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en voici une autre aux agrumes: Taboulé aux agrumes Ingrédients : - 185 g de couscous précuit, - 1 cuillère à café de zeste d'orange râpé, - le jus d'une orange, - 1 cuillère à café de zeste de citron râpé, - le jus d'un citron, - 2 cuillères à soupe d'huile d'olive, - 2 cuillères à soupe d'écorce de citron confit finement hachée, - 1 concombre pelé, et épépiné et coupé en dés? - 20 feuilles de basilic. Préparation : 1 - Versez le coucous dans un grand saladier et ajoutez 25 cl d'eau bouillante. Couvrez et laissez reposer 5 mn. Egrenez la semoule avec une fourchette. Couvrez à nouveau et laissez reposer encore 5 mn, jusqu'à ce que la semoule ait absorbé toute l'eau. 2 - Dans un bol, mélangez le zeste et le jus d'orange, le zeste et le jus de citron, l'huile d'olive et l'écorce de citron confit. Versez cette sauce sur le taboulé, ajoutez le concombre et les feuilles de basilic puis mélangez. Saupoudrez de sel marin et de poivre noir fraîchement moulu.

J'ai fait plusieurs recherches sur la Taboulé, et il semble que la recette que je fais habituellement est originaire du Liban (aux tomates, persil, citrons, huile d'olive...) Au Liban, on sert la taboulé dans une feuille de chou, ou de vigne, ou de laitue... mais j'ai trouvé une autre recette qu'il serait intéressant d'essayer un de ces jours: il s'agit d'une recette marocaine: Taboulé à l'orange Pour 4 personnes : 80 g de borghol (semoule), 40 g de raisins secs, 1 oignon, 1 tomate, 1 cuillère à café de cumin en graines, 5 cuillères à soupe de jus d'orange, 1 cuillère à soupe de jus de citron, 1 cuillère à soupe d'huile d'olive, du sel et poivre selon le goût. Etapes : Rincer le borghol et le recouvrir d'eau bouillante salée. Laisser gonfler 20 minutes. L'égoutter de manière à éliminer toute l'eau. Mettre les raisins secs à tremper 10 minutes dans l'eau chaude. Les égoutter. Peler et tailler l'oignon en petits dés. Couper la tomate en petits cubes. Faire griller les graines de cumin. Mélanger le jus d'orange, le jus de citron et l'huile. Verser cette sauce sur le borghol. Ajouter l'oignon, la tomate, les raisins secs et le cumin. Poivrer, saler et mélanger. Laisser reposer une heure avant de servir. Inès Al-Chérif

C'est à n'y rien comprendre ! Y'a trop de fonctionnaires illuminés !

Je pensais justement à la même chose en lisant l'article !!!!! Et puis, le « chef » ne semble pas savoir que la raison principale pour une interdiction éventuelle du foie gras est pour éviter des souffrances aux animaux et que ça n'a rien à voir avec l'état des foies gras qu'il vend à ses clients Je trouve d'ailleurs bizarre qu'il n'en parle même pas. Est-il seulement au courant de la façon dont les foies gras sont obtenus ?

Non Cé, je n'ai pas eu besoin de papier de mon doc car je l'avais vu au début du printemps pour me faire brûler une petite bosse que j'avais dans le dos.. Comme il m'avait dit que je pourrais retourner le voir sans rendez-vous si ça n'était pas tout parti, j'ai sauté sur l'occasion ! Je crois que sur la rive-sud, tout est plus long Cé ! J'ai d'ailleurs pu m'en rendre compte lorsque je m'occupais de maman, car lorsqu'on devait aller à l'hôpital Notre-Dame, tout était plus rapide, autant l'attente pour les rendez-vous, que l'attente pour passer un examen: à Charles-Lemoyne c'était l'enfer et les attentes interminables. C'est sans doute que la population a plus que triplé en quelques années mais que les services, personnels, établissements etc. sont restés les mêmes !

Ahhhhhhh !!!!!!! Quelle bonne nouvelle !!!!!!!

