> “WND said that the solutions were a waste of time - the problem was insolvable, civilization was absolutely going to collapse at the stroke of midnight...”
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That is a flat out lie.
WND reported the opinions of those on all sides of it, and mostly indicated that it should be of no concern to anyone using a PC. They actually ridiculed Gary North for his alarmism.
Michael Galutia, who was an early Freeper, posted constantly for almost three years with alarmist predictions here, and constantly criticised WND and Newsmax for not taking the issue seriously enough.
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Was Michael Galutia also Michael Rivero, or were there two nuts named Michael around back then?
"Jethro Tull" is the other guy I remember - he promised to shoot his neighbors and extended family members if they showed up at his bunker looking for food, because he tried to warn them and they laughed at him.