Comments on: Shoemaker’s Witch-Hunt: An Open Letter http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/shoemakers-witch-hunt/ Occasional pontifications on civilization, barbarism, and autisticism. Sat, 22 Aug 2009 21:02:40 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Liz Ditz http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/shoemakers-witch-hunt/#comment-344 Liz Ditz Sun, 13 Jul 2008 05:27:09 +0000 http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-344 And here's what Shoemaker was trying to prevent Seidel from publishing: <a href="http://www.neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/165" rel="nofollow">Billing the Adversary</a> Numerous decisions issued over the twenty year history of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) document the extent to which the limits on attorney compensation have been tested by practitioners seeking remuneration from its taxpayer-financed coffers. The following review summarizes decisions involving the recently-sanctioned VICP specialist Clifford Shoemaker, Esq. -- a central instigator of the campaign to convince the public of the speculative, scientifically unsupported hypothesis that a significant number of cases of autism result from vaccine injury, co-founder of the Institute for Chronic Illnesses, and a founding member its Institutional Review Board, which sponsors and provides ethical oversight of medical research and experimentation on autistic children and adolescents conducted by his long-time colleague Dr. Mark Geier. <a href="http://neurodiversity.com/weblog/article/166/" rel="nofollow">Inspecting the Outstretched Palm</a> The potential for procedural and billing improprieties by Vaccine Injury Compensation Program petitioners’ attorneys — especially those representing numerous clients with similar, speculative claims — is made painfully evident in Special Master Denise Vowell’s recent fee and cost decision in Carrington v. HHS, Case 99-495V (Fed.Cl.Spec.Mstr., June 18, 2008) (unpublished), posted to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims website three days ago. And here’s what Shoemaker was trying to prevent Seidel from publishing:

Billing the Adversary

Numerous decisions issued over the twenty year history of the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) document the extent to which the limits on attorney compensation have been tested by practitioners seeking remuneration from its taxpayer-financed coffers. The following review summarizes decisions involving the recently-sanctioned VICP specialist Clifford Shoemaker, Esq. — a central instigator of the campaign to convince the public of the speculative, scientifically unsupported hypothesis that a significant number of cases of autism result from vaccine injury, co-founder of the Institute for Chronic Illnesses, and a founding member its Institutional Review Board, which sponsors and provides ethical oversight of medical research and experimentation on autistic children and adolescents conducted by his long-time colleague Dr. Mark Geier.

Inspecting the Outstretched Palm

The potential for procedural and billing improprieties by Vaccine Injury Compensation Program petitioners’ attorneys — especially those representing numerous clients with similar, speculative claims — is made painfully evident in Special Master Denise Vowell’s recent fee and cost decision in Carrington v. HHS, Case 99-495V (Fed.Cl.Spec.Mstr., June 18, 2008) (unpublished), posted to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims website three days ago.

]]> By: dkmnow http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/shoemakers-witch-hunt/#comment-64 dkmnow Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:53:18 +0000 http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-64 I'm honored! :-) I've added Autism News Beat to my sidebar as well (though, unfortunately, the blogrolls only show up on the main page). I’m honored! :-)

I’ve added Autism News Beat to my sidebar as well (though, unfortunately, the blogrolls only show up on the main page).

]]> By: autismne http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/shoemakers-witch-hunt/#comment-63 autismne Wed, 09 Apr 2008 05:14:52 +0000 http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-63 "Never has it been so delightfully easy to “round up the usual suspects.” LOL! I'm adding dkmnow to my blogroll, and if I'm lucky, maybe I'll be subpoenaed some day! - Ken at AutismNewsBeat.com “Never has it been so delightfully easy to “round up the usual suspects.”

LOL! I’m adding dkmnow to my blogroll, and if I’m lucky, maybe I’ll be subpoenaed some day!

– Ken at AutismNewsBeat.com

]]> By: dkmnow http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/shoemakers-witch-hunt/#comment-48 dkmnow Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:45:27 +0000 http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-48 Well, I could've just called him a third-rate recidivist pediatric pudgefacker... But where's the IRONY in that? XD "On other words..." UGH! I can't believe I didn't catch that typo. *corrects* Well, I could’ve just called him a third-rate recidivist pediatric pudgefacker…

But where’s the IRONY in that?

