Mickey Z

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Thursday, December 29, 2005

My Veg News column, PETA, Tim Wise, New York Post, Nintendo, PB&J...and more?

I’m not sure how many of you know it, but I’ve been a regular columnist at Veg News for years. The bi-monthly column is oh-so-cleverly called “Meat the Press” and is concerned with how the media covers vegetarian, vegan, environmental, and animal rights (AR) issues.

http://www.vegnews.com

Since it’s not available online, at the suggestion of James from Hell’s Kitchen, I’m gonna provide my latest (Jan./Feb. 2006) column, “Fishing for Trouble” here. To read it, find the word “more” at the end of this post...and go:

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Before you get to that, I’m declaring today, December 29, 2005:
Insane Short Video Day

Here are two of my favorites to get you started…

Fun w/Nintendo: http://tinyurl.com/dsg5v

Peanut butter and jelly with a baseball bat:
http://tinyurl.com/9whjg

Got any short videos to share?

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For those about to WebSurf:

More evidence for the vegan = activism theory:
http://tinyurl.com/8u4k5

Peter (the Other) has a fun movie survey on his blog here: http://tinyurl.com/7om68

Hawk’s crew did a 7-related meme here:
http://tinyurl.com/bb6ta
(Our friend Amelopsis partook here: http://amelopsis.blogspot.com)

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Wendell Berry sez:
“Protest that endures...is moved by a hope far more modest than that of public success: namely, the hope of preserving qualities in one’s own heart and spirit that would be destroyed by acquiescence.”