Marcus Epstein’s Facebook Adventure
The Marcus Epstein story just keeps getting better and better. We reported that the Tom Tancredo staffer lost his spot at UVA Law school after he slapped a woman in the head after using a racial epithet.
How do you top getting drunk and slapping black women? Talking Points Memo found Epstein’s facebook photo album from his trip to Ethiopia. Facebook has removed the page, but one of the screen caps is preserved over at Gawker.
The Gawker pic has him regarding Ethiopian art. His caption is:
It’s no Sistine Chapel, but you know what Samuel Johnson said about a Dog walking on it’s [sic] hind legs.
We at Above the Law have seen the full photo album, but Facebook is an angry God. We don’t want to get banned from its precincts.
We’ll share more photo captions after the jump.
My personal favorite is the picture of Epstein looking at some baboons. His caption reads:
Mixing with the locals.
There’s another lovely photo of a couple of camels with saddles on their backs. Epstein quips:
There’s a picture of me being a camel jockey somewhere, I need to get that up stat.
Get it! Camel jockeys are like regular jockeys, only they ride camels! ROFL. Hi-larious.
Epstein also has witty remarks about non-Ethiopians. In a picture of a monument, where Epstein’s dad is also shown, Epstein shares this thought:
Mussolini took this during his occupation of Ethiopia, and the girly men who run Italy just gave it back. Viva Lega Nord.
Even without seeing the pictures, you guys get the picture.
In fairness, his views are his own, and he’s entitled to have them. He’s entitled to have them and go to law school if he wishes.
But he is not entitled to karate-chop women in the head while screaming the N-word. As one commenter said:
I sensed very high levels of douchiness in Epstein just from looking at his picture. Knowing he likes to drop the n-word and slap women, his status as complete douchebag is confirmed, and on top of being a giant douche, he is a total f******* pussy (as is ANY guy who hits a women)
His Ethiopian photo album only becomes relevant in the context of these larger issues.
What is the next step for Marcus Epstein? UVA Law has turned him down, but Tom Tancredo seems happy to keep him around.
If Epstein would like to speak out, someone should send him my email. I know a great Ethiopian restaurant in D.C.
Really Far Out There [TPM]
Hate Crime Kid Had Lovely Africa Trip [Gawker]
Earlier: UVA Law Is Set to Won’t Welcome Tom Tancredo Staffer Guilty of Hate Crimes
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first to say who cares?
First to say that this would never happen in Texas.
Locke Lord SMU master
Don't go to lawschool, bud. Your career is over. Find something else to do. You are amazingly stupid to put that stuff up on facebook....
He could apply to Regent Law. I think they'd welcome him.
ATL is now officially Elie’s personal stalking blog. Tell us what you found after sifting through his trash, Mystttal.
What a douchebag.
In fact, here you go, kid. Take this. You need to off yourself more than I do.
John McCain could use a guy like Epstein.
Now that he isn't going to law school, all I can say is...
THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS FOR JOHN MCCAIN!
He called him "Macaca!'
P.S. Regarding Ethopian restaurants, is Elie talking about Zed?
This is actually much, much funnier than the New Yorker cartoon post. The poor fool.
Speaking of people who don't become lawyers, can anybody find "Elie Mystal" on the New York State bar site?
http://iapps.courts.state.ny.us/attorney/AttorneySearch
If he worked at Debevoise NYC, why can't we find him? Did he even pass the bar exam? Even Evan Jowers is on there, as a former lawyer.
Louis Zaccareli approves of this.
This isn't the result of Elie's "stalking" - it was already on Gawker and TPM (which together have traffic much higher than ATL's).
Camel jockeys are real!
11. Just to nip this right here, I have no idea why I'm not listed. My bar stuff has lapsed, but it should still say "delinquent." But it doesn't.
I can't say I really care, but I also can't say I know what is going on.
--Elie
I wish he would try to slap me or my GF! Only idiots do not realize what constitues public domain. He deserves all things negative that happen to him.
I wish he would try to slap me or my GF! Only idiots do not realize what constitues public domain. He deserves all things negative that happen to him.
Is he an Eskimo? Because he sure looks like an Eskimo to me.
This reminds of the legendary YouTube clip in which an Eastern European dude goes absolutely apeshit on a couple of drunks, after one of them slaps his GF in the street. Yall's know what I'm talking about?
Too bad Epstein did not receive an viral video beatdown.
It's only nipped in the bud if the commenters drop it, Elie... but will they?
