Overstock CEO resigns and writes of involvement with Maria Butina and Hillary/Trump investigations/Deep State and Warren Buffet
I'm posting this to see if anyone can make heads or tails of the story and give a brief summary.
What is known:
CEO of overstock.com has resigned He writes of being an informer(?) for the FBI over the years He had a relationship with the Russian Maria Butina - the gun rights Russian who is now in prison He was reporting on the relationship to the FBI from the time he met her He references the investigation into Hillary and the Trump 'collusion' investigation, but I can't make heads or tails of what he's talking about The 'rabbi' he references in his resignation letter is Warren Buffet, who confirms the relationship and conversations with him
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams
August 22, 2019, 12:57 PM
Strambo
Reading the Sarah Carter article, it gives no information about what he told the FBI/DOJ concerning the Clinton and Trump/Russia investigations.
He says he realized it was a "soft coup" but that is about it. Barr, Durham, and Horowitz have whatever info he gave them....
“People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.” –Chuck Palahnuik
My first thought is that Overstock doesn't likely have an overstock of tin foil.
Also kind of reminds me of the Whitacre case 1995 with ADM. Ironically Buffet was loosely linked to that one as well.
Edit to correct spelling of Whitacre. They ended up making a movie about that one. (The Informant) Dude thought he was the character out of "The Firm". IOW, he was nucking futs.
August 22, 2019, 01:07 PM
oldRoger
"'I plan on sitting back and watching the United states Department of Justice re-establish Rule of Law in our Country." (SIC)
This "sit back and wait" will be a very long wait indeed, since the DOJ is the Premier example of the administrative state in big.gov and full to the brim with progressive/social justice operatives, and the just plain corrupt.
August 22, 2019, 01:12 PM
Gear.Up
Extreme narcissism combined with some level of schizophrenia?
I'd say that boy's cheese done slipped off his cracker.
August 22, 2019, 01:20 PM
Sig2340
Trollin' trollin' trollin' Keep them joints a rollin' Don't try to understand all Just hookers, blow and scandal Known only by your wit And for conspiracy on Reddit You will sell the head edit Or your soul.... To be a TROLL, TROLL, TROLL....
Nice is overrated
"It's every freedom-loving individual's duty to lie to the government." Airsoftguy, June 29, 2018
August 22, 2019, 02:07 PM
220-9er
Sounds like someone that's been over served at the bar.
Originally posted by Gear.Up: Extreme narcissism combined with some level of schizophrenia?
I'd say that boy's cheese done slipped off his cracker.
Yeah, it doesn't really sound like Mr. Byrne is playing with a full deck.
Or maybe this is the end result of a weeks-long cocaine bender.
Or perhaps he's perfectly rational, and it's just his self-produced press release that is incoherent.
August 22, 2019, 02:23 PM
BamaJeepster
It would be easy to write him off as a nut job, but my cursory look at his history does not seem to indicate that. I mean, he is a crazy libertarian, a black belt and has ridden a bike cross country 4 times, but not known for being insane
quote:
Patrick Byrne is the son of John J. Byrne, former chairman of Berkshire Hathaway's GEICO insurance subsidiary and White Mountains Insurance Group. He holds a certificate from Beijing Normal University, has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese studies from Dartmouth College, a master's degree from Cambridge University as a Marshall Scholar, and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Stanford University.
Byrne was a teaching fellow at Stanford University from 1989 to 1991 and was manager of Blackhawk Investment Co. and Elissar, Inc. He served as chairman, president and CEO of Centricut, LLC, a manufacturer of industrial torches, then held the same three positions at Fechheimer Brothers, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway company manufacturing police, firefighter, and military uniforms.
Byrne has a black belt in tae kwon do, and once pursued a career in professional boxing. He is a cancer survivor, and has ridden a bicycle across the country to raise awareness and money for cancer research at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Byrne has also supported implementing school vouchers and other educational reforms.Byrne was the largest donor to political causes in Utah during 2003–2006, while his father was the third-largest
“Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.” - John Adams
August 22, 2019, 06:29 PM
GCE61
I’m watching it now on Fox news with Martha McCallum, good old Patrick was all over the place! He rambled and double talked, I couldn’t understand what the hell he was saying. It seems like there something there hopefully somebody can translate it into something more than his gibberish and get to the bottom of it.
August 22, 2019, 06:31 PM
HayesGreener
Just listened to him in an interview on Fox. He was pretty scattered in his delivery. His credibility is assailable.
CMSGT USAF (Retired) Chief of Police (Retired)
August 22, 2019, 06:35 PM
kimber1911
He’s a nutcase. Men in Black was more than just a movie.
“We’re in a situation where we have put together, and you guys did it for our administration…President Obama’s administration before this. We have put together, I think, the most extensive and inclusive voter fraud organization in the history of American politics,” Pres. Select, Joe Biden
“Let’s go, Brandon” Kelli Stavast, 2 Oct. 2021
August 22, 2019, 06:39 PM
mbinky
quote:
he is a crazy libertarian, a black belt and has ridden a bike cross country 4 times, but not known for being insane
He wasn't shot in the ass in Vietnam, become the world ping pong champion, and open a successful shrimping business did he?
He says Peter Strzok was the person giving the instructions
he says there was an FBI operation was part of a network of political surveillance being conducted by the FBI on presidential candidates.
(that part I agree with, but his delivery of his particular story sounds shaky)
August 22, 2019, 07:16 PM
chellim1
quote:
Originally posted by BamaJeepster: It would be easy to write him off as a nut job, but my cursory look at his history does not seem to indicate that. I mean, he is a crazy libertarian, a black belt and has ridden a bike cross country 4 times, but not known for being insane
He came across as a bit disorganized on Fox news with Martha McCallum. I'm not sure yet if he's credible or not, but there was a lot he could not or would not go into. If he's credible, he could be a huge help to uncovering the 'soft coup' against the United States. He came short of implicating Obama but implied that Obama knew what was going on.
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor
August 22, 2019, 07:21 PM
nighthawk
He might want to apply to Gillette, sounds like the CEO they might want to hire.
"Hold my beer.....Watch this".
August 22, 2019, 07:31 PM
ZSMICHAEL
May be some psychiatric issues. Very bright people can and do have delusional beliefs. Howard Hughes comes to mind.
August 22, 2019, 09:00 PM
ibanda
I watched 7 minutes of the Fox interview and he is talking in circles about a Russian girl and Hillary Clinton. I have no idea what point he is trying to make. He is high or really scatterbrained.
I have a few SIGs.
August 22, 2019, 09:08 PM
sig226fan
"I think this boy's cheese has done slid off his cracker." Is this guy related in any way to John McAfee?
It's all about clean living. Just do the right thing, and karma will help with the rest.
