Monthly Archives: September 2013

Anti-vaccinationist is lead speaker at CAA’s National Development Forum

Posted on September 30, 2013 by reasonable hank

I’m developing kind of a soft spot for the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia. If they weren’t all about adjusting babies for no reason, promoting anti-vaccinationism, and pretending to treat invisible, undetectable maladies (subluxations), I’d want to give them all a … Continue reading →

Posted in anti-vaccination dishonesty, chiropractic, skeptic, stop the australian vaccination network | Tagged anti vaccination, ASRF, Australian Spinal Research Foundation, Billy Chow, Billy DeMoss, CAA, Chiropractic Board of Australia, Chiropractors' Association of Australia, National Development Forum, Stephen Franson, Tim Shakespeare, Tony Croke | 10 Comments

Australian chiropractors sneaking into hospital wards to manipulate patients

Posted on September 28, 2013 by reasonable hank

Unrestrained hubris is the undoing of many a person. There are no codes of conduct, no interventions which will curtail it. Sometimes only banishment will suffice. To allow hubris to flourish, as has been the norm for chiropractic for so … Continue reading →

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More anti-science from the Foo Fighters – this time it’s anti-vaccinationism

Posted on September 26, 2013 by reasonable hank

Many of you would remember the controversy surrounding the revolting AIDS-denialism of long-term Foo Fighters band member Nate Mendel. From Wikipedia: Connection to AIDS denialist movement In January 2000, Nate Mendel organized a sold-out concert in Los Angeles to benefit Alive … Continue reading →

Posted in anti-vaccination dishonesty, skeptic | Tagged Age of Autism, AIDS denialism, anti vaccination, dishonesty, Foo Fighters, Generation Rescue, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hawkins | 10 Comments

Deranged University of Wollongong anti-vaccine PhD student directs readers to conspiracy website

Posted on September 23, 2013 by reasonable hank

We’ve met Judy Wilyman before. She likes to complain that people don’t take her seriously, and that people make fun of her, and that people are disdainful of her: she has a shit-list of these people on her website, just … Continue reading →

Posted in anti-vaccination dishonesty, australian vaccination network, AVN, meryl dorey, skeptic, stop the australian vaccination network | Tagged anti vaccination, australian vaccination network, AVN, Brian Martin, dishonesty, Erwin Alber, Judy Wilyman, University of Wollongong, VINE | 12 Comments

The Bachelor and the Bollocks

Posted on September 13, 2013 by reasonable hank

By now most of you would have noticed that I’ve recently completed a series of fifty posts on Australian anti-vaccine chiropractors. The proliferation of anti-vaccinationism among chiropractors belonging to the Chiropractors’ Association of Australia is astonishing. I wrote the posts … Continue reading →

Posted in anti-vaccination dishonesty, australian vaccination network, chiropractic, meryl dorey, skeptic, stop the australian vaccination network | Tagged 7 Things, Andrew Fenton, anti vaccination, ASRF, Australian Spinal Research Foundation, australian vaccination network, AVN, CAA, Chiropractic Board of Australia, Chiropractors' Association of Australia, dishonesty, Health Space Clinics, Herald Sun, meryl dorey, Nick Wood, Sipser Family Chiropractic, The Bachelor, Tim Robards, Warren Sipser | 12 Comments

Anti-vaccine chiropractors 50 – the CAA Boards Extravaganza

Posted on September 11, 2013 by reasonable hank

This is the final post in this series. It has to end somewhere, and OCD dictates that it ends on a nice even number. There is enough material in here for maybe six more posts, but, again, OCD dictates that … Continue reading →

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Anti-vaccine chiropractors 49

Posted on September 9, 2013 by reasonable hank

The Chiropractic Board of Australia has had enough: The Chiropractic Board of Australia cracks down to protect the public. The Chiropractic Board of Australia is cracking down on chiropractors who step outside their primary role as healthcare practitioners and provide … Continue reading →