{"id":193244,"date":"2019-08-15T06:21:16","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T06:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=193244"},"modified":"2019-08-17T05:47:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T05:47:13","slug":"jeffrey-epstein-cognitive-dissonance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=193244","title":{"rendered":"Jeffrey Epstein &#038; Cognitive Dissonance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>henrymakow.com \u2013 Aug 14, 2019<\/strong><\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_193245\" style=\"width: 550px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Epstein-Trump.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193245\" class=\"wp-image-193245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Epstein-Trump-1024x817.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Epstein-Trump-1024x817.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Epstein-Trump-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Epstein-Trump-768x613.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Epstein-Trump.jpg 1125w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-193245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Trump, a rather vulnerable looking young Ivanka and Epstein. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<h5><strong>Cognitive dissonance is when <em><u>what you are told<\/u><\/em> does not correspond to<em> <u>what you see<\/u>.<\/em> We do not yet know\u00a0why Epstein was arrested, and then murdered or allowed to escape\u00a0but one thing is sure, it contributes to a sense of cognitive dissonance in the public and a growing distrust of government and reality itself. Could this be deliberate?\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>by Henry Makow PhD<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h5><strong>Cognitive dissonance is a big part of US politics. <\/strong>I am going to\u00a0illustrate this by listing a few examples related to the Epstein case, and\u00a0a few general examples.<\/h5>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<h5>People have known about Epstein&#8217;s pedophile sex trafficking for decades but there were no charges. A sweetheart deal was made in 2008. Why did the authorities finally decide to get serious in 2019?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2019-08-13\/where-heck-ghislaine-maxwell\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">Why hasn&#8217;t Ghislaine Maxwell been charged? <\/span><\/a>She is as guilty as Epstein. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7352813\/Ghislaine-Maxwell-consort-Jeffrey-Epstein-living-mansion-outside-Boston.html\">She is in the US.<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>\n<h5>Epstein&#8217;s lawyers <a href=\"https:\/\/needtoknow.news\/2019\/08\/jeffrey-epsteins-lawyers-requested-that-he-be-removed-from-suicide-watch\/\">&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">requested he be removed from suicide watch<\/span>&#8220;<\/a> and the warden agreed? This after he supposedly tried to commit suicide? Surely this was a preliminary step to murder or suicide.<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li>\n<div id=\"attachment_193247\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/news\/2019\/08\/shirley-skipper-scott\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193247\" class=\"wp-image-193247\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/shirley-skipper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/shirley-skipper.jpg 452w, https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/shirley-skipper-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-193247\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Warden Shirley Skipper Scott makes Illuminati hand sign. Click for &#8216;5 Fast Facts You Need to Know&#8217; about her<\/p><\/div>\n<h5>Epstein was the most high profile prisoner in the history of the US. If the warden did nothing else, she would ensure his security. Having bungled this, the warden was merely &#8220;transferred&#8221;? Obviously, she was complicit in whatever transpired. Similarly, we are supposed to believe <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2019\/08\/14\/jail-guards-assigned-to-watch-epstein-were-sleeping-before-his-death\/?utm_source=reddit.com\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">guards &#8220;fell asleep&#8221; on the job?<\/span>\u00a0<\/a> We&#8217;re supposed to believe<a href=\"https:\/\/thefreedomarticles.com\/epstein-death-evidence-so-far\/?owa_medium=feed&amp;owa_sid\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\"> they couldn&#8217;t put CCTV cameras in the cell or they were not functioning?<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ol start=\"5\">\n<li>\n<h5>Attorney General William Barr&#8217;s father <a href=\"https:\/\/www.henrymakow.com\/2019\/08\/barr-has-disturbing-ties-to-epstein.html\"><span style=\"color: #ffff00;\">had a longstanding relationship with Epstein<\/span>.<\/a> Are we to believe Barr doesn&#8217;t?<\/h5>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>GENERAL EXAMPLES\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.henrymakow.com\/2019\/08\/epstein-an-cognitive-dissonance.html\">Continues \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Epstein &#8220;suicide&#8221; defies belief. Is that the point? To shake our faith in reality? Out of chaos comes NWO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[61,58,93],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193244","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-Commentary","category-Current_Affairs","category-historic-sexual-abuse"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193244","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=193244"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193244\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193317,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193244\/revisions\/193317"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=193244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=193244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=193244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}