A final reminder to come help out this weekend. See you there? Please?

Another crushing blow to "veganity." This guy should write for The Mercury.

"Zachariah Tomazin is a junior majoring in economics and is a Daily Collegian columnist. His e-mail address is zrt5007@psu.edu."

There will be a tiger costume available for some lucky folks to slip into tomorrow? Any takers?

This sounds cool. Somebody set something like this up out here please.

Check it.

Check the preview of the re-edit of Peaceable Kingdom. We promise to do up a big screening in town when it's ready.

If anybody needs literature or fliers or whatever, get in touch.

"Wayne Pacelle, president of the humane society, said the ruling by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia effectively shuts down operations in an Illinois horse slaughter plant, the only plant still operating in the U.S."

"'I actually love to go to a farm and get fresh milk or watch a pig get slaughtered.'"

Thanks SuperVegan.com for calling our attention to this most important news.

Insert risque comment here.

"Among sons of mothers who ate a lot of beef, 17.7% had a sperm concentration below the World Health Organization sub-fertility threshold of 20 million sperm per millimetre of seminal fluid. The figure for the sons of lower beef consumers was 5.7%."

You can download a bigger flyer here, or four-on-one page fliers here.

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Check it. Help?

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Aw man.... this sucks.

So, we just got a call from our pal Aaron. His pal Emily just rescued 2 birds, a cockatiel and a parakeet from a shitty situation, but she can't really keep them. Anybody want to help out? If so, please call Aaron at 904-309-0931. Thanks.

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Hey you, yeah you in the MidWest....

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The Easter Bunny is a sellout.

From yesterday's email bulletin. We're counting on you folks. Really. Click the link and read the whole thing and jump in with questions or whatever.

"Hello friendlies, we know we’ve been coming hard and fast with the bulletins lately, and we truly appreciate your understanding and support. Lots going on!

This one is a little different for us but just as important as any delivery of vegan donuts or new candy bar, believe that. We just found out about some jerky types coming to town next weekend and we're trying (along with Herbivore and IDA) to get as many folks as we can together to help with an outreach event. The circus is coming to town and most otherwise compassionate and caring folks don’t know about the abuses going on. Basically, we want to let people know that those lions and elephants don’t want to jump through flaming hoops and aren’t being treated well.

We'd like to get a ton of you folks out there with us to hand out information to circus-goers. This is going to be a family friendly educational outreach event, not one of your more marchy, chanty, sign hoisting type affairs. Bring the kids! We want to show that Portland doesn’t want cruelty as entertainment and the more of us that show up to demonstrate that, the less likely the circus will be back next year.

Take a gander at these details...."

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More Craigslist pimping for our friends.

"I'm going to give 20% of whatever I make off my clothes to Sea Shepherd (I expect to make at least a few hundred. I have a lot of shit, and since I can't work, now is the perfect time to clean house). It's not mentioned in the ad because a lot of CLers (at least in the Rants & Raves section), even in Portland, are very anti-AR.

It's kind of an open-closet sale, the kind where people make an appointment, come in, browse and try on my stuff.. and in the case of your readers, drink tea/coffee and eat vegan snacks and pet my cat."

Go get this from our friend Chris. And fix it up and invite us over to play.

While looking for info about this weekends coming circus, I came across this other event happening in Portland. Holy crap, "The Mark of a Warrior".

Congrats Shannon.

"Most Excellent Documentary Feature - BEHIND THE MASK

Another World Premiere film won Most Excellent Feature Documentary honors -- BEHIND THE MASK by Shannon Keith, an animal rights attorney and filmmaker of North Hollywood, for her film highlighting the true stories and gripping undercover video of animal liberations."

Tree Huggin' Treats are back at last. New and improved. Thanks be to the Goddesss.

"We heard from Josh today- he gets one 15-min call per week while in "the hole" (aka "special housing"). He's been given paperwork stating their reasoning for putting him there- the Bureau of Prisons is accusing him of being a "threat" and a "domestic terrorist", using as evidence against him a vague response he gave to a small skate/dumpstering zine questionnaire (something to the effect of: go at them, with all you've got), and possession of copies of No Compromise and Green Anarchy magazines. He's also been informed that the FBI is interested in going to question him, which is (of course) a waste of a trip for them.

We don't know what will happen now, and considering that new charges could be brought against Josh we can't discuss many details (not that we know many at the moment)."

