# A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [May 19, 2023, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2023-05-19T03:20:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 474
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9462 "2024-11-14T19:45:26Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > but will anybody of them stay around after the Onion has taken over? Or will the Onion be so clever that they don’t notice the change? That is a question that has lingered in my mind ever since I heard they were auctioning off Infowars. Infowars _is_ Alex Jones. Sure, he’s got a few other “hosts”, but can you name any? Have you ever seen an Infowars clip that didn’t feature Jones? If I were The Onion, I’d be conducting a nation-wide talent search for a Jones look-alike, and then try spoofing the audience. But, even if they unsubscribe, they’ll still have their contact details. And that shit can be sold to every scammer in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9463 "2024-11-14T19:47:36Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Yes, but will anybody of them stay around after the Onion has taken over? I’d be surprised if the subscriptions don’t run for at least a year, renew automatically and are not more difficult to cancel than Amazon Prime. That would mean about six months (on average: some about to expire, some still one year to go) of subscription revenues from now on. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9464 "2024-11-14T19:59:57Z")
Whatever they’ll plan, I’m very excited about the revamp of infowars by the Onion. I surely will visit that site for the first time. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9465 "2024-11-14T20:44:23Z")
> “All she had to do was stop the war in Lebanon and Gaza and she would receive everyone’s votes here,” Dearborn’s Democratic mayor, Abdullah Hammoud, told the Associated Press. As if the vice president could stop another country’s war?! That _blithering idiot_. I agree with EddyTeddyFreddy, this is the stupidest of the stupid MFers in the news. What is that bubble-brain even doing in politics? ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9466 "2024-11-14T21:50:17Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > If I were The Onion, I’d be conducting a nation-wide talent search for a Jones look-alike, and then try spoofing the audience. Name him Axel Jones. I might end up browsing Infowars for the first time in my life. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9467 "2024-11-14T21:54:50Z")
> [@Johanna](#): > > As if the vice president could stop another country’s war?! That _blithering idiot_. Unfortunately it seems to be a common attitude, as long as I can recall people have acted like the US President could _somehow_ just declare peace over there and make it stick (without trying to occupy a nuclear armed country). ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9468 "2024-11-14T22:17:19Z")
It’s reminiscent of the late 90s, when the Taliban were first trying to make Afghanistan even worse. People kept demanding that someone “do something” about it, as if the “something” wouldn’t involve invading the country, and running it for a few decades. We all saw how well that worked out post-9/11. At the end of the day, if you aren’t willing to break stuff and kill people, you _are_ willing to let foreign governments do whatever they want. Sure, we can use “sanctions”, but those ultimately have little effect. Sanctions didn’t stop North Korea from getting the bomb, they haven’t stopped Iran from trying to get the bomb or exporting terrorism to other countries, and they haven’t ended Russia’s war in Ukraine. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9469 "2024-11-14T22:18:22Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Name him Axel Jones. I like the cut of your jib! ---
**Author:** ![Procrustus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/procrustus/32/2994_2.png) [@Procrustus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Procrustus)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9470 "2024-11-14T22:31:01Z")
Wrong thread ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9471 "2024-11-14T23:46:37Z")
Heh. Was the Handsomest Guy in the Liquor Store at Four AM mickeying poor Alex in his most recent whinecast? > [@](#): > > Longtime Trump adviser and right-wing operative Steve Bannon, who joined Jones on the emergency broadcast, repeatedly asked Jones to provide an update on what these “imperial troops” were doing, and suggested filming them live. “Walk in the control room, put a frickin’ camera in their face, and let’s get a name, rank, and serial number,” Bannon suggested, claiming the “Gestapo” was coming after Jones. From this article > **['The Onion' Buys Infowars -- and Alex Jones Is Pissed](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/onion-just-bought-infowars-alex-143117665.html)** > > The Onion has acquired Alex Jones' Infowars after a judge ordered his assets be auctioned off, and the conspiracy theorist is not happy. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9472 "2024-11-14T23:57:35Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Horatius](#): > > > > If I were The Onion, I’d be conducting a nation-wide talent search for a Jones look-alike, and then try spoofing the audience. > > Name him Axel Jones. > > I might end up browsing Infowars for the first time in my life. Why does this, along with the whole Onion purchase, make me imagine an 80’s Eddie Murphy vehicle, with him in whiteface, a fatsuit, and playing the part of “Axel” Jones while channeling Axel Foley? ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9473 "2024-11-15T03:36:58Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > > Steve Bannon, who joined Jones on the emergency broadcast, repeatedly asked Jones to provide an update on what these “imperial troops” were doing, and suggested filming them live. “Walk in the control room, put a frickin’ camera in their face, and let’s get a name, rank, and serial number,” I bet they looked like this. [![](https://theonion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AmericanVoice_OG_FINAL.jpg?resize=1024,535) ](https://theonion.