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At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by kstrauser »

jimt1234 wrote: post #44
jmward01 wrote: post #6

So they are now setting the content on infowars.com? Honestly, I can't tell since everything on that site looks so fake it isn't believable. The onion transition may be hard to detect.

I visited with my family in rural Missouri recently. Alex Jones and InfoWars is gospel to them. I was amazed at how many times cited him as an authority on various topics. I thought they were joking, but apparently, Obama made a promise with his father before his passing that he would destroy the United States. Oh, and of course, Obama is Satan, and Trump was sent by God to protect us all. Of course.

Grew up in Springfield, posting this from California. There's a reason for that.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by davexunit »

arrakeen wrote: post #28
adzm wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Tim Heidecker, one of the comedians behind “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, has been hired to serve as “creative director of Infowars.” He said he initially plans to parody Mr. Jones’s “whole modus operandi.” > Mr. Heidecker has been working on his impression of Mr. Jones. But eventually, when that joke gets old, Mr. Heidecker said that he hoped to turn Infowars into a destin…

heidecker has been honing this persona for years now in the On Cinema universe. looking forward to this quite a bit

Tim Heidecker... from?

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by occamofsandwich »

ashtonshears wrote: post #66
occamofsandwich wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I guess.. But renting a 4th reich site seems far darker than they might be used to and likely to make them the butt of the joke when Hitler's testtube clone gets elected from it in 35 years.

If thats true, seems like it is 10000x more critical they purchase right to the infowars hiltler cloning facilities and features

Exactly. Buying would at least mean you aren't revamping the value of the site for some next renter in a deeply cynical age where making fun of the orange pedo at a press club ball could cause WWIII.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by anon84873628 »

pityJuke wrote: post #59
pogue wrote: post #9

Seems like it's still not theirs until a judge signs off on it. That sale was scuttled by a bankruptcy court. Now, The Onion has re-emerged with a new plan: licensing the website from Gregory Milligan, the court-appointed manager of the site. On Monday, Mr. Milligan asked Maya Guerra Gamble, a judge in Texas’s Travis County District Court overseeing the disposition of Infowars, to approve that licensing agreement in…

I’m surprised they’ve said it so confidently given how it completely collapsed last time…

Well, that's an example of exactly the type of media outlet they're trying to create!

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by fmbb »

pogue wrote: post #9

Seems like it's still not theirs until a judge signs off on it. That sale was scuttled by a bankruptcy court. Now, The Onion has re-emerged with a new plan: licensing the website from Gregory Milligan, the court-appointed manager of the site. On Monday, Mr. Milligan asked Maya Guerra Gamble, a judge in Texas’s Travis County District Court overseeing the disposition of Infowars, to approve that licensing agreement in…

I can’t believe this.

I saw OP and went to infowars dot com to have a look. I scrolled a bit, clicked some links, looked at the store, had a good laugh at the comedy of this ironic site.

Now you’re telling me the site is not a joke from The Onion? Reality is stranger than fiction.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by triceratops »

nemomarx wrote: post #65
triceratops wrote: post #58

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If true, you have to admire their commitment to the bit. I didn't find anything about this though.

You want to look for Enron - they bought the hostname as part of something

I saw a couple stories about that which suggested it was a parody shitcoin. Even if not, the name Enron should've been an obvious clue.
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