One of the few things in the news I'm following is the sale of Alex Jones's Info Wars operation to, perhaps, the folks who bring us The Onion. I don't understand the intricacies of the auction and after watching this video from our old friend, the Legal Eagle, I know a lot more about it but understand a lot less.
I also don't understand why anyone even slightly expects Mr. Jones to change his act. It's an act that made him very wealthy in the first place, very famous and very beloved by enough of the population for there always to be a market for said act. Why suddenly be reasonable when being fiercely unreasonable has made you a success beyond your wildest dreams? Okay, so he's not as wealthy now as once was. He's surely not going to give up on the chance of getting some or all of it back.
Here's one of the Eagle's associates laying the matter out for us. There's also a commercial in here for Ground News, the same folks who've been sponsoring Randy Rainbow as of late. If I weren't trying not to follow most of the news these days, I might take advantage of their subscription discount offer…