The Bleat Goes On

The brief but lovely silence has been broken by the HH poseurs, who now gleefully screech about Odyssey's pending demise. Of course, this is nothing but premature postulation (there's medication for that fellas). Those who know Odyssey, and understand the company, are accustomed to opponents' constant doom's day predictions, so nothing new here. Odyssey has always forged on, oblivious to the non-stop bleating of know-it-all imbeciles.

This morning Scribe and Sir Solomon the Angry Twit (we're working on a trademark) are engaged in a lovefest, blissfully rolling about in what they perceive to be Odyssey's gore. It's not pretty, but it is amusing.

Scribe: "Receive a reward for a salvage Odyssey had been told - repeatedly - by the owner to not touch? Dream on, Stemm. Now look at this next part and try to count all the untruths: This sentence caught my attention: The Court also dismissed certain counts of Odyssey's Complaint which related to Spain's illegal actions against Odyssey. You bet the court did. How did Spain's detention of those ships relate to the admiralty arrest? Not in any way. And Odyssey is claiming the detention was illegal? Try going to a Madrid court and claiming that, fools!"

Where to begin with this lowlife? First, note the calm academic demeanor, so common to posts about Odyssey on the HH website: "Dream on." "Count all the mistruths." "Fools." No axe to grind here, no sir.

Next, the U.S. federal court dismissed Odyssey's claims against Spain's illegal detention of its ships because it does not have jurisdiction over such decisions, period. Finally, we'd be remiss if we didn't point out the sheer idiocy of Scribe's suggestion that Odyssey take its complaint against the Spanish government for the illegal seizure of its vessels to a "Madrid court," where he implies it would fail. Gee, you think?! No shite Sherlock. Do you charge for these powerful insights or do you try to give them away on a street corner?

Scribe: "I think we are seeing the end coming."

We're certain you do, Dirty Son of Solomon. But why should today be any different when you've been saying and predicting the same thing for years? Hmmm?

The Angry Twit, clearly titillated by all the tough-guy man talk, calls Odyssey "gutless" (some more of that objective tone and grand moral vision, we suppose) and chimes in:

Solomon: "First, OME claimed to all and sundry that Spain was blockading its ships at Gibraltar. This was an outright lie. Spain was doing the exact opposite: asking Odyssey to send its vessels out. 'Stay in' - 'come out' - as I said, the exact opposite.The lie has been repeated many times by OME's pumpers inside Yahoo Finance. OME has never disclaimed these pumpers, with their continual lies and misinformation. Yes, some must be just plain stupid - the illiteratti - but those few (masquerading as a crowd) who run the campaign, they know what they are about."

An "outright lie"? Yes Solomon, Spain was merely waiting for Odyssey to come out and play. Perhaps share some tapas and sangria. This is the most idiotic thing you've written yet, and you've an impressive body of work, friend. Spain illegally seized Odyssey's vessels, with a secret warrant that has yet to be produced, then arrested and imprisoned Odyssey's captain for daring to protest Spain's actions in international waters. And we suppose the official UK and US protests regarding these actions don't matter, right? (Well, surely they're also on Odyssey's payroll too, just like the international media.)

This claim is stupid enough on its face, but Solomon goes even further. He turns his unholy wrath on those on the Yahoo board, and takes Odyssey to task for failing to disclaim supposed lies and mistruths posted by anonymous individuals. Never mind the rich irony in this -- should Solomon have disclaimed Doc's habit of regularly calling Yahoo posters "pedophiles," as it clearly reflected poorly on HHI? That's different, we suppose. What's more, if a publicly traded company had to dispel every rumor, lie or mistruth, posted by supporters and opponents alike in a public Internet chat room, they'd never be able to run their business.

Once again, Solomon displays his utter ignorance about how the real world operates, which is what happens when you frolic about in a one-dimensional, criticism-free bubble of bitterness.

And, now, drum roll please (this is very exciting): We believe HH Watch received its first actual disdainful nod from Solomon. We're so proud and excited!

Not to worry, sir, there's nothing to be ashamed of...we know you're one of our most avid readers. We know you gobble up our content as excitedly as you do Doc's nonsensical ramblings, and we suspect you secretly dig our slaps at old "nauticalresearch" (he's a bit of an easy target, though, no?). We especially love that you felt it necessary to say out loud that we're masquerading as something we're not. You'd like to know for sure though, huh? Regardless, thanks for the props, Solomon.

Solomon: "OME has nothing. It is nothing but an irritant. Yes, I think the end days are approaching."

We're sure that's what you think. But, take note of our new poll. And since you like to say we're intimately connected with Odyssey (we've said clearly from the outset we're not, so be careful, meat), we're hoping you're right and they'll take our advice and hold you, and your cast of clowns, personally accountable for the words and actions against a publicly traded company. Just like Doc, in other words.

Cheerio mate!