Arguing that intellect or cognition are the distinctions which allow humans to enslave and murder others seems disingenuous if one does not also apply that logic to mentally challenged humans, to babies, etc. I agree with the great utilitrian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, who declared the question is not can they think, but can they…

Burying people in the ground or incinerating them are ridiculous wastes. We bury or burn perfectly good body parts that could save lives, and meat that could feed our animal prisoners in zoos. As a young man, still considered dashing and attractive by the opposite sex, I favored being stuffed and donated to a girls’…

  …the pedophile is morally superior to the meat eater.     Before the Armory came into being, I was publishing Notes on my Facebook profile which I called political grenades, weapons to be wielded in the war for animal rights. Those modest apothegms and observations have grown to over two thousand grenades and articles.…

  That’s like everyone in California and Texas being killed. We’ve forgotten, but the North Koreans haven’t. Nor should they.     Before the Armory came into being, I was publishing Notes on my Facebook profile which I called political grenades, weapons to be wielded in the war for animal rights. Those modest apothegms and…

Originally posted on The Extinction Chronicles:
(Orla/iStock) ENVIRONMENT https://www.sciencealert.com/carbon-emissions-today-are-vastly-worse-than-earth-s-last-warming-event CARLY CASSELLA 24 FEB 2019 By about the time our great-grandchildren have children of their own, we humans will likely have broken a climate record that has stood unchallenged for 56 million years. New research has found that humans are pumping nearly 10 times more carbon dioxide into the…

  I hope he is not the lesser evil in 2020.     Before the Armory came into being, I was publishing Notes on my Facebook profile which I called political grenades, weapons to be wielded in the war for animal rights. Those modest apothegms and observations have grown to over two thousand grenades and…

Originally posted on John Hively's Blog: News and Analysis of the War Against the Middle Class:
Bernie Sanders announced he is running to be the Democratic Party nominee for United States president in 2020. The billionaires who control the national news media immediately began the negative coverage of Sanders. The New York Times, for…

  …then murder horses and cows to feed carnivores we imprison.     Before the Armory came into being, I was publishing Notes on my Facebook profile which I called political grenades, weapons to be wielded in the war for animal rights. Those modest apothegms and observations have grown to over two thousand grenades and…

Does that change your opinion of law?     Before the Armory came into being, I was publishing Notes on my Facebook profile which I called political grenades, weapons to be wielded in the war for animal rights. Those modest apothegms and observations have grown to over two thousand grenades and articles. In addition to…

  Then someone decided to build a fence. Fencing animals in and people out began with human adoption of agriculture. Hunter-gatherer tribes’ communal support of all those in the tribe was a requirement of membership. The essence of socialism is that a society requires each to conrtibute according to one’s ability and to provide to…