Oh hi. We have an extra 3 boxes of Mighty O donuts if anyone didn't sign up and are craving them. Mmmmmm, crap.

The donuts are here if you ordered some.

This is a bummer.

Ok, so the Shriner Circus is coming to town on March 31st and April 1st. We're going to try and see what's going on with protests and such, and maybe we can all get together and make it all big and powerful and stuff. I mean, geez, most people should be able to see how circuses are fucked and unnecessary, right?

For now, you can do what I just did while walking to work. There are tons of circus fliers around, posted illegally on telephone poles and such. Tear those fuckers down. Sadly, lots of local businesses have them in their windows too. Might be a nice opportunity to ask the shop-keep to take them down or at least let you put up some anti-circus info up. We have a stack of PETA circus stuff here you can have. (we know, you hate PETA, but it's some free literature, so...)

Ok troops. Get mad and get to work.

ps. Also, some places have piles of free tickets for kids lying around. Not saying you should do anything with those or anything, but they do fit nicely in ones pocket and then into a recycling bin.

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For what it's worth...

“We decided about three months ago to be really much more socially responsible,” he said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles. “We feel the quality of the food is better, and our conscience feels better.”

So, for tomorrow, we're getting another 18 sticky buns in the morning, and donuts should be in by 3pm if you've ordered them. We love the cash.

We have a bunch of those rad Earthly Delights crunchy bar things here that were donated. $1 each goes into the SHAC7 commissary donation jar. Come stock up.

We just got some lovely samples from Essential Baking. Lovely, tasty crackers. My favorite thing about them is the warning on the back:

"Our products are made in a bakery and may have come in contact with nuts."

Yay!

It's a good warm up for the incoming group of 25 high school students that will be showing up here shortly for their field trip about veganism or something like that.

Funny. Made the front page of the Panama City News Herald.

So, the whole world is invited to Aaron's birthday party. It's starting with a potluck (vegan of course) and ending with rollerskating at Oaks Park. So, if you come to the potluck, you better bring something or we'll complain about you behind your back. Click the link for more info.

In addition to other folks getting the shit end of the stick lately, Josh Harper is now "in the hole" for the time being. Not sure how long, and he doesn't know why. Most of his letters were probably thrown away too, so... it's a bummer. Drop him a line to cheer him up. C'mon, just something quick and dumb. You can do it.

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Hi there. Just a reminder that we're still taking Mighty-O dozen orders. The deadline is tomorrow before we close at 8pm. They will be delivering on Thursday (March 22, after 5pm). The dozen contains: Cinnamon Sugar, Lemon Poppy, Lots O' Chocolate, and Raspberry/Coconut. They will be $13.50 / dozen.

If you want in, you HAVE to send an email to info@foodfightgrocery.com, and tell us how many dozen you want, your name, and phone number. Sorry, no exceptions. And you HAVE to show up and buy them on Thursday, or we'll hate you. If you don't show up, we get to sell them to someone else the next day, sorry.

So, remember: deadline for emailing your donut order is tomorrow, Monday, before 8pm. Pick up is Thursday after 5pm. And if you order some, please pick them up. Please?

Just in case any of you feed your dogs and cats this kind of food, here's the complete lists of the dog and cat brands and products that are being recalled. On the page there's separate links for dogs and cats.

"I wanted to let you know that IDA is going to have a table set up and will be passing out information on Sunday, from noon-5pm, during the peace rally. They are looking for volunteers to help pass out information and such. From my understanding, they don't have many volunteers lined up. So you may want to post something encouraging people to go down and help out. They are meeting at 11am to set up, but I'm sure they would welcome volunteers throughout the day. I don't know the exact location of the table, but it will be in the south Park blocks. People could also contact Matt. I think this is his contact information: matt@idausa.org, 503-249-9996 Ext. 2."

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Donut holes are back in stock. Best when fresh and dipped in chocolate almond breeze.

So, we just got some exciting looking Indian stuff in. Aloo Paratha and another kind of Paratha that we don't have room for and will come out later. But man, this stuff should be great. Flat bread stuffed with potatoes and spices.

Also, we have a few jars of vegan mayo by Spectrum. Don't ask, just show up and get free mayo.

"Fearlessness in those without power is maddening to those who have it."

First, read this newish post from Lauren Gazzola and get pumped.

Then, write a letter to her and Andy and Jake (and everybody else too). Lauren and Andy are both being barred from using the phone for the next 6 months. And Jake is on 24 hour a day lockdown for the next couple of weeks at least. So, yeah, letters are needed to help keep them sane.

