It happens to most people now and then: that random thought that flashes through your mind for no apparent reason, and then becomes reality a short time later. Like thinking about someone you haven’t seen in ages, who then suddenly calls because they’re going to be in your area and would like to get together. Or you have a dream about dogs, and the next day your spouse comes home with a stray puppy.

It doesn’t mean you have supernatural powers; but it feels eerie enough to make you wonder if you might.

I haven’t been following the saga of the Epstein Files in detail because, as I said some time ago, I don’t do smut. But in an article I posted yesterday (“When You’e On a Losing Streak, It Never Seems to End”), I joked that I could imagine Donald Trump scouring the files for any mentions of foreign officials he might use as leverage to settle disputed political issues. It honestly had not occurred to me that Jeffrey Epstein’s reach extended that far — with the exception of the former Prince Andrew, that is.

Then as I was perusing the evening news, I came across two articles that made me ask myself, once again, whether there might be something to this ESP thing after all. The articles were about two very prominent Europeans whose names had appeared in the Epstein files.

The first, rather shockingly, involved Crown Princess Mette-Marit of Norway: a commoner with a four-year-old son when she married Crown Prince Haakon, and now in line to become queen when her husband accedes to the throne.

The latest files released by the U.S. Department of Justice contain hundreds of mentions of the Crown Princess, including emails that, while not necessarily indicative of any illegal or improper action on her part, clearly demonstrate a friendly relationship with Epstein, which she now acknowledges constituted “poor judgment.”

The Princess has issued a statement saying, “I showed poor judgement [sic] and regret having any contact with Epstein at all. It is simply embarrassing.” She further expressed her “deep sympathy and solidarity with the victims of the abuses committed by Jeffrey Epstein.” [Paul Kirby, BBC, February 2, 2026.]

In a world where the rich and powerful are almost certain to run into one another at some point, and to find common ground in business or social spheres, it should not surprise us to see virtually anyone’s name in those files. That cannot possibly mean that they were all involved in his sordid, criminal activities.

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The second story involves the national security adviser to Robert Fico — Slovakia’s Putin-friendly, hardliner prime minister.

The man in question is Miroslav Lajcak, 62, who submitted his resignation on Saturday in the wake of the release of three million new files by the U.S. Justice Department. Again, while the files reportedly do not show any wrongdoing on Lajcak’s part, they do call into question his suitability for the position of national security adviser.

In one text exchange — sounding more like a conversation between two seriously hormonal teenage boys — Lajcak and Epstein have this titillating discussion about a forthcoming meeting between Lajcak and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, and about some females in an image sent by Epstein (not visible in the record):

Lajcak: “Why don’t you invite me for these games? I would take the ‘MI’ girl.”

Epstein: “Who wouldn’t. You can have them both, I am not possessive. And their sisters.”

Epstein then requests that Lajcak ask Lavrov to get him a tee shirt featuring Lavrov with Vitali Churkin, a Russian ambassador to the UN who had died the year before:

Epstein: “You get the tee shirt. Then you get the girls.” [Lajcak agrees.] “No kidding, their sisters are both swimming in the pool.”

Lajcak: “That’s not fair!”

Epstein: “Though they’re all under 30. So. Probably too young for you. Or should I say under 50.”

Lajcak: “Don’t be mean. You don’t know me in action.” [Aleks Phillips, BBC, February 1, 2026.]

Lajcak initially denied discussing women with Epstein, but later said he had decided to resign to avoid damaging Fico’s position. And Fico, while accepting the resignation, described Lajcak as “an incredible source of experience in diplomacy and foreign policy,” He further said that the outrage expressed by Slovakia’s citizens over the revelations was “an attack against me. I have not seen so much hypocrisy in his criticism for a long time, and from all sides.” [Id.]

Which makes one wonder about Robert Fico’s standards of appropriate behavior. But that’s a whole other issue.

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Well, enough wading in the slime of the so-called “upper classes.” Having been bombarded with this Epstein sh*t for so many weeks now, I am happier than ever to be just plain me.

Although I still may be psychic.

Just sayin’ . . .

Brendochka
2/3/26