Des fois c'est pas l'envie qui me manquerait ! Le service est rapide et je suis certaine qu'ils pourraient nous soigner aussi bien que bien des prétendus docs... Pour le dermato que j'ai appelé, c'est le seul de la rive-sud m'a-t-on dit, et il travaille juste quelques jours par semaine à ce bureau car il vient d'un hôpital de Montréal... Si je veux en voir un autre à Montréal, il me faudra d'abord un papier de mon médecin, et ça risque d'être aussi long finalement ! Il me reste deux mois et demi à attendre Cé, c'est pas si pire: je commence à être habituée d'attendre !

OK Cé, pas de problème pour le pita au blé ! J'espère que ça se passera bien chez le véto avec So ! Peut-être qu'elle ne lui enlèvera pas non plus, s'il s'agit uniquement d'une petite verrue... En parlant de bobo aux oreilles, depuis plusieurs mois, j'ai également une petite masse qui m'est sortie sur le haut de mon oreille droite... Au début, c'était minuscule comme la pointe d'une épingle et je croyais que c'était un petit bouton et je mettais de l'antibiotique dessus, mais je crois plutôt maintenant que ça pourrait être une petite tumeur occasionnée par le soleil, car ça a grossi et ça commence à ressembler pas mal à ce que P. avait sur l'aile de son nez J'ai téléphoné à un dermato au début juillet pour avoir un rendez-vous, et j'en ai eu un mais ça ne sera pas avant la fin du mois d'octobre... p.s.: Demain matin j'ai un rendez-vous chez le dentiste pour faire remplacer un plombage qui est tombé...

Un jour il ne restera plus aucun animal sauvage sur cette Terre: l'Asie aura tout bouffé !

OK Cé, j'irai chercher ce que j'ai besoin- Je vais aussi apporter 8 gants en caoutchouc très fin... Aujourd'hui j'irai au Club Price chercher un sac de graines de tournesol noir et je préparerai des petits sacs pour mettre à l'intérieur des mangeoires

J'ai retrouvé la petite glacière que je viens de nettoyer: elle est comme neuve Combien crois-tu qu'on aurait besoin de hummus Cé ? Je ne pense pas qu'il en faille tellement, car étant donné que c'est "laxatif" vaudrait mieux ne pas trop en mettre épais pour des enfants... Ça ne me dérange pas d'en acheter Cé ! Peut-être que deux contenants seraient suffisants (ça contient environ une tasse chaque)- Je pourrais en prendre un nature et un aux épices ou je pourrais peut-être trouver de plus gros contenants (?) Pour le persil, j'en ai plein mon jardin Cé ! Je n'en manquerai pas, mais si tu veux bien m'apporter un peu de menthe, ça serait super ! Je ferai donc mon taboulé juste aux tomates,... à la manière arabe

C'est pas compliqué à faire mais je n'en ai jamais fait car je l'achète tout prêt Cé- Je pourrais en acheter (ils en ont à plusieurs saveurs = nature, aux épices, ail rôti)- Si tu préfères qu'on ne voit pas que c'est du tout prêt, je pourrais le mettre aussi dans un sac... Celui aux épices a une belle couleur orangée, peut-être qu'il plairait + aux enfants (il y a des poivrons rouges dedans) --- Pour la taboulée, je me demande si je ne devrais pas ajouter d'autres légumes aux tomates ! Zabelle en a fait du vraiment bon lorsque j'étais chez elle : elle avait mis des morceaux de poivrons, olives, menthe, etc. et elle avait coloré le tout avec de la poudre de cari et du turmeric... C'était délicieux et d'une belle couleur... Pour servir nos plats, il faudra souhaiter qu'il n'y ait pas de guêpes Cé D'habitude c'est à la fin de l'été qu'elles arrivent et elles sont très gourmandes... Elles n'hésitent même pas à manger de la vinaigrette... Je pourrais peut-être apporter un cache plat moustiquaire en forme de cloche- Je crois que j'en ai un quelque part p.s.: Est-ce que tu as une petite glacière Cé? Ça serait encore mieux que de la glace ... Je crois que P. en a une quelque part mais je ne suis pas certaine qu'il ait encore les pochettes d'eau à glacer.. J'irai voir plus tard... On va être chargées !