Thanks.

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Hold on! Stop using the lube you may have bought from us. The Sympathical Formulas lube was changed to carry something called "Thuja" which turns out to be some homeopathic crap that comes from cuttle fish. If you bought some, feel free to let us know, and we'll get you money back. Sorry.

"Smelling like a mixture of methylated spirits, antiseptic and congealed meat, it is difficult to believe that anyone would willingly drink it, and yet people pay up to £100 a pint for it."

We live in a crazy f'ed up world, huh? Thanks Mike, for bringing us this miserable story.

Awww crap! We love Mother's! I'm sure they'll be back and better than ever. What would the world do without that Cashew/Tamari dressing?

Just got a batch of Sticky Buns! Come get these mother-f'ers while they last.

Yay!

Check this new campaign from COK and Vegan Outreach. A quick call, or a few thousand of them from caring folks, might make a difference.

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Never forget... cops are scum.

Check the video.

"Gov. Bill Richardson signed a measure Monday that outlaws cockfighting in New Mexico, leaving Louisiana as the only state where the centuries-old bloodsport remains legal."

My home state of Louisiana keepin' it real.

We just wrote a giant check to pay off one of our credit cards. It felt good to pay down more than a third of our debt. Still working off those start up costs after all this time. Maybe swing by this week and help make sure our check doesn't bounce? We'd love you for it.

Our customer Kristin, dropped off these kick ass boots that didn't fit her. Like brand new. She says we can sell 'em and donate the money to the SHAC7 commissary fund. So we are. Check 'em on MooShoes for $140. Yours for $50 cash, or more if you're feeling generous. They are size 7 US. Come on and get 'em. If you'd like to mail-order them from us, drop a line and we'll work something out.

“I believe homosexual acts between individuals are immoral and that we should not condone immoral acts.”

Yeah! Support the troops! Geez, the military is so straight it hurts.

F'ing awesome to have this on the Today Show. Congrats to HSUS for getting this out to so many people. Showing even the most tame fur footage, and providing the mental link to dogs... could do some real good.

Get ready to smash it up. Our next SHAC7 benefit movie night will be on April 15th at The Artistery. "Over the Edge" rules. Mark your calendars.

"Unified says most KFC dark meat comes from 'downgraded' birds with bruises and other defects, the newspaper reported."

"The shoes, which feature 18-carat gold lace tags and retail for about $2,700, were created for the 25th anniversary of Nike's Air Force 1 range, Sky News reported Monday."

"An animal rights group has threatened to damage homes and property of Wachovia Corp. workers after saying it spray-painted the home and car of a bank employee in Portland, Oregon."

Anybody else heard anything about this? Just came across this on national news...

Thanks for coming out to Commando. It was some good times. And thanks to Crystal for making all the good baked goods and donating your loot.

Closing up early, like around 7, to go set up for Commando at The Artistery.

It's good to see old friends doing fun stuff in a land far away. Big ups Austin.

So, where was everybody yesterday for the "Verbal Self Defense" workshop?

You can post anonymously, but what do you think kept people away? The time? Length? Not wanting to interact and practice? Dumb idea? Not as fun as seeing Commando? We'd like to think you were all at the Schumacher's protest, but something tells me that's not it. Any thoughts?

The 20 or so folks who did come got something good out of it we hope. We sure did.

"Earn Your Black-Belt in Verbal Self-Defense!
A workshop to help you effectively advocate for animal rights

When:
Saturday, March 10th, 2007.
1-5pm

Where:
Clinton Street Theater
2522 SE Clinton St., Portland, OR 97202

Cost:
Free (but you have to promise to mix it up and participate)

Summary:
A workshop for animal rights advocates to help them hone their debating and outreach skills. Emphasis will be on improving confidence and effectiveness in day to day scenarios. Speaker Pulin Modi (College Campaign Coordinator, peta2.com) will cover frequently asked questions and help participants frame and practice effective answers and debating techniques. He will also touch on tabling and handling more public settings. In addition to the presentation, there will be a “practice” session where participants can engage in mock debate.

