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PeTA: Let's Call Fish "Sea Kittens," So That People Won't Want to Eat Them
Ace of Spades HQ —
PeTA: Let's Call Fish "Sea Kittens," So That People Won't Want to Eat Them I don't know if that's going to work. Because I just got a hankering for baked kitten with a mustard-and-rosemary rub. They had a lot of meetings to come up with "sea kittens." They played around with various possibilities, trying for cuteness, and also trying to enlist fellow liberals to take their pet (ahem) cause more seriously. PeTA's Top Ten Rejected New Names for Fish 10. "Marine gerbils" 9. "Fish of Color" 8. "Aquatic Chipmunks" 7. "Honorary Maritime Palestinians" 6. "Ocean-Based ...
A Trout By Any Other Name
The Corner on National Review Online —
... in an effort to dissuade kids from eating them. In fairness Big Tuna started with that "chiken of the sea" business. Update: And the Donovan has graphics ! ...
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Open Thread on A Day of Fires
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Southern California Fires
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Fed Fires Its Last Shot Of Monetary Policy
firedoglake.com 12/17/2008 —
by Admit One
So, the Fed funds rate is down to zero (which doesn't mean most anyone can borrow at zero, the rate for banks is actually .5%, for example). There's a bit of room left to go, since the rate isn't actually zero, but essentially, ...