Not sure why Epstein is criticizing the art - in the picture it looks like a good example of Christian iconography. You'd see quite a bit of that in the Vatican Museum around the Sistine Chapel, and throughout Europe, Russia and North Africa.
Rather than an occasion to mock Africans, it seems more apropos to note the rich cultural connections once shared between the peoples of the Mediterranean.
Mystal, I do believe there is an insidious plot afoot to wipe out your very existence. I would be careful if I were you.
Angelo DeStefano
I respect Marcus Epstein. This is actually how many southern "gentlemen" at places like UVA still think, but only Epstein has the balls to come out and say it. So you gotta respect him for that.
Why does anyone care about any of this? Seems like a personal campaign by Elie.
Why does anyone care about any of this? Seems like a personal campaign by Elie to ruin this guy.
Hire this man immediately!
Evan Chesler
11 and MysTTTal,
As a friend once told me, sometime you eat the bar and sometimes the bar eats you. MysTTTal ate the bar and they didn't invite him back.
Take it easy,
The Dude
Epstein is the future child of the Dealbreaker ad couple.
21 --
You sound like a reasonable person with a basic understanding of art, anthropology and history.
That's the difference between you, me, most people and this jerk. Oh, and the obvious lack of maturity on Epstein's part. I've heard more sophisticatedly and maturely articulated racist comments (in form, at least).
Overt racism is not a career enhancing move.
In fact, it's not a life enhancing move.
Insensate recklessness combined with being fat and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
Mystal, are you wearing push up bra? You moobs look magnificent.
25,
(a) seems like a guy worth ruining.
(b) TPM and Gawker, sites with much more traffic, have been flogging this. If this guy is ruined because these revelation, it certainly isn't Elie's doing.
(c) It seems like a lot of people need to CTFO. This seems like an amusing story (clueless racist) that would serve as a nice daytime distraction for ATL readers.
- not 25
People should really be more careful about what they put on Facebook. I would wager just about everyone here has said a racist joke or the like which they would not want reported, but hopefully most of us are smart enough to keep it off the net.
Narf!!!
Is it racist that I call every African American woman I meet, Shabeefa?
So, he is a bit bigoted. So what? You all love Archie Bunker, so why are people giving him a hard time? We are ALL bigoted in some form, let people be.
33 -- well sure, but I think working for a cryto racist PAC AND beating up black woman for no reason other than that she was black are what got this guy in the spotlight.
Actually, the more I read about the story the more it seems that this kid was 'outed' because people started scrutinizing his boss' PAC after his boss called the La Raza the Latino KKK. After all, UVA hadn't gotten wind of this kid's past as recently as April (he was admit day).
This guy is a piece of trash, but why is this worthy of a headline story?
Well, when I went off to college, the guys I used to hang with were pumping gas and voting Democrat. Today they're still pumping gas and voting Democrat. Guess the Democrats didn't do much for them.
Think this is a perfectly appropriate story. Little twerp thought he was being funny and wanted to broadcast what a drole little envelope pusher he was. That's just been taken to its logical extension.
I'm sure this "gentleman" will end up fine. These people tend to take care of their own.
"Actually, the more I read about the story the more it seems that this kid was 'outed' because people started scrutinizing his boss' PAC after his boss called the La Raza the Latino KKK. After all, UVA hadn't gotten wind of this kid's past as recently as April (he was admit day). "
Yet another victim of the Vast Left-Wing Conspiracy?
HEY ELIE -- Here's a story:
Obama DoJ supports voter intimidation of white people:
http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/may/29/career-lawyers-overruled-on-voting-case/
I know if white supremacists in white hoods held weapons at predominantly black voting both, the MEDIA and ATL would cover it. But since it's just racist Black Panthers intimidating whites, I guess it's a non-story.
Wow. Thanks for digging this up Elie. Is everyone at UVA like this?
Elie, either provided your LONG FORM bar passage certificate or step down!!!
at 44: or step down regardless...
Elie, as much as I enjoy the rants on your typos, grammar clusterf**ks, etc., I try to keep it fair. According to the NY Bar exam website (courtesy of the wayback machine), an Elie Ying Mystal passed the NY Bar in July, 2003.
http://web.archive.org/web/20080112081706/www.nybarexam.org/703_mn.htm
Nice, a spot on the waitlist at UVA may open up then...
Breaking: Maxine Waters named as the victim.
Charges dropped.
