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I think it originated in the Czech Republic, but there have been versions of it in over 40 countries, though mainly in Europe. How it works is, they usually give you a "Spot the Difference" or "Guess the Name" challenge, and for a small fee, you can call the studio and if you have the correct answer you can win some money. They act like no one is calling and keep raising the prize money. But when you call you get a recording that says they can't connect you at the moment. Occasionally they'll air some callers to make it seem legit, and the "producer" and "host" will even throw hissy fits live on air as this is somehow supposed to make you call them. They would typically hire young girls and pay them over 2000 USD a month and even pay for their housing, all while collecting money from people calling the studio. I've seen some before where someone solved it, but I don't know if anyone ever actually received the prize money. And these shows were running for YEARS, but I know the Czech Republic cancelled theirs after they were exposed by a YouTuber. I don't know if other versions are still running. One Polish girl who used to host it also made a video about it.

But when I was in my grandma's house in Poland, it was on every day for several hours. My naiive ass genuinely believed I was the only person in a country of 38 million people to see the answer. XD But I called them from a pre-paid track phone, so I didn't really care if they took money.

I gave them the benefit of the doubt, as coming from the US it was unfathomable to me that a TV station would be running a nationwide scam like this. Even one Filipino guy was shocked when I posted about this.

The really screwed up part is they were even scamming 12 year old kids.

So, have you ever seen this show in your country? If so, what country? Did you ever call them?

Bezos is NOT a newspaper guy — he’s a businessman. To him, the Washington Post is just a line-item on a spreadsheet. More importantly, Bezos is also a government contractor. He’s the founder of Blue Origin, the aerospace company behind those dick-shaped rockets.

Now, Bozo's no dummy, he saw the Space Nazi skippin’ like a dipshit & giving hundreds of millions to Donny, & a dim light bulb went off over his head. "Oh shit, this is going to affect my bottom line". So he phones up the Washington Post & tells them that’s it, there will be no endorsement of Kamala Harris. Sure enough, 20 minutes after the announcement was made, this happened:

"Ex POTUS Trump met with leaders from the Jeff Bezos-owned aerospace company Blue Origin following his speech in Austin, Texas.

The Republican had a short meeting with the aerospace company CEO David Limp & VP of government relations Megan Mitchell, according to The Associated Press."

Editor Robert Kagan, who quit his WaPo after the news broke that the WaPo wouldn’t be endorsing Kamala:

“Trump waited to make sure that Bezos did what he said he was going to do, & then met with the Blue Origin people, which tells us that there was an actual deal made, that Bezos communicated with Trump, & they set up this quid pro quo.”

Bezos’s non-endorsement of Kamala Harris is actually a ringing endorsement of fascism. Capitulating in advance to a bully because you’re afraid of something that might happen is literally how appeasement & fascism works. Bezos knows that Donny will blow a fucking gasket and seek retribution if the Post backs his opponent.

Sorry to be the one to tell you this Jeff, but no fucking way, bro. There is no placating someone who is a bottomless well of need & greed. Has giving your lunch money to the playground bully ever been the end of it? Of course not. You’ve proven yourself an easy mark, & he’s definitely coming back for more.

This was the WaPo in 2018: