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How Many MeMe Roths Are There?

(May 16th, 2012)

Of all the would-be dietary dictators, wannabe syrup-saboteur MeMe Roth is perhaps the most freely contemptuous and openly hateful toward those who would choose the simple pleasures of food and drink, whatever their weight. We, however, suspected she wasn’t alone … Continue reading →

Animal Rights

Shock Poll: HSUS Donors Think HSUS Fundraising Misleads

(May 15th, 2012)

Our HumaneWatch.org project has been educating Americans about the real agenda of the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS). Of course, HSUS does a good job of hiding that agenda in its fundraising material. In a national poll, 71 … Continue reading →

Food Scares, Livestock, Meat

The Winners From “Pink Slime” Scare Are … Australian?

(May 14th, 2012)

We predicted that the unscientific, hysterical calls to remove finely textured beef–tarred as “pink slime” in the media—would result in higher hamburger prices and no benefits to food safety or sustainability. The early results of the scare, as reported by … Continue reading →

Big Fat Lies, Big Government

If You Believe in Consumer Freedom, You’re Prejudiced or Something

(May 11th, 2012)

The armies of the “public health” community are on the march, in advance of HBO’s release next week of a much-hyped documentary promoting the Social Engineer’s Manifesto. Never heard of it? It’s a document produced by the woefully biased Institute … Continue reading →

The Tax-Code Diet

Activists and meddling lawmakers have toyed with the idea of taxing certain foods and ingredients to curb obesity. Twinkie Tax inventor Kelly Brownell advocates “slapping high-fat, low-nutrition food with a substantial government ‘sin’ tax.” According to him, certain foods are … Continue reading →

9 Things You Didn’t Know About HSUS

1. The Humane Society of the United States scams Americans out of millions of dollars through manipulative and deceptive advertising. An analysis of HSUS’s TV fundraising appeals that ran between January 2009 and September 2011 determined that more than 85 … Continue reading →

It’s Time to Put Down PETA

Sign the Petition to End PETA’s Status as an Animal Shelter Shockingly, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is classified by the Commonwealth of Virginia as a legal animal shelter despite killing 93.8 percent of the dogs and cats … Continue reading →