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The 10 Most Read Posts of the Year

by Toby Young
31 December 2022 6:00 PM

To close out the year, I thought I’d publish a list of the top 10 most read posts of 2022 on the Daily Sceptic. I’ve recorded the number of views they’ve received at the time of going to press, as recorded by WordPress. The reason for illustrating this with a picture of Saint Greta should be obvious when you get to the end of the list.

They are, in ascending order of popularity:

10. Vaccination Increases Infection Risk by 44%, Oxford Study Finds by Will Jones (63,111)

9. Suspend All COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Until Side-Effects are Fully Investigated, Says Leading Doctor Who Promoted Them on TV by Will Jones (75,656)

8. Sweden Wins! Country That Refused Lockdown and Kept Schools Open Has Lowest Pandemic Mortality in the World by Joel Smalley (81,312)

7. Covid Vaccines More Likely to Put You in Hospital Than Keep You Out, BMJ Editor’s Analysis of Pfizer and Moderna Trial Data Finds by Will Jones (87,780)

6. South Pole Hits Record Cold November Temperatures by Chris Morrison (94,855)

5. As an Oncologist I Am Seeing People With Stable Cancer Rapidly Progress After Being Forced to Have a Booster by Angus Dalgleish (125,962)

4. Covid Vaccine Destroys Natural Immunity, NEJM Study Shows by Will Jones (133,907)

3. 400 Doctors and Professionals Declare International Medical Crisis Due to Covid Vaccine Injuries and Deaths by Will Jones (136,167)

2. mRNA Vaccines Injure the Heart of ALL Vaccine Recipients and Cause Myocarditis in Up to 1 in 27, Study Finds by Will Jones (174,482)

1. 1,200 Scientists and Professionals Declare: “There is No Climate Emergency” by Chris Morrison (600,185)

Tags: Angus DalgleishChris MorrisonTop 10Will Jones

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago

Thanks very much. I have been struggling with this. Hopefully, there is enough info for the technically useless such as me. Too many websites assume competence levels at the same standing as the site designers.

I have two regular payments going out to other Sceptic sites so I need to organise alternatives first. It’s a right ball…Perhaps though we can shut PP down.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago

And then on the other side of the scale we have the Swiss Banks and the Bank of International Settlements…

“How may we help you, Sir?”

“I have a war to finance, and need somewhere to hold the wealth of my victims, and I will not tell you my real name nor anything else about me, and if you try to make enquiries about me I will surely find out and make your last few moments very… difficult.”

“Yes of course, Sir, please step this way. Kaffee und Kuchen?”

Ah, what a strange world we live in…

Having said this, not to be unfair to the Swiss, many BSV-related operations are registered there.

Last edited 2 years ago by Marcus Aurelius knew
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JXB
JXB
2 years ago

‘A reader reports that when he tried to close his account he got a message saying: “We’re sorry, we’re not able to process your request right now. Please try again later.” 

I encountered this, also another message about a pending transaction. What was stopping closure I discovered was there was a Direct Debit Mandate which had been set up when I linked PayPal to my bank account. I was not aware of this.

Once I had cancelled this with my bank – I did it on-line – I was immediately able to close the PayPal account.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago
Reply to  JXB

Toby, add a Stop Press 2!

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DomH75
DomH75
2 years ago

I wonder if the ‘banning’ of numerous accounts – and thus holding on to the money for six months – has been a way for PayPal to try to keep money in its coffers. It’s possible PayPal simply no longer has the funds to reimburse all the people closing their accounts or even those moving across money on a normal basis. Woke capital is living up the the ‘Get woke, go broke’ saying!

Last edited 2 years ago by DomH75
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Nicholas Britton
Nicholas Britton
2 years ago

Just checked their Trustpilot rating. Pretty bad and it’s not all due to recent events

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Chris P
Chris P
2 years ago
Reply to  Nicholas Britton

Brilliant! I expect the 8% giving a rating of five work for the company.

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Deborah T
Deborah T
2 years ago

My experiences of trying to close my account…first you have to cancel all automated recurring payments via Paypal. I think to do this I just went to ‘Payments’ within Paypal. When you’ve done this, and try to cancel, you may get a message saying that the account can’t be closed because there’s a transaction in progress/pending transaction. Wait a few days then try again. If there’s still a transaction in process wait a few more days then try again. Eventually you will, as I did, find that you will be able to cancel. Oh and before you cancel remember to send a complaint saying why you’re cancelling. And here’s one advantage of cancelling – all those ‘Paypal’ debits on your bank statement – it’s wonderful to see after all these years the retailers’ names! I haven’t found it ‘inconvenient’ to go back to using my Visa card for online purchases (in the circumstances, it’s a pleasure).

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago
Reply to  Deborah T

👍

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wokeman
wokeman
2 years ago

PayPal going under would be a nice start.

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DonkeyKongPingPong
DonkeyKongPingPong
2 years ago

You also have to delete any payment link apps using Paypal. I had this set up on Quickbooks so my customers could pay their invoices (yes bad luck Paypal your piss-poor-practice just lost a fair few quid each year from my business) and I had to delete the app in Quickbooks before Paypal would allow me to close the account.

I only hope enough ordinary decent folk get their money out before the house of cards collapses.

Netflix, Amazon, Apple and co better watch out as well. General Tobes is on a war footing!

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DonkeyKongPingPong
DonkeyKongPingPong
2 years ago
Reply to  DonkeyKongPingPong

Go analogue! Especially with your assets. Before the choice is removed altogether.

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huxleypiggles
huxleypiggles
2 years ago

Thanks for the explanatory notes above.
Account now closed.

Now to set up new payments for Off-G and The Light.

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Marcus Aurelius knew
Marcus Aurelius knew
2 years ago
Reply to  huxleypiggles

Every little act, a million little cuts, it all counts.

I now wish I had a PayPal account, just so I could go and close it!

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MikeAustin
MikeAustin
2 years ago

I have just successfully closed my PayPal account that I have had since 2003 – but not without some apprehension.
It must be clear to PayPal – and whoever they are connected to – that such behaviour would cause people to leave. So would cancelled accounts be a financial corporation’s desired objective? What if people began to predictably cancel other accounts when faced with similar corporate behaviour? Would it hasten the end of fiat money? Would it pave the way for something more unpalatable?
I am just speculating here, of course. But I am always wary about going down easy paths that seem to have been opened up by untrustworthy organisations.

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David101
David101
2 years ago

When a misinformation policy goes out in error, it brings irony to a whole new level.

Someone in PayPal admin is quite the butterfingers!

Who do they think they are – PayPolice?

Last edited 2 years ago by David101
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johntatt
johntatt
2 years ago

Had an account since 2011 but they’ve slashed on their pomme frites good and proper. . Closed it last week.

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RTSC
RTSC
2 years ago

I’m quite annoyed because I can’t cancel my PayPal account twice. Having done it in solidarity with The Daily Sceptic, I now can’t cancel it again over their proposed THEFT of my money because they don’t like my opinions.

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Amari
Amari
2 years ago

Also, make sure you delete your bank card from Paypal. Don’t want them having your debit card details.

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WomBat99
WomBat99
2 years ago

The $2500 charge on your account if you are naughty is still in the Acceptable Use Policy for USA Paypal users:

https://www.paypal.com/us/webapps/mpp/ua/useragreement-full?locale.x=en_US#s4-restricted-activities.

Some ‘mistake’.

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