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H1N1: Chickens and Eggs PDF Print E-mail
Written by PeachDough   
Sunday, 07 February 2010 21:06

There's been a lot of