April 2009
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Ed Hardy Goes Fur Free!
Tattoo and fashion titan Ed Hardy has pledged to go fur free! Ed Hardy joins the fashion world’s most powerful designers and fur free advocates Calvin Klein, Polo Ralph Lauren, BCBGMAXAZRIAGROUP, Tommy Hilfiger, Levi’s and Kenneth Cole. Millions of animals will avoid being skinned alive thanks to the compassion and the intelligence of Ed Hardy.
Ed Hardy’s designs are...
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Portland's Great American Meatout.
In Defense of Animals held a really cool demonstration to promote healthy eating in Portland complete with vegan hot dogs and cupcakes. WHOA!
When you’re vegan you can eat cupcakes and hot dogs still be eating healthy!
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Popeye's Runs Out of Chicken.
People make me sad.
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Animal Liberation in Seattle.
A few weeks ago I was walking the streets of Seattle and bumped into a huge anti-foie gras demonstration. NARN, or the Northwest Animal Rights Network, has been gaining ground in their battle to make Seattle foie gras free. The group’s main targets are the infamously ignorant Quinn’s Pub and Lark restaurants on Capitol Hill.
NARN will be outside Quinn’s Pub and Lark EVERY...
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Your Mother Was a Mackerel.
Photo Caption: Three d-bags compensate for their small penises.
Recently the WWF warned that Mediterranean bluefin tuna stocks were on the verge of collapse, and the breeding population just three years from extinction, as a result of overfishing and a failure to curb our desire to eat raw tuna. Scientists are racing to make sure that humans will never have to see the day when fancy bourgeois...
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The Pigs Strike Back.
Years of raising, breeding, and chemically altering pigs for food has come back (once again) to bite us in the ass. What officials are calling “swine flu” has hit countries all over the world and threatens to reach pandemic levels.
“Officials said they had confirmed eight cases in New York, seven in California, two in Kansas, two in Texas and one in Ohio, and that the cases...
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Goodbye Bea Arthur, Animal Activist and Golden...
Thanks Bea. You will be missed. The work you did for animals will live on.
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Stripping for Veganism in Portland.
Portland Oregon claims to have the most strip clubs per capita in the entire U.S. After visiting Portland a number of times for demonstrations, vegan food, and animal rights conferences, I would wager to say that Portland also has the highest concentraion of vegans in the country as well. It only makes sense to blend the two.
Do you think that lady violated health codes by putting her...
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Friday Vegan Spotlight: Cedric Bixler-Zavala
Cedric Bixler-Zavala is the badass lead singer/lyricist of one of the best bands of our generation The Mars Volta and a dedicated VEGAN! Not only is The Mars Volta one of the best bands out there right now, Cedric is probably one of the best frontmen of all-time. Cedric was also in the band At the Drive-In
Cedric is known for his killer pipes and his crazy on-stage antics. When The Mars...
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Chicago Cubs Display Animal Cruelty.
At the Chicago Cubs game on April 21, 2009, a cat that ran on the field during the forth inning was chased down, picked up by its tail and tossed into the stands. The audience gasped, laughed, cheered, and then booed as the animal was being tossed around like a piece of trash.
Nadine Walmsley, vice president of development at the Anti-Cruelty Society of Chicago, described the incident as...
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Is Your Diet Causing Climate Change?
This is a great video that is worth passing on to a friend or family member. Be kind to the earth every day, not just April 22.
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Save the Planet for Another Day.
Happy Earth Day!
We can do two simple things today to protect our earth and preserve the life that calls it home 1) go vegan/vegetarian and 2) stop drinking bottled water.
Check out this trailer for a new film called Tapped about the commodification of water in the United States. The film features music from Radiohead, Coldplay, and has interviews with vegan congressman Dennis Kucinich.
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CNN Covers Animal Rights "Terrorism."
It seems the “mainstream” media is covering animal rights in its usual fashion, by putting the words VEGAN and TERRORIST in the same sentence.
Turns out the FBI has placed animal rights activist Daniel Andreas on their most wanted list. Thanks to the AETA passed by congress a few years ago vegan/animal rights activists can be arrested on terrorism charges from anything to publicly...
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I am not dangerous, I am danger.
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World Week For Animals In Laboratories.
This week marks the World Week for Animals is Laboratories so be sure to get involved! Millions of animals in the United States, and around the world, are being subjected to horrifying experimentation all of which is cruel and most of which is COMLETELY pointless. Take a look at these recent animal experiments that YOUR tax dollars are used to fund: * Nipple preference in nursing infant...
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They Live.
My best friend Kim and I watched this movie tonight for the first time.
Plot: A crazy turn of events allows a guy (Rowdy Roddy Piper) to see the truth about the world. He looks at billboards and sees things like the word “OBEY” where normally you’d see an ad. Drama, mystery, and a hilarious 10 minute fight scene ensue.
If you like Adbusters, scary movies, or beleive that...
