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By: Burning Words » Blog Archive » On desiring diversity in the Australian blogosphere

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 12:37:06 +0000

[...] most part, I see something very different. I’ll use for an example today’s edition of Missing Link, the daily all-encompassing Australian political blog carnival, run by Big Blog Club Troppo. We [...]

By: Niall

Niall — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:31:01 +0000

The end to silly name-calling in political debate??? That’s the end of Timmy Blair then, I dare say

By: Gummo Trotsky

Gummo Trotsky — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 05:13:20 +0000

Some really up-to-date sources cited at that site you linked, NPOV:

TOXEMIA EXPLAINED
REVISED EDITION

THE TRUE INTERPRETATION
OF THE CAUSE OF DISEASE

HOW TO CURE IS AN OBVIOUS SEQUENCE

AN ANTIDOTE
TO FEAR, FRENZY
AND THE POPULAR
MAD CHASING AFTER
SO-CALLED CURES

By J. H. TILDEN, M. D.
DENVER, COLORADO

Copyright 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1935
By J.H. Tilden
Denver, Colorado

By: Jack Robertson

Jack Robertson — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:08:38 +0000

“…we were selfishly choosing to reap the benefits of herd…whilst not…contribut[ing] to the herd.”

“I wonder if woman from the Consultatiebureau has a blog.”

Mmmmmm…

By: NPOV

NPOV — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:58:13 +0000

Seems some Sydney dude is behind the whole vaccines don't work spiel. I love the quotes from various doctors/scientists. Apart from the irony of promoting the opinion of mainstream scientists and doctors as being worthy of respect while simultaneously attempting to knock-down mainstream science and medicine, there is an apparent assumption that readers will equate "not 100% safe" with "doesn't work", and out of the list, about the only ones that could actually be said to "condemn" vaccination date from 1937 or earlier (I couldn't date the Ari Zuckerman quote - but his name seems to be mentioned only on similar anti-vaccination sites.)

By: Gummo Trotsky

Gummo Trotsky — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:53:22 +0000

A woman from the Consultatiebureau came to the house this afternoon to do a check-up on Lucas . He’s growing well and has now passed the four kilo mark at 4010g.

We had a good conversation with this woman about why we don’t have our children vaccinated. She wrongly assumed, as do many people, that we were selfishly choosing to reap the benefits of herd immunity, whilst not having our children contribute to the herd. Not so. The reasons we don’t have our children vaccinated are many, but can basically be summarised as follows: we don’t believe the vaccinations are effective. In fact, we believe they are actually detrimental to society.

I wonder if “woman from the Consultatiebureau” has a blog.

By: James A

James A — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:28:23 +0000

Speaking of vaccination, I came across the most bizarre anti-vaccination attitude yesterday - that vaccination isn't effective.

By: Liam (Bring Back Punster Paxton)

Liam (Bring Back Punster Paxton) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 02:45:36 +0000

Goes from Evil Enabler to Bit of a Dick.

And according to a bit of famous graffitti in Booth St Annandale, he was also the Hilton Bomber. They’ve scrubbed it now but it was there a good 25 years.

By: gilmae (bring back banana surfie boys)

gilmae (bring back banana surfie boys) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:19:32 +0000

The Malcolm Fraser axis. Goes from “Evil Enabler” to “Bit of a Dick”. Also works with Jimmy Carter, apparently.

By: Gummo Trotsky

Gummo Trotsky — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:15:52 +0000

Well, thanks to that Johnson article, I’ve got the horizontal axis of next week’s political compass sorted. Any suggestions/requests for the vertical?

By: gilmae (bring back banana surfie boys)

gilmae (bring back banana surfie boys) — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 00:57:27 +0000

From that oppressing women story:

How can anyone claim that a