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Asked later why he did such a dumb thing Jack said, "I had to make a statement" and to prove he didn't learn anything, added next time he'd throw Victor out the window. And what of those windows? How do they break so easy when high-rise concrete monstrosities are required by law to withstand 100 MPH winds and earthquakes? In 2004, Jack, the company he was running into the ground in dire financial crisis, authorized the mother of his son to replace all the windows as part of an overall remodeling project. Obviously, Diane Jenkins found a way to cut corners and save money or had a building inspector in her back pocket. How else could the window have shattered so easily?

Consequently Victor did not add this to a list of charges he could have taken directly to law enforcement and maybe said, "See? You think Commercial Bribery is bad? What about this? What about charging Jackabbott with reckless endangering? What about charging him with defrauding the government? What about looking into why Brad Carlton, my back-stabbing son and Jack paid Sharon Newman under the table?"

Primeval comes to mind to describe these events that only seems to point up the fact that we know far less than we think we know about Jack and even less about why we have to witness his antics. Take the gist of his master plan to save Jabot. It was nothing but an attempt to have the Board of Directors overrule his father's decision to allow Newman to continue riding roughshod over Jabot. Not that there was anything wrong with that, or Victor's continued presence there, Traci Abbott Connelly gave her proxy to Jack without first asking John Abbott what her brother might be up to?

And look where the old man is now. In a prison losing his mind. Drooling in a cup and yammering about his former wife, Dina, who walked out on the family the old geezer has since said is so strong nothing can do it under. But it's going down like the Titanic especially now that John's newest wife, Gloria, has been appointed by his other former wife, Jill, as a Jabot fashion consultant! I'll have to ask the GCN fashion reporter, but something tells me putting a bug-eyed woman who wears animal print clothing is not a wise business decision.

Speaking of bad business, recall a few days ago when Victor appointed Brad Carlton to the Newman Board of Directors? I thought it was strange that the great man didn't have to put the matter to a vote, and then I came across something about Jabot's board which may explain it. Over a year ago it was asked "who sits on the Jabot board" and again nobody could answer the question because it seems just anybody can become a board member. Remember Jack's asinine scheme wherein he said he was working from a "powerbase" and wanted Victor's wife to oust the moustache just because Victor was spending too much time at the office? That was about as lame as a few weeks ago when Nikki Newman was on the verge of helping her kids overthrow Victor and then today, flip-flop, the pill-popping mama told Victor she's never been more in love with him than she is now.

Jack Abbott, what a piece of work. His need for Phyllis just that. A need to satisfy his ego. His tossing chairs out windows and going through email like some brown-shirted government sanctioned AT&T Gestapo agent. His never-ending lying love for Luan Volein a bitter blast from the past. These are but a few of Jack's Greatest Fits.