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Foie Gras to Be Banned in California

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Excerpted from The New York Times. Apparently, this will happen in 8 months. I had no idea! In eight months, the sale of foie gras will be banned in California. There was even a foie gras dessert: a brownie sundae with foie gras Chantilly.

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Greenpeace Activists Threatened with Terrorism Charges

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These people are protesters, not terrorists. From the New York Times' Green Blog. Lesley Hill Peters, suggested that the protesters could also face terrorism-related charges. The New Orleans Joint Terrorism Task Force “is looking into the matter,” she said.

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Recent Events Involving Our Public Lands Are Alarming

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In case you missed the latest news cycle, the seven armed antigovernment protesters thugs pictured above were acquitted last Thursday of federal conspiracy and weapons charges stemming from that takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge last winter.

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Moral Vegetarianism, Part 11 of 13

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For example, protesting the government’s food policies by wearing buttons, putting ads in the New York Times , or writing one’s congressman would seem to have greater educational value than not eating meat (question 2).

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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of Fish and Wildlife Commissioner Jon Gassett has indicated that if enough people write in protest, the proposed hunting season–due to start this December– will be reconsidered. Letters and emails by the thousand poured into the commissioners’ offices, protesting its crane hunting proposal. Kentucky Dept.

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