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'Beautiful joke': The Onion finally reaches another deal to take over Infowars - Raw Story (www.rawstory.com)
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[–] IAmYouButYouDontKnowYet@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I wonder if Alex jones was once legit and then got psyoped by the government to become crazy.

[–] ltxrtquq@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 week ago

Wonder no longer: no.

[–] ugjka@lemmy.ugjka.net 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Back when he had a radio show and on Y2K new years he was reporting that nukes were going off and other crazy shit that never happened

[–] limelight79@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe he had a steaming hot bowl of spicy chili that night.