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‘Despicable relic’: Epstein, Maxwell’s little black book scares off collectors

This little black book is too hot to handle.

Auction houses, collectors and true-crime experts see a limited market for Jeffrey Epstein’s “creepy” phone book listing names and numbers of the rich and famous. The scandalous book was used as evidence to help convict the late pedophile’s madam Ghislaine Maxwell this week for trafficking underaged girls for sex.

“It is unfathomable that Heritage Auctions or any other reputable auction house would ever offer such a despicable relic,” said Robert Wilonsky, spokesman for Dallas-based Heritage, which also has a location in Midtown.

“I wouldn’t buy it. Way too creepy for me,” celebrity Las Vegas pawnbroker Rick Harrison of History Channel’s “Pawn Stars” told The Post.

“But I’m sure Bill Clinton would pay millions for it,” he laughed. The former president was a known guest at Epstein’s Florida mansion.

One version of the book, a 92-page collection of typed contacts compiled by Maxwell and Epstein, was leaked by Gawker in 2015, and includes names and phone numbers of more than 1,000 celebrities, politicians and titans of business, including Prince Andrew, Alec Baldwin, Tony Blair, and Michael Bloomberg. Gawker claimed it found the directory in court documents.

The individuals listed in Epstein’s book have not been accused of or associated with any of Epstein’s or Maxwell’s crimes.

At least two copies of the directory existed. Staff at Epstein’s Palm Beach mansion were told to make sure there was a copy of the directory at both his and Maxwell’s bedsides, according to evidence submitted by prosecutors in her trial.

Prosecutors are expected to hold the directory used in the trial in a secure location pending an appeal from Maxwell. Its future after the appeals process is uncertain. Judge Alison Nathan ruled earlier this month that only a limited amount of material from the British socialite’s contacts book would be released under seal.

Experts say the Epstein/Maxwell directory seeps into the realm of “murderabilia” — collectibles associated with heinous crimes which kills their value. Decades later, removed from the news of the times, the value of such items often grows.

“I’m not sure a lot of people would be comfortable offering it,” said Joshua Mann of B&B Rare Books in Manhattan.

The limited potential market for the black book appears to contradict an insatiable demand for celebrity collectibles, one in which even Elvis Presley’s soiled undies can net $8,000.

Maxwell was convicted Wednesday on five of six charges, including sex-trafficking of minors, which carries a maximum sentence of 40 years.

https://nypost.com/2022/01/01/epstein-maxwells-little-black-book-scares-off-collectors/

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Republican Representative Threatens Hillary Clinton, Eric Holder, With Prison If Party Wins In 2022

The majority of analysts in the world of politics believe that Republicans are going to win back control of the House of Representatives in 2022, and some believe that they will use the opportunity to get revenge on Democrats for what they have done when they had the House.

Florida Rep. Kat Cammacksaid, in an exclusive interview, that some Democrats could be headed to prison, Breitbart News reported.

“When we take the House back in the 118th, first and foremost, we are going to be focused on accountability, people need to go to jail,” she said at Turning Point USA’s AmericaFest in Phoenix, Arizona.

“I’m talking about the Hillary Clintons of the world, I’m talking about the Eric Holders, I’m talking about all these people who have continued to cause strife and division, break the law, subvert the Rule of Law, and they have never been held accountable,” the congresswoman said.

“We’re going to go after the origins of COVID-19, we’re going to be looking at how we can earn the trust of the American people back,” she said. “Because for so long, there has been two standards: one for thee, and then rules for the other people that don’t have power, that aren’t well-connected.”

She said she wants the new Congress to investigate election integrity and other issues including “all of the issues we’ve had in years past that have gone unresolved, like Benghazi.”

https://conservativebrief.com/republican-prison-57254/?utm_source=CB&utm_medium=PP

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CNN Caught Lying About Omicron Deaths

Journalist Dan Cohen of MintPress News recently discovered that public officials like Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo and media representatives had reported that a man in Texas became the first American to die from the Omicron variant. But when Cohen checked with the Harris County Public Health Department he discovered that the truth was quite different.

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/cnn-caught-lying-about-omicron-deaths/

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University loses 77TB of research data due to backup error

By Bill Toulas December 30, 2021

The Kyoto University in Japan has lost about 77TB of research data due to an error in the backup system of its Hewlett-Packard supercomputer.

The incident occurred between December 14 and 16, 2021, and resulted in 34 million files from 14 research groups being wiped from the system and the backup file.

After investigating to determine the impact of the loss, the university concluded that the work of four of the affected groups could no longer be restored.

All affected users have been individually notified of the incident via email, but no details were published on the type of work that was lost.

At the moment, the backup process has been stopped. To prevent data loss from happening again, the university has scrapped the backup system and plans to apply improvements and re-introduce it in January 2022.

The plan is to also keep incremental backups - which cover files that have been changed since the last backup happened - in addition to full backup mirrors.

Supercomputing is expensive

While the details of the type of data that was lost weren't revealed to the public, supercomputer research costs several hundreds of USD per hour, so this incident must have caused distress to the affected groups.

The Kyoto University is considered one of Japan's most important research institutions and enjoys the second-largest scientific research investments from national grants.

Its research excellence and importance is particularly distinctive in the area of chemistry, where it ranks fourth in the world, while it also contributes to biology, pharmacology, immunology, material science, and physics.

