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Thailand: BRIGITTE BARDOT ASKS THE DOG MEAT TRADE STOP
Offbeat  (tags: Thailand, Brigitte Bardot, Dog Meat Trade, AnimalWelfare, animaladvocates, animalcruelty, animalrights, animals, dogs, cats, cruelty, death, humans, killing, law, pets, protection, sadness, business, crime, ethics, food, protection, women, world, off-beat )

Desanka
- 3 days ago - vietnamanimalscruelty.com
The French actress Brigitte Bardot invites the Thailand Prime Minister watching a documentary made by Thai activists posted on YouTube titled "Hell on Earth - Thailand's Dog Meat Trade". / PLEASE SIGN SOI DOG PETITION!!!
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Alabama City Destroying Ancient Indian Mound for Sam's Club
Offbeat  (tags: Sams Club over Tribal Site, culture, environment, ethics, protection, humans, crime, society, safety, government, arts, design, americans, culture, ethics, family, religion, rights, news )

Roxie
- 5 days ago - earthfirstnews.wordpress.com
Oxford, Ala. have approved the destruction of a 1,500-year-old Native American ceremonial mound and are using the dirt as fill for a new Sam's Club There are concerns that human remains may be present at the site, though none have been found yet.
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Investigation Of Texas Fertilizer Plant Explosion Begins As Paramedic Is Arrested
Offbeat  (tags: crime, humans, interesting, off-beat, police, society )

Carol
- 11 days ago - freedomoutpost.com
Earlier today it was revealed that a West, TX paramedic named Bryce Reed had been arrested on charges of possessing a destructive device, and also that a criminal investigation has been officially launched into the April 17th fertilizer plant explosion..
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Bangladesh: Tragedy Shows Urgency of Worker Protections
Offbeat  (tags: business, corporate, dishonesty, ethics, labor, lies, money, news, society, rights, safety, murder, humans, interesting, government, freedoms, crime, protection, risks, humanrights )

Robert
- 27 days ago - hrw.org
"Given the long record of worker deaths in factories, this tragedy was sadly predictable," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "The government, local factory owners, and the international garment industry pay workers among the world's l
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Heads Up! Media Buy-Out! Conservative Koch Brothers Turning Focus to Newspapers
Offbeat  (tags: Koch Bro's, Media Takeover, business, humans, protection, news, society, unusual, world, safety, government, ethics, crime, culture, off-beat, technology, interesting )

Roxie
- 32 days ago - nytimes.com
Koch Industries, is exploring a bid to buy the Tribune Company's eight regional newspapers, including The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Tribune, The Baltimore Sun, The Orlando Sentinel and The Hartford Courant.
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The Man in the Cowboy Hat: Meet Carlos Arredondo, a Hero of the Boston Bombings
Offbeat  (tags: activists, americans, culture, crime, children, ethics, freedoms, humans, media, rights, sadness, safety, society, violence, usa, philanthropy, unusual, news, interesting, goodnews )

JL
- 33 days ago - motherjones.com
One of the responders in the photograph--the man in the cowboy hat--has been identified as Carlos Arredondo, a Costa Rican immigrant (originally undocumented) whose Marine son died in action in Iraq in 2004.
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Man Looking for 'Someone to Kill' Breaks Into Home and Feeds Pudding to Dog - National Dogs | Examiner.Com
Offbeat  (tags: dog missing, AnimalWelfare, sadness, crime, off-beat, odd, bizarre, news, pets, unusual, animals )

Dianne Ly
- 42 days ago - examiner.com
On Tuesday, Fox News published a story out of Wenatchee, Wash., which can only be described as bizarre.
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Two Christians Beheaded in New Jersey By Muslim Man: Media, Silent!
Offbeat  (tags: americans, crime, culture, ethics, humans, news, police, society )

Carol
- 46 days ago - theminorityreportblog.com
While the national media covers the Oscar Pistorius murder case wall to wall, the gruesome murder and beheading of two Coptic Christians by a Muslim has been virtually blacked out.
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Fake Walker Book Titles: A Culling Be Warned, Most of These Are Ouchies. BY Matt Hrodey
Offbeat  (tags: GOVERNOR WALKER, WISCONSIN, BOOK!, HUMOR, SCARY!, society, interesting, funny, bizarre, americans, crime, culture, government, off-beat, odd, police, protection, safety, animals, business, unusual, pictures, humor, environment, humans, performance, ethics, dog )

Roxie
- 54 days ago - milwaukeemag.com
Gov. Scott Walker's planned memoir, to be ghostwritten by national political writer Marc Thiessen, will be called Unintimidated: A Governor's Story and a Nation's Challenge. Walker opponents and supporters alike have suggested other titles LOL!!!
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Video:Meet The Tattooed Hero Who Stood Up For A Stranger Who Was Bullied For Being Gay
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JL
- 57 days ago - upworthy.com
Jordan thought bears were breaking into his car to get his French fries -- but the truth was much, much worse. Maybe you've already seen this story's happy ending, but things get even more incredible when a certain daytime talk-show host steps in.
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PETSMART, STOP SELLING FUR TOYS MADE OF REAL FUR!
Offbeat  (tags: Pet toys, Fur, Petsmart, off-beat, ethics, bizarre, safety, pets, animals, americans, culture, dogs, health, humans, protection, wildlife, society, crime, photos, pictures, children, interesting, odd, business, unusual )

Krystal
- 58 days ago - antifursocietyinternational.org
Petsmart is selling cat toy made of real fur. It also does not specify which type of animal was used. By its look, it could be cat fur which is largely used in China to make accessories and other useless trinkets, and it is illegal to sell cat or dog fur
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Teen Fleeing From Police Gets Chomped in Butt By Police Canine - National Dogs | Examiner.Com
Offbeat  (tags: k-9, police dog, crime, humans, dog, off-beat, news, interesting, animals, police )

Dianne Ly
- 58 days ago - examiner.com
A Hamden, Conn., teen, suspected of stealing a car, tried to outrun the police on Sunday, but he was no match for the specially trained canine that was sent out to retrieve him.
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Man   video
Offbeat  (tags: environment, animals, culture, health, diet, society, humans, death, crime, world, ecosystems )

Nancy
- 62 days ago - vimeo.com
A video from Steve Cutts. Thanx to Franco D for the link...
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Inside the Wolf Hunter's Mind
Offbeat  (tags: funny, goodnews, interesting, safety, protection, wildlife, animals, animalwelfare, animalcruelty, animalrights, animaladvocates, cruelty, death, suffering, sadness, protection, slaughter, GoodNews, extinction, crime, killed, killing )

Kelly
- 62 days ago - exposingthebiggame.wordpress.com
Talk about a disgusting place to be. It is a good article
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