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“Republicans always frame the health care debate by saying, ‘Health care decisions should be made by doctors and patients, not government bureaucrats,’ leaving out the fact that health decisions aren’t made by doctors, patients, or bureaucrats — they’re made by insurance companies. Which are a lot like hospital gowns: chances are, your ass isn’t covered.” — Bill Maher (video link)
VOTE FOR MATT. Sexiest Vegetarian 2010.
Now #7 #6!! Needs to be in Top 5 by Friday at noon EST.
Something awesome is so close we can smell it. It carries the sweet scent of victory. But it will not be easily won.
We are behind in this fight, yet there is still hope. We have not yet called upon our secret weapon: you. We have not yet unleashed your awesome fury, your emo angst, your power to like and reblog and kick the rest of the internet’s ass.
Until now.
Join us as my brother, Matt Mims, co-founder of HEREblog, hits the final stretch of a quest so brash, so brazen, that his girlfriend didn’t even tell him it was happening.
Yes, it’s true: Matt is currently #8 in PETA’s 2010 Sexiest Vegetarian Next Door contest.
#8!!
He needs to get voted into the top 5 by Friday at noon EST to reach the Finals.
Will you help us now, in our hour of greatest need?
Your marching orders, brave warriors:
Oh, and extra hero points if you reblog this post!
Thank you!!
Dan
The Cove Film-Makers Break Up Alleged Whale-Meat Smuggling Operation
“This isn’t just about saving whales,” said Louie Psihoyos, the director of “The Cove,” a documentary that chronicles eco-activists’ battles with Japanese officials over dolphin hunting. “But about saving the planet.”
The sushi sting actually began in October, when the documentary’s associate producer and “director of clandestine operations,” Charles Hambleton, heard from friends in the music industry that the Hump, a highly rated sushi restaurant next to the runway at the Santa Monica airport, was serving whale. Mr. Hambleton, who has worked as a water safety consultant on Hollywood movies like “Pirates of the Caribbean,” created a tiny camera for two animal-activist associates to wear during a monster session of omakase — a sushi meal in which the chef picks all the dishes. Video of their meal shows the two activists, both vegan, being served what the waitress can be heard calling “whale” — thick pink slices — that they take squeamish bites of before tossing into a Ziploc bag in a purse.
The samples were sent to Scott Baker, associate director of the Marine Mammal Institute at Oregon State University. Professor Baker said DNA testing there revealed that the samples sent to him were from a Sei whale, which are found worldwide and are endangered but are sometimes hunted in the North Pacific under a controversial Japanese scientific program. Serving unusual fish imported from Japan is the hallmark of many high-end sushi restaurants here, and whale meat is often found in Japanese markets, Professor Baker said. But he said he had never heard of it being served in an American restaurant.
Gilbert Ng joined us for a photo session several weeks ago, in preparation for the forthcoming release of our first album, pastpresentfuture. Gil is an amazing photographer who shoots and develops real film. This image was taken on the rooftop of our DIY music space, The Yolk.
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I just like to see kids crying.
“When a man wants to murder a tiger, he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him, he calls it ferocity.” — George Bernard Shaw, writer and Nobel laureate (1856–1950) (via jennymarmalade)
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Several weeks ago we posted about how a delusional group of creationist right-wing lunatics have been exerting out-sized influence on public school textbook standards nationwide from their perches on the Texas State Board of Education.
Well, good news: Don McLeroy, their fundamentalist dentist ringleader, has just been fired by Texas voters in favor of a much saner candidate. What’s more, he was ousted — albeit narrowly — by Republican voters in the Republican primary.
Thank you, Texas Republicans, for seeing some light.
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