Wanna bet how we Bernie or Bust folks are gonna vote?     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, aphorisms, and observations have grown to over thirty five…

Originally posted on Committee to Abolish Sport Hunting Blog:
Victory: Judge rules Trump administration unlawfully removed federal protections https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2018/grizzlies-saved-court-stops-trophy-hunt-of-yellowstone-s-iconic-bears?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&fbclid=IwAR3Wto5CN76Bs_bH7LY91EibSOeUZSv76hGYVH7AuJJC-0kAlODfZzp79Sk Grizzly 610 walks down a park road with her three cubs in springtime, April 13, 2012. PHOTO COURTESY OF THOMAS D. MANGELSEN This is a victory for the bears and for people from all walks of life…

  Private ownership of real estate is the quintessential example of this perverted view. All real estate is owned pursuant to the societal justification that kings and armies can acquire land by conquest and murder, and bestow it upon loyal warriors and co-conspirators. And the title to every piece of real estate in the world…

Originally posted on Horseracing Wrongs:
Another day, another death. The Gaming Commission reports this for Schiller’s Lit: “acutely lame after workout [at Belmont] 5/18, sent to hospital 5/21…prognosis necessitated euthanasia.” Schiller’s Lit was three years old and being prepped for his first race. The Belmont death toll now stands at 15. The lie of “safe…

  Why else would they give him his bloated military budget and re-authorize the Patriot Act?   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, aphorisms, and observations have grown to…

Originally posted on Horseracing Wrongs:
Belmont (NYRA, U.S. Racing) kills again. This morning while training, according to the NYS Gaming Commission, Bluegrass Jamboree “sustained a cardiovascular collapse at the wire – expired on track.” Bluegrass was but six years old – just coming into equine prime. She is the 14th racehorse to die at Belmont…

Originally posted on Exposing the Big Game:
Butchers chop up beef at Jones Meat & Food Services in Rigby, Idaho, May 26, 2020.NATALIE BEHRING / AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES BY Chris Walker, Truthout PUBLISHED May 27, 2020 https://truthout.org/articles/trump-demanded-meat-plants-stay-open-covid-cases-have-now-tripled/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=90f9a989-dee7-46ae-abd6-4904e8626b24 President Donald Trump issued an executive order in late April requiring all meat processing plants in the…

  But capitalism is the reason animal exploitation exists.     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, aphorisms, and observations have grown to over thirty five hundred grenades and…

Originally posted on Horseracing Wrongs:
The California Horse Racing Board reports that Jabber Now was euthanized yesterday, two days after finishing last in a claiming race at Los Alamitos. She was six years old. Los Alamitos can now boast 19 dead animals for gambling this year. Voice your outrage: Link this post. Cite data from…

Originally posted on Exposing the Big Game:
May 20, 2020 | Louisa Willcox https://www.grizzlytimes.org/single-post/2020/05/20/%E2%80%9CWhat-Are-We-Fighting-About%E2%80%9D-9th-Circuit-Hears-Yellowstone-Grizzly-Bear-Delisting-Case  Court hearings over the fate of grizzlies have always made me nervous, and the one on May 5th was no exception. For the second time in ten years, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments…