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Further proof that Europe and America follow different standards of justice with the news today that police in London have arrested Peter Mandelson, Britain’s former ambassador to the United States, who has been under investigation for his relationship with notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Lord Mandelson, 72, was arrested on suspicion of misconduct as well as fucking underage girls. Here in America, the odds on any of these fucktards being arrested are slim to none.

Next a General?

On a recent conference call, Omnicom CEO John Wren said the company has now determined that it can double the size of achieved synergies to $1.5 billion over the next 30 months. About $900 million in synergies will be achieved in 2026. About $1 billion of the total synergies will be labor-related, including eliminating duplicative roles, offshoring and automation. The remainder will come from operational efficiencies and real estate consolidations. In other words… There’s going to be a shitload of layoffs!!!

Welcome to Omnicom.

We are told by AdAge that NBA 2K, the basketball video game company, has hired Goodby Silverstein & Partners as its creative agency of record following a competitive pitch as the franchise evolves from a traditional annual release into a continuously marketed gaming ecosystem. Whatever the fuck that means. All I know is that after all the recent mergers, re-names and general fuck ups in the ad biz, GS+P remains the best agency in America.

Old geezers rule!!!

To quote the New York Times… “The arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor underscores a striking contrast between the United Kingdom and the United States in the official response to the Epstein files. British authorities have moved aggressively to investigate the possibility of crimes emerging from the three million pages of correspondence with Mr. Epstein. In the U.S., some business executives have resigned, but police have not take action like they have in Britain.”

Jesus approves…

CNN’s Anderson Cooper of Anderson Cooper 360° just resigned himself from CBS’s 60 Minutes. Cooper ended the arrangement that allowed him to appear on both outlets just a few months after the CBS News side of that arrangement was taken over by Bari Weiss, appointed by David Ellison, chief of CBS owner Paramount, who was appointed by his dad Larry Ellison, one of the world’s most evil men, who I had the misfortune to meet with when I freelanced on the Oracle account.

A total Japo-Fucktard!

The contrast is striking: In Europe, some people whose names come up in the Epstein files are facing severe consequences — but here in the U.S., not so much. European royals, government officials, politicians and others are losing jobs and titles over their connection to Jeffrey Epstein. European law enforcement agencies are opening investigations based on recent troves of documents released by the U.S. government. Prominent Americans with apparent ties to Jeffrey Epstein — including Der Trumpf and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick— have almost all kept their positions of power.

Maybe I should emigrate to America.

Actually, if you go back a couple of thousand years, there was a lot of it around. Researchers in Turkey say they have unearthed archaeological evidence that the Romans used human feces in medical treatments. Proving that if you throw enough of it against the wall, some of it will stick!

Yes you can!

Der Trumpf continues to fuck Canada with news that the Gordie Howe International Bridge, which would connect Ontario and Michigan and would be a vital economic artery between the two countries, is scheduled to open in early 2026. But Trump has now threatened to block the bridge from being opened, calling for Canada to agree to a litany of unspecified demands as the two nations prepare to renegotiate a sprawling trade pact later this year. He has also claimed in a 2.00am rant that Canada’s recent trade deal with China will lead to China banning ice hockey in the 51st state.

Chinese hockey!

The current furor over Der Trumpf’s posting of a video on his pathetic “Truth Social,” media platform depicting Barack and Michelle Obama as apes, reminded me of an unfortunate incident back in the 80’s when I was working on the Xerox account at Y&R, New York.

I had come up with a campaign titled “Rick & Richard.” It featured Rick, a scientist at Xerox PARC, the famous research establishment that had invented everything from computer graphics to local area networking to the mouse. Richard was his assistant who checked the user friendliness of Ricks creations. Richard was also a chimpanzee and was the grandson of the chimpanzee who starred in the commercial that PKL, New York, created to launch the Xerox 914, the world’s very first dry copier back in the early 60’s.

The “Rick & Richard” campaign was enthusiastically received at both Y&R and Xerox, but before final clearance I had to present it to the Xerox Board of Directors. They all seemed to like it with the exception of one sour faced individual who raised his hand and pronounced… “We cannot run that.” I asked him why. “It has a monkey in it.” he replied. “That’s the point” I responded, “It demonstrates how easy everything is to use.” “We cannot run it” he persisted. I again asked him why. “Because many of the workers in our factory are black” he responded. There was a moment of silence, then I jumped up, shouted “My wife is black!” (she wasn’t) and ran out of the room. Needless to say, “Rick & Richard” never saw the light of day.

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A prince, an ambassador, senior diplomats, top politicians. All brought down by the Epstein files. And all in Europe, rather than the United States. The huge trove of Epstein documents released by the U.S. Department of Justice (with another two million yet to come) has sent shock waves through Europe’s political, economic and social elites — dominating headlines, ending careers and spurring political and criminal investigations. Meanwhile, back in the US… Next to nothing. Gotta take care of the rich fuckers and to hell with the victims.

Let them eat caviar!