HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoBankruptcy judge rejects The Onion’s bid to buy Alex Jones’ Infowarswww.nbcnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down11cross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1140arrow-down1external-linkBankruptcy judge rejects The Onion’s bid to buy Alex Jones’ Infowarswww.nbcnews.comHiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml to United States | News & Politics@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square26fedilinkcross-posted to: nottheonion@lemmy.worldnews@lemmy.world
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 hours agoYou know what else makes no sense? Letting someone bid on his former property using money he owes to the people selling.
minus-squaresensiblepuffin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoWhy does that make no sense? He has debts to pay, can’t cover them, and so his assets are sold at auction to pay them off. Same thing happens to people every day via civil forfeiture.
minus-squareSkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours agoBecause he’s trying to use the money he owes to buy back his stuff, when it should have been seized too
You know what else makes no sense? Letting someone bid on his former property using money he owes to the people selling.
Why does that make no sense? He has debts to pay, can’t cover them, and so his assets are sold at auction to pay them off. Same thing happens to people every day via civil forfeiture.
Because he’s trying to use the money he owes to buy back his stuff, when it should have been seized too