Speaker:
Pulin Modi (http://www.peta2.com/staff_pulin.asp) has been active in the animal rights movement for nearly ten years doing everything from organizing demonstrations and tabling on the grassroots level with the Animal Defense League to getting media attention for demonstrations and media oriented campaigns. He graduated from Vassar College in 2002 with a B.A. in Ecology of Social Change via the school’s Independent Program, as well as correlate sequences in Geography and Anthropology. Pulin has toured the country for peta2.com, the youth division of PETA, doing outreach at concerts and festivals, been banned from several malls for dressing up as a giant rabbit to protest fur, and traveled to college campuses with controversial exhibits like Holocaust on Your Plate and Animal Liberation Project for PETA.

Currently Pulin serves as peta2.com’s College Campaign Coordinator where he corresponds with college activists, generates campus media in local and national outlets, and develops resources to reach the enormous number of university students about animal rights.

Sponsors:
Food Fight! Grocery, Herbivore Magazine, Blossoming Lotus, NW Veg, Scapegoat Tattoo, and peta2.com."

Who could have seen this coming?

Bad idea to piss off vegan lawyers.

Tonight! Go check it out. And come see him talk about other crap on Saturday for our thingy.

Yo kids. Check out this option. Down at the bottom of the page, see it? There is probably a lot of dumb shit we shouldn't be buying for $10 a month. Maybe get 4 less soy latés a month?

"During a federal court hearing on March 2, 2007, the following sentencing dates were finalized for the eco-sabotage defendants from the District of Oregon "Operation Backfire" cases..."

We just received a statement, written in prison by Mr. Josh Harper, that will be read before Sunday's screening of Commando. Pretty damned great. Show up and get inspired.

Yay. Good riddance to our forums. We've been talking about getting rid of it for a while now and finally did. Sorry to the 3 of you who ever post on there, but you all know it was too overrun with porn spam, and we didn't have time or energy to do anything to prevent it.

"Shelf lives have been extended!"

Tuno is dead and gone and no longer being made. Our distributor is out and you'll probably never eat it again. Sorry.

"And so ended the political career of one of the Bush ideologues, part of the original neo-conservative group, known as the Vulcans, who advocated an aggressive foreign policy, in particular the invasion of Iraq."

Fake chicken nuggets and burgers are back in stock. And also got a case of steam buns, so get 'em while they're around.

We've slacked on flyering for Commando. If you can pretty please make sure there is a flyer or two in your hood, we'd be much obliged. Thanks. Download it here...

Damn, I wast just in St John's this morning...

Classic conservative turd.

A new Mike White movie! It's about a dog lover, Mike White wrote Chuck and Buck, AND he's vegan.

"Join Vegan and Vegetarian Students at PSU for our first social event: Vegan "Cake or Death?" Saturday, March 10 from 6-10 pm in the Multicultural Center on the 2nd floor of the Smith Memorial Student Union at PSU. This event combines great food (vegan cakes/pizza) with great comedy (the amazing British comedian Eddie Izzard).

At 6:00 we'll be bringing out the vegan cakes for a potluck/bake sale. It's a potluck, so we encourage people to bring vegan cakes or other vegan desserts. We are supposed to charge at least a small donation, however, for any cake eaten by the public, due to some arcane PSU health code. So it's also a bake sale. We haven't decided what to do with the money yet, but it will probably go to a Farm Sanctuary or to fund more club events. We will also be offering vegan pizza from Hot Lips.

Then at 7:00 we'll be showing Eddie Izzard's brilliant comedy special "Dress to Kill." It's really hard to explain Eddie Izzard - he describes himself as an "executive transvestite" and does really great impersonations of both squirrels and Scooby Doo, but spends most of this 2 hour special making history hilarious. Just trust us - you need to see this special. At least to understand what "Cake or Death?" is all about."

Good listen from Compassionate Cooks on the whole "humane meat / free range / cage free" thing. Thanks Keith for shooting this our way.

Emiko after a couple of drinks.

If Krazy Horse goes vegan once he gets to Hollywood, he could be the best spokesperson ever. He'll get some free stuff from us for sure.

On Sale! On Sale!
Or, free with any purchase of $50+ in store.

"In Japan, all the hip breeders already treat some of their stock to daily bottles of beer, massages and music. Which explains -- yet doesn't -- why any steak can be worth $125."

If Whole Foods required this of all it's dead-cow suppliers, would our "movement" applaud them?

This is awesome. People took that site seriously. Amazing.

It's like the old days. I was always either a devil worshiper or a skinhead.

Damn. Last night Sue Coe kicked much ass. Tons of people getting a lot more AR message than they'd bargained for. Awesome. Make sure and get down to her exhibit. Going on from March 1 to April 16th.

Eye opening.