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Frequent Flyers Beware: Here Comes PCRM Again (November 18, 2008)
Frequent Flyers Beware: Here Comes PCRM Again If it's the week before Thanksgiving, it must be that special time again -- time for travel writers to be duped by a phony "healthy" airport-food survey from the equally phony Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine. The animal rights zealots who pose as a mainstream health charity pull this stunt every year, and their agenda gets more and more transparent each time. So far this... read more here »

Big Government
Let’s Learn from the Scandinavians! (November 17, 2008)
Let’s Learn from the Scandinavians! Visit Scandinavia, and you'll notice two things in comparison with the U.S. of A. (besides the proliferation of IKEA stores): fewer obese people, and more of them moving. Sweden, Denmark, and their Nordic neighbors have the same ubiquitous fast food restaurants as we do. Their menus include paltry (if any) nutrition information. And this is the home of the smorgasbord. Yet there's no "obesity epidemic"... read more here »

Animal Rights
Quote of the Week (November 17, 2008)
Quote of the Week We usually don't weigh in on the animal-rights war over fur and fashion -- and it's only Monday -- but this is too good not to make our Quote of the Week. Following a Paris "flour bomb" attack on actress Lindsay Lohan by activists with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Lohan's long-time partner Samantha Ronson fired back with a vengeance on her... read more here »

Animal Rights
Maybe PETA Just Wants a Monopoly On Clowns (November 14, 2008)
Maybe PETA Just Wants a Monopoly On Clowns The circus is in town for Chicagoans this month, but it could be the very last time -- if the animal-rights nuts at People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals get their way. The anti-everything group has an ally in Chicago Alderman Mary Ann Smith, who has been trying this year to do PETA's bidding by involving city government in how elephant trainers do their... read more here »

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7 Things You Didn't Know About HSUS
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) is a “humane society” in name only, since it doesn’t operate a single pet shelter or pet adoption facility anywhere in the United States.

7 Things You Didn't Know About PCRM
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine is an animal rights group in disguise.

7 Things You Didn't Know About PETA
PETA kills thousands of homeless dogs and cats, donates large sums of money to violent criminals, attacks research that aims to cure cancer and AIDS, and targets young children with its propaganda.

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"Physicians Committee" Ranking Airport Food Is An Animal-Rights Group
An animal rights group with a long history of promoting itself as a mainstream medical charity issued a report suggesting that only meatless and dairy-free airport meals should be considered "healthy."... read more here »

Consumer Group Urges Chicago Aldermen To Keep Circuses, Avoid Nationwide Ridicule
Yesterday the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) dispatched e-mails to all members of the Chicago City Council, urging them to think twice before following the anti-circus recommendations of PETA.... read more here »



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Scandinavians have fitness right, sans food police
Rather than regulating what we put into our bodies, government would get more bang for its public-health buck by focusing on how we exercise those bodies.... read more here »

California Focus: The State of California contains chemicals!
Chances are good that in the past 22 years, you've seen warning labels on everyday items cautioning that you've been exposed to chemicals that the state of California has deemed dangerous.... read more here »

Food only part of obesity problem
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