Like Serving Poodle Burgers at a Dog Show…
Karin Robertson, manager of PETA’s “Fish Empathy Project,” has asked the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, CA to stop serving fish in its cafeteria.. She claims “serving fish at an aquarium is like serving poodle burgers at a…
Wisconsin Legislature Passes Anti-Internet Hunting Law
The Wisconsin Senate has passed AB 179, the anti-Internet hunting law that had previously passed the Assembly. The law is going to Gov. Doyle, who has said he plans to sign it (although he thinks cat hunting is a bad…
Whale Burgers
In America, the newest restaurant “innovation” is increasingly massive burgers. In Japan, the newest innovation is to use massive animals as the source of fast food burger meat–in this case, Minke whale meat, putatively left over from the 900 whales…
PETA Spies
PETA has “spies” who get jobs at companies that might be engaging in animal abuse so that they may document the company’s behavior. On the face of it, this seems to put the employee/spy in a potentially illegal position, as…
Good News for Vegetarian Cannibals
It’s a little hard to take this seriously, but I’ve been unable to confirm if it’s a joke/cheap publicity stunt. A Dartmouth Business School student is planning to offer tofu designed to taste like human flesh. Initially the website will…
Massive Burger Watch
3 gentlemen (weighing a combined total of 910 pounds!) ate a 12.5 pound “Zeus” burger from Clinton Station Diner in a little over an hour. Still no announcement that anyone has conquered the Beer Barrel Belly Buster.
Update on Live-shot.com
The Washington Post runs an update on Live-shot.com and the immense legislative response to shut down the website. Meanwhile, due to the apparent magnitude and time-criticalness of the problem, the California Fish & Game Department is rushing to prepare ”emergency”…
Beer Barrel Belly Buster
Denny’s Beer Barrel Pub in Clearfield, PA is now offering a 15 pound burger (only 10.5 pounds are actually beef). Says one patron who tried to unsuccessfully tried to consume the entire burger with 3 buddies, “It’s like trying to…
Yet More on AdSense Ads
AsSense has now gone 180 degrees with my ads. Having had hunting ads for several days (which did pretty well clickthrough-wise, FWIW), today I’m seeing the following ads on my site: One-stop vegan shopping Hundreds of cruelty-free products Shoes, food,…
New Ads–This Time from PETA!
After my ironic run-in with hunting ads, my post on the Happy Cows case appears to triggered AdSense ads from PETA. For example, I’ve now seen a few ads promoting MilkSucks.com, such as: Got Osteoporosis? Why dairy products won’t help…