2) In short: Reject, Reinvent, Rebuild. How does animal liberation relate to other struggles (for example, anti-prison or eco-defense campaigns)? They are joined as being among the most pressing injustices we face. At their base, these are timeless struggles. While we could spend lifetimes to bring together all liberation movements, I abandoned this agenda long ago. These struggles are linked, and it pains me to see people who do not extend their awareness outside of one issue, but our time is short and lives are being lost. No longer do I have faith in the logic of an argument bringing large numbers to a unified struggle. The tireless push to “bridge movements” has been a colossal failure every time, resulting only in inviting halfhearted activists into circles they are not committed to. Through our unity dream, we serve to water down struggles with fraudulent people, adding weak links to the chain. Anyone who moves a struggle forward should be welcome, those who hold it back should be shown a different door. While this position is terribly unpopular, it is the product of much experience in failure at forcing counterproductive efforts for the sake of “bridging movements”. I have seen the folly of bringing new wave anarchists into organizing sessions for animal rights demonstrations and other such strategic errors made with good intentions. And from it I've seen the effects of pouring tar on a decently running machine. Arguments over “consensus”, static over an imprecise gender or racial breakdown of participants in an action... at what cost do we pursue unity? There should be nothing but inclusiveness, respect, and cordial exchange of ideas right up to the point of action. and when it’s time to make things happen, we all must be on the same page. I wish for everyone to see the connection between the struggles you mention, but more than this, I wish for them to fight those struggles in which they will be most effective. At the end of the day, I care not for holding hands with everyone who maybe doesn’t think Bush is a wonderful human being. At the end of the day, I care about saving lives. At the end of the day, I care about what works. In our correspondence you’ve talked about getting a lot of unsolicited mail from around the country and around the world. What are some of the funniest or strangest letters you’ve received? There is so much. By my rough math, we’re speaking of 1300+ pieces of mail over the last year of my incarceration. As to where to start, I’m at a lose. There are those pieces that are disturbing: an old women’s photo of her ferret dressed up as a small child, another who felt I would see it as a sign of affection that she dug into my life so deep she knew what high school I went to and where my father lived. There are those that bring me back 10 years: the letters from the vocalist of one of my favorite mid-90’s vegan straightedge bands, and my first girlfriend who I have not spoken to since 1996. There are those I would rather have never received: word that a friend has died, the AP story from which I learned 11 activists had been indicted for actions including the torching of a slaughterhouse. There are those I can only humbly call flattering: an attendee of the New Age Records showcase reporting that during their reunion show Outspoken had dedicated their last song to me and a myspace message from one of the better know “girl groups” requesting a benefit shirt to wear every night on tour. There are those that learn the shortest route to the trash can: every person who ever haughtily demanded to know what I was doing in a Starbucks the night of my arrest, and a “let’s be friends” letter from the man who had given sanctuary to codefendant and snitch Justin Samuel in San Diego for years. And there are those I don’t know what to do with: all those from people writing to inform me that the FBI had just come to their door seeking information about me, to the woman who had assaulted her roommate and went to jail for one month when he tore up a letter from me. One thing will be certain for the remainder of my imprisonment: the 5:15 mail call will always be the best part of my day, and whether joyous or revolting - it will always bring a surprise. Finally, there have been a lot of arrests lately on the west coast related to alleged Earth & Animal Liberation Front actions, with many former activists turning snitch. What advice do you have for the prisoners who chose not to collaborate and to all the people who are working to support them? My first advice would go not to the prisoners themselves, nor their supporters, but to the defendant's friends and affiliates. In the wake of an arrest, the essential first step must be to end the gossiping. End the speculations. Stop doing the FBI’s work by feeding them even the most seemingly benign information. Discussion, even in private, travels - anything, must be urgently avoided. In prison, they call this “dry snitching” - informing on another in an indirect fashion. When the heat is on, to whisper the most insignificant rumor or fact about a person under indictment should be regarded as we would regard speaking that information directly to an FBI agent. There is too much on the line to take a liberal stance on this. Gossip can literally be a deadly weapon. To the accused, I would offer them what I wish someone had offered me. Not a “look on the bright side”, “everything will be ok” pep talk as is so often offered by well meaning supporters, but a serious breakdown of prison life and what to expect. While it may be something no one wishes to talk about , none of us are in a position to assess whether the accused can realistically expect to be found guilty and go to prison. Only the defendants and their attorneys can make that assessment. And many of them may in fact know they are going to prison. I hope very much that this is not the case, but it may be so. And the best thing we can do for them is demystify the next stage of their lives, be there to connect them with people who have experience in prison life and can answer questions, from what security level they can expect to be housed in, to prison etiquette, food issues, mistakes to avoid, and much more. For the NW defendants specifically, it may be too early for this topic, but there is a point where it should not be ignored. There is much I wish had been communicated to me, from the ease of eating vegan in federal prison to the generally relaxed atmosphere of federal prison. My belief in the justness of my actions has brought, from day one, a comfort that’s bigger and more important than a few years in their worst prison. Come what may. This satisfaction did not put to rest the thousands of questions I had about life in prison, questions that are certainly running through the heads of many political prisoners in jail at the moment. Were they to be given the truth, they would rest much easier. I have been on the phone this week with an activist on his way to prison, offering my 14 months of accumulated knowledge as I wish someone had done for me. No one wants to mention the possibility of prison until it’s too late. This is why I will always offer myself as a resource to anyone under indictment. I will always be the person to let those people currently awaiting trial know, on the subject of prison, the fantasy is often worse than the reality. Lastly, to the supporters working for those on the inside: please keep them informed. Nothing gets inside prison walls that you do not mail them. I would cite as my biggest complaint during my pretrial phase and on the present day that information relevant to my case was not communicated to me. From information on people being questioned about me to mainstream news articles on those on my case, I was simply kept in the dark on far too much. Please inform those on the inside of even the most minute detail pertaining to their case. If the Center for Consumer Freedom sends out a press release on their case - tell them. When someone is subpoenaed to a grand jury investigating those things they are changed with - give them their names. If a 13 year old girl in Kansas writes a poem on her livejournal profile in tribute to them - mail it in. Keep them informed. Such information will not only bring the peace of mind of knowing they are being updated on everything happening outside, the information you give them can be crucial for their defense. If the information is too sensitive to be communicated directly to a prisoner, hand deliver it to their lawyer. NEVER assume the accused knows something already. I learned of my recent South Dakota charges two weeks after the fact from a letter reading something similar to “bummer about your new charges.” I’d never run to a telephone so fast in my life. ----- http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=20060804163738657 This interview appeared in issue #2 of Total Destruction: straightedge fanzine against the ruling social order. Copies can be ordered for $2ppd for a single issue or $10ppd for 10 copies from the following address. Liberation Projects 838 E. High St. #115 Lexington, KY 40502 www.impassionedinsurrection.info

