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Ms. Toad

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11. You mean this Larry Summers?

Reply to Swede (Original post)

Fri Nov 14, 2025, 12:06 AM

Nov 14

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2005/02/18/what-larry-summers-said

Sorry, but I don't put much weight into what someone who suggested - in this century, that women have less intrinsic aptitude than men, and that is why they aren't well-represented in fields which historically discriminate against women.

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After Trump's disaster in Helsinki, Larry Summers texted Epstein asking if Putin had compromat on Trump. [View all] Swede Nov 13 OP

DURec leftstreet Nov 13 #1

The emails definitely tell a story. yellow dahlia Nov 13 #2

Kick dalton99a Nov 13 #3

Summers apparently texted and emailed Epstein about Tanuki Nov 13 #4

Two scumbags BeerBarrelPolka Nov 14 #15

Isn't there another side of this Helsinki disaster? FakeNoose Nov 13 #5

Thanks. This is the most plausible explanation I've read. ancianita Nov 14 #13

Epstein didn't commit suicide. Joinfortmill Nov 13 #6

Why would someone as accomplished as Summers befriend someone like Epstein? live love laugh Nov 13 #7

The fact that Summers was emailing Epstein BaronChocula Nov 13 #8

Summers was wrong LittleGirl Nov 13 #9

"He has no idea of most things." So much truth in that and now with his dementia, even what little he knew is scrambled, ShazamIam Nov 13 #10

You mean this Larry Summers? Ms. Toad Nov 14 #11

"he has no idea of most things" ecstatic Nov 14 #12

Just how many times does Epstein refer to trump as stupid? Maru Kitteh Nov 14 #14

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