Alex Jones

the art stuff is very extremely dumb though, and doesn't make that point at all

(the point it makes is that popehat shouldn't talk abt art or music)

― mark s, Thursday, August 4, 2022 8:40 PM (twelve minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

i agree with the writer's overall point, but the art comparisons are fundamentally a mistake not least because intelligent visual language use in the art of, say, magritte, is high. also popular demagoguery and art come from very different places i think.

(yeah, citing any specific artist would prob have weakened his point, but going for Magritte over eg Pollock does especially obscure it)

for a couple weeks in elementary school, everyone was playing rock paper scissors. there would be tournaments going on at recess, every recess. it was the height of competitive rock paper scissors in my life, and i think in the lives of most of us kids in that schoolyard. but then bart simpson came. rock beats scissors. scissors beats paper. paper beats rock. bart simpson beats rock, paper, and scissors. bart simpson began to be deployed as an option, leading to contested tourney results. first it was rare, then it became expected for it to happen in any game. but still there was a level of sportsmanship, in that you wouldn't do it more than once during a single day, because it was so clearly unfair. but then bulldozer was invented. bulldozer beats bart simpson. but arguably, bart simpson also beat bulldozer. that's when things really spiraled out of control, and the game had changed. i can still remember a kid from the earlier days, beating scissors with his rock. he raised up his clenched fist as high as he could, then brought it pulverizing down to the ground, then of course the fake explosion noise. classic victory. then just a few weeks later, BART SIMPSON! BULLDOZER! BART SIMPSON! BULLDOZER!

Lmao, what about dynamite tho

*good bad and the ugly whistling as the dynamite is lit*

damn, that could be a fun option! dynamite blows up everything, BUT you have to light the fuse at least a turn before it explodes, AND there have to be three ties in a row in order to trigger it

....your honor, is why i believe that i am telling the truth about bart simpson doing 9/11 with dynamite, all evidence covered up by the bulldozer, your honor, is what i heard and i don't do all the shows, either, i don't know what ads i show, and i don't know what my guests know, and everyone else does it

Per Solomon, verdict is in

oh shit, cut the baby in half?

rip alex jones

Last Jedi style

tiptoeing around pointing out that Alex Jones is insane.

except Alex Jones isn't clinically insane at all. he's badly warped and not too bright, but that's not insanity. for decades he was richly rewarded for spewing a constant stream of fabrications and fabulations. to the tune of tens of millions of dollars. it must have felt like he'd acquired a magical superpower that never failed. now it's failing him and he can't understand why.

^^^^

$5.11 million by my math. Jones said yesterday during questioning that anything over $2 million would destroy him, although this is obviously a lot less than $150 million

— dan solomon (@dansolomon) August 4, 2022

I know there's more coming, but that figure feels a lot lower than it should be... all things considered.

let the destruction commence forthwith!

Even if he only has $2 million (I call BS), would be able to file for Chapter 11 before he has to pay that out?

Dude should be wearing a barrel selling pencils before they approve any bankruptcy filing

Asked Bankston how the punitive cap works- he said it’s a “reasonable multiple,” no higher than the 10. Could be as high as about $40m

— dan solomon (@dansolomon) August 4, 2022

Maybe Alex jones' accountent will paypal the full $150 million by mistake.

Jones said yesterday during questioning

ftr every word that comes out of Alex Jones's mouth is a lie including 'and' and 'the'.

xp - and then fail to respond when someone asks if he wants to reclaim the overpayment

rather than try to summarize what he said, here’s video of Bankston explaining the cap on punitive damages pic.twitter.com/CSrYPEL0Un

— dan solomon (@dansolomon) August 4, 2022

In addition to sharing Alex Jones' phone with J6C, the Bankston said he's going to share it with the CT plaintiffs, which is where it came from in the first place. So Jones' NEXT trial may be far more taxing (he) than Texas.

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 4, 2022

Luke Wilson can play Jones' attorney, Jesse Plemons can play the prosecutor.

So here's a fun bonus: the phone story also mentioned medical records that shouldn't have been shipped over, yes? Well guess what. (This is Jones's Connecticut lawyer being yelled at -- and note the followup tweet detailed how his Texas one is getting in the neck too.)