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Friday Vegan Spotlight: Leonardo Da Vinci
I know that last week we made the claim that Albert Einstein may have been the most intelligent vegan in history, but we may have found a contender for the title. Leonardo Di Vinci was a painter, inventor, architect, musician, anatomist, engineer, sculptor, and a VEGAN!!!
Da Vinci gave us The Last Supper and Mona Lisa. He created the most accurate artistic depictions of the human anatomy that...
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Disgusting Domino's Employees.
Sadly I don’t think these disgusting Domino’s employees are that different from the employees at many other non-vegan fast food places. Check out the video to be highly disturbed.
Don’t want to eat pizza that has been farted on? The web is full of amazing vegan pizza recipes. Try one for dinner tonight. Homemade pizza tastes soooooo much better, is cheaper, and is much...
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Obama Breaks Promise, New Dog From Breeder.
Contrary to what most news outlets are reporting, the Obama’s new pup Bo is NOT a rescue dog. Bo was bought from a breeder.
The Obama’s pledged a few months back that they would adopt a dog from a shelter to highlight the overpopulation and high euthanasia rate in almost all US shelters. It turns out this pledge was a lie.
56% of dogs and 71% of cats that enter animal shelters...
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The Informed Vegan Interviews Nigel Barker.
The Canadian seal slaughter is currently underway while dedicated activists race to put an end to this horrific display of cruelty. Acclaimed photographer, HSUS’s Protect Seals spokesman and America’s Next Top Model judge Nigel Barker gave The Informed Vegan a few minutes of his time to discuss strategy, the slaughter, activism, and his personal journey toward a more compassionate...
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Best Vegan Bakery in the World!
If you haven’t been the Portland’s Sweetpea Bakery than you are missing out. They not only have the most creative and tasty vegan baked goods in the world, they also do a Sunday brunch that will make you think you died and went to vegan heaven.
If you can’t make it out to Portland then you should at least check out their site and do a little fantasy dining.
Check out...
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Happy Easter!
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Would You Like Worms With That?
Just when you thought that eating meat couldn’t get any trickier, something else comes along a blows everything you thought you knew out of the water. A new study on foodborne illness has shown that “free range” livestock pose and even greater health risk than previously believed.
Many have bought into the myth that eating “free range” animals is better for their...
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Friday Vegan Spotlight: Albert Einstein
What more can be said about the brilliant and influential Albert Einstein? We judge all intellectuals by the standard he set forth. Einstein was responsible for the theory of relativity, E=MC(2), zero point energy, and if you needed one more reason that Einstein was a genius…he was a VEGAN!
One of the most famous quotes about animal rights/veg comes from Einstein:
“Nothing will...
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Fat Kids on the Block.
A new study claims that 1 in 5 American 4-year-olds is obese. Obesity is one of the leading causes of heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer, and joint disease. Perhaps it’s time to change the way we are eating and what we feed our children.
I’ve found that the best way to lose weight and get down to a healty size is through a vegan diet. Many organizations are advocating...
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Vegetarian Actor to Work for Obama Admin.
You have probably heard by now that Kal Penn (Kumar from Harold and Kumar go to White Castle and House) has been made newest member of the Obama Administration. What you probably don’t know is that Kal is a VEGETARIAN!
Soon Kal will start reporting for duty at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue as Obama’s official “Public Liaison.” Kal describes the job as “outreach with the...
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Is It Vegan?
As vegans we always have to watch out for food manufacturers that slip weird non-vegan ingredients into places it should belong (i.e. fish bladder used to make Guinness). Recently I found this really great site for checking how vegan friendly your favorite alcohol, chain restaurant, and general retailer really is.
Search through this site for awhile and you’ll be disappointed and...
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Weekly Vegan Reader.
Here’s the latest headlines from around the web.
- Many forget,factory farm or family farm, they go to the same slaughterhouse.
- Vegan Outreach has passed out 10,000,000 leaflets.
- EPA recommends ending animal testing.
- Monkeys escape from OHSU torture facility.
- Fish oils offer no heart benefit.
- Newsweek editor David Noonan goes vegan and loves it!
- ACTION ALERT! Tell Etsy to...
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Friday Vegan Spotlight: Brian Bell
Brian Bell is the lead guitarist for the influential rock band Weezer and a VEGAN! Weezer was no doubt one of the most influential groups of the 90’s and 00’s. Brian is a vocal advocate for animals and even helped pen Weezer’s animal rights hit Pig which sheds light on the emotional trauma some pigs face before they are killed and eaten. Here’s an excerpt from...
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Antibiotics+Meat Eaters=Fail.
Animals that are produced for food are given high doses of antibiotics to cut down on the number of pus filled infections that develop as a result of the poor conditions they live in. When a person eats the meat they are also ingesting all the antibiotics that the animal was fed throughout its life.
A new report released in the United Kingdom shows that the high level of antibiotics in meat...