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Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« on: August 13, 2019, 07:34:39 AM »
Interesting take from someone tangentially involved ...

 
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  Patrick Byrne: I ended up in the center of the Russian and the Clinton investigations. I have all the answers. I have been sitting on them waiting for America to get there. Last summer I figured out… what they all are is all about political espionage. It had nothing to do with law enforcement, it was all political espionage. Here’s the bottom line. There is a deep state like a submarine working just beneath the waves of the periscope depth watching our shipping lane. And a nuclear ice breaker called the USS Bill Barr has snuck up on them and is about to ram midship.

    That’s about to happen and I think we’re about to see the biggest scandal in American history as a result. But it was all political. Everything you think you know about Russia and Clinton investigations is a lie. It’s all a cover-up. It was all political espionage.

    David Asman: You think Bill Barr is going to get to the bottom of it.

    Patrick Byrne: I think he has gotten to the bottom of it.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/08/wow-overstock-ceo-patrick-byrne-fires-off-warning-shot-to-deep-state-bill-barr-is-about-to-break-biggest-scandal-in-american-history-video/

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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2019, 07:40:19 AM »
Bill Barr found dead of an apparent suicide in 10,9,8,7....................

Meanwhile I need to make a Costco run to stock up on popcorn.
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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2019, 07:43:19 AM »
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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2019, 07:53:44 AM »
Looks like he was questioned by the authorities and by the nature of the questioning he thinks he figured some stuff out.

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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #4 on: August 13, 2019, 08:12:01 AM »
Quote from: Fly320s on August 13, 2019, 07:43:19 AM
Why would a CEO have the inside info?

My first guess (before clicking the link) was that he was trying to sell a book.
I was wrong, he's promoting his new cryptocurrency and throwing out some red meat for the MAGA crowd so TV shows will book him.
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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2019, 08:41:22 AM »
The official site of doom and gloom picked up the story. A few more tidbits in there.

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-08-12/overstock-ceo-turned-over-docs-doj-greatest-political-scandal-us-history
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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2019, 08:48:24 AM »
Someone in the US Govt is willing to stick their neck out and expose bad things?  It would be nice to see the swamp drained a bit, but I won't hold my breath waiting.
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« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2019, 09:05:26 AM »
Quote from: DittoHead on August 13, 2019, 08:12:01 AM
My first guess (before clicking the link) was that he was trying to sell a book.
I was wrong, he's promoting his new cryptocurrency and throwing out some red meat for the MAGA crowd so TV shows will book him.

There are a lot of people making a lot of money off of Horowitz/Huber/Barr SOON talk.

I'm ready for the end of the Republic. Just put it out out of it's misery or shut up so we can get back to business as usual.
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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #8 on: August 13, 2019, 09:13:08 AM »
The Republic has been gone for awhile now.

We're an empire.

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« Reply #9 on: August 13, 2019, 09:14:30 AM »
Quote from: Jocassee on August 13, 2019, 09:05:26 AM
There are a lot of people making a lot of money off of Horowitz/Huber/Barr SOON talk.

Popcorn salesmen
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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2019, 10:41:19 AM »
It wouldn't surprise me if Bill Barr is every bit as effective in rooting out corruption and getting criminal convictions as Darryl Issa and Trey Gowdy combined.

(Yeah yeah, AG is different than oversight committee chair . . . but both positions supposedly involved investigation of certain types of criminal activity.)
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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #11 on: August 13, 2019, 10:47:49 AM »
Quote from: HankB on August 13, 2019, 10:41:19 AM
It wouldn't surprise me if Bill Barr is every bit as effective in rooting out corruption and getting criminal convictions as Darryl Issa and Trey Gowdy combined.

(Yeah yeah, AG is different than oversight committee chair . . . but both positions supposedly involved investigation of certain types of criminal activity.)

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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2019, 06:54:33 PM »
The big scandal that is about to break is that suddenly more people will realize that the actual criminals will never be held to account.
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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
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« Reply #14 on: August 23, 2019, 11:37:39 AM »
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Byrne's August 12 press release drew attention to his three-year relationship with Russian spy Maria Butina, though it wasn't specifically mentioned. He made the statement to reveal his issues with how the federal government handled its case against Butina, The New York Times reported.

The spy's work came to light after her July 2018 arrest. Butina was sentenced to 18 months in prison in April for conspiring to infiltrate the National Rifle Association on behalf of Russia.

The unusual statement led shares to fall as much as 36% from Monday to Wednesday, knocked off $317 million from the company's market cap. The shares soared 17% following news of his resignation.
I heard elsewhere his firing may have had more to do with his relationship with a Russian spy.
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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #15 on: August 23, 2019, 11:42:29 AM »
I caught part of the interview with Mr. Byrne this morning.  He was talking about how "men in black" came to him and asked him to maintain his relationship with the Russian vixen/spy. 

Gotta say, he sounded a little "fruit loops" to me...
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« Reply #16 on: August 23, 2019, 02:32:06 PM »
So he was having an affair with the Butina woman.

I'm highly skeptical of *everything* about the Russia investigations, but it is entirely possible he's trying to cover his own *ss.
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« Reply #17 on: August 23, 2019, 02:47:32 PM »
There is The Swamp and then there is us.  The Swamp is made up of the political class, the media, multi-millionaires, bureaucrats and the Military Industrial Complex.  America exists for the benefit of The Swamp.  We just pay for it. :old:
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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #18 on: August 23, 2019, 08:23:13 PM »
I read an article about his interview on Fox Business channel. I couldn't make heads nor tails out of what he was claiming.

Every day is more and more clown world.
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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #19 on: August 23, 2019, 08:42:07 PM »
Quote from: Ron on August 23, 2019, 08:23:13 PM
I read an article about his interview on Fox Business channel. I couldn't make heads nor tails out of what he was claiming.

Every day is more and more clown world.


This is very interesting to me. I have seen him interviewed on Fox Business multiple times in the past. At least regarding business and the economy, he has always appeared grounded, intelligent, and rational.

But yes, clown world makes it hard for me to figure if he's making things up or if it really is deep state. Coin toss.
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« Reply #20 on: August 23, 2019, 09:47:13 PM »
He didn't confirm my biases and muddied the waters a bit. From what I gather the FBI wasn't protecting Hillary so much as gathering blackmail material on her according to him.

The whole spy vs spy thing is tiring and pointless to try and figure out from my vantage point.

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Re: Overstock CEO predicts largest scandal in US history about to break
« Reply #21 on: August 23, 2019, 10:33:53 PM »
Byrne had helped the FBI twice in the past.  Once helping to "catch" the person that murdered a friend of his and the second time a Wall Street situation.  In 2015 he was approached by the Russian honey pot Maria, and began to date her.  The FBI via Peter Strozk asked him to use his connections to help Maria to get close to the Trump, Rubio and Cruz campaigns. He was told it was a matter of national security but came to realize it was political espionage.  He was also asked to help compromise Hilary.  For what purpose I can only speculate.

It is not unheard of for law enforcement to request the assistance of rich folks.  Trump worked w/ law enforcement in NYC while Giuliani was mayor.
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https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2019/08/23/andrew-mccabe-and-james-comey-deny-nuanced-specifics-of-claims-by-patrick-byrne-but-do-not-deny-substance-of-allegations/#more-168965
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« Reply #22 on: August 23, 2019, 11:11:18 PM »
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