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10,000 People Died Of Swine Flu
Vegan Soapbox —
Authority: 430
Factory farming kills people, not just animals. Take the Swine Flu, for example. Total American swine flu deaths leaped from 4000 last month to 10,000 this month: “Federal health officials said Thursday that almost 10,000 people had died of swine flu since April, a significant jump from mortality numbers released ...1 week ago -
Todays easy, five-second activism for factory-farmed pigs
vegansaurus! —
Authority: 528
I’m pissed off. Earlier this week, I contracted swine flu (yes, H1N1) which really sucks and you don’t want it, not even a little for recreational purposes. I had been dwelling on how I went vegan to get away from this kind of shit, and it finally dawned on me when Maria sent along word of Farm Sanctuary’s No ...1 week ago -
The brand vs battery cows
frogblog —
Authority: 542
This is how we present our butter to the world: “Only our cows are free to roam all day long. Anchor – the free range butter company”. And this is cubicle factory dairy production – the battery cow. Or this: Cognitive dissonance anyone?1 week ago -
Ham Fights Back Against Paula Deen
PETA Prime: Celebrating Kind Choices —
Authority: 127
At a recent holiday event to promote Smithfield Foods’ “Helping Hungry Homes” (HHH) program, celebrity chef and Smithfield shill Paula Deen was smacked in the nose by a wayward ham . Was it an accident, or did the ham muster the karmic energy to rebel on behalf of the pigs who died so that ...1 week ago -
Herd homes vs cubicles like home vs prison
frogblog —
Authority: 542
Have you ever felt that after a long day inside a building you just have to get out and feel the sun and breathe some air? I guess not being able to do that is one of the punishments the prison system imposes on offenders. But even they get an hour or so out in a courtyard for exercise and fresh air. Most of us ...1 week ago -
Update on Our Ebook for Farm Sanctuary!
EtsyVeg —
Authority: 128
EtsyVeg is raising money for Farm Sanctury in Watkins Glen, NY! As you likely already know, our team members created a recipe ebook in October to be sold to benefit the wonderful sanctuary for abused and neglected farm animals and other victims of factory farming. The EtsyVeg World Veg Day Cookbook ...1 week ago -
Tour of Ed Begley’s Dream Eco Home
Tree Hugging Family —
Authority: 125
Is Ed Begley, Jr. your dream eco hero? Then bid on him ! Ok, not him . But you can have lunch with Ed and tour his green home , plus score a signed copy of Living Like Ed . The Ed Begley eco home tour and lunch is one of 65 items up for bid in the “Peace for the Animals” Holiday Auction to benefit Farm ...1 week ago -
U.S. Department of Agriculture Labels PETA a Terrorist Group
www.PeterSantilli.com —
Authority: 122
PETA is not the most popular kid on the block. Between antagonizing meat-eaters and radicalizing the use of naked ad campaigns, the animal rights group has made more than a couple enemies. This is the first time, however, that the lawful, nonviolent organization has been officially classified as a “ terrorist ...1 week ago -
Science & Soul: Cellular Automata
Science & Soul —
Authority: 99
Science News in Brief Turns out that the Iron Curtain helped isolate Eastern Europe from more than the Western world. It also blocked the import of alien bird species. Restrictions on the movement of people and trade in Soviet bloc countries prevented invasive birds being imported, a problem which has plagued ...1 week ago -
Flu Vaccine Derived From Army Worm Cells Instead Of Whole Chicken Eggs
TreeHugger —
Authority: 631
Army worm invasion. Image credit: ABC News: Scott Ross Most people probably dont realize how flu vaccines are made - by injecting live flu virus into living chicken eggs, incubating the virus-infected eggs, etc. That 50-year old vaccine making process poses a potential risk to employees working with live virus, and ...1 week ago -
Sarah, The Ex-Vegetarian
Vegan Soapbox —
Authority: 430
Dear ex-vegetarian Sarah , You were an omnivore, then an ex-omni, and now an omni again. But you call yourself an “recovering vegetarian” as if your eating habits are more about rejecting vegetarianism than about falling back into old, bad habits . If a recovering alcoholic or addict falls off the wagon and ...1 week ago -
Watch HOME for FREE, unless you count putting up with its weird attempts at being poetic as "payment," which it kinda is. Seriously.
vegansaurus! —
Authority: 528
Watch HOME for FREE, unless you count putting up with its weird attempts at being poetic as "payment," which it kinda is. Seriously. : Home is a pretty amazing documentary: gorgeous visuals (including lots of aerial shots of our planet), an urgent message about how we gotta stop fucking around and start caring ...2 weeks ago -
There’s something truly ass-backwards about the fact that...
vegansaurus! —
Authority: 528
There’s something truly ass-backwards about the fact that the vaccine for swine flu (which most likely originated on a factory farm) is being manufactured using 1.2 billion chicken eggs . There are entire chicken farms in the US and around the world dedicated to producing eggs for the purpose of incubating ...2 weeks ago -
Salmonella And Campylobacter Found In Most Chicken
Vegan Soapbox —
Authority: 430
News from CBS : Consumer Reports purchased 382 raw whole broiler chickens from more than 100 stores in 22 states and tested for salmonella and a dangerous bacteria called campylobacter.And in Consumer Reports’ findings, nearly two-thirds of the chickens tested had either one or both pathogens (Emphasis ...2 weeks ago -
Science & Soul: I’m Back!
Science & Soul —
Authority: 99
Sorry about the long wait, but work comes first. Anyway, I am getting back in the swing of things for a little while. Science News in Brief The Large Haldron Collider has resumed operation and set a new world record for energy. Its particle beams were accelerated at over one trillion volts. This was just a ...2 weeks ago -
Obama Sends Turkey to Die in California [Thanksgiving]
Gawker —
Authority: 863
After a hilarious speech, President Obama pardoned the first turkey of his administration, continuing this delightful tradition that should probably be ended, immediately. As Obama points out, it is not even an old tradition. Bush I started it. Nothing Bush I did should be carried on as a presidential ...3 weeks ago -
What the Turkey Leaves Behind
New Hampshire Public Radio —
Authority: 560
A retired Marines new mission is to photograph illegal mounds of poultry manure.3 weeks ago -
Iceburgs Attack New Zealand - well maybe they kinda drift by but
Energy Tough Love Blog —
Authority: 124
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Doing More Good
Vegan Soapbox —
Authority: 430
Martha Stewart is having a vegetarian Thanksgiving and Glenn Beck cares about animals? Whoa, what’s going on here? Jonathan Safran Foer said in an interview: “Look, someone like Glenn Beck could not have a turkey and that’s fine, but what I would so strongly prefer is that he had a week-long series about ...3 weeks ago -
Attacking the Messenger: Big Ag’s Attempt to Misdirect Attention from Its Own Problems
Civil Eats —
Authority: 558
Reading agribusiness officials’ responses to undercover exposés documenting egregious acts of cruelty to farm animals can be truly mind-boggling. I’ve written about this before, and feel compelled to follow up with a couple more recent sordid examples. When faced with gruesome images of mistreatment of ...3 weeks ago