Sunday, August 13 2006 An Interview with Animal Liberation Prisoner Peter Young Friday, August 04 2006 First off, I want to thank you for the statement you gave at your final court hearing. Being in that courtroom and hearing it was one of the most inspiring experiences of my life, and I think a lot of the other folks thought the same. I don’t know if you noticed, but there were so many people there supporting you that we had to sit on each other’s laps! What were you thinking during the hearing when all those fur farm scum were talking? Were you happy to see so many supporters? An Interview with Animal Liberation Prisoner Peter Young First off, I want to thank you for the statement you gave at your final court hearing. Being in that courtroom and hearing it was one of the most inspiring experiences of my life, and I think a lot of the other folks thought the same. I don’t know if you noticed, but there were so many people there supporting you that we had to sit on each other’s laps! What were you thinking during the hearing when all those fur farm scum were talking? Were you happy to see so many supporters? Coming through the door into the courtroom that day was like stepping through the looking glass. From the cold concrete-and-steel cell with a dozen convicts exchanging tactics on the best way to dispose of a weapon, 20 feet east to through an obliquitous door to a cheering crowd. It was a tremendous send off to prison. Most impressive was hearing later that prior to the proceeding, the crowd recognized that having 50+ animal liberation supporters together was an opportunity not to be wasted, and that an anti-fur industry demo was held outside the courthouse. This, I was told, was covered by the media and broadcast on Madison news=stations that evening. It is in this way I feel these human-centered efforts are best utilized - as something to be capitalized on to bring attention to even greater injustices. Even as a prisoner, I struggle with exactly how many resources and people we should devote to prisoner support , something that affects such a relative few, while billions die behind the scenes. Yet from the experience of incarceration over the last year, I have noticed the tremendous mobilizing effect of people being imprisoned for acts of conscience. I would say that over half of the mail I receive is not from people taking time out of fighting for animal liberation to write me a letter of support, but form timid vegetarians who had never considered veganism or aggressive action in defense of non-human animals. And perhaps through my case these things will become part of their lives, even something at the forefront. This is what is important for me to see in any support effort taken on my behalf - that my situation be used as a springboard to more important things, or a gateway issue on the way to bigger fights. This is not to say in any way that prisoner issues are not important, only that they are best addressed in conjunction with issues of wider scopes. This was what was most wonderful about my sentencing - the demo, the statements on the conditions animals endure made to the media, and even just the networking which occurred at the after-sentencing party. I would never wish for someone to hold a bake sale defense fund benefit without putting “Why Vegan?” pamphlets on the table, I would never want an article written on my case without explaining the injustice which drove my actions, and I would not have wanted 50 people to drive from out of town to attend my sentencing without disturbing the peace. For efforts this side of a UW lab raid, I think it was an afternoon well spent. And while the savages testified, my primary thought was that after all the blood they’ve spilled, the lives they’ve taken, after I am dragged to prison and they leave court to kill again, after it all - we will get the last laugh. the demise of their barbaric reign will happen in my lifetime, and I will be there to spit on its grave. You’ve talked about being inspired and informed by punk and hardcore music, particularly vegan straightedge music. What does vegan straightedge mean to you today? How have your feelings about it changed over the years? The vegan straightedge scene is directly responsible for the course my life has taken. Although I sit in a federal prison, this is nonetheless the highest of compliments. All praise and credit is given to this movement for providing the spark that ignited an internal revolution in me many years ago. One from which I would never recover. It was bands like Culture, Framework, Green Rage, and Vegan Reich which confronted me with the crime of my inaction. Patches and singalongs are never enough. The day I mark as my joining of the animal liberation movement I was skating the streets of Seattle, listening to Raid, and something in me broke. The fate that would have awaiting myself and the animals had I continued as an inactive vegan stood to be far more horrific than prison. Hardcore taught me urgency. It taught me anger, and it taught me to point fingers. Without these elements, little is accomplished. I remain vegan and straightedge to this day. Straightedge remains to me a crucial line in the sand, holding back degenerative effects of drugs and alcohol, and just as important, the degenerative effects of the culture that surrounds them. The numbing effects of these substances and the destructionary nature of the party scene make intoxication not just “a great way to have fun”, but an effective way to keep large numbers of people docile and ineffective. As is the case