41,
There's something about stones and glass houses that come to mind. Not many people, left or right, can stomach hypocrisy. Blaming the messenger/sleuth and not the tool who beat up a woman is a little much, no? This guy is far from a victim.
- 36
OK.. I checked in with a shrink friend.
eps guy is half Jewish and half Korean.. been made fun of all his life by other kids..didn't know if he was white or asian... confused whether being half jewish meant being half white or not...might have read up on Korean history and might have found some odd references to how Koreans are actually white.. so put 2 and 2 together and figured he was super white.. this is the only way to get out of the mockery that he is really neither completely white nor completely Korean...in the meantime, he eats like a pig coz he is depressed about his identity all the time...he becomes fat and now the other kids make fun of him not only because of his race but because he is a fat ass... he becomes even more depressed and starts joining all the boards hoping someone will accept him as the super white kid.. they all start using him and laughing at his ass behind his back... dude gets even more confused.. and starts joining one organization after the other in the hope that one day he will be the next white hope.. say for example.. being on 2 boards and then starting the Youth for Western Crap organization.. that never clicks too and now he starts getting into drinking.. to get over his depression.. he is soo pissed all the time he is drinking that he hates anyone who is 'pure' breed.. including pure whites and pure blacks.. he sees a black woman on the street .. and his anti-pure instincts kick in and he beats the hell out of her.. now that UVA kicked him out.. he will be even more depressed... make sure you lock him and shut him behind close doors while being treated.. coz.. with lunatics like this .. there is no telling when he will explode and do something stupid.. this is what I like to call a totally and completely ignorant confused multi-racial wannabe white racist...PEACE!!
42: an even more interesting facet to the story: One of the Black Panthers in that intimidation incident was Malik Zulu Shabazz, a Howard University Law School graduate.
No, all people at UVa are not like this. I don't think this guy should have any reflection on UVa School of Law - he clearly lied on his application, but once the administration found out they rescinded his offer. UVa did the right thing. Obviously, the UVa administration, faculty and students do not want a stain like Epstein to be at our school, which should serve as evidence that not all people at UVa are racists.
Everyone at UVA is like this. They all wear polo shirts, khakis and the chicks wear strings of pearls.
42- "I know if white supremacists in white hoods held weapons at predominantly black voting both, the MEDIA and ATL would cover it. But since it's just racist Black Panthers intimidating whites, I guess it's a non-story."
* - What does that have to do with this story? Last I checked the DOJ didn't do anything to Epstein.
* - Do you honestly think black intimidation of white voters comes anywhere close to comparing with the white intimidation/disenfranchisement of black voters (see Florida, 2000)?
Quit shedding tears for racists and maybe people won't keep labeling you as racists.
Elie Ying?
LOL...he's lucky that he didn't get his ass kicked too boot (no pun intended).
girls with strings of pearls are really freakin qt
Does anybody know where I can find the pass list for the July 2003 New York bar?
Tom Tancredo decided not to run again and lost his job in Congress as a result. Why does he have staff? What does he do with his life?
Listen, all the races hate each other. Why can't we accept that and move on?
You all should also be aware that Marcus suffers from a lisp so pronounced that he is barely understandable (especially when drunk).
You all should also be aware that Marcus suffers from a lisp so pronounced that he is barely understandable (especially when drunk).
Since Elie was apparently able to pass the bar exam, what kind of racist incident would have caused him to fail character and fitness and never get admitted to the NY bar?
Does intolerance abound with Elie Mystal?
Gee, and if he were a HISPANIC nationalist and racist, he could be a Justice of the Supreme Court.
54, are you crazy? Seriously? There was about as much white-on-black voter intimidation in Florida in 2000 as there were space aliens. Don't just make shit up. Please.
54, are you crazy? Seriously? There was about as much white-on-black voter intimidation in Florida in 2000 as there were space aliens. Don't just make shit up. Please.
Wow, this kid is such a gigantic douche, I hope he gets kicked in the balls so hard he can't further contaminate the gene pool.
50,
Damn dude, you hit it on the head.
I shall admit, that I'm also a mixed asian jew, and a recent law grad. And what's so tragic about this Marcus kid, is that, shit man, 1/2 asians are naturally good looking. We got the nice eyes. Exotic, whatever. But, all that natural advantage in the looks area is wasted on fat people. Sure, some of us may have identity issues, but, why can't this guy channel that energy into the Gym or something. Instead he's just some fat douche.
