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Yep, some folks she actually lived in that attic during WW II….

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Posted: 03/20/2024 at 12:48PM

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Yes, you are ** -- 111Balz 03/20/2024 1:19PM

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Six and zero respectively. Do you have a point to make? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/20/2024 1:08PM

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Yeah. And a lot of them aren't here to talk about it. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/20/2024 1:16PM

Also, are they pro choice on healthcare? ** -- ryno hoo 03/20/2024 1:05PM

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Scott fucking Atlas. The radiology doctor? STFU ** -- hooshouse 03/20/2024 09:48AM

I’m pretty sure this is Scott Atlas’ car -- WahooMatt05 03/20/2024 10:47AM

Didn't know there is a Helen Keller conspiracy. ** -- JohnHoo2 03/20/2024 11:07AM

Yep, some folks she actually lived in that attic during WW II…. ** -- Mad Bowl Hoo 03/20/2024 12:48PM

There’s a conspiracy for everything. My favorite is that -- BocaHoo91 03/20/2024 11:41AM

Some of the videos on that one are funny ** -- hooshouse 03/20/2024 12:26PM

Yeah. People are saying Helen Keller was fake. -- ryno hoo 03/20/2024 11:13AM

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Yeah. History is ALL made up!! We're living in a simulation!!! ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/20/2024 11:16AM

(Link) Did everything that you were told happened occur, -- ryno hoo 03/20/2024 11:32AM

I stand by that post. Do you have a point? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/20/2024 1:11PM

Yeah. You talked about history being a myth and differing perspectives -- ryno hoo 03/20/2024 1:36PM

I was giving you shit. Helen Keller clearly existed. ** -- Seattle .Hoo 03/20/2024 1:47PM

Do some of you think we have amnesia? -- hooshouse 03/20/2024 09:49AM

The problem is very few, if any, of the… -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 09:24AM

No, the real problem is that people like you believe that shit and resist d -- 111Balz 03/20/2024 10:51AM

“Inconvenience”. SMH ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 11:12AM

The best part (need to look on bright side as optimist) was complete -- ryno hoo 03/20/2024 10:06AM

Yes and no. The problem is that it wasn't true "experts" making policy.... -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 10:57AM

Which bureacrats wanted to enhance their power and can you provide any -- Hooooooooooooooo 03/20/2024 1:09PM

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That is a stupid comment. Just look what is happening currently with -- Hooooooooooooooo 03/20/2024 10:17AM

So weird that measles cases are up coincident with open borders... -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 11:06AM

So weird that there have been no reported cases in TX, NM, or AZ. -- SixerHoo 03/20/2024 11:44AM

It's how you know the vaccine stuff is fake. Just about power. -- ryno hoo 03/20/2024 11:42AM

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It's funny that you think that connection is 4D chess when... -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 11:36AM

What’s telling is that you believe there is such a connection. ** -- SixerHoo 03/20/2024 11:47AM

Totes. Must be some other reason. I'm sure you'll come up with one. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 11:53AM

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As always he clams up when asked a question fatal to his bullshit. ** -- SixerHoo 03/20/2024 12:45PM

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Reaction to lies and real science.Think about how you believe this medicine -- ryno hoo 03/20/2024 10:55AM

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I'm willing to take my chances with the flu and who is being forced to be -- Hooooooooooooooo 03/20/2024 12:45PM

Liar ** -- ryno hoo 03/20/2024 10:18AM

Lol...what ended polio? ** -- Hooooooooooooooo 03/20/2024 10:25AM

You don't know shit about polio or vaccines. ** -- ryno hoo 03/20/2024 10:29AM

These people think COVID shots are the same as polio vaccines. Incredible. ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 11:04AM

No, you've arived at a wild ass conclusion. ** -- Hooooooooooooooo 03/20/2024 11:34AM

What vaccine knowlege do you think you have that you would like to share? ** -- fishhoo 03/20/2024 10:47AM

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Why do you hate the Trump vaccine? ** -- LonghornHokie 03/20/2024 1:55PM

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I don't know what you shared, but if it was anything in the universe of -- fishhoo 03/20/2024 11:06AM

On behalf of the rational board posters, I’m pleased to share this. -- hoolstoptheheels 03/20/2024 10:58AM

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And as with all other COVIDiots, you have no grasp of the data, nor... -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 11:02AM

You do like to flatter yourself I guess because no one else does -- 111Balz 03/20/2024 12:54PM

Riiiiiiiiight. Oh, and Thanks, Trump! ** -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 1:07PM

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Oh lookie! Capitulation by personal insult. -- SixerHoo 03/20/2024 11:53AM

I'm not posting data that is easily available online. The... -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 12:52PM

Oh, the old “I’m not your research assistant” dodge. -- SixerHoo 03/20/2024 1:01PM

It's not a dodge. I'm literally... -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 1:36PM

You’ve been proven wrong on this board so many -- SixerHoo 03/20/2024 1:47PM

I've literally never been proven wrong, and that's because... -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 2:11PM

Your delusions of omniscience are showing. Bigly. ** -- SixerHoo 03/20/2024 2:13PM

If only I took a dewormer like POTUS suggested -- WahooMatt05 03/20/2024 11:14AM

Yeah, that totally happened. More COVIDiot comments, and this... -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 11:27AM

Yeah, that totally happened -- WahooMatt05 03/20/2024 11:46AM

I see you have (wisely) moved the goalposts from your previous bullshit.... -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 12:11PM

No harm? Hundreds of thousands of Americans are needlessly dead -- WahooMatt05 03/20/2024 12:21PM

Laughable. Go get your TDS checked. It's clearly debilitating... -- Los Angeles Hoo 03/20/2024 12:37PM

I want a reckoning of those who did this to us. Crime against humanity. ** -- ryno hoo 03/20/2024 09:12AM

I don’t love everything about this oped, but I like it “directionally” - -- hoolstoptheheels 03/20/2024 08:53AM

While I believe lockdowns were a net gain in lives saved…there are also -- Tuckahokie 03/20/2024 09:42AM

It's worth remembering that the author, Atlas, has an axe to grind -- CMUHoo 03/20/2024 09:12AM

Yes, Taiwan was often cited as a country that didn't "lock down" by the -- JohnHoo2 03/20/2024 10:18AM

This recent article concluded stringent lockdown/mask stuff didn't help, -- hoodeyo 03/20/2024 10:08AM

Exactly. And your point about Sweden is an excellent one. Too many people -- 111Balz 03/20/2024 09:22AM

That’s worth considering. All people tend to push back when they’re told -- hoolstoptheheels 03/20/2024 09:35AM

I think our media exacerbates the tendencies you describe in paragraph 1 -- Capital City Hoo 03/20/2024 09:55AM

Your last paragraph is where all starts. Trump and his followers. -- 111Balz 03/20/2024 10:47AM

A primary goal of Trumpism is to destroy faith in the institutions of -- hoolstoptheheels 03/20/2024 10:50AM

Yeah, I remember this guy. I share your skepticism about his motives, -- hoolstoptheheels 03/20/2024 09:22AM

One thought I had through summer 2020... -- CMUHoo 03/20/2024 09:49AM

One of the NYT columnists posed this exact trade-off sometime in 2020 -- Capital City Hoo 03/20/2024 10:37AM

The counterpoint to that is the job losses due to total -- hoolstoptheheels 03/20/2024 09:50AM

Scott Atlas estimated only 10,000 would die. He’s a fucking idiot. -- WahooMatt05 03/20/2024 09:33AM

Maybe he was just referring to Jan 12 to Jan 14 2021 with -- BocaHoo91 03/20/2024 10:28AM

So we hate Atlas, and thus should pay no attention to anything he says, -- hoolstoptheheels 03/20/2024 09:40AM

This. There’s an argument to be made that virtual school was harmful -- WahooMatt05 03/20/2024 09:21AM

I’m not real hung up just on this article, but the need for an honest -- hoolstoptheheels 03/20/2024 09:25AM

Yup, and I think that is CM's point about Sweden -- Capital City Hoo 03/20/2024 09:35AM

As I say above, maybe step one is to let ourselves off the hook a bit. -- hoolstoptheheels 03/20/2024 09:47AM

Completely agree that we need to have a non-political examination and discu -- 111Balz 03/20/2024 09:10AM

Totally agree with that. ** -- Shenhoo 03/20/2024 09:04AM

I think there is fact-finding to do and a good honest discussion about -- Capital City Hoo 03/20/2024 08:48AM

Exactly. Well said ** -- 111Balz 03/20/2024 08:51AM

WSJ. Doesn't count. ** -- Hokieesith 03/20/2024 08:36AM

Their opinion page is just like the 67th chapter of the Bible. -- Shenhoo 03/20/2024 08:38AM

Rupert Murdoch’s newest propaganda rag. ** -- hooshouse 03/20/2024 09:50AM

I don’t have a subscription, and I absolutely do not buy the statement -- 111Balz 03/20/2024 08:26AM

^^^^ Seems to be very critical of any information presented to xim ^^^^ ** -- ResistHoo 03/20/2024 09:20AM

Agreed especially in omnicron wave ** -- HokieJamie 03/20/2024 09:03AM

Did I read that right—unemployment was what killed all those people? ** -- southdenverhoo 03/20/2024 08:47AM

I think their point is unemployment will lead to excess deaths. -- hoolstoptheheels 03/20/2024 09:07AM

Well, maybe they’ll die WITH unemployment, not FROM unemployment. ** -- southdenverhoo 03/20/2024 10:26AM

LOL. Well done. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 03/20/2024 10:30AM

I am looking forward to seeing responses to that column -- 111Balz 03/20/2024 08:49AM

Peer reviewed or Op ed quality? ** -- Shenhoo 03/20/2024 08:12AM

Weird that vaccines weren’t mentioned at all -- WahooMatt05 03/20/2024 08:22AM

And, of course, both Scott Atlas (R-Xray doctor) and -- Shenhoo 03/20/2024 08:34AM

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