with television, computer games, and various fashionable internet networking sites. While I myself am not entirely guiltless, it continues to be a disquieting trend, watching people with passion and conviction drown in artificial distractions, limiting their potential and dealing out precious moments of their lives to the transient sensory pleasure of marijuana, “The O.C.”:, and scene message boards. I’d like us to pretend our lives are worth living and not merely passing through. And veganism is of course the single greatest step one can take to end the single greatest injustice in the history of our world - the 10 billion animals murdered each year for food, clothing, and science. This is not a symbolic boycott but a movement. Vegan straightedge today... With the experience of 12 years of observation and participation, I have one major criticism of the movement. It is something that has always been there, an unmentionable flaw that few care to highlight, but it must be said, and I say it not our of contempt but hope for our evolution: The problem with vegan straightedge is that everybody is talking and nobody is walking. The problem with vegan straightedge is a problem of credibility. The most visible and influential people in our movement are those in the bands promoting vegan straightedge politics. To look honestly at those spokespersons of both past and present, I believe we can make the honest assessment that we are not putting our most credible foot forward. The face that we are showing our newer adherents and the world at large is, truthfully, setting the bar far too low. Those making up the face of vegan straightedge are not making themselves credible as vanguards of a new movement. Consequently, their armchair approach sets a low bar for vegan straightedge as a whole. We are too comfortable making our music our activism. Even the consumption of the music gives the illusion of participation in a liberation movement. It would bring our fight to another level to see the most visible faces of vegan straightedge take their politics into the world and start making waves. Organize demos, open rescues, creative outreach efforts. With the influence newer bands have over newer adherents, they could build an incredible activist movement locally by fliering for upcoming activist events outside of the hardcore scene. The ripple effect through the scene of seeing band members back up their lyrics with action would inspire countless others to do the same. When politics are limited to lyrics and lifestyle, we have a scene. When we take those politics into the world and start to tear it down - we have a movement. Let’s make vegan straightedge a movement. How can we both acknowledge and transcend the conservative and moralistic limitations of vsxe in the past (homophobia, anti-choice, tough guy shit)? No one should live life looking backwards. No one, no scene. The baggage we bear is dead weight, and should be discarded. If we speak and live in opposition to that which we despise, I see no value in dwelling on mistakes of others from our past, for we are reborn. Remember we are speaking of statements and songs from very young people pressed onto cheap plastic and poorly copied publications 10+ years back, no regrettable military offensives against beer drinking civilians or generations of imposed slavery against homosexuals. We can move on from Abnegation. Picking at the scab prevents it from healing. Why the vsxe scene lives in terminal guilt over Vegan Reich going Muslim while scenes have much greater points of shame on their records is not clear to me. Before dwelling on a 15 year old article in Vanguard, let’s strive for consistency and remember all scenes have, on their records, many a blemish. Punk rock began with the Sex Pistols and Ramones and has recovered just fine. ‘88 Hardcore was about as subversive as a Boy Scout not finishing his brussel sprouts, and for this we have long since atoned. I don’t wish for the ghost of a bad Chokehold interview to haunt me when claiming vsxe any more than I want to live under the dark cloud of Tony Hawk’s “Got Milk” ad when skating to the beach. This is not to say lock the closet where we hold our skeletons. Just that we might do better to stop kicking a long-dead corpses and rebuild our threat from the ground up. I cannot move on without stating that I feel 2 of your 3 items from the Vegan Straightedge Hall of Shame are greatly overstated. I have never known homophobia to exist outside of Hardline, a movement the size of which was always greatly exaggerated. Forgive me for never being the most accomplished show going scene socialite, but my window into Hardcore has always presented to me nothing but a staunch anti-homophobia stance. It is furthermore my take that the “tough guy” tag is grossly overused, applied unfairly to 1) militant animal liberation or sxe lyrics, and 2) band members whose only crime was dressing clean cut, being on the heavy side, and looking mean on stage. There is no question that “tough guy” dancing was and is a problem, one I would like to see cleansed from the scene forever. I’m as intolerant of obnoxious machismo as anyone I’ve ever known (and my mental health in prison suffers greatly because of it), but I can think of only rare examples of bands or people being called “tough guy” where I didn’t feel it was misapplied. Again, forgive me for perhaps not socializing enough to get an accurate read on things. However, I just can’t get behind labeling Earth Crisis lab rad lyrics as “tough guy”. I just call those awesome. ...2