I knew refreshing this docket all day would pay off. https://t.co/iDdBKSHyRd pic.twitter.com/XdKXRoftXX

— Kate 🐌🐳🖋📬 (@Equivo_Kate) August 4, 2022

This order is coming from the judge in said Connecticut case. That is...not good for them.

Also:

Writing up the details on this but the lawyer that Owen Shroyer and Joe Biggs currently share in their Jan6 defense is the one who caused the Alex Jones fuckup.

A big one. https://t.co/QjCJzsAYzr

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 4, 2022

LAWYER: “You’ve been broadcasting a picture of our judge on fire, correct?”

ALEX JONES: “No.”

*Shows pic of him broadcasting judge on fire* 🤦🏻‍♂️ pic.twitter.com/tIwKuwT4cN

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) August 4, 2022

lol

I will be so happy when someone sues his ass for every penny he has and wins.

― A is for (Aimless), Monday, June 17, 2019 8:29 PM (three years ago)

Leave me out of this

He didn't say Sandy Hook was a hoax, he said it was a hoagie

As the jury deliberates, two useful notes

Caught up with Bankston to ask about punitive damages cap- short answer is that he believes they can argue that the $750k cap doesn’t apply in this case because damages were guaranteed by the default, and is ready to challenge the constitutionality of the cap

— dan solomon (@dansolomon) August 5, 2022

to set expectation: the jury will return a punitive damages verdict between a dollar and $145.9m. Either Judge Gamble or the appellate court will cap that at $750k and then it’ll either be challenged or dealt with in bankruptcy

— dan solomon (@dansolomon) August 5, 2022

Sounded like there was at least one potentially spoiler on the jury.

Yeah it's a real question. Guess we'll see.

InfoWars punitive verdict is in unanimously: roughly $44 million.

— Will Sommer (@willsommer) August 5, 2022

Well then!

As noted earlier

keep in mind that this is about to bump up against Texas's punitive damages cap. that may get challenged in court, or it may become largely irrelevant in bankruptcy court.

— dan solomon (@dansolomon) August 5, 2022

Solomon's overall sum-up

https://www.texasmonthly.com/news-politics/how-will-alex-jones-verdict-affect-conspiracy-culture/

News: The Alex Jones texts have been turned over to the 1/6 committee, I’m told. https://t.co/s1kQg6AT1g

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) August 8, 2022

I'm pretty sure all the J6 committee needed to do was make a document request without even issuing a subpoena. Bankston sounded eager to cooperate.

Do it like a J6

Uh... about those "intimate" texts with Roger Stone...

The wife of conservative radio host Alex Jones told Insider on Tuesday that she was "unaware" her husband sent a nude photo of her to former Donald Trump adviser Roger Stone.

The illicit picture was among a trove of text messages that Jones' own lawyer accidentally turned over to opposing counsel in a defamation damages trial involving the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim.

where is that from?

and uh ... more importantly ... who is disclosing the contents of the texts?

Sandy Hook families’ lawyer confirms that a naked photo of Alex Jones’s wife was on his phone, but adds that Alex sent that naked photo of his wife to Roger Stone. pic.twitter.com/LfKnQVXPMh

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) August 9, 2022

xp - sorry, meant to add a link to where I saw it https://www.insider.com/alex-jone-wife-upset-nude-photo-roger-stone-2022-8

the nude was actually of Alex

"I am upset that he took privilege to send the image to someone without my knowledge. However, that's really the least of my problems right now," Wulff-Jones added.

It is not clear what Wulff-Jones was referring to.

she was on the toilet at the time probably

interesting that this lawyer has the discretion to release this kind of info, so openly

I guess if Jones' lawyer didn't specifically make it privileged, than maybe he can? But I could also see this kind of thing being a grounds for appeal

It sounds like the lawyer was confirming that Alex Jones said the photo was there, not releasing that information himself.

my brain broke a little on the "sending a picture of your wife to Roger Stone" part

when you're downriver, you'll take anything you can get

infowifeswap.com

Alex Jones's hell is one defamation/damages trial after the next:

You can watch the next Alex Jones defamation damages trial live here. https://t.co/It8HIQB6IT

— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) September 13, 2022