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Rourke Doesn't Want Your Dog to Get Knocked Up

Mickey Rourke's role in The Wreslter must have really stuck with him, because I'm pretty sure the last time I heard the word cojones was on the WWE. Here he is with his beloved Chihuahua, Loki, posing for the new PETA ad with a message that Bob Barker would be proud of. Of course I don't think Bar ... More >>

PETA's Super Bowl Advert is Banned, Legions of Sports Fans Indifferent

Just how irrelevant has PETA become? The one-time-animal-rights-organization-turned-ludicrous-marketing-machine long ago gave up trying to reach people with reasoned arguments about the sanctity of all life or the wastefulness of our meat-happy culture. Instead they've adopted a fairly standard mar ... More >>

Win 25 Grand for your Beefcake

Beef has taken some serious body punches in the last couple of years. Michael Pollen, Mark Bittman, and a merry cast of vegetarians have been steadily hammering away at our poor American steers, calling them expensive, health-hazardous resource hogs that have done little to whittle the national ... More >>

Torching The Twang

k.d. lang was almost buried on the lone prairie. Now she's caught fire with a hot new album.

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k.d. lang was almost buried on the lone prairie. Now she's caught fire with a hot new album.

Five Foods You Don't Need to Give Up for Lent

Untwist those panties: Bacon is good for you!1. ChocolateTwo words: Flavonoids. Antioxidants. Dark chocolate, more than 70 percent cocoa, has both of them, and they destroy evil free radicals, lower blood pressure, and balance hormones. The folks at Galler Chocolate, a candymaker from Belgium, will ... More >>

Sexy Vegetarian Prefers Bananas over Hot Dogs

courtesy of PETAIt may be a bad day for lovers of sexy animals, but it's a good day for sexy animal lovers. Yes, this blatant display of flesh is brought to you out of the love and respect of our little creature friends. For years now the PR machine known as PETA has been naming celebrities as the " ... More >>

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A nationwide estrogen study has animal-welfare activists pissed off about the collection of horse urine

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A nationwide estrogen study has animal-welfare activists pissed off about the collection of horse urine

Pet Shop Boys Play Filllmore Miami Beach on September 9

Earlier this year, the publicity machine known as PETA decided they'd get their name in the papers again by requesting the Pet Shop Boys change their name to the Rescue Shelter Boys. No really, they did. The request was respectfully declined, which I'm sure was a crushing blow to animal rights activ ... More >>

PETA Grasps at Cat Killer Straws to Push Anti-Dissection Campaign

via DanPerry.com's FlickrNo, Mr. Meowington we do not want to cut you up, but can you scratch PETA for usRiptide never takes too kindly to organizations piggy backing on a big news story to push their agenda. Yeah, sure, it's PR 101, but it's just so annoying. So, on the heels of the Cat Killer ... More >>

Che Guevara's Granddaughter Poses Topless for PETA

via El MundoJust yesterday, PETA tried to jump on the coattails of the cat killer case by pushing their anti-dissection agenda, but we've got a feeling the fallout from their latest stunt is really going to make certain corners of Miami explode with outrage. They've convinced Lydia Gu ... More >>

Dolphins Pass on Michael Vick, and Boy Is Greg Cote Upset

​The Miami Dolphins yesterday officially squashed any lingering rumors they had an interest in signing convicted felon Michael Vick, and boy, Miami Herald sports columnist Greg Cote sure is upset about it. In a column today, he calls the Dolphins "cowards," whose passing on Vick car ... More >>

Flyer of the Week: Bunnygrunt at Propaganda August 26

​As a little runt in the late '80s, I owned a rabbit's foot keychain. And really, didn't everyone? Back then, lucky bunny body parts were still a genuine fixture of pop culture. Today though, the hallowed tradition of carrying a severed rodent's leg on your person as some sort of amulet against ev ... More >>

Pamela Anderson Revives Iconic Baywatch Suit for Richie Rich Fashion Show

Logan FazioClick for larger image: Pamela Anderson is feeling a bit nostalgic. ​It's been 12 years since Pamela Anderson left Baywatch. She's gone through multiple other shows, a few marriages and divorces, and changed her breast size more often than her hairdo. But for a 42-year-old, she can stil ... More >>

How Much Is That Funny in the Window?

Logan FazioClick for larger image: Pamela Anderson is feeling a bit nostalgic. ​It's been 12 years since Pamela Anderson left Baywatch. She's gone through multiple other shows, a few marriages and divorces, and changed her breast size more often than her hairdo. But for a 42-year-old, she can stil ... More >>

PETA Not Amused With Open Season on "Reptiles of Concern"

via The Daily Beast​Despite its name, The Daily Beast is not a per diem review of large, threatening wild life. Well, usually anyway.Even after parting ways with Gerald Posner, Tina Brown's internet concern hasn't kept its eyes off South Florida. This week they sent former Newsweek senior rep ... More >>

The Humane Society Began Its Battle with Farmers Right Here in Florida

via The Daily Beast​Despite its name, The Daily Beast is not a per diem review of large, threatening wild life. Well, usually anyway.Even after parting ways with Gerald Posner, Tina Brown's internet concern hasn't kept its eyes off South Florida. This week they sent former Newsweek senior rep ... More >>

