The Onion buys Info Wars

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While I realize this won’t stop Alex Jones from profiting off a particularly virulent brand of angertainment and paranoia, I’ll take this for what it is - a small yet symbolic victory for the good guys.
 
Remember the days when Alex Jones was only on the fringes of the internets? This may have been one of the first conspiracy theory videos I'd ever seen on the internet, back when Google had GoogleVideo and it was gloriously ad-free.



Or from his public access show in Houston:

 
superrific said:
I had a student a few years back with a strong interest in anti-money laundering laws. Basically, he wanted to make a career out of being a legal money launderer, LOL. He did an independent study. I couldn't say no, because there was not exactly an improper purpose. He just wanted to understand how to stash money.

His final project was easily the most comprehensive student project I've seen in teaching. Suffice it to say, he was REALLY interested. I was considerably less interested, and when I figured out he was a white supremacist with a fucking crazy father and some craziness himself, I wanted to disentangle myself as quickly as possible. I gave him an A, because his project deserved it.

Point is: I don't remember all the details, but I do remember that there are a few jurisdictions out there (or were at the time) that didn't really cooperate with the U.S. One was Nauru. Also Isle of Man. And Nevis, I think. Basically the best places to go are the quasi-sovereign jurisdictions under the control of the UK.
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Nauru’s “billion dollar shack” kept the country afloat for years. Anyone could open a “bank” in Nauru for $25k. The place once had amongst the highest per capita gdps on the planet (70s,80s)due to high concentrations of surface level phosphates. Funny thing about extractive industries on small islands, they run out quickly.
 
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