In a series of frantic and lengthy cable news interviews Thursday, the just-resigned CEO of Overstock.com wove a tale of intrigue, misconduct by federal “men in black” and fear of being “ground into a dust” by a political forces who he said wanted him quiet.
From those who have seen this before:
“All man’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.” — Pascal
“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.” — Upton Sinclair
“The secret of great wealth with no obvious source is some forgotten crime; forgotten because it was done neatly.” — Balzac
“The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.” — Bertrand Russell
“Most of the trouble in this world is caused by people wanting to be important.” — T.S. Eliot
“Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservative.” — John Stuart Mill
“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.” — attributed to Eric Hoffer
“The illusion that exalts is dearer to us than 10,000 truths.” — Pushkin
Hmmm… that thing that Trump was talking about confining people to Mental Health institutions? Well I have patient 1… or at very least take away all his guns…
Our communicative capabilities can exacerbate what you describe.
I remember the Kevin Costner film “Dances With Wolves” in which Dunbar, upon being formally introduced to Kicking Bird (a man who appeared to be of substance as a result of some extended personal contact), asked:
“Is he chief?”
Mean, shallow, crass, duplicitous people can now be so much massaged into actually “appearing” to be “decent”.
The “Ice Breaker” Bill Barr was someone this fucker was going to help manufacture for those who are fearful and insecure enough to believe…
" … and fear of being “ground into a dust” by a political forces who he said wanted him quiet."
I could be wrong, but aren’t you kind of tempting those political forces to start the grinding machine by going on all those interview shows. That doesn’t seem to fit the definition of being quiet.
“The “man who sent me the orders,” Byrne told Asman, was Peter Strzok, …”
Stop there. I call bullshit.
Naw, he’s trying the “I’m going public so if you try anything everyone will know who did it” route.
It’s one approach to at least make the Clintons hesitate before suiciding you.
“There was political espionage conducted against Hillary Clinton, Marco Rubio, [Ted] Cruz and Donald Trump,” Byrne said, tearing up as he added that he felt “a bit responsible” for mass shootings such as recent one in El Paso, Texas — though the connection wasn’t immediately clear.
Clearly, the conspiracy is far more complicated than we ever imagined.
It now involves:
This guy is a bilderberg short of a full load.
“I’m laying low,” Byrne said at one point.
LOL, yeah, ok buddy. Laying low would be not going on national television and doubling down on your ridiculous claims.
“To be or not to be” - Shakespeare
“To be is to do” - Socrates.
“To do is to be” - Jean-Paul Sartre.
“Do be do be do” - Sinatra
I like your quotes and I don’t want to take from their meaning, but I just had to do this today. Haven’t thought of or seen it for awhile.
What do you mean “we”?
Some of us have been hitting the panic button since day 1.
But others of you called us all crackpots and conspiracy theorists.
Who’s having the last laugh now?
“Do be a do bee. Don’t be a don’t bee.” - Romper Room
Yep, now that the indisputable, irrefutable, irrepressible truth is coming out.
he wanted to “disappear.”
Having endured hearing him proclaim, “here’s the main event!” over 15 times in roughly 10 minutes without producing the main event, I want him to disappear too.
"Le secret des grandes fortunes sans cause apparente est un crime oublié, parce qu’il a été proprement fait." – attributed to Honoré de Balzac
It’s true! I saw it all from the knoll. No, not the grassy one. The other one across the street where the hookers and junkies hang out.
Wait. So it was the Log Lady that killed Laura Palmer?
They can also be pretty funny…witness Timmons’ humor:
