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Comments by "L.W. Paradis" (@l.w.paradis2108) on "David Pakman Show" channel.

Pakman likes Biden. That settles it, can't vote for Biden. 😅
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@seekeroftruth6728 My parents were in Europe and fought the Nazis LOOONG before any Americans showed up, which was only after 80% of the actual Wehrmacht were already dead. But leave it to you to bomb, take credit, and help Nazis escape to South America. And posture. Don't forget to posture. It still works, um, for now.
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If this were about health care, we'd have universal health care -- without age or income discrimination.
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@jeanetteasmyself442 This is true, and astute. The Republicans absolutely think a boss should be able to set any condition short of requiring the employee to commit crimes or something. Their mantra is, if you don't like it, leave. What goes around . . .
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@nickthompson1812 What "left?" The US has no left. The real left in other countries is against mandates and vaccine passports, and for solidarity and persuasion. And choices. You see three or four non-mRNA vaccine choices in a lot of places.
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@seekeroftruth6728 You mean you don't know anything about WWII? Are you joking? Who do you think defeated Hitler? My father and my uncle were in that crowd. Did your "skool" tell you it was you? That would be funny were it not tragic. BTW, I speak three languages. Only one is a Germanic language -- and that would be English!
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Pelosi just appointed Kathleen Rice to chair a committee that AOC wanted to chair, and Rice not only started out in politics as a Republican, but also withheld her vote for Pelosi last time. What does all that tell you? Maybe playing hardball in the health care fight during a pandemic is the right way to go? (BTW, appointing Rice over AOC was a low blow, however you want to cut it. What a snake.)
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"Let's talk about anything except Assange." "Yes, let's."
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@decoynick1730 A rare voice of sanity. They are all ready to jeer at front-line workers who were there for us all last year, taking care of the sick during the pandemic. Already forgotten! They should have quit then. Sacrifice will never be rewarded. See what happened to the 9/11 first responders, the war-on-terror veterans, etc., etc. The plot never changes.
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@seekeroftruth6728 That the Red Army, Great Britain, and the Yugoslavs beat Hitler, without atom bombs that sicken future generations. This happened well before Normandy. Didn't you know? You have to know your basic chronologies. (The Japanese don't speak German. You know that part, correct? You should read some contemporary accounts, about how close they were to surrender.) If you don't know this much, then leave other people alone to make their own health care decisions. If you trust the vaccine, trust it to protect you against them.
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@Ayo.Ajisafe In France, CGT (left labor union) organized a demonstration of VACCINATED health care workers in support of their unvaccinated colleagues. Of course. L'Obs (very centrist) has posted the video report. All the comments below it congratulate the demonstrators for their humanity. ("Gee! I wonder why the French have a longer life expectancy?") In the meantime, last year the US had record drug overdose deaths. You'd think something would wake people up, but no. Nothing will. Decent people with a chance to leave should consider it.
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A DO with extensive experience might be as good or better than an MD, but the education they receive is not as sound.
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@muten861 Where do these wild assumptions come from? People who had COVID and recovered may turn out to be right. I don't have a television, so I don't know what propaganda you're getting.
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@seekeroftruth6728 Wait. Are you proud of TWO atom bombs, within four days? That's to BRAG on? Well, you didn't produce an Arkhipov! No surprise there.
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The rest of the real world has health care.
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@warren52nz la droite (et la gauche)
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@jonasp6043 Someone who had COVID and recovered, and who knows of vaccinated people with either severe side effects or serious breakthrough COVID cases. You may not know such people, but you don't work in a hospital. Seeing that might give you pause. Or, just believe the worst about people who worked to take care of the sick last year. All that doesn't count now, ha ha!
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Real reason for Jimmy being hate bombed: nothing to do with AOC, etc. Jimmy pointed out the CARES Act was the BIGGEST UPWARD TRANSFER OF WEALTH in human history. It's always about "follow the money."
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"Believe in science?" Science is primarily a methodology, not a set of static results, and certainly not a religion.
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Wow did you make that up?
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@octaviahh8774 Terrible. I'm so sorry.
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@seekeroftruth6728 Actually, I am going to emigrate, and not come back again. So sorry to be here, to see this. It is so ugly.
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@AceSpadeThePikachu You don't understand. The proponent of a medical intervention needs to persuade the patient. The patient has no burden of proof. The burden is entirely on the doctor. A patient can always say no. This is the law. Suddenly Biden, who campaigned on stating there would be no vaccine mandates, is pressuring private employers to institute them regardless of industry. It's not his business to exert pressure in any event. He wants others to do what he himself legally cannot do. What happened to HIPPA? What happened to Americans With Disabilities Act? Excessive phobia concerning medicine is a disability. It's not rare, either. Some people had one severe bout of allergy, say from penicillin, and have to be heavily medicated to go into a doctor's office. Dentist, even worse. This is suddenly unfamiliar to everyone? What happened?
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The question about the attacks that Aaron Mate raises is WHO is responsible. He has uncovered that the official story is unsupported by the evidence.
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In France, CGT (hard-left labor union) organized a demonstration of VACCINATED health care workers in support of their unvaccinated colleagues. Of course. L'Obs has the video report. All the comment congratulate the demonstrators for their humanity. In the US, the only person who had a great take on the issue was . . . Max Blumenthal. You have no idea what would "solve this pandemic." The best virologists in the world don't make that claim.
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@onyisraw2009 Anyone can verify that MD and DO do not follow the same course of study, and that from an academic perspective, DOs leave with an inferior education. That does not mean that they are not as good as MDs as actual practitioners of medicine 10, 15, or 20 years down the road. I have no conflict of interest here. Neither I, nor anyone I am related to, is either.
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I still remember AIDS. I sat it out in France. The US was a looney bin, really shameful. In France, parents were rallying to make sure teachers with HIV got to keep their jobs, tenured or not! No wonder France has a much higher life expectancy. Will you ever wake up from your latest round of utter hysteria and disgraceful Schadenfreude and stupid, stupid jeering, and be embarrassed? I highly doubt it. You'll find another enemy to distract you.
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@audreycampbell9483 Just the opposite. This is an example of a person not caught up in America's latest round of complete and utter hysteria and cowardice. I still remember AIDS. I sat it out in France. The US was a looney bin, really shameful. In France, parents were rallying to make sure teachers with HIV got to keep their jobs, tenured or not. No wonder France has a higher life expectancy.
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@aliciadishman What's "communism?" In France, PCF/CGT strongly oppose mandates. There, the vaccinated demonstrate for the unvaccinated to keep their jobs. NO WONDER they have a higher life expectancy. We, on the other hand, had record drug overdose deaths last year. Keep it up, Sweets, keep it up.
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@Michelle Love I'm so sorry to hear of your illness. Do you have long-term care in place? Shall we pray for you? What is your religious or spiritual preference?
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I knew this channel was sick, but I had no idea.
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@nunyabusiness9056 Can you be serious? His extradition was just approved the other day.
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So the journalism story of our time is whether this guy still talks to some other guy? Not, say, the persecution of Julian Assange, the discussion concerning whether to assassinate him, etc. American High School.
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Too bad they didn't walk off the job last year, during the pandemic. Really too bad. Now they know.
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Too bad they risked their own lives last year to work in healthcare during the pandemic. That will teach them.
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@kenhiett5266 These folks are a waste of your time. Trust me. Too bad they are so fascistic. They don't see it. They never do. Just stay informed, be willing to change your mind in the face of compelling evidence, should it emerge. Have a good weekend!
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@seekeroftruth6728 At least you admit you have no answer. Trust the vaccine to protect you, and leave other people alone.
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@gregbrogan9061 Seems you like to jeer at strangers. What kind of a choice would that be?
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@littlebrownbird8020 He doesn't owe an explanation. Anyone can refuse medical care.
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@morganrowell1373 80% of all casualties inflicted on the Nazis occurred before any Americans showed up. Conservative estimate. Teeth kicked in, by Nazis? You say that like it titillates you. No wonder Sputnik was such a surprise.
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@raymondblake5765 There is no consensus on a number of issues: how long immunity lasts; how well transmission to others is prevented by vaccination, and whether that varies by vairant; whether children under 16 should get vaccinated; whether young men under 25 (or under 30) should get two doses of mRNA vaccines or just one; whether women under 50 should either take Johnson & Johnson or Astra-Zeneca; whether the reported catastrophic illnesses following vaccination are purely coincidental or causally related to vaccination; whether those who recovered from COVID need just one dose, or need to be vaccinated at all. This is what the leading virologists still respectfully disagree about. Even some ministries of health are giving different recommendations (see Switzerland ). This is still early in the pandemic. We need to celebrate the fact that someone, somewhere is doing basic biomedical research without any agenda except to learn as much as possible and give the best possible advice. Instead, the vaccines are being politicized, for no good reason. What a shame. Medical care is supposed to be individualized.
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@polarbear4612 You cite YOUR sources. I hope you don't mean the 1905 Supreme Court case, where the penalty for not being vaccinated was a modest fine. Or did you imagine the law on the current round of mandates is settled? That's plain naive.
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@morganrowell1373 I did that. I told you, links are shadowed. Are you really that scared of considering something not familiar to you?
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@morganrowell1373 Sources are removed, and I told you why, but you blame me? Right.
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@morganrowell1373 And don't swear at me, or suggest I'm a liar.
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The "Jimmy bought a house" meme isn't working anymore. Late to the party.
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@fubartotale3389 There is even more money in "Trump is a Putin puppet" and "Trump will declare MARTIAL LAW . . . !!!!" but you endorse that delirium anyway. Maybe Dore really is angry. Plenty of his videos are not rants, but provide solid information you don't see everywhere. His wife helps with research. The "martial law" meme, on the other hand, is sheer falsification, and irresponsible. "Biden, because TRUMP" "Nancy, because martial law" (???) What comes next? War with [fill in the blank], because [Russia] [China] [WMDs] ["gassing his own people"] ["humanitarian intervention"] ["think of the children"] (pick one or more, quick).
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@fubartotale3389 Un huh. Plus slogans and cliches, instead of thinking. And this YouTuber has monetized moving his lips in an exaggerated fashion. Marvelous. (BTW, how are Trump's unhinged tweets and delirious musings relevant to M4A? Or to keeping Pelosi as Speaker?) You're all spoiled. Other people in this world work for their money.
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@fubartotale3389 Name one credible source. Trump tweets don't count.
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@fubartotale3389 I apologize for saying "you," especially because it was meant in a more generic sense and it did not come across that way at all. What I had in mind were the people one or two generations behind you, making fortunes as social media "influencers," and in other advertising-related and "infotainment" (i.e., propaganda) fields. The Facebook, Twitter, Linked-In, etc., fortunes are essentially that. Even Dore (55 years old) was a bricklayer. People like you, who were born right after WWII and the Great Depression, had entirely different lives, and I know that. Anyway, I do apologize.
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@brye6690 You begrudge a former bricklayer who had a medical bankruptcy for buying his first nice house at age 55? Why? Because he is working class?
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I support conscientious objectors.
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Great idea, to compare it to war. I agree.
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@jamesmarhen Pelosi's district is one of the richest in the world, so of course she has a lock on it. She managed to lose seats, a LOT of seats, during an election when the other ticket was headed by Trump. She just appointed Kathleen Rice to chair a committee that AOC wanted to chair, and Rice not only started out in politics as a Republican, but also withheld her vote for Pelosi last time. What does all that tell you? Maybe playing hardball in the health care fight during a pandemic is the right way to go?
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@praetentious2925 Toujours. Mais pour l'instant, il faut demontrer l'humanite. (Double entendre!)
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@praetentious2925 L'Obs isn't even left, it's neolib. They brought the report anyway. Different culture. America has no tolerance for real diversity, they are all Social Darwinians and Benthamites.
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@praetentious2925 Yes it did.
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@praetentious2925 Are non-English posts shadowed?
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Too bad they worked all last year, risking their lives for us during the pandemic. Big mistake. $10,000 on Tesla stock, and they could go back to school for a safer job.
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@danihesslinger7968 People in America thought there were ALL sorts of ways to get AIDS, including mosquitoes, which were referred to as "flying syringes." I sat out the American hysteria. It was great. You get out of this atmosphere, and so many problems go away.
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@danihesslinger7968 You tell me why people in America were getting fired from jobs, and children with hemophilia were kicked out of school and lost their friends. For that matter, tell me why people with cancer lose their friends or their spouse now. Or is that something that "never happens?" Or is it "their own fault?"
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@danihesslinger7968 Children with hemophilia used to develop AIDS. It was common in the early '80s, so they were discriminated against.
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@danihesslinger7968 As a biologist, you must know we have never had a vaccine mandate with a new class of immunotherapy vaccines that have already caused significant problems in certain populations, and appear to give such limited immunity. Should anyone be forced to take a vaccine with significant side effects that may not even provide more than six to nine months of protection? What then? The NYTimes reported today that various countries are rethinking their approach to vaccinating people under 25 or under 30, and certainly teens, who may not benefit sufficiently to take the risk. It is not even evident that all of those who had COVID and made a full recovery need the vaccine, or need both doses. See what the Swiss ministry of health has recommended. Mandates under these conditions (not the 1700s, not troops, not during a war) are unconscionable. Americans never show any flexibility or willingness to consider alternatives. They just go berserk.
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@danihesslinger7968 I have all my standard vaccines. I like them. I asked for one they told me I had nearly aged out of, for meningitis. I could have pressed for it. Oh well. Prevnar 13 has some benefit against some forms.
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@danihesslinger7968 Germany is doing well. You make good points, but they also prove that we are still in a fluid situation. In the US, guessing wrong either way has high stakes. No one will help you. This must be clear to you from these posts. A society with universal health care and a real safety net for the injuried has it great compared to this.
