Monthly Archives: April 2015

For Myuran and Andrew #IStandForMercy

Posted on April 26, 2015 by reasonable hank

On Tuesday night, Indonesian time, Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan will each be shot through the heart by a firing squad, along with seven other inmates. Andrew and Myu are reformed. They are not the same people they were ten … Continue reading →

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Meryl Dorey claims her followers are just like the Stolen Generation…again.

Posted on April 26, 2015 by reasonable hank

On January 15 2011, Meryl Dorey claimed that a court ordered immunisation of a child was “rape…assault without consent and with full penetration”, and that the “judge who made the order and the doctor” who immunised the child were also … Continue reading →

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TW: AVN claims vaccination is rape and doctors are rapists…again

Posted on April 22, 2015 by reasonable hank

On January 15 2011 Meryl Dorey of the anti-vaccination fundamentalist group, the Australian Vaccination Network, perpetrated one of her most hideous acts, amongst her litany of hideous acts: Dorey was shredded for the above post. It has become part of … Continue reading →

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Anti-vaccinationists attack the parents and the memorial page of a baby boy

Posted on April 17, 2015 by reasonable hank

Baby Riley Hughes died on March 17 2015: one month ago, today. He was 32 days old. He died from whooping cough (pertussis). Riley’s mum and dad, Cath and Greg Hughes, immediately set about ensuring that no other parents have to … Continue reading →

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Anti-vaccine activists secretly plot to defraud the Commonwealth

Posted on April 13, 2015 by reasonable hank

As you would all be aware the Australian immunisation policy and social welfare world is abuzz with the recent changes being made to the immunisation allowance and child care payments. I’m not going to discuss those here. To be honest … Continue reading →

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The despicable cruelty of the awful anti-vaccination movement – updated

Posted on April 12, 2015 by reasonable hank

This post was originally published on April 12 2015; then republished on the Mamamia sister-site Debrief Daily, on April 24 2015: The despicable cruelty of the anti-vaccination movement Post substantially updated on November 6 2015 There is a reason I … Continue reading →

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Stephanie Messenger's anti-vaccine SIDS charity status revoked

Posted on April 7, 2015 by reasonable hank

You would remember Stephanie Messenger as the anti-vaccination fundamentalist who wrote the awful child-hating book for children, Melanie’s Marvelous Measles. You would also remember her as the organiser of the recent anti-vaccine tour of Australia which starred Sherri Tenpenny. The … Continue reading →

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The bizarre, extraordinary, acceptable excuses of the Chiropractic Board of Australia

Posted on April 3, 2015 by reasonable hank

Right off the bat I feel I have a conflict of interest – of sorts – to declare. I am writing this post as the author of the same AHPRA notification on which it is based. I don’t usually like … Continue reading →

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