Jul 16
I’ve tweaked my famous Coconut Avocado Cream Pie, which was originally a macaroon recipe and a raw pie recipe, artfully combined, if I say so myself, and which is technically a tart. I no longer use Ener-G egg replacer because…
Jul 15
Angus directed me to Honest Meat (did I lose half of you? Does your head hurt?), and I couldn’t stop thinking about Carol Adams’ The Sexual Politics of Meat (and other texts by her). It’s just a blog, like Animal…
Jul 14
Today’s New York Times presents Adam Cohen, begging to be mocked with his “What’s Next in the Law? The Unalienable Rights of Chimps.” I was surprised that the “Editorial Observer” piece was published in its current form because it sounds…
Jul 13
Like many people, when I think of Pamplona’s bull run, I’m disgusted with humans. Over a dozen people were hurt this year, including an American, and of course the bulls were brutally slaughtered. When I watch the brief video of…
When I wrote about Professor Erik Camayd-Freixas speaking up for migrants, I had yet to read his essay in its entirety. Here it is, and the events (and Camayd-Freixas’ commentary) are more appalling (though not shocking, knowing what our government…
Keith Stansell, who was held captive by the FARC for five years in the jungles of Colombia, was interviewed by Robin Meade of CNN yesterday, and I recorded it and transcribed most of it, only to find this morning that…
Jul 11
You may have heard about the 389 illegal immigrants and two supervisors arrested at a kosher meatpacking plant (AgriProcessors) on May 12. AgriProcessors was made infamous by the videos of kosher slaughter. Temple Grandin visited the plant in Iowa and…
Jul 10
Roger directed me to a grisly story about a serial pet rabbit decapitator and exsanguinator in Germany (“Rabbit ripper shocks Germany”). There have been 30 “victims” to date, and the police are worried that “the killer” might switch to killing…
Jul 9
I have to leave, but I just received this plea. I’ll be able to moderate here and there, so if you have any ideas, please comment. This is all I know: I have turned to the humane society, the local…
Jul 9
There’s a lot going on today. 1. I’m assuming everyone’s seen Rainforest Action Network’s site, The Problem With Palm Oil, with it’s snazzy 3-minute video, complete with The Clash’s “Lost in a Supermarket,” and wherein they say “there is currently…
Jul 8
I watched all 10 parts (about 10 minutes each) of the documentary “The World According to Monsanto,” released in March, thinking I would post the part I thought had the most or best information. But each part had two things…
Jul 7
In “Orangutan Populations Decline Sharply,” by Michael Casey, guess what we learn about? Orangutans still live in the wild in two places: Indonesia and Malaysia. Their numbers have declined (almost 14% for Indonesia and 10% elsewhere) since 2004 due to…
Sorry about the temporary inability to comment on the last three posts. They’re enabled again. Thanks, Deb.
Jul 6
“A Ban on Cockfighting, but the Tradition Lives On,” by Adam B. Ellick in today’s New York Times, raises several important questions for me. Let’s deconstruct: I was left wondering whether when cockfighting is made illegal, there’s any kind of…
Jul 5
First let me say that everyone is fine. No one was better prepared than I for seizing dogs and vomiting cats. The thunderous display meant to mimic the experience of being on a battlefield was over by 11pm and we…
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