PETA Wants Robotic Fish Behind Marlin's Home Plate

a previous PETA campaign aimed at the wellbeing of fish.​Last week the Florida Marlins announced plans to install salt water aquariums behind home plate in their currently under-construction stadium in Miami. Well PETA, an organization the seemingly only exists now to release stupid pres ... More >>

BK flame-grilled chicken on whole-grain ciabatta bun

a previous PETA campaign aimed at the wellbeing of fish.​Last week the Florida Marlins announced plans to install salt water aquariums behind home plate in their currently under-construction stadium in Miami. Well PETA, an organization the seemingly only exists now to release stupid pres ... More >>

Oh My Tosh

a previous PETA campaign aimed at the wellbeing of fish.​Last week the Florida Marlins announced plans to install salt water aquariums behind home plate in their currently under-construction stadium in Miami. Well PETA, an organization the seemingly only exists now to release stupid pres ... More >>

Ride That Bull

a previous PETA campaign aimed at the wellbeing of fish.​Last week the Florida Marlins announced plans to install salt water aquariums behind home plate in their currently under-construction stadium in Miami. Well PETA, an organization the seemingly only exists now to release stupid pres ... More >>

Vladimir Mironov's Lab-Grown Meat: Would You Eat It?

usda.govIs livestock soon to be obsolete?The cows that make up our burgers consume 80 percent of the planet's farmland, generate 20 percent of our greenhouse emissions, and consume 10 percent of our fresh water. Also, cows don't like getting killed.Feel bad? You could go vegetarian, but that takes s ... More >>

PETA Mocks Florida Shark Attack Victim in Stupid New Ad

​No matter how much you may love animals, can we just all agree that PETA has become the worst? They're obnoxious turds who actually kill thousands of animals, not to mention they have some of the stupidest, most cloying advertising not dreamed up by Crispin Porter. Now they've put up a billboard ... More >>

Pig 05049 Follows Piggly-Wiggly Right Into Your Shopping Cart

From Pig 05049 by Chrstien MeindertsmaDeep-fried pig nose.​Generally speaking, being vegetarian is a choice. I am all for those who forgo meat for health reasons or just for the sake of feeling healthier and leaner. But keep me away from fashion-conscious tree huggers who look at us carnivores wit ... More >>

PETA Sues SeaWorld Over Alleged "Whale Slavery"

Does this orca have Constitutional rights?​PETA, everyone's favorite group of totally rational animal activists, has launched a new legal attack against SeaWorld this morning, accusing parks in Orlando and California of mistreating five killer whales. Which, actually, OK! There are lots of reasona ... More >>

Lady Gaga's Lettuce Dress and Other Pop News That Won't Change Your Life

Trade you a lettuce gown for that meat dress, Gaga. ​Do you ever wish you could be in two places at once? Better yet, how about 50 places at once? Sometimes we here at Crossfade get really pissed about the fact that we're stuck in our cubicle and not traveling to India to write about vegetariani ... More >>

PETA and Thanksgiving: Talking Turkey

​People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, or PETA, has a long history of being controversial. Their polarizing anti-meat, anti-research, and anti-fur campaigns can be harsh, in-your-face, and brilliant.  And there's no better time for PETA to activate its campaign machine than during Than ... More >>

Bacon Stocking Stuffers: Ten Gifts Under $20

ThinkGeek.comBacon makes the perfect gift for kids of all ages.​Christmas is right around the corner and you're on a mission to find a gift for the bacon lover in your life. Sure you could go to the grocer and buy a package of meat, but why not be creative and get him or her something that require ... More >>

The Year's Ten Weirdest Food Calendars

Amazon.comAwww penguin cupcakes...​Buying calendars is a kind of a new concept. Growing up, we usually got a calendar from some local shop. Dad got a calendar filled with either babes in bikinis (or less) or cars from the local tire shop, mom placed one on the kitchen wall filled with either flowe ... More >>

PETA Wants to Turn OJ Simpson's Foreclosed Home into a Vegetarian Museum

PETA, a sad, attention-trolling parody of an animal rights organization, never lets a prime opportunity for cheap publicity go to waste, so they've decided to jump on the news that OJ Simpson's Kendall close is in foreclosure. PETA founder Ingrid Newkirk has penned a letter to the foreclos ... More >>

PETA Wants To Make O.J.'s House A Meat Is Murder Museum: Free Tofu For Everyone

OJ's House of Vegan Nuggets...coming soon?​In an act of sheer and utter genius, People For The Ethical Treatment of Animals' President Ingrid Newkirk wants to turn O.J. Simson's soon-to-be-foreclosed Miami house into a Meat is Murder museum.We called PETA's headquarters and spoke with Ashley Byne, ... More >>

The Dead Celebrity Cookbook: Golden Girls, Star Trek, Lucy -- Dead and Delicious

Bea Arthur: Thank you for being a veg.​If you always wanted to cook like a (dead) rock star, then The Dead Celebrity Cookbook is for you. This little tome of awesomeness is the brainchild of Frank DeCaro, who started collecting the recipes of stars gone "bye" after attending a "dead celebrity part ... More >>