C'est certain Cé ! Il faudra écouter la météo ! Je crois que mettrai mon couscous dans un sac Glad avec fermeture éclair... Ça prendra moins de place que de le mettre dans un grand bol - J'apporterai aussi une grosse cuillère

Exactement Cé! Je viens justement de lire un autre article, où il est indiqué que plus du tiers des Coréens mangent du chien: Summer is the time of the year when many Koreans tuck into bowls of dog meat soup, or "boshintang," claiming that it helps them beat the stifling heat. What may come as a surprise to many animal rights groups and others that oppose the practice, one-third of those who enjoy the traditional dish actually turned out to be dog owners, according to a nationwide survey. In a survey conducted by a radio program that questioned 500 people, 35.6 percent of the people who own dogs said they enjoy having a bowl of boshintang. The survey results also revealed the number of men who favored dog meat more than doubled the figure for women. While about 85 percent of survey participants said they do not think the traditional practice of eating dog meat is wrong, less than 40 percent said they actually eat the dish. In the past, a large number of international and domestic animal rights groups have protested against the practice, saying the government should draft a law that prohibits the eating and selling of dog meat. The activists claim creating such a law would go hand-in-hand with the dynamically changing global society. But majority of the survey participants said they do not agree with the activists. The individual should be allowed to make the decision whether to consume the dish or not, they said, adding that the consumption of dog meat is already part of the country's culture. (sharon@heraldm.com) By Cho Ji-hyun http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2006/08/07/200608070009.asp

