I simply love the graphic execution of this ad and the idea…

I simply love the graphic execution of this ad and the idea…: “

I simply love the graphic execution of this ad and the idea behind it. (Via omegawm, via Dylan Collard)”

(Via Herbiv.org.)

America Has No Soul

America Has No Soul: “….Yet, yesterday the House Appropriations Committee undermined this progressive proposed regulation by passing the 2010 Interior and Environment spending bill. An amendment in the bill will prevent the EPA from requiring factory farms to report their GHG emissions – a move that represents a blatant handout to large factory farms.

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By preventing the EPA from collecting data from manure systems, the House Appropriations committee is telling the American people that they aren’t serious about climate change or the health of rural communities and farmworkers, who must live with terrible odors and noxious gases associated with such facilities. What is especially disheartening about the move is that it would prevent a much needed better understanding of livestock and manure emissions that would help foster scientific research and effective methods for reducing such emissions. If Congress is serious about climate change then we need the data to understand our emissions, which will only happen for livestock and manure if the amendment is removed before the final version of the bill.

Factory Farms Get the Ultimate Handout

The House Appropriations Committee is not serious about ‘climate change or health’! Could they be taking a cue from our fearless leader? It’s just business as usual… Obama panders to the lobbys, Congress has ice creams parties, and the House bends America over so agribusiness can have its way.

And the biggest problem with this situation is that the rural community, the farmers, will have to live with the odors? WTF? They make their living as purveyors of death; making sure the holocaust is a fine-tuned abomination.

No one cares about the victims. The fact that living beings are confined in filth, mutilated, raped and murdered for their flesh is not even a blip on the radar. This is just sickening.

Every single one of these complicit mother fuckers needs to have a heart attack and get their fat asses out public service.

Wonder what corpse Obama’s munching on tonight?

Go Vegan America.

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(Via Negotiation is Over: Go Vegan or Die!.)

Happy Fucking Fourth: USDA Updated Corpse Product Recalls

Happy Fucking Fourth: USDA Updated Corpse Product Recalls: ”

All over the u.s. today, people are celebrating their alleged freedom by barbecuing the crucified corpses of the victims of the american holocaust. Happy fucking fourth!

The mutilated body parts they eat today are the same mutilated body parts that may be recalled tomorrow or next week or next month — well, after the carcasses have been consumed by abhorrent humans. Can’t you just see the fat slobs with their greasy fingers tearing dead flesh from corpses, barbecue sauce dripping from their chins onto soiled shirts… it’s the fourth!… let the disgusting gluttony commence. Ah, good times!

BUT YOU’VE BEEN WARNED! Here’s a nice freshly-updated list of what’s been recalled that the corpse-munchers have consumed over the past couple of months… nothing to worry about really… just carcinogens, feces, worms (there’s something poetic about parasites ingesting parasites)… makes me smile!

Here ya go:

Product Recalled Date of Recall Retail Distribution List*
037-2009, Traditions Pre-Packaged Meal Products (Salmonella) | En Español PDF Jul 1, 2009 No retail sales

036-2009, Frozen Meat and Poultry Products – Perogies (unapproved ingredient) | En Español PDF Jun 30, 2009 N/A (Class II Recall)

035-2009, Sausage Product (undercooked) | En Español PDF Jun 24, 2009 Jun 25, 2009 (PDF Only)

034-2009, JBS Swift Beef Products (E. coli O157:H7) Jun 28, 2009 (Expanded) | En Español PDF Jun 24, 2009 | En Español PDF Jul 4, 2009 (PDF Only, 1MB)

033-2009, Ground Beef Products (E. coli O157:H7) | En Español PDF Jun 22 2009 No retail sales

032-2009, Kroger, Fully Cooked, Buffalo Style Chicken Wings (undeclared allergen) | En Español PDF Jun 10 2009 Jun 12, 2009 (PDF Only)

031-2009, Sigma Processed Meats Fully Cooked Ham Products (undeclared ingredient) Jun 10, 2009 N/A (Class III Recall)

030-2009, Snow Creek Meat Processing Fresh Beef Trim (E. coli O157:H7) | En Español PDF Jun 8, 2009 Jun 8, 2009 (PDF Only)

029-2009, Cameco, Inc. Ready-to-Eat Meat and Poultry Products, various (underprocessing) | En Español PDF Jun 5, 2009 No retail sales

028-2009, Duck Leg Confit; Hungarian Brand Kolbase (Listeria) | En Español PDF Jun 3, 2009 Jun 9, 2009 (PDF Only)

027-2009, SP Provisions Ground Beef Products (E. coli O157:H7) | En Español PDF Jun 2, 2009 Jun 4, 2009 (PDF Only)

026-2009, Brushy Creek Chili no beans (mislabeling) Jun 2, 2009 N/A (Class III Recall)