XD

“On other words…”

UGH! I can’t believe I didn’t catch that typo.

*corrects*

]]> By: David Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction) http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/shoemakers-witch-hunt/#comment-47 David Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction) Sun, 06 Apr 2008 12:55:10 +0000 http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-47 "On other words, Bring It On, Big Man." Aw, c'mon, man!!!! If he has to resort to SLAPPing a blogger who disclosed his doshpacket for what he does (supposedly) for his bloody living, then 'big' is <i>not</i> the word to describe this bollockhead! ;) “On other words, Bring It On, Big Man.”

Aw, c’mon, man!!!! If he has to resort to SLAPPing a blogger who disclosed his doshpacket for what he does (supposedly) for his bloody living, then ‘big’ is not the word to describe this bollockhead!

;)

]]> By: steve d http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/shoemakers-witch-hunt/#comment-45 steve d Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:05:32 +0000 http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-45 Thanks for bringing a bit of levity to such a dastardly situation. This post is an all-time classic! Thanks for bringing a bit of levity to such a dastardly situation. This post is an all-time classic!

]]> By: Kathleen Seidel Has Received a Sub-Poena: Streisand, Spartacus, Shoemaker, They Start with S and End the Same Way « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/shoemakers-witch-hunt/#comment-44 Kathleen Seidel Has Received a Sub-Poena: Streisand, Spartacus, Shoemaker, They Start with S and End the Same Way « Holford Watch: Patrick Holford, nutritionism and bad science Sat, 05 Apr 2008 13:00:49 +0000 http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-44 [...] Anti-Vaxxer Thuggery (mention) Bug Girl (eponymous) Chilly climate for blogging? dkmnow (eponymous) Shoemaker’s Witch-Hunt: An Open Letter (dkmnow is a little hurt to have been left off the subpoena and might be interested in rectifiying [...] [...] Anti-Vaxxer Thuggery (mention) Bug Girl (eponymous) Chilly climate for blogging? dkmnow (eponymous) Shoemaker’s Witch-Hunt: An Open Letter (dkmnow is a little hurt to have been left off the subpoena and might be interested in rectifiying [...]

]]> By: dkmnow http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/shoemakers-witch-hunt/#comment-43 dkmnow Sat, 05 Apr 2008 12:14:10 +0000 http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-43 Heh. Well, some of my family members have been known to read this blog, so I'll have to let you supply the anatomically-and-otherwise-correct terminology. But, yeah, at least one of his ends is clearly far too open. Let's hope the judge in question has the wherewithal to bung that keg, for a while, at least, if not for good. Heh. Well, some of my family members have been known to read this blog, so I’ll have to let you supply the anatomically-and-otherwise-correct terminology.

But, yeah, at least one of his ends is clearly far too open. Let’s hope the judge in question has the wherewithal to bung that keg, for a while, at least, if not for good.

]]> By: David Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction) http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/shoemakers-witch-hunt/#comment-42 David Andrews M. Ed. (Distinction) Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:58:04 +0000 http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-42 "Given the completely open-ended nature of Shoemaker’s demands" Let's refer to this pillock as Shitmaker, since this subpoena is basically a legalistic turd. “Given the completely open-ended nature of Shoemaker’s demands”

Let’s refer to this pillock as Shitmaker, since this subpoena is basically a legalistic turd.

]]> By: dkmnow http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/2008/04/04/shoemakers-witch-hunt/#comment-41 dkmnow Sat, 05 Apr 2008 03:55:20 +0000 http://dkmnow.wordpress.com/?p=33#comment-41 Given the completely open-ended nature of Shoemaker's demands, any of it could be arguably considered "relevant." But, alas, I was not listed in the subpoena. But, considering the pernicious OBSCENITY that is item #9 (which not only violates constitutional guarantees on privacy, but on religion and association as well), you can bet that jackass will be hearing from me, regardless -- me and at least half a dozen civil rights organizations! Given the completely open-ended nature of Shoemaker’s demands, any of it could be arguably considered “relevant.” But, alas, I was not listed in the subpoena.

But, considering the pernicious OBSCENITY that is item #9 (which not only violates constitutional guarantees on privacy, but on religion and association as well), you can bet that jackass will be hearing from me, regardless — me and at least half a dozen civil rights organizations!

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