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The Onion to Take over InfoWars

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Re: The Onion to Take over InfoWars

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Post by win2k »

latexr wrote: post #38
Traster wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As with all silly internet block BS, simply reload the site and hit escape before the cookie banner loads.

> reload the site and hit escape What exactly does that do? Which web browser? I’m on mobile right now, so can’t test.

I'm on Firefox and it did nothing for me. The popup came up so fast between me refreshing and hitting escape.

Alternatively, you can disable JavaScript on the website. That lets me view it.

Re: The Onion to Take over InfoWars

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Post by rob74 »

kikokikokiko wrote: post #31
mikeodds wrote: post #25

Maybe I’m out of touch, but doesn’t a $1.4b dollar settlement for this seem rather… large?

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> 5 will be crazy cucko insane shit, 4 will be common sense american conservative talking points

If you ask me, it's getting harder and harder to draw a line between those two categories...

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Post by kdheiwns »

qwertytyyuu wrote: post #15

No way, i can't believe it actually happened! I would have though alex would though alex and his goons would have managed to stop it

Not sure if it even matters since Alex Jones is just going to keep doing what he's doing.

Judgements demanding he pay billions keep coming out and he just says he's not paying, and nobody has forced him to either. Even if infowars' brand changes hands, that's the extent of it.

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Post by vasco »

Traster wrote: post #36
win2k wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Babylon Bee forces you to accept cookies to use their site. Worth avoiding.

As with all silly internet block BS, simply reload the site and hit escape before the cookie banner loads.

Or just inspect element + press delete. In some cases you also need to then delete an extra gray overlay and re-enable scroll on the base html tag, but takes 30s

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Post by yread »

jayd16 wrote: post #14
phendrenad2 wrote: post #9

A million dollars a year for... what? A gag that fans of infowars won't watch, and there aren't enough anti-fans to appreciate? It feels personal at this point.

Think of it as a million dollar ad buy.

Or a charitable gift to Sandy Hook families

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Post by pie_flavor »

mikeodds wrote: post #25

Maybe I’m out of touch, but doesn’t a $1.4b dollar settlement for this seem rather… large?

The context is that Jones blew up the court process every chance he got, setting a new record for contempt fining. The most important piece was refusing to comply with discovery (his lawyer was so bad-behaved here he ended up with a disciplinary suspension). As a result Jones received a default judgement, i.e. the plaintiffs win by default and he doesn't get to argue his case. This also means the plaintiffs get everything they were asking for. And then for some reason he didn't even enter an argument during the damages calculation phase, so the jury just went with whatever the plaintiffs said.

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Post by jeroenhd »

mikeodds wrote: post #25

Maybe I’m out of touch, but doesn’t a $1.4b dollar settlement for this seem rather… large?

I don't think so. With how much money was made and direct attacks on individual members on the legal system, I think it's a breath of fresh air to see the rich and influential actually get punished. There's frustrating the legal system, and then there's lying under oath and executing smear campaigns against judges.

If Alex Jones wanted a smaller settlement, he could've chosen to destroy fewer lies, comply with legal orders, or simply not commit any number of his many other legal infractions.

He's desperately trying to weasel his way out of paying any of it back by doing things like moving assets around, leaving companies empty, and then declaring bankruptcy on them. His victims will probably spend the rest of their lives chasing after the compensation they're owed, but perhaps at least taking Jones' branding from him might be punishment for a man like him.

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Post by pjc50 »

OtherShrezzing wrote: post #34
kikokikokiko wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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I’m just not sure you can make the claim that this is an issue between the outlet and the establishment. It’s had hosts like Roger Stone doing 5 episodes a week. He’s the former campaign advisor for the sitting president of the United States, and advisor to Dole, Bush (both), and Reagan. It doesn’t get more establishment than that. So the “down and out anti-establishment underdog” narrative doesn’t apply in my opinio…

To people like that, random college students are "establishment" because they are lefty, and the literal President of the United States is "anti-establishment" because he uses slurs on social media.
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