Indiana Bartram?

Perhaps in defiance of our pronouncement of relative quiet regarding HHI's OMEX posts, Doc and Solomon had the usual witless back and forth. After Bartram posted a long list of Odyssey insider transactions stretching back to '88, the Angry Twit sniffed, manicured pinkie aloft, nostrils aflare, a final word:

Solomon: "How much did the investors get back?"

Twit Minor, who just can't let the Big Stinky Cheese have his rhetorical moment, chimes right in, the Chihuahua to the bulldog:

Doc: "Of course Solomon the answer is nothing."

Yes, of course, the answer is nothing. Not one investor in Odyssey has ever made a penny on his or her investment. Which, of course, explains the preponderance of class action lawsuits that resulted against Odyssey, right? (Reality: there hasn't been one.) If this isn't libel, we don't know what is. And notice how Solomon cleverly has his yappy minion say it for him -- the one who already finds himself in court for such comments.

He's not called the Queen Bee for nothing, baby.

Solomon, quite pleased with himself, then cites PT Barnum in comparison to Odyssey. Which is funny, because, if multiple Internet sources are to be trusted, Old Man Bartram has quite the shallow showman reputation himself. Take a look (click the link, search the page for "Bartram"): he's been called a fake archaeologist, a fraud artist, a big mouth, and our favorite, a poseur.

Any smoking guns? No. But, added up, something smells decidedly fishy. We're actually most intrigued by the reoccurring allegation that Bartram passes himself off as an archaeologist to others. We reported on this once before. But for what purpose? Fraud? We're looking into this more diligently.

For someone who's devoted a fair amount of time criticizing the credentials of Odyssey's staff archaeologists (who actually posses accreditation), what does it say about Bartram's penchant for claiming he's one himself? We know this: he's not an accredited historian nor an archaeologist. Of course, he could simply say he's an amateur member of those fields, but his bellicose, bloated ego just won't allow it.

Is there more? We think so. Stay tuned.