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Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne resigns following ‘deep state’ comments, stock rises
cnbc ^ | 8/22/19 | Annie Palmer

Posted on 08/22/2019 10:16:38 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

Overstock CEO Partick Byrne resigned from the e-commerce company Thursday after making controversial comments about his role in the “deep state.” Shares of Overstock popped as much as 17% after being halted for the news. Shares were up about 9% in the afternoon.

“In July I came forward to a small set of journalists regarding my involvement in certain government matters. Doing so was not my first choice, but I was reminded of the damage done to our nation for three years and felt my duty as a citizen precluded me from staying silent any longer,” Byrne said in a statement. ”...Though patriotic Americans are writing me in support, my presence may affect and complicate all manner of business relationships, from insurability to strategic discussions regarding our retail business.”

“Thus, while I believe that I did what was necessary for the good of the country, for the good of the firm, I am in the sad position of having to sever ties with Overstock, both as CEO and board member, effective Thursday August 22,” he added.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: ceo; corporateamerica; deepstate; ecommerce; liberalfascism; overstock; overstockceo; overstockstock; patrickbyrne; resignation
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Interesting timing to say the least...
1 posted on 08/22/2019 10:16:38 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Another scalp for the dems. Will we ever get our pound of flesh?


2 posted on 08/22/2019 10:19:06 AM PDT by JoSixChip (I'm an American Nationalist (I just happen to be white))
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

No wonder this article won’t tell us what he actually said.

Here it is...

Wow! Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne Fires Off Warning Shot To Deep State — Bill Barr Is About To Break Biggest Scandal In American History

https://www.teaparty.org/wow-overstock-ceo-patrick-byrne-fires-off-warning-shot-to-deep-state-bill-barr-is-about-to-break-biggest-scandal-in-american-history-video-405192/


3 posted on 08/22/2019 10:21:46 AM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: treetopsandroofs

Other FReeper thread on that mention:

https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3771247/posts


4 posted on 08/22/2019 10:24:57 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Am i remembering this guy correctly? He has pretty high level intelligence ties. Seems very credible to me.
Imagine the stock market- fed- deepstate connections are pretty darn strong.
They are trying to crash the economy as they did this time in 07, and probably many times before.. much more profit for them when we are unhappy and jobless.


5 posted on 08/22/2019 10:25:44 AM PDT by momincombatboots (Ephesians 6... who you are really at war with)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Maybe he can be the host of a revived "The Gong Show". Thanks Roman_War_Criminal.

6 posted on 08/22/2019 10:26:01 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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Wow, I hope this guy doesn’t end up a victim of Arkancide.


7 posted on 08/22/2019 10:30:05 AM PDT by MplsSteve
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To: JoSixChip
Maybe he's stepping down now, because he will become more public...more vocal about what happened, what he knows?

He's already wealthy, this way, the (D)'s and the subversives in the country wouldn't get as much traction with a call to boycott Overstock (since he now has nothing to do with the co.).

8 posted on 08/22/2019 10:30:24 AM PDT by rxsid (HOW CAN A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN'S STATUS BE "GOVERNED" BY GREAT BRITAIN? - Leo Donofrio (2009))
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‘Another scalp for the dems. Will we ever get our pound of flesh?’

Enough power to crash a stock.


9 posted on 08/22/2019 10:31:18 AM PDT by Meatspace
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

get woke, go broke...


10 posted on 08/22/2019 10:32:22 AM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: JoSixChip

“Another scalp for the dems”

Yup. All over the web you can read concerned clucking about Byrne’s “Deep State” comments as if it’s really really controversial and evidence of loonery.

Kinda like saying that Bill Clinton was a perv in 1996. That was met with all sorts of derision and hooting.

When does Big Bad “Bull” Durham take down the real criminals? Wouldn’t hold your breath.


11 posted on 08/22/2019 10:33:36 AM PDT by Regulator
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To: momincombatboots

That’s him.
Something is afoot in the markets and intelligence circles.


12 posted on 08/22/2019 10:34:54 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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13 posted on 08/22/2019 10:44:02 AM PDT by Dick Bachert
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To: treetopsandroofs

Bill Barr Is About To Break Biggest Scandal In American History

LOL, the guy who couldn’t keep the Pedo Pimp alive and just “sees” irregularities.

I PRAY for Trump that he doesn’t get engulfed by the Swamp!


14 posted on 08/22/2019 10:55:55 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: treetopsandroofs

It’s cryptic. Why does he say that the espionage was directed against both Trump and Clinton? Who the bleep did he talk to? Why did they think he would be useful?


15 posted on 08/22/2019 11:00:15 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Meatspace

Why do the stocks respond only to the Dems? They go down on queue when the Dems want them to. We can’t even get the liberal tech stocks to make a burp.


16 posted on 08/22/2019 11:03:13 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Harpotoo

I believe Trump has already made his truce with the Swamp. Maybe a couple of minor scalps will be harvested, but I don’t expect much more than that.


17 posted on 08/22/2019 11:05:15 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: JoSixChip

[[Will we ever get our pound of flesh?]]

It woudl seem the right in government is jelly-spined- so probably not- I hope I’m proven wrong to be honest- but i have my doubt i will be sadly- BUT, We’ll see how the ‘investigations’ into hillary, epstein, and crimes committed during the last administration’s reign of terror turn out- I’ll withhold judgement till then-


18 posted on 08/22/2019 11:14:18 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Byrne said:

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.”


19 posted on 08/22/2019 11:17:17 AM PDT by Bob434
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

dude. Facism here. Where is Antifa on this?


20 posted on 08/22/2019 11:26:58 AM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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