The Onion buys Infowars, Alex Jones vows to fight acquisition

[_lost_username_]

Well, some good news: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/satirical-news-site-the-onion-buys-alex-jones-infowars-at-auction

 

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The satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction, backed by families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims whom Jones owes more than $1 billion in defamation judgments for calling the massacre a hoax, the families announced Thursday.

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Jones confirmed The Onion’s acquisition of Infowars in a social media video Thursday and said he planned to file legal challenges to stop it. An email message seeking comment was sent to Infowars.

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Edited November 14, 2024 by Raptorpat
fixed copy/paste issue

[Dark_Cloud_Overhead]

Of course, the A-hole will just set up shop somewhere else, but it's still fun and fitting to see them taking away his baby.

[Insipid]

Someone here who probably watched Alex Jones seriously had an old spouse who had layers like an onion.

[1pooh4u]

  On 11/14/2024 at 3:29 PM, _lost_username_ said:

Well, some good news: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/satirical-news-site-the-onion-buys-alex-jones-infowars-at-auction

 

 

 

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I love everything about this 😆

[naraku360]

Bucket's opinions are gonna get wilder.

[katt_goddess]

Who else wants them to keep some 'fake' banner ads floating around featuring chili-boy flexing after eating whatever pills he was pimping? 

[1pooh4u]

[naraku360]

  On 11/15/2024 at 2:26 AM, 1pooh4u said:

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I hope they keep him as an unpaid intern.

Someone has to make the coffee.

[1pooh4u]

  On 11/15/2024 at 2:46 AM, naraku360 said:

I hope they keep him as an unpaid intern.

Someone has to make the coffee.

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They should just keep him leashed up to a radiator in the basement. 

[MasqueradeOverture]

  On 11/15/2024 at 3:12 AM, 1pooh4u said:

They should just keep him leashed up to a radiator in the basement. 

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Was thinking more of a Krazy-8 scenario, but close enough.

 

[naraku360]

  On 11/15/2024 at 3:12 AM, 1pooh4u said:

They should just keep him leashed up to a radiator in the basement. 

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We want him to be embarrassed, not hard.

[1pooh4u]

  On 11/15/2024 at 3:16 AM, MasqueradeOverture said:

Was thinking more of a Krazy-8 scenario, but close enough.

 

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That part of Breaking Bad was so fucked up. I almost felt bad for him 

[1pooh4u]

  On 11/15/2024 at 3:17 AM, naraku360 said:

We want him to be embarrassed, not hard.

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We can force him to drink the  water that was making all those frogs gay? 

[MasqueradeOverture]

Alex Jones has a video game that seems like an Onion parody but it's sincere:

 

[André Toulon]

Hey, I like metal slug...I'll play it 

[discolé monade]

  On 11/15/2024 at 3:12 AM, 1pooh4u said:

They should just keep him leashed up to a radiator in the basement. 

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look....

all i'm sayin'....

[1pooh4u]

  On 11/15/2024 at 11:08 PM, discolé monade said:

look....

all i'm sayin'....

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“Get the gimp” 

[matrixman124]

The Judge is halting the sale for dumb reasons 

[discolé monade]

  On 12/11/2024 at 12:33 PM, matrixman124 said:

The Judge is halting the sale for dumb reasons 

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was coming here for just that ....

"All right, ladies and gentlemen, we can celebrate the judge doing the right thing with the most ridiculous fraudulent auction known in human history," he said, calling The Onion offer "freaking cuckoo bird."