Who lied, and told him, that it's cool to frickin embrace Pat Buchanan. Like really.
Epstein. I know you're reading this. If I see you on the Mall for softball be prepared to be slapped into the 20th Century. the next 100 years you have to earn on your own.
Yeah, calling a guy a "pussy" is showing SO much more respect for women than slapping one!
Yeah, calling a guy a "pussy" is showing SO much more respect for women than slapping a woman, isn't it?
99% of the Hill staffers who I've met are pretty much douches.
Primary motive for this Jew-Korean spawn in committing this vicious and divisive crime is sexual inadequacy and self-hatred: Jewish males suffer from unimaginably intense feelings of sexual inadequacy, which inadequacy manifests in their opting for "asian" (defined by racist institutions as inferior) women; thus the Jew injects his feelings of inadequacy into the woman and their spawn. This spawn evidently injected his feelings of inadequacy and inferiority into another ethnic minority (again, defined by institutions as racially inferior) by both striking and insulting the victim.
camel jockey is a derogatory term for arabs. it's not something he invented to describe people who actually ride camels.
I love how someone cited to an article in the Washington Times. Is there any daily with less credibility than the Washington Times? Seriously? Anyone?
The Washington Times is automatically credible among Moonies and far-right wing nutters.
75:
The New York Post is worse. I feel you though- citing the Washington Times or the Post is like citing The Onion.
You have to be really desperate to seek an endorsement from Bay Buchanan.
You have to be really desperate to seek an endorsement from Bay Buchanan.
You have to be really desperate to seek an endorsement from Bay Buchanan.
@35: A "bit bigoted"? Whose Grand Wizard are you? If the kind of guy who rolls around the street yowling racial slurs and punching women in the head just because they happen to be black is only "a bit bigoted" in your book, I'd surely hate to see what someone has to do for you to consider them an outright "racist." As for letting people be, don't tell that to us; tell it to the guy smacking total strangers in the face or, a better option, STFU.
Amen 81.
Amen 81.
Yeah 81
73 - Jewish males are sexually inadequate? I think your mom would strenuously disagree.
PS: I'm your daddy
73,
I'm a Jew who dates tall WASP women exclusively. What does that make me?
Boy 81 - you are a 'bit' intolerant, aren't you?
Boy 81 - you are a 'bit' intolerant, aren't you?
Yeah, 88; 81 seems way too intolerant of other people's views. Telling then to STFU, man.... What a bigot.
Being intolerant of intolerance != bigoted
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You SHOULD have titled this story "Mawcus Epstein's Facebook Adventuwe" because that is how Marcus would say it if he was drunk.
The speech impediment is such a crucial part of understanding this kid's pathology...
MysTTTal and his personal campaign
I'm pretty sure this kid's life is over. there's no need to keep harping on him. two posts on this kid is disgraceful.
I'm very internet offended that this guy had the audacity to make fun of some crappy African art by pointing out the fact that it really doesn't compare to the Sistine Chapel. I'm so upset I can hardly hold my beverage.
Wait, she didn't deserve it?
If I was the guy's attorney, this would be my theory:
He went up to her and greeted her by referring to her as "nigga," not "niggER." It was a term of endearment.
The "slap" was really an urban handshake gone wrong. He was suppose to fist bump, but ended up slapping the lady by accident.
This is likely true because he is "white" and has a "facebook" and we know that such people are bad at socially interacting with the "sistas."
In conclusion, this man is not guilty. For christ sakes, his last name is "Epstein." This means that he is Jewish. You find him liable and you're all anti-semitic.
I would be a great lawyer.
Seems like Mr. Epstein is par for the course in biglaw.
Seems like Mr. Epstein is par for the course in biglaw.
the people commenting on epstein's voice are spot-on. I've seen him at bars before, and increasingly higher-pitched, lisp-affected voice can be hilarious. The karate chop incident is horribly offensive, but if you've met epstein, and can imagine how this probably transpired, you'll not only be disgusted by what he did, but have to laugh at what an incredible tard he is...
@86: a liar.
Let me guess, by not admitting him, UVA will face charges of Ivy League Elitism by the right. Just wait.
OK. I am probably missing the point entirely, but as far as I can tell Marcus is not white, but why is he in a white nationalist group again?? Am I missing something here?
86 here,
100 guess again
102, Clearly, the accusations about the groups he is in are full of erroneous descriptions. He's in groups that want less immigration -- regardless of what the alien looks like.
Shows that any loser can get into UVA...