We have requested Kyoto University to share more details on the incident and its impact on research groups, but we haven't heard back yet.

Japan leading the field

Japan happens to have the most powerful supercomputer in the world at the moment, called "Fugaku", operated by the Riken Center for Computational Science, in Kobe.

Fugaku is an exascale system made by Fujitsu, capable of computational performance of 442 PFLOPS. The second in the global list, IBM's "Summit", can reach a much smaller figure of 148 PFLOPS.

Fugaku cost $1.2 billion to build and has so far been used for research on COVID-19, diagnostics, therapeutics, and virus spread simulations.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/university-loses-77tb-of-research-data-due-to-backup-error/

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THE PRES & THE PEDOS Bill Clinton should face probe over Ghislaine Maxwell & Epstein ties after private jet flights, says lawyers

Luke Kenton 16:00 ET, Jan 1 2022Updated: 19:21 ET, Jan 1 2022

LEGAL experts believe Bill Clinton should face investigation over his ties to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in the wake of her prosecution.

Multiple US-barred attorneys told The Sun Online that in their view Clinton - along with other high profile associates of the pedophile couple - should be investigated by US prosecutors as they hunt for more accomplices of Epstein.

The former President is not accused of any wrongdoing, but he is known to have been a close pal of the sick sex traffickers.

Clinton flew on Epstein's jet upwards of 26 times after he left office, Epstein visited the Clinton White House at least 17 times between 1993 and 1995, and he is believed to have visited Epstein’s infamous “Pedo Island”.

Photos also surfaced earlier this year of Clinton being given a massage by Chauntae Davies - who claims she was raped by Epstein - during a trip to Africa in 2002.

Lawyers told The Sun Online how Clinton - along with everyone else who stepped foot on Epstein’s jet - should face a probe.

Clinton has always strongly denied any wrongdoing over his relationship with Epstein.

Ghislaine’s trial saw Clinton cited as a regular on Epstein’s private jet - and he was name dropped alongside other associates such as Donald Trump and Prince Andrew.

Both Trump and Andrew also deny any improper behavior over their relationship with Epstien.

Maxwell, 60, was found guilty on Wednesday of five counts of federal sex trafficking after a jury determined that she had recruited and groomed teenage girls to be sexually abused by Epstein.

And meanwhile after sex offender hanged himself inside his Manhattan jail cell after his arrest in 2019, Clinton claimed he knew "nothing about the terrible crimes" his friend had committed.

Attorney Lisa Bloom, who successfully represented eight of Epstein's accusers in civil cases against his estate, told The Sun Online that all friends and associates of Epstein and Maxwell who stepped foot on his Lolita Express should be thoroughly investigated by prosecutors.

In the wake of Maxwell's conviction, Bloom called it an "uncomfortable time" for anyone who has previously shared a close relationship with Epstein and Maxwell - who prosecutors say were “partners in crime” in grooming and sexually abusing young girls between 1994 and 2004.

Suggesting Maxwell didn't act alone, Bloom said anyone else who "participated in this massive pedophilia ring should be quaking in his or her boots."

Bloom said: "There are probably thousands of victims in total, so when you're talking about the scandal, there has to be others who were involved.

"The question is, 'who else knew they were abusing girls besides Jeffery and Ghislaine?'"

Wendy J Murphy, a former Massachusetts prosecutor who teaches sexual violence law at New England Law Boston, called on prosecutors to investigate everyone who rode on Epstein's jet "at a minimum", insisting the buck doesn't stop with Maxwell.

"The case that was presented against Maxwell almost implied that the only people she and Epstein were servicing in this ring was themselves, and we know that's not true," Murphy told The Sun.

"It feels like, at the end of the day, that there's another shoe to drop - or many shoes to drop.

“Because the people who were at least equally responsible, those providing the demand side or 'customers', have so far been given a pass or have evaded any accountability to this point."

Murphy suggested that a "new amount of energy" will be focused on the individuals who participated in the abuse during, and in the wake of Epstein victim Virginia Giuffre's civil case against Prince Andrew, should it go ahead later in 2022 as currently slated.

She said: "There's still such much we don't know, and but between now and whenever the case happens, there's a chance it will be used to divulge more of the truth and information that the public is clamoring for."

Such information, Murphy suggests, may include: "Who else was involved? Where did the abuse happen?

“How vast Esptein's enterprise was? and how Maxwell communicated with others to make the business happen?"

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https://www.the-sun.com/news/4371630/bill-clinton-ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-epstein-investigation/

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https://twitter.com/GavinNewsom/status/1477390301199093763

It's now official. California is a universal vote by mail state.

Voters in all statewide elections will receive a ballot in the mail. Those who still want to vote in person can do so.

While other states roll back access to voting – we're EXPANDING IT.

FILE - In this Nov. 1, 2020, file photo, envelopes containing ballots are shown at a San Francisco Department of Elections at a voting center in San Francisco. California's leaders are considering making voting by mail a permanent option for all of its registered voters. This year, the state required county elections officials to mail a ballot to all registered voters ahead of the election. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

latimes.com

California's universal voting by mail becomes permanent

The new law is part of an evolution of voting in the state, an effort to provide voters more options for when and where to cast their ballots.

4:24 PM · Jan 1, 2022·

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I want half a Brownie point for trying to embed. I blame the accursed laptop