Friday, August 23, 2019
Scratching the OSTK itch
The "confession" by Overstock CEO Byrne is wrong in several ways, but I can't pin it down.
Polistra doing her JJ Angleton impression.
Thinking out loud:
1. There's no info in the story that hasn't been on TV. Anyone could read the NYTimes or watch CNN and concoct this story.
2. Supplying old info is standard intel practice. A revelation that reveals nothing.
3. If you wanted to convince people that you'd broken OUT of Deepstate, you'd tell us something we don't already know. Byrne isn't trying very hard to convince us.
4. Aside from the jazzy Hunter Thompson vocabulary, the story seems 'canned'. It reminds me of Tom's biography, which I later read in a Buckley novel.
The above could add up to Deepstate distraction, or could add up to a grandiose drug-fueled confabulation. In either case the details are pretty much meaningless. 
Polistra doing her JJ Angleton impression.
Thinking out loud:
1. There's no info in the story that hasn't been on TV. Anyone could read the NYTimes or watch CNN and concoct this story.
2. Supplying old info is standard intel practice. A revelation that reveals nothing.
3. If you wanted to convince people that you'd broken OUT of Deepstate, you'd tell us something we don't already know. Byrne isn't trying very hard to convince us.
4. Aside from the jazzy Hunter Thompson vocabulary, the story seems 'canned'. It reminds me of Tom's biography, which I later read in a Buckley novel.
The above could add up to Deepstate distraction, or could add up to a grandiose drug-fueled confabulation. In either case the details are pretty much meaningless. Labels: Bemusement
¶ 11:09 AM