025-2009, 20-pound cases of 100% PURE GROUND BEEF BULK (foreign materials) | En Español PDF May 29, 2009 N/A (Class III Recall)

023-2009, Paisano Meat Beef and Pork Products (undeclared sulfites) | En Español PDF May 22, 2009 Jun 1, 2009 (PDF Only)

022-2009, Valley Meats Ground Beef Products (E. coli O157:H7) | PDF | En Español PDF May 21, 2009 No retail sales

R01-2009, Bob’s Food City Ground Beef Products (E. coli O157:H7) | En Español PDF May 12, 2009 May 12, 2009 (PDF Only)

019-2009, A & G Brand Ground Beef Products (E. coli O157:H7) | En Español PDF May 4, 2009 No retail sales

018-2009, Lion Pavilion Hot-Pot Seasoning (ineligible for import) | En Español PDF Apr 29, 2009 N/A (Class II Recall)

014-2009, Panda Brand Chicken Base Products (ineligible for import) | En Español PDF Apr 3, 2009 N/A (Class II Recall)

013-2009, Halal International Processing Frozen Meat and Poultry (misbranding) | En Español PDF Mar 28, 2009 N/A (Class II Recall)

010-2009, Calfarm/Maylor Chicken Bouillon Products (ineligible for import) | En Español PDF Mar 13, 2009 N/A (Class II Recall)

009-2009, Brand’s Essence of Chicken Drink Products (ineligible for import) | En Español PDF Mar 12, 2009 N/A (Class II Recall)

004-2009, Hain Celestial Group Frozen Chicken Products (Salmonella) | En Español PDF Feb 4, 2009 Feb 12, 2009 (PDF Only)

003-2009, Whitey’s™ Frozen, Chili Beef Products (foreign material) | En Español PDF Jan 30, 2009 Feb 6, 2009 (PDF Only)

FSIS Recalls – July 4, 2009

USDA: Non-Vegans Eat Cancer & Feces & Worms

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(Via Negotiation is Over: Go Vegan or Die!.)

Meat and Global Warming: Is There Really a Debate?

Meat and Global Warming: Is There Really a Debate?: “

It’s upsetting and a bit disturbing that a NY Times ‘Green blogger’ has perpetuated a claim from the Center for Consumer Freedom that there is no strong connection between meat and global warming.

The recent NY Times article titled ‘Meat & Climate: The Debate Continues’ (which I refuse to link to) cites a press release from the CCF (a.k.a a front group for the restaurant, alcohol and tobacco industries) which used an EPA figure estimating that only 6% of US greenhouse gases are caused by agriculture production, including meat. They used this figure to argue that there is no significant connection between meat and global warming. The EPA figure stands in stark contrast to the 2006 UN FAO report (Livestock’s Longshadow) which attributes 18% of global greenhouse gases to livestock production.  Considering how much meat Americans consume, I find it hard to believe that the US produces far less GHG relative to other countries.

If you read the first paragraph of the study, you would learn that the EPA figure omits the emissions from CO2 and land-use changes.  In contrast, the 2006 UN FAO study includes CO2, as well as methane and other greenhouse gases as a result of the entire livestock production process.

EPA on Agriculture Emissions in 2006:

‘Agricultural activities contribute directly to emissions of greenhouse gases through a variety of processes. This chapter provides an assessment of non-carbon-dioxide emissions from the following source categories: enteric fermentation in domestic livestock, livestock manure management, rice cultivation, agricultural soil management, and field burning of agricultural residues (see Figure 6-1). Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and removals from agriculture-related land-use activities, such as conversion of grassland to cultivated land, are presented in the Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry chapter. CO2 emissions from on-farm energy use are accounted for in the Energy chapter.’

Livestock’s Longshadow:

…Scientists usually tie their estimates of the greenhouse gas emissions responsible for global warming to sources such as land use changes, agriculture (including livestock) and transportation. The authors of Livestock’s long shadow took a different approach, aggregating emissions throughout the livestock commodity chain – from feed production (which includes chemical fertilizer production, deforestation for pasture and feed crops, and pasture degradation), through animal production (including enteric fermentation and nitrous oxide emissions from manure) to the carbon dioxide emitted during processing and transportation of animal products.

Why the EPA chose to ignore the impact of CO2 and US land-use changes, is a puzzle to address.  As the UN report shows, land-use is a major reason why GHG from livestock is high.  When one looks at the example of deforestation of the Amazon (80% of which is attributed to livestock), it’s not hard to see why global land-use, and the whole livestock commodity chain should be a concern.

Another commenter of the Times article adds ‘CCF had to go as far as misrepresenting a Bush era EPA report, that were often lower bounds or distortions of staff reports.’

(Via Price of Meat.)