topic both men found humorous.
The billionaire met Epstein dozens of times starting in 2011 and continuing through to 2014 mostly at the financier’s Manhattan home — a substantially higher number than has been previously reported.
Gates, in turn, encouraged Epstein to rehabilitate his image in the media following his 2008 guilty plea for soliciting a minor for prostitution, and discussed Epstein becoming involved with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jeffrey-epstein-gave-bill-gates-advice-on-how-to-end-toxic-marriage-sources-say
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 05:29 (two years ago) link
The Melinda camp really letting loose huh
― Clara Lemlich stan account (silby), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 05:34 (two years ago) link
D) try to think of literally any other options, fail, and go with C?
I can’t see how he’d fail. Some people would likely get with him out of curiosity, for the “story.”
― treeship., Wednesday, 19 May 2021 09:43 (two years ago) link
you misread that sentence
― bobo honkin' slobo babe (sic), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 09:59 (two years ago) link
Oh he failed to think of alternatives gotchu
― treeship., Wednesday, 19 May 2021 10:00 (two years ago) link
I'm beginning to think that making piles and piles and piles of money may magnify the impact of your moral failings
― 80's hair metal , and good praise music ! (DJP), Wednesday, 19 May 2021 13:58 (two years ago) link
https://newrepublic.com/article/162451/bill-gates-matt-gaetz-jeffrey-epstein-sex-trafficking
On the Gates Foundation’s war on poor sex workers while Billy pals around with an actual sex trafficker.
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Tuesday, 25 May 2021 15:03 (two years ago) link
Every "Rich Person" isn't an oligarch in the public discourse regardless of what we "intellectuals" may think. Oligarchs are evil businessmen who oppress the masses. Good luck convincing people Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos are Oligarchs even if they fit the textbook definition— Dr. Jason Johnson (@DrJasonJohnson) February 4, 2020
― Joe Bombin (milo z), Friday, 28 May 2021 20:28 (two years ago) link