big-talking

Unlike many of the 21st century’s first-wave tech companies and products, which found both markets and roads to profitability, these were pipe dreams, propped up by a fire hose of investment cash, big-talking founders and the very real — and at the time, quite understandable! — sense that Silicon Valley was the place that determined how the future was made.

The reality, however, is that these big-talking fascist pigs all too often turn into squealing piglets when confronted with consequences.

In opening statements and closing arguments, they portrayed their clients as big-talking, pot-smoking weekend warriors, susceptible to manipulation by FBI operatives who encouraged them to speak about far-fetched schemes.

But defense attorneys have painted their clients as big-talking, marijuana-smoking weekend warriors, susceptible to manipulation by FBI operatives who encouraged them to speak while how Blanchard described it "absolutely out-of-your-mind stoned" about far-fetched, ominous schemes.

In openings, they portrayed their clients as big-talking, pot-smoking weekend warriors, susceptible to manipulation by FBI operatives who encouraged them to speak about far-fetched, ominous schemes.