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/AmericanVoice_OG_FINAL.jpg?resize=1024,535) More seriously, I am really surprised to hear the the Onion did this. They probably do pretty well for themselves but I doubt that they are rolling in dough to the point that they can spend a huge bundle on a bit of trollery. Either they are doing better than I thought, or there were really no serious buyers at the auction. Both of which feel me with glee (the latter more so of course). ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9474 "2024-11-15T04:45:24Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > Either they are doing better than I thought, or there were really no serious buyers at the auction. The only other bidder was something called “First United American Companies”, which AIUI is a front for Jones. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9475 "2024-11-15T19:14:40Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > [They](https://theonion.com/heres-why-i-decided-to-buy-infowars/) are also being snarky about it. And this > As for the vitamins and supplements, we are halting their sale immediately. Utilitarian logic dictates that if we can extend even one CEO’s life by 10 minutes, diluting these miracle elixirs for public consumption is an unethical waste. Instead, we plan to collect the entire stock of the InfoWars warehouses into a large vat and boil the contents down into a single candy bar–sized omnivitamin that one executive (I will not name names) may eat in order to increase his power and perhaps become immortal. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9476 "2024-11-15T19:33:26Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > Name him Axel Jones. Why not just get Axel Rose? [Have you seen him lately?](https://www.bing.com/images/search?view=detailV2&ccid=A60KxY%2Bp&id=7A7A52C669E240C818EB7D70B574FBFFB3CB1E81&thid=OIP.A60KxY-pRbAfVGcM14gUxAHaHa&mediaurl=https%3A%2F%2Fviralgala.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F04%2Faxl-rose-then-and-now-3.jpg&cdnurl=https%3A%2F%2Fth.bing.com%2Fth%2Fid%2FR.03ad0ac58fa945b01f54670cd78814c4%3Frik%3DgR7Ls%252f%252f7dLVwfQ%26pid%3DImgRaw%26r%3D0&exph=700&expw=700&q=axl+rose+today+photos&simid=608024416324236777&form=IRPRST&ck=C62F261FE6DC198B3912AA72B30617B0&selectedindex=3&itb=0&ajaxhist=0&ajaxserp=0&vt=0&sim=11) ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9477 "2024-11-15T19:44:14Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The only other bidder was something called “First United American Companies”, **which AIUI is a front for Jones.** Well, FUAC them. my bolding in quote ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9478 "2024-11-15T19:58:39Z")
> [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > More seriously, I am really surprised to hear the the Onion did this. They probably do pretty well for themselves but I doubt that they are rolling in dough to the point that they can spend a huge bundle on a bit of trollery. Either they are doing better than I thought, or there were really no serious buyers at the auction. Both of which feel me with glee (the latter more so of course). Reading between the lines a little bit…… This [story](https://ca.news.yahoo.com/onion-just-bought-infowars-alex-143117665.html) from upthread contains the following paragraph. _The Onion also announced that it had partnered with the gun-control advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety to facilitate the acquisition, which would serve as an exclusive advertising partner for the Infowars relaunch under its new parent company. “It’s fitting that a platform once used to profit off of tragedy will be a tool of education, hence our multiyear advertising commitment to this new venture,” John Feinblatt, president of Everytown for Gun Safety, added in Tuesday’s statement. “We’re proud to be a part of what comes next, not only in terms of staunching the flow of hurtful misinformation, but also for the potential this new venture has to help Everytown reach new audiences ready to hold the gun industry accountable for contributing to our nation’s gun violence epidemic.”_ IIRC, Everytown For Gun Safety was founded by Michael Bloomberg, who is still very involved with the group. I’m thinking he could afford to quietly bankroll the bid. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9479 "2024-11-15T20:01:49Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > IIRC, Everytown For Gun Safety was founded by Michael Bloomberg, who is still very involved with the group. I’m thinking he could afford to quietly bankroll the bid. If so, it was a smart purchase for someone who (by several accounts) really does want to see MAGA-style “thinking” minimized. (A lot of them won’t know this change of ownership has happened and may go to the site, accidentally being exposed to facts along with the humor.) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.winston_oboogie/32/2945_2.png) [@Dr.Winston\_OBoogie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Winston_OBoogie)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9480 "2024-11-15T20:19:10Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > (A lot of them won’t know this change of ownership has happened and may go to the site, accidentally being exposed to facts along with the humor.) Well, they’d better do it quickly. As of right now, on google you see > [@](#): > > [ > > ### Info Wars > > [image] > Info Wars > [https://www.infowars.com](https://www.infowars.com) > ]([https://www.infowars.com/](https://www.infowars.com/)) > > Site unavailable till further notice. And on the site itselt, all you see is > [@](#): > > Site unavailable till further notice. ---
**Author:** ![Rhodes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhodes/32/273_2.png) [@Rhodes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhodes)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2024, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250/9481 "2024-11-15T20:27:32Z")
I clicked your link. The site loaded fine. Alex Jones claiming the sale to the Onion was blocked. So if the Onion has taken over and doesn’t want the readers to notice, they’re nailing it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=473) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250.md?page=475)