• JakenVeina@lemm.ee
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    I dunno what would be funnier, if a bunch of people did this and got themselves arrested, along with Jones, for obstruction, or if just no one showed up at all.

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      I think it’d be hilarious if Trump promised to cover people’s legal fees and get a big mob arrested

      Cuz you know.

      Trump doesn’t even pay his own legal bills…

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    If anyone deserves an aneurysm it’s this guy. I hate that he’s young enough to keep spouting his bullshit for another 30+ years.

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      I dunno mate, he seems to be high on coke all the time so that aneurysm may be closer than you think. Also, if he ends up broke under a bridge (I can hope!) then his reach is greatly diminished.

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        I’ve never made that connection. I thought he was just a lunatic who played it up for his fans.

        Do you think he’s actually drugged out?

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          There are definitely times when it seems like he’s had a hit of something during commercial breaks. He’s often drunk on air (and drinks during the show) so it’s certainly possible.

          Edit: I just listened, he’s drunk on air during this episode. And the headline is a quote from Steve Bannon, bit misleading.

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          I saw a video of alex jones from the early 90s. He was doing some local nothing story about how a road had too steep of a slope, and needed a guardrail to stop busses from slipping.

          He was calm. He was much much thinner, and he wasn’t spewing bullshit. One line I found ironic is, he was illistrating a point how a bus could have difficulty getting up in the winter, and if an accident happened, that bus would slide right off the edge. And he says something to the effect of “Just look at this angle, and imagine what it’s like in winter. Covered in ice, maybe even black ice. One mistake in those conditions would make a bus full of children slide off the edge, and suddenly dozens of children and the bus driver could be seriously hurt, or worse. Nobody wants to see that.”

          Then he talked about how he campaigned for a barrier wall, but was told he’d be lucky to get a guard rail.

          Fast forward to today, and he’s talking about gay frogs, and conspiracies and other various bullshit. It’s like two different people.

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            From saving kids to terrorizing their parents. What a friggin arc.

            Still wonder if it’s heavy drug use or heavy pandering…

            Thanks for sharing.

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      Guy looks like he’s pushing 70 so I’m not so sure (I know he’s actually much younger but man he looks rough).

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    I hope they come through for him, because the video of a bunch of his fans being arrested and him hauled out would probably be hilarious.

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    I don’t really get why people would risk life or liberty for a person richer than them. You don’t see these people participated in the Jan 6 insurrection.

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    Make them arrest a chain of “patriots” who are trying to obstruct justice and resist the police.

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      Given Jones’s audience, there’s a good chance some of them would be the police. Austin suburbs are packed to the gills with Joe Rogan / Alex Jones fellow travelers.

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    Alex Jones Production - 1011 Meredith Dr, Austin, Texas

    Gotta say, I’m underwhelmed. This is way out in the exurbs of Austin, practically down in Kyle TX. For a guy who was halfway to being a billionaire a year or two ago, its kinda depressing to see that this is where the magic is supposed to happen.

    Rush Limbaugh’s studio was a thousand times swanker.