En Norvège--- ----------------- Wednesday, August 09, 2006 Norwegians in trouble for wearing pig head Mayhem back in 2004. Note the pig’s head. Continuing our season of Norwegian summer madness, today’s news that Norwegian metal band Mayhem played Hultsfred’s Gates of Metal festival wearing, er, a pig’s head doesn’t really shock us. Well, not that much. It seems Skrikhult Production, who arranged the festival, didn’t know you needed a licence for this sort of shenanigans. “We didn’t know there was a law for this sort of thing,” a spokesperson told Swedish newspaper SvD. As it turns out the Swedish Board of Agriculture states that you have to have a licence for the public use of butchered meat. The law was introduced in 2002 as part of the measures to counteract the spread of Mad Cow Disease. Skrikhult Productions could now face prosecution for breaching Swedish law, reports SvD. Ho hum. The band’s appearance wearing bits of dead animal didn’t upset their fans at the gig. They’re apparently used to it, according to Skrikhult Productions, arrangers of the festival.

Thousands of pets left starving in North as owners dodge the rockets By Eli Ashkenazi More than 8,000 dogs and cats have been abandoned in the north by owners who have fled south. These include street cats who lost their food supply. "Numerous abandoned dogs are roaming the streets in the Galilee, and many cats have been left with no food or water," says veterinarian Gil Shavit of Yesod Hama'ala. "People who went to stay with families in the center were perhaps embarrassed to show up with two kids and a dog. But there are other solutions. Dogs can be put in a pound or someone could be found to look after them," he says. "There is no excuse to abandon a dog. This is a very sensitive creature that is adversely affected by being deserted," he says. A few days ago Gaya Goldberg received an e-mail saying "a pregnant bitch was abandoned in Rosh Pina, can you help her?" Goldberg went there immediately. She arrived at a completely deserted villa neighborhood. "Then I saw the dog. She was starved with a swollen belly and her skin stuck to her bones. She was wearing a collar and had obviously been deserted by her owners." She took the animal to veterinarian Miki Cahansios, who realized in seconds that it was a male dog whose belly had swollen due to starvation. The dog was taken to Dr. Yoni Peres, who operates the 24-Hour Emergency Veterinary Center in Hakfar Hayarok. "In another day or two he would have died," says Goldberg, who adopted the dog after it was treated. Goldberg describes the animals' conditions in the north as catastrophic. "Thousands of dogs have been abandoned. The cats have lost their food supply and simply die. The dogs are helpless, they can't even jump onto the garbage containers. We try to collect them and bring them to dog pounds, but the pounds are full." "The dogs are suffering no less than the people, the state should set up a pound for them," she says. The dog pound in Kibbutz Gesher Haziv in the Western Galilee is run by Motti Sudai and his wife Ziona, among the few members who remain in the kibbutz. "We couldn't leave because of the dogs," Sudai says. Many northern residents brought their pets to Sudai's pound before leaving, or asked him to pick their pet up from their home. "In the last few days rockets have been raining on us and we don't have a shelter nearby. We asked the regional council for a mobile security room but they laughed at us," he says. A rocket landed recently 50 meters from the dog pound, "but we must stay with the dogs and calm them down," he says. "Abandoning your dog is a disgusting thing to do," says Sudai. "Some people kicked their dog out as soon as the first rocket landed and went to Tel Aviv. But many others brought their dogs here and are inquiring about their health." Dogs and cats injured from rocket shrapnel or impact have been brought to Shavit's clinic. Some refuse to eat and drink and cringe trembling under a chair or table. They are suffering from anxiety, he says. http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/747453.html

Je l'espère Cé ! Ça ne serait vraiment pas drôle s'il pleuvait !

avec la maladie de l'appauvrissement du porcelet qui prend de l'ampleur, ils n'auront peut-être pas le choix que de lâcher leur "filon" D'ailleurs, malgré leur "pêtage de bretelles", ils doivent commencer à se faire du sang de cochon...!

