Bretigne Shaffer's Blog, page 33
August 30, 2019
Brad Linaweaver, RIP
A very few of the people who come into your life connect with you in a certain way, and get to know you well enough, that they carry a piece of you with them. It's almost as if that piece...
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Video: No, You WON'T Be Able to Get a Medical Exemption Under SB276. You Can't Even Get One NOW.
So... that whole thing about how you'll still be able to get medical exemptions under SB276, if you "really need them"??? And in accordance with the CDC guidelines? Nope. You can't even get one NOW. Here's the reality: Doctors who...
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August 29, 2019
The Violent Speech of the Vaccine Pushers
I have an article on LewRockwell.com today, about the attempts by the folks pushing vaccines to paint those who are critical of vaccines (or who just don't want the government forcing them on people) as "violent." From my article: The...
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August 23, 2019
Senator Pan Agrees to Debate Vaccine Critics
Image: Public domain. You may have heard that California Senator Richard Pan was "assaulted" earlier this week by an "anti-vaccine activist" - An act that every single vaccine critic I know has strongly condemned (committed by a man who very...
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August 1, 2019
Daily Log: What the Great British Baking Show Can Teach Us About Western Culture
I love the Great British Baking Show (The Great British Bake Off, in the UK) for many reasons. Here is one: It is an embodiment of some of what is best about Western culture. Each season's group of contestants starts...
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Coalition Educates CA Lawmakers on Draconian Vaccine Bill
A coalition of organizations opposed to SB 276 will be hand delivering educational materials on the law to California lawmakers. I am reprinting the full report from one of the coalition members, in anticipation of it being taken down by...
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Beach-Ball-Pushing Legislator Reveals Ignorance About Autism
California Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez came under fire recently for her insensitive treatment of parents opposed to SB 276, the latest attempt to tighten restrictions on medical exemptions for vaccines required for school attendance. ("I'm not letting people go into testimony...
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July 28, 2019
To the British Government: Stop Screwing Over Sick Kids
At a time when the rest of the world is coming to realize just how destructive, deadly, and counterproductive the War on (Some) Drugs has been, the British government is still seizing medicinal cannabis from children who need it. Well...
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July 22, 2019
Why Protestors in Hong Kong Are Waving the Union Jack
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Laughing at Auschwitz: the Banality of Evil in Pictures
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