On the plus side, I turned over to Channel 5 news earlier this evening and caught the tail end of a segment urging people to go out and get their kids vaccinated.

I saw the legal stuff this morning on Ben's blog. How very strange. I thought it was Ms Barnett's reason for broadcasting to say lots of controversial things so people could ring up and tell her she was wrong... thus arguments=>listener interest=>advertising $$

Hello, by the way. I'm here via cybermule's friend's list. I'm her husband. I think you came to our house once. I like your posts.

Hello again, and thanks.

We really must meet up again. Probably when it's warm enough to stick our noses out of doors.

Her response reminded me of a very funny bit in Ed Byrne Live at the Appollo where he goes on about people who "win" any debate with "Are you a parent? No? Then you don't know what you're talking about".

I think people who knowingly spread dangerous rumours that impact people should be held to account in some way. This ongoing MMR fiasco will sadly cost numerous lives...

I just listened to the Wikileak. By the time I heard this statement
> I have raised a biological child and two logical children
I had already made a diagnosis as to the intelligence of the individual speaking, and value of the opinions being expressed.

She is plainly in need of a holiday, somewhere remote and peaceful. A few years ago I'd have suggested Gruinard Island, but there was an unfortunate spill of formaldehyde all over it which robbed it of the properties that would have made it so beneficial to her.

I'm sure there are other suitable places in the world, but they tend to be a bit 'exclusive', if that is the right word. Places that Governments place exclusion zones around, exclude from published maps, and deny the existence of.

She really does say "you can't go around putting carp in food"

Carp.

Ban this piscine menace now!

The Sainted Fry speaks...

(from BadScience)

The fatuity of the Jeni Barnett woman’s manner - her blend of self-righteousness and stupidity, her simply quite staggering inability to grasp, pursue or appreciate a sequence of logical steps - all these are signature characteristics of Britain these days. The lamentable truth is that most of the population wouldn’t really understand why we get so angry at this assault on reason, logic and sense. But we have to keep hammering away at these people and their superstitious inanities. We have to. Well done you and well done all you supporting. I’ve tweeted this site to my followers. I hope they all do their best to support you. Publish and be damned. We’ll fight them and fight them and fight them in the name of empricism, reason, double blind random testing and all that matter.
Love
Stephen xxx
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