Le 9 août 2006 - La viande de chien très appréciée des Nord-Coréennes voulant garder une jolie peau Presse Canadienne La viande de chien, appelée "la viande douce" en Corée du Nord, est de plus en plus appréciée des femmes du pays qui veulent garder une jolie peau, d'après le "Choson Sinbo", un journal nord-coréen qui paraît au Japon. "La viande douce contient plusieurs vitamines, notamment les vitamines A et B qui sont bonnes pour les problèmes de digestion et de fatigue", explique le journal Choson Sinbo sur son site Internet. Le quotidien coréen rapporte les propos d'un cuisinier spécialisé dans la viande de chien, qui assure que de plus en plus de femmes viennent en déguster dans son restaurant à Pyongyang. "Les clients sont convaincus des vertus de la viande douce quand ils voient la peau de nos employés et de nos cuisiniers", explique le chef du restaurant Ryu Jong Mok cité par le journal, qui précise que sa peau est "belle et ferme". La viande de chien est également consommée en grande quantité en Corée du Sud, notamment par les hommes d'âge mûr qui croient aux bienfaits qu'elle leur apporte en matière d'endurance et de virilité. Les Sud-Coréennes sont quant à elles plus réticentes vis à vis de ce type de nourriture. D'après un sondage paru cette semaine, 35% des Sud-Coréens qui possèdent un chien mangent de la soupe à base de chien. La viande de chien est également consommée dans d'autres pays asiatiques comme la Chine, le Viet-Nam les Philippines et le Laos, même si les défenseurs des animaux s'insurgent régulièrement contre cette pratique et demandent l'interdiction de la viande de chien.

La Fédération des producteurs de porcs du Québec célèbre ses 40 ans Longueuil (Québec), 10 août 2006 - La Fédération des producteurs de porcs du Québec célèbre son 40e anniversaire. C'est au début de l'année 1966 que les producteurs de porcs membres de leurs syndicats régionaux respectifs décidaient de se doter d'une fédération provinciale. Ainsi, le 11 août 1966, la Fédération des propriétaires de porcs du Québec voyait le jour. Quelques années plus tard, en 1970, elle devenait la Fédération des producteurs de porcs du Québec. Ce regroupement provincial de producteurs de porcs était devenu indispensable suite à la spécialisation de l'agriculture et à la nécessité d'organiser la mise en marché collective des porcs. La Fédération des producteurs de porcs du Québec aura démontré, au cours de ses 40 années d'existence, sa capacité de s'adapter et d'évoluer dans le meilleur intérêt de ses membres. Les gains obtenus par la Fédération au cours de ces années sont nombreux, ce qui témoigne de son dynamisme et de sa pertinence. Les plus importantes réalisations des 40 dernières années sont sans contredit l'adoption et la gestion du premier plan conjoint en 1981, la création de l'Assurance stabilisation des revenus pour les producteurs de porcs et la mise sur pied de l'Encan électronique dont les opérations sont toujours assumées par la Fédération. Ces réalisations ont permis aux producteurs d'obtenir un revenu régulier, une mise en marché plus ordonnée et des prix plus compétitifs. La Fédération s'est également assurée d'apporter au cours de ces années le soutien nécessaire aux producteurs de porcs pour les aider à relever les défis de la qualité du produit et du respect de l'environnement. « Les producteurs de porcs du Québec dressent un bilan positif des 40 années d'existence de leur regroupement. Ils reconnaissent la nécessité de s'unir au sein d'une organisation crédible qui défend avec vigueur les intérêts de ses membres. Au cours des prochaines années, d'autres défis se présenteront inévitablement aux producteurs de porcs du Québec; forte de ses 40 années d'expérience, la Fédération les aidera à les relever avec succès » a déclaré Claude Corbeil, président de la Fédération. La Fédération des producteurs de porcs du Québec représente les intérêts de 4 111 producteurs de porcs répartis dans douze syndicats régionaux. En 2005, les producteurs de porcs du Québec ont produit 7,3 millions de porcs et 50 % de cette production était exportée vers plus de 75 pays. La filière porcine québécoise génère dans l'économie du Québec plus 28 200 emplois et des retombées économiques annuelles de l'ordre de 3,1 milliards de dollars. Le Porc du Québec http://www.leporcduquebec.qc.ca/

Crois-tu que je devrais en préparer un autre ma belle Cé ?

Soit-disant pour la recherche.... Comme pour les baleines tuées par les Japonais !

C'est quand même drôle que le " harcèlement " est permis dans les endroits publics, tels les centres d'achats, pharmacies, entrées de métro, etc. lorsqu'il est question de quémander des dons pour la recherche ...