Written by Vegetarian Star on May 4th, 2010 in Business, Food & Drink, Not So Vegetarian.
Comments Off on White Castle Candle–Cow Scent Celebrates National Burger Month
White Castle Candle
White Castle has a scented stick for those that enjoy the aroma of cooked cow smothered in grease plus pickles and onions.
According to Gizmodo, the candle was created in honor of the 18th National Hamburger Month in May.
While most vegetarians would rather smell cow dung than cow candle, this could be a way for those who gave up meat not because it tasted horrible, but because of animal or environmental reasons, to get their kicks without the real thing.
Think of it as the placebo that keeps you from relapsing that only costs around $10.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on May 4th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Environment-Eco-Green, Politicians.
Comments Off on Anti “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” Ads Go Up Before Discovery Shareholder Meeting
If you live near the Discovery Channel, you may have noticed a series of posters in bus stations put up by Defenders of Wildlife, timed to coincide with the network’s shareholders meeting May 5.
Defenders of Wildlife is hoping Discovery will cancel Sarah Palin‘s tentatively titled show, “Sarah Palin’s Alaska,” citing the politician’s track record on animal and environmental issues is not appropriate for a station designed to celebrate nature.
The various ads read with catchy and critical words for Palin like, “Don’t Promote Someone Who Turned Alaska’s Cry Of The Wild Into A Cry For Help,” and urges viewers not to watch the show and Discovery to drop it from its program.
The series of ads can be viewed here.
More than 500,000 people have sent communication to Discovery officials, saying they do not support Palin hosting a nature show about Alaska.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on May 4th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Food & Drink, Tech.
Comments Off on Eat Humane Food iPhone Application From WSPA
"Eat Humane" iphone application
An iphone application from the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA)allows you to choose both stores and restaurants that provide more humane products sourced from animals.
For vegetarians, this can help to avoid buying egg or dairy products produced in factory farms.
The Eat Humane Food app allows you to search by grocery store or restaurant.
When searching by store, the app can display all the foods considered humane sold at the business, ranking them in categories of “Good,” “Better,” and “Best.”
Restaurants are listed by city and offer a glimpse as to what humane foods, such as cage-free eggs are offered at the establishment.
For more information on the Eat Humane app, visit iTunes.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on May 4th, 2010 in Animal Issues, Food & Drink, Politicians.
Comments Off on Barack Obama Can Win Reelection By Tackling Factory Farming
Journalist and author of Animal Factory, David Kirby, thinks Barack Obama should fight factory farming more aggressively and suggests taking this stance could even help him win votes in the next presidential election.
Obama was helped tremendously in the 2008 election by winning over Iowa, says Kirby in an article from the Huffington Post.
Kirby says Iowa sided with Obama due to his stance on changing policies in factory farming, which many conservative Americans see as an attack on hard working small farmers and personal property.
If Obama is to retain this support, changes in factory farm policies are needed, and Kirby provides a few ways in which the United States president can help both animals and constituents.
One way to do this is by limiting subsidies to corporate farms, which receive as much as 5 billion annually.
“If right-wing opposition to corporate bailouts runs so deep, then Obama should get some mileage from his promise to end the multibillion-dollar corporate farm subsidy boondoggle,” writes Kirby.
Kirby also thinks Obama should also tackle the monopoly big corporations have over the food industry and redirect programs to help small family farmers, something also valued by conservatives.
Read more at the Huffington Post.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on May 4th, 2010 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink.
Comments Off on Prahlad Friedman–Another Vegan Poker Player
If Tom Dwan is looking to make any more vegetarian prop bets soon, he’ll have to pick another poker player besides Prahlad Friedman.
According to Poker News Daily, Friedman is a devout follower of the Hindu religion, as well as a vegan, joining the likes of poker players who don’t consume meat or dairy like Daniel Negreanu.
Friedman’s total live tournament earnings exceed $2 million.
Now he and Daniel should make a bet on who’s homemade vegan cookies will be consumed the most by players during the next tournament.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on May 4th, 2010 in Actresses, Animal Issues, Authors, Books, TV Hosts.
Comments Off on Beth Ostrosky Stern “Oh My Dog” Shows Breeds Need Rescuing Too
"Oh My Dog" Beth Ostrosky Stern
Beth Ostrosky Stern‘s new book on choosing and caring for a dog, Oh My Dog, may appear to have a mixed message about animal welfare.
The wife of Howard Stern who has been both a volunteer at animal shelters and a North Shore Animal League America spokesperson, wrote that although her family had always taken in rescue pets from shelters, for some reason, she and Howard were set on finding a breed-an English Bulldog.
When she arrived at the breeder, she fell in love with a Bulldog that was a former show dog, but developed a wiggle and was of “no use” anymore in her former profession.
The dog went home with Beth and was named Bianca Romijn-Stamos-Ostrosky-Stern.
While adopting a shelter dog is the best way to reduce the millions of animals euthanized every year, like Beth’s story, some adoptions of breeds can prove just as beneficial, especially if the breed was “rescued” from a dangerous or unhealthy situation.
Like a bred dog suffering from the genetic mutation of missing or disabled limbs due to generations of inbreeding.
Retired racing greyhounds are another example of taking in a breed otherwise likely to be euthanized or abandoned.
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Written by Vegetarian Star on May 4th, 2010 in Athletes-Games-Sports, Food & Drink.
Has Mike Tyson taken to not biting the ears of any animal?
USA Today reports the boxing legend has become vegan, something he revealed during an interview for the “Yes Network” series “CenterStage” that will air May 26.
His change in diet may appease some activists who were upset over his Animal Planet Show that features controversial pigeon racing, “Take On Tyson.”
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Comments Off on Meatless Mouthful–Joan Jett Says Eating Burger, Grandma The Same
“What’s the difference between my dog and slicing him open and eating him or your grandmother? I mean really what’s the difference?”
—Joan Jett, during a break from passing out Vegetarian Starter Kits in NYC’s Union Square.
Joan’s answer took the New York Press by surprise, but at least it got them thinking.
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