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In reply to the discussion: Jeffrey Epstein Found Injured in NYC Jail Cell After Possible Suicide Attempt or Assault: Sources [View all]Jedi Guy
(3,260 posts)82. Dead man's switch or dead man's hand.
Scarily enough, the concept exists in the real world in other ways. The Soviet Union supposedly had (and Russia supposedly has it today) a system called either "Perimeter" or "Dead Hand."
The basic idea was that if all of the leadership folks were dead, this automated system would launch all the nukes at preset targets. That way even if the US managed a successful decapitation strike, there'd still be a response and thus, mutually assured destruction.
Good times with nuclear weapons...
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Jeffrey Epstein Found Injured in NYC Jail Cell After Possible Suicide Attempt or Assault: Sources [View all]
DangerousRhythm
Jul 2019
OP
Leave his ass in jail and in solitary and not in general population and put him on
iluvtennis
Jul 2019
#37
I hope he gets a repeated dose of the activities he purpertrated on all those young girls
southerncrone
Jul 2019
#35
I vote to isolate him and set up a live webcam so we can all keep an eye on him.
eggplant
Jul 2019
#12
Wonder if he staged it as an attempt to get the court to reconsider granting him bail or to try and
cstanleytech
Jul 2019
#14
Maybe they should send in some more children he can defile, degrade, debase, corrupt, slime.
Judi Lynn
Jul 2019
#15
More on Nic recently, caught with a phone, cannot post the articles at present..
Anon-C
Jul 2019
#31
For one he is appealing his bail denial plus I am sure there are a boatload of other appeals either
cstanleytech
Jul 2019
#24
I'm thinking he knows too much and will either disappear or be killed 'accidentally.'
PatrickforO
Jul 2019
#30
I guess that monster was missing the good wifi and internet of his former
FailureToCommunicate
Jul 2019
#62