Archive for the 'Animal rights' Category

Dying for a chocolate bar?

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

Humanity sucks at SO many things, as much as it excels at others. Surely it would be easy to strike this ‘effort’ off the ’sucky’ list? All this, for chocolate bars? No thanks.
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Mars is a multi-million-pound company whose products – including Mars bars, M&M’s, Snickers, Twix and Galaxy – can be found on the shelves […]

Do depressed lab rats dictate international drug policy?

Monday, December 17th, 2007

Taken from disinformation.com’s blog on MySpace:
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The following is an excerpt from Mark Pilkington’s FAR OUT: 101 Strange Tales from Science’s Outer Edge where he charts some of the more curious byways, scenic detours, and inspired […]

Every little hurts…

Friday, November 16th, 2007

From http://www.viva.org.uk/campaigns/turtle/index.html:
Tesco – one of Britain’s largest retailers – is currently making money off the back of animal torture, by selling live animals in their stores in China. Turtles are decapitated by staff without being stunned first – or are sold live to customers who take them home to kill in any way they choose. […]

Would you like a milky drink?

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

A letter taken from the Facebook group, ‘Dairy is Dangerous’. To balance it out, I’m sure everything in moderation (including perhaps even milk) and a healthy outlook in life will get you to a decent age with little or no health problems.
If anyone would like to comeback with a ’soya is dangerous’ […]

They want you to take the blue pill

Saturday, September 22nd, 2007

Taken from a Facebook group I just spotted called Abate the Codex Alimentarius - the name piqued my interest, so I clicked and found this description:
“Anyone who has not heard of the Codex Alimentarius before, you’re in for a bumpy ride. The Codex Alimentarius is a trade commission in place to control the international […]