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This makes all the difference. There are already lawsuits filed here for medical negligence following an alleged vaccine injury, the propaganda being so thick that people do not want to admit injuries happen. In one complaint, a woman alleged she was sent home from the emergency room three times with a diagnosis of "generalized anxiety." The fourth time she was rushed to the hospital and diagnosed with Guillain-Barre. I will grant you, that side effect is very unusual but not unknown. It is rarer than blood clots or myocarditis. But doctors are supposed to know it can happen. Anyway, the problem was the lack of care. She consented to the vaccine, knowing no drug is perfect. The typical person, non-millionaire, when they need to go to the doctor, will first debate with themselves whether it is necessary and what it will cost. This past May, I got a $4600 bill for an MRI from August 2019 that I was assured would be free. Don't think this is unusual. It is ordinary. The hospital fought the insurer and the final decision came so late because of the pandemic. I have no way to fix this. I can apply for assistance. I'm a lawyer. I worked for a federal court. This is how we live. Too bad so many people lie online. I can appreciate if you are skeptical. All of my living relatives are in Europe now, and they all got vaccinated -- later than here, but without drama or mandates. One older cousin's doctor did a blood count before each shot, and administered it himself. They treated a new technology as ""of course" requiring more caution.
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@danihesslinger7968 I haven't been working, but I only want to do civil rights. Federal court was very low pay, but it was one of those rare low-paying "prestigious" jobs. Becoming a lawyer here is easy. It's just a lot of work, really a LOT, but not conceptually or emotionally difficult like medicine, or like the more challenging PhDs. Anyone who wants to can do it, and any Bachelor's degree can serve as pre-law. There is no required program. A music student can go to law school, an elementary school teacher can go to law school. Nurses with Bachelor of Science degrees are highly sought after. They can also take the patent bar once they finish and pass the standard bar. Also, going back to school for law in one's 30s is common. Early 40s as well. People still have time for a 25-year career, i.e., plenty. I wouldn't even recommend longer for most people unless they become a judge. Just heard from a judge I used to work for. Really wonderful person.
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@danihesslinger7968 CONGRATULATIONS on your victories! I love these stories!! Yes, we first get a Bachelor's, in any field, which is usually 4 years but can be obtained in anywhere from 3 to 5, or even 6, if people change universities or majors. Then you must take the LSAT -- Law School Admissions Test, which is really an "aptitude" test and surrogate adult IQ test (Americans really believe in IQ). After that, almost everyone who can afford to go to a law school, be it private or public, can find one to admit them. Only the very best schools are hugely selective, and reject many brilliant applicants. Law school is three years, followed by the bar exam, and once you pass the bar, there is no internship requirement. You are a lawyer. Two summer internships are expected but not required. Not doing them usually means serious trouble getting a job later, but has no bearing on licensure. It is also possible to go to summer school both summers and finish in 2 1/2 years, or work after the first year, take night classes, and finish in four years rather than three. Very flexible. (And, quite a few lawyers are not very competent. I bet you guessed that part!) Medicine is much, much tougher.
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@danihesslinger7968 By the way, the $4600 bill was in addition to the nearly $900 I had already paid for the radiologist and incidentals.
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@danihesslinger7968 No, you were clear! I understood. Interesting that lawyers in the US specialize only after they finish law school. They may concentrate in one area or another, but their subsequent career is what leads to actual specialization. Then, some state bars are very strict about how you label yourself. If you claim "specialization," it could be regarded as overstating your qualifications. Sounds like lawyers start working in their field at a younger age in Germany. That appeals to me. A typical law school graduate here is close to 30 years old and in debt.
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@danihesslinger7968 I know it is wonderful, and I'm glad for you. I benefited from this in France as well, for a maitrise, when I wasn't sure about law school yet. This is how it ought to be. I like to hear that someone on this planet is sane. When I was a kid, the college students at the best state universities like Michigan, UC Berkeley, Virginia, Texas, Illinois, Wisconsin could work all summer for minimum wage and afford a full year of tuition and fees. They were different people! Resourceful and full of "proper pride."
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@danihesslinger7968 Oh please get some sleep! Thank goodness it's the weekend! If you go back to sleep, you might have a good dream. The best ones come around now.
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@danihesslinger7968 Just after midnight here.
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@danihesslinger7968 Very cool. I wish I were European, and plan to retire there! I miss it so much.
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@danihesslinger7968 All of my closest relatives are in Europe now. I made SUCH a mistake. ;/
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If the world depended on you people to persuade the recalcitrant, your bullying and your ignorance would scare them away from condoms, much less vaccines. You sound mad that you got vaccinated, not like you think it's a good thing. This channel seems to attract people who imitate Trump and Trump's style, but with slightly less putrid politics.
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That's it. You think you're so great because you're slightly less idiotic than Trump! But who isn't? Low bar. Too funny.
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@crcurran I'm so sorry to hear you're not okay. Maybe there are online support groups available. Also, a lot of free writing courses are available as well, I think. I prefer Ten Lessons in Clarity and Grace, an old classic, but it works best for advanced users.
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@crcurran Now that you mention it, I hope by "weed out" you simply meant "fire." You weren't alluding to anything more sinister. Were you?
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@crcurran I didn't assume anything of the sort. My initial assumption was you meant "fired," and nothing more. My second look made me wonder if that assumption was correct. When some people say "weed out," they also mean something akin to "culling the herd."
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@crcurran Questions that have a foundation (and are not merely rhetorical) are not straw man fallicies.
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@crcurran Anyway, if you're not OK, I hope you feel better soon. You do write like you're basically OK, but just a tad overwrought and quick to jump to conclusions about other people. The pandemic has gotten to everyone.
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@crcurran Quoting from above: When some people say "weed out," they also mean something akin to "culling the herd."
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@crcurran It was a question You answered no. Okay. Was it their choice to risk their lives all last year? Was it their choice to contract COVID from their patients? Now they know, that doesn't count. They got paid, what more do they want.
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@crcurran The moment you talk of forcing someone to do something to their bodies under threat of loss of livelihood, during a true global emergency when they worked to help us all, then you better know you're right. But you don't know. You repeat what you hear, from people who you find appealing, which is what you consider most convenient, for you. Who is unintelligent?
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@crcurran I realize that I'm still unclear. The goal is to get everyone vaccinated, correct? Not to weed anyone out? Or . . . ?
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Anyone who campaigned on the platform of M4A should withhold their vote now that Pelosi managed to lose seats. It's called politics.
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That's FUNNY??
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@aliciadishman Were you here during AIDS? People were in full hysteria mode, kicking others out of jobs, and kicking kids with hemophilia out of school. (The hysterical story then was that mosquitoes might transmit it, and the cause of certain cases was not clear.) If you are vaccinated and a nurse or doctor tests regularly, what exactly do you think you have to fear from them? I know exactly one person who refuses to be vaccinated, and cannot be persuaded to reconsider -- well, she is now a volunteer in a double-blind monoclonal antibody study. She spent Labor Day weekend getting screened. This is to help others. Smear her, why don't you?
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@aliciadishman The majority loves bombing other countries. Can you list them all, since the atom bombs? Droning is big now, too. Techy and everything.
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@neilfox9854 Just how scared are you, of something with a 1.85 to 2.1% case fatality rate? Who hasn't faced something worse? We don't even know how long immunity lasts, all we know is that it wanes faster than for other vaccines. Could you and your nurse have declining immunity at the same time, and could you, who are presumably less healthy, being in the hospital, catch it from her? Yes. BOO!!!! People were all paranoid about AIDS, too, and wanted to make people divulge their HIV status, etc. It was pathetic.
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Too bad they worked all last year, risking their lives for us during the pandemic. Big mistake. $10,000 on Tesla stock, and they could go back to school for a safer job. Maybe your job . . . Say, did you get to work from home? Moral of the story: never sacrifice for anyone. It is never worth it. (See, e.g., 9/11 first responders, war on terror veterans, etc., etc.)
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 @slappyabromowitz It's flat out false. 😅
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@NordicQueen65 Why do you think they "don't believe in vaccines?"
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@steveor4659 Declining one vaccine means they "don't believe in vaccines?"
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@panpluto13 Oh! So, where is the Julian Assange commentary? I can find it from Chris Hedges, etc., with ease.
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@nunyabusiness9056 Thanks for confirming my suspicions about people who watch this insipid fellow.
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@panpluto13 You don't even make sense for a druggie. Yeesh. Way to confirm my suspicions. Please stop. Who is Nick Fuentes? A buddy of yours? Blocked, btw.
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@panpluto13 No, you're my evidence. How little do you read that you don't know who Chris Hedges is, and believe no one else does? Anyway, more evidence. Blocked now. Meant to do that last time.
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Was that a parody?
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@MRGUSTAVOCHICKENFRING I believe you, but how did you know?
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What is this new word, "cancer??" Over 5300 women are diagnosed with breast cancer every week, and that's just one form of cancer. I'm seeing this word everywhere now, especially on business websites. You'd think people would be more enlightened during a pandemic.
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People who have listened to Malone know that the first few minutes are already lies.
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It's from the French Revolution. It's a translation.
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It's not hard: https://youtu.be/bPiHHQAkbmk
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What I want to know is who pays this guy? How can this be worth money, and to whom?
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@LD86 Immunity from a confirmed prior infection = natural immunity = as good as any vaccine, even the more effective ones than this one.
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Definitely. Anyone who worked in health care all last year during the pandemic should get what's coming to them. Clearly a bunch of Trumpers. Or Russians, or something. Anyone stupid enough to sacrifice themselves for others deserves every insult they get. Especially on YouTube.
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@kevinmclarkey621 Of course. The news isn't what the UK appellate court just decided last week, or whether Assange just suffered a stroke. The news is when was the last time this guy talked to that other one. If the CIA didn't pay you, be embarrassed. The smart set would never do that for free.
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@kevinmclarkey621 Is the Ghislaine Maxwell trial also old news?
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When they were accused of anti-Semitism they did not fight back. Aaron Mate covered this well. As if any politician in UK could end the NHS. As if Medicare should have age discrimination.
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@maxinel1776 So, you're saying that hospital workers are permitted to decline a very old, very well-established vaccine against the flu, provided they take special precautions? Why? Flu vaccine is safe. The one significant problem was in 1976, and that was less of an issue than the ill effects from COVID vaccines have been.
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@danaashton9297 We had record drug overdose deaths last year, during the worst of the pandemic. What will it take? What has to happen, to chasten people? I'm for vaccines, but anti-mandate, and anti-bullying. The safety record is not great, and other countries are stepping away from vaccinating the young, and many are ending two-dose protocols for younger people, especially teens, especially if they already had COVID. That's what CARING looks like! Caring, and a willingness to be flexible as new information emerges.
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@maxinel1776 No one should have volunteered to serve after 9/11. Better to get a job you can do from home.
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Commander Shepard It's called evidence-based medicine. I follow peer-reviewed literature, a few major papers (NYTimes, Guardian, Haaretz) and foreign ministries of health in countries with better public health and public policy than the US. I have a doctoral-level degree and a master's in philosophy of science from a major European university. Reading Space From Zeno to Einstein this weekend. None of which means I couldn't be wrong. Far from it. It means I expect MY concerns to be addressed, and I know that I decide what to do with my body, not anyone else. The burden of persuasion is on whoever proposes any intervention, not on me to justify myself. No or maybe are the default answers, absent evidence to switch them to yes.
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@jacobhafar538 These vaccines have little in common with polio vaccine. It's not wise to keep repeating mere talking points that are scientifically baseless. It weakens your case. It's obvious shaming, bullying, etc., rather than scientifically sound. Consult the National Geographic article on leaky vaccines from around 2017 or somethings like that. Others have read it.
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@johnmatthews3427 Yeah. The health care workers who risked their lives last year during the height of the pandemic and sacrificed their safety and peace of mind for us are now being kicked to the curb. They are learning what the 9/11 first responders learned, and the war on terror veterans learned. Never sacrifice for anyone, not here, not now. The Trumps and the Pelosis and the Hunter Bidens are laughing in your face. Anyone who traded stock last year rather than toiling in a hospital is vastly better off. No comparison. And if they managed to put together a few hundred grand, no way would you be jeering at them. You'd be all sheepish and chastened. One day another "emergency" will be declared, and no one will come to answer the call. Then it will be your turn to learn. Oh well!
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Commander Shepard Was it you or someone else who said I was stupid, or something like that? So . . . My transgression is that instead of trading insults, as is the custom, I stated that I've done the heavy lifting that leads to having some knowledge to speak cogently about the topic at hand. Cool, I get it. I don't usually come here. I won't again. I'd heard it was bad, but it's SAD -- a bunch of angry simpletons who need to find enemies to swarm and be flattered for it. Barely different from Trump's crowd, yeesh.
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@makingknowsense8979 I have an idea. Urge people to talk to their DOCTORS and to keep an open mind. That might work !!!!! Unless your aim is something other than to defeat vaccine hesitancy. Hmm.
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That's right!! Too bad they were so stupid to work all last year during the pandemic, sacrifice themselves and take that risk, just to take care of the sick. Just think, ten grand on the right stock would have turned to $60k, $70k, . . . $100k. They could all go back to school for better jobs. Remember, self-sacrifice is never worth it. Oh! Sorry! You clearly know that. (P. S. Did you work from home?)
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@stigrynning Mine have been taken down, while ad hominem and swearing are allowed to remain. Youtube personalities do not like replies that are more intelligent than their videos. Also, if you post a lot, they don't think, well, some people write fast, believe in the cause, etc. They think you must be a paid actor. I mean, they would never stand for something on principle, for free. (I'm done doing that as well. Not worth it. I have my healthcare.)
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Jay M So the pandemic is a hoax according to you?
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Jay M Easy. You act like health care is not absolutely essential, absolutely right now.
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@stigrynning I'm new to this. I only joined during the initial shutdown this year. I just know they are missing. I don't see a clear pattern, except with my own. I think posts with links may be more likely to be removed, because they are harder to monitor for TOS. That is the only possible pattern I've been able to see that seems to apply to everyone. Posts that are supportive of a nice post even get taken down. Strange times.
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@stigrynning When I had Yelp reviews taken down, I wrote and asked why. They told me that algorithms pick up posts that sound too polished, like an ad agency wrote them. That would explain good posts being removed and posts full of weird errors being allowed to stay. I've had posts disappear but never a warning about them, which I would expect if they fell under one of the Report categories for banned speech.
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@stigrynning You know what happened to me? A bunch of my comments disappeared, including very uncontroversial stuff like compliments and "fun facts" about where my family is from, really mild. Then out of nowhere, someone I never saw before or since writes a comment addressed to me: "a lot of your posts are being taken down, huh?" Never got an email warning or anything of the sort. Funny, huh?
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Yeah. Thinking we are going to have martial law is pretty cultish.
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A thousand people think this is clever.
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@queensrule4450 I find that links are shadowed routinely. You can consult peer-reviewed journals, you can see what ministries of health in countries with better public health and vastly better life expectancy are doing. There are a lot of reliable sources, and new information is coming to light all the time. Or, you can repeat idiotic slogans so old they have dinosaur feces stuck to them, and you can bully, insult, posture, and use words like "fart." Haven't heard that one in a while.
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@queensrule4450 Actually, in matters of health, the burden of persuasion to obtain consent is on the proponent of any intervention, not on the patient to justify themselves for withholding that consent. That is the law. Your body really is your choice. Or, it used to be.
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Oh wait. You can't find the NYTimes online edition? Well, you can spell "fart," good enough for you I guess.
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@kenhiett5266 I still remember AIDS. I sat it out in France. The US was a looney bin, with shameful outbursts of violence and panic. In France, parents were rallying to make sure teachers with HIV got to keep their jobs, tenured or not! No wonder France has a much higher life expectancy. Will they ever wake up from their latest round of utter hysteria and disgraceful Schadenfreude and stupid, stupid jeering, and be embarrassed? I highly doubt it. They will find another enemy to distract them. The plot never changes.
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@markdoldon8852 Right, it's an Enemies List and a Purge. It's not a call for universal health care, it's not a call for solidarity. It's not a call for a minimum of respect and understanding for those who risked their safety and peace of mind last year, and provided us with health care during the pandemic. Because that doesn't count. They are Bad People now. Their heroic service last year is now forgotten. "Hey, they got paid, what's the problem?"
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@markdoldon8852 Of course it's a right/left thing. America has no left. The real left is against mandates and passports. In France, the CGT (hard left labor union) just organized a demonstration of vaccinated health care workers in support of their unvaccinated colleagues and against mandates. Don't wonder why France has a much higher life expectancy than the US, don't wonder why it was barely affected during COVID. Don't wonder why the US had record drug overdose deaths last year. Don't wonder why so many first responders on 9/11 or veterans of the wars since then feel pushed aside, isolated, and depressed. Take a look at who you are and what you spread. And your rank ingratitude posturing as superiority is worse than a gag. It's not funny anymore.
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By telling us don't push for healthcare in a pandemic because Trump will declare martial law?
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https://youtu.be/bPiHHQAkbmk Gray Zone did a good show on this strategy. https://youtu.be/yBfEWdh_0Ec Katie Halper also had a really good discussion pro and con on her program, with three intelligent people expressing reservations about the strategy, Briahna Joy Gray presenting the #ForceTheVote argument, and Katie agreeing with her, but being a good moderator. No one mentioned martial law. Not clear the relevance? LOL Wait. Does a person have to say "martial law?" Is it a litmus test/loyalty oath/magic word/sole way to "prove" you don't support the Orange Caligula? Advise please.
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Cornel West, Justin Jackson, Briahna, Krystal, Katie Halper, Max Blumenthal, Aaron, Ben Norton, Susan Sarandon, etc., I've left lots out. I guess all of them are impure. Or stupid. Or duped by a crypto-right wing comedian broadcasting out of his garage. How could that happen? Oh. Maybe the pandemic is real, and so are the millions losing health care in the pandemic. Could be.
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@tbone007 Sure. Watch the Katie Halper segment. It was informative and fair. I can't think of another video that gave both sides a fair hearing, no vitriol. These are not the best of times.
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@relyt_renffeh5030 The health care workers who were there for us all last year during the pandemic, caring for the sick before much was known and treatments weren't working well, should not have taken that risk. I think they now see how foolish they were. Sacrificing yourself for others is always a fool's game in this sorry culture. In Paris, the CGT (far left union) organized a demonstration of vaccinated health care workers in support of their unvaccinated colleagues. Yeah you read that right. All the comments about the video reportage are congratulating the demonstrators for their humanity. Wonder why the French have a much longer life expectancy, that barely budged in 2020, while the US had record drug overdose deaths last year, and now a violent crime wave? Here's a clue: What you're doing isn't working. If you still have no inkling, don't worry. Life will teach you, all too soon.
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@trufflesrheaven Sure they'll get a job again. This is a market economy. If there is a shortage, they will get a job -- right or wrong. Plenty of nurses fired for serious negligence and causing actual harm to patients, not theoretical, were rehired. Don't pretend you don't know.
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@relyt_renffeh5030 I don't care if my nurse is vaccinated, as I trust her to be tested and have the correct PPE. What I don't want is a nurse who swears like a sailor in a porn flick. You sound very resentful about having been vaccinated. Why is that?
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@relyt_renffeh5030 Oh I finally saw this Guillain-Barre story. And YOU were required to get the COVID vaccine? If you didn't swear so much, and didn't generally lack basic compassion, I might believe you, but far too much of your discourse DOES NOT ADD UP. Your stories are not credible, but your desire for attention is palpable. Time to block all notices from this channel! This was a time waster all right.
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@Kevin_2435 Are they free to ask about legal marijuana use? (Easy for me, haven't seen it since the 1980s) How about smoking? Alcohol? (Easy for me) How about meat consumption? (Easy for me, I'm a veg) How about HIV status, or risky behaviors? (Easy for me) Nice society you got there. Will be leaving again, won't look back.
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@morganrowell1373 I first learned the 80% figure from an Oxford University military historian, on a very middle-brow PBS program, Charlie Rose. That got me thinking, and reading. If you've only consulted US sources, well . . . I've never been to Russia, but hope to hear Alexandra Dovgan play some day . . .
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@morganrowell1373 America inflicted more civilian casualties in WWII than anyone on the Allied side. Common pattern.
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@Kevin_2435 Not at all. He was just in Illinois, urging companies to mandate. I saw the video tapes, he campaigned stating he would never do that. So, he's a deft liar, at his age? Still? He does not come across as that capable of nuance, but if you say so.
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@jamesgentry6814 These people are a complete waste of time. They are here only because they have some sort of deep-seated need to bully and demean. Who does that, during a pandemic? Nobody with a healthy mind. There is a narcissistic--low self-esteem axis that is common in America now, as real opportunities are diminishing for most people. It's causing them to be more crazed than they ever were. Plus they can't seem to win a war. All of that weighs on them. They Care About Other People. Afghan Women, etc. They are always making wild stuff up to boost their sagging sense of self.
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@jamesgentry6814 Also, don't worry. They'll get tired of this enemy and find a new enemy. They do that all the time.
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@morganrowell1373 Of course not. I saw it on television, on PBS, perhaps as long as 20 years ago, not online. Since then, Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick have talked about it, in lectures and in their series. Don't believe it, if that's your preference. Every good American is entitled to their own truth. /s
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@jakes658 You're the one who has no clue. Have it your way.
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@morganrowell1373 I've heard Stone and Kuznick in person, as well. Peter Kuznick is an outstanding historian.
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@morganrowell1373 It prompted me to read. I read a lot. I gave you my sources, that prompted me to read. You don't need to be curious and verify them yourself.
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@morganrowell1373 I stated the statistic correctly. Of the casualties the Nazi fighting forces suffered in WWII, some 80% were at the hands of the Red Army and the Yugoslav partisans. You edited your post after I responded.
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@morganrowell1373 A link I posted from the Washington Post was shadowed. This is common, as links are hard to monitor for TOS. I found it without a problem. Found Guardian articles as well. One, in particular, discussed how differently Germans see their WWII defeat, and at whose hands they say it happened, and why it happened, from how the official American narrative would have it.
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@morganrowell1373 It wasn't from Charlie Rose. It was from a military historian from Oxford University whose name escapes me now, and who prompted me to read real books. I never had an inkling before that. It's called being curious about the world. I will admit one thing: I took it more seriously because a British man said it, and because he had a chair at Oxford. Sad that we trust based on a person's passport and such.
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@morganrowell1373 This link to the Washington Post was removed. Title: Don’t forget how the Soviet Union saved the world from Hitler
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@morganrowell1373 Excerpt: The Red Army was "the main engine of Nazism’s destruction," writes British historian and journalist Max Hastings in "Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945." The Soviet Union paid the harshest price: though the numbers are not exact, an estimated 26 million Soviet citizens died during World War II, including as many as 11 million soldiers. At the same time, the Germans suffered three-quarters of their wartime losses fighting the Red Army.
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Tragically Comedic They're fighting to maintain the dollar as the global reserve currency, which provides us with our standard of living. Or do you think that happened only because we are making wonderful things that the world needs? Um, not exactly.
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@tylerskidmore6083 This is true.
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aboctok We just heard this guy say with a straight face that Trump will declare martial law. After that, not much sounds crazy.
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I can't believe anyone fails to see through this garbage.
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@jrzygurl I was referring to your post, not to Kennedy. Even his most vociferous critics are realizing they can't keep pretending an eminent toxic tort/class action lawyer isn't very intelligent --- and that an elderly man with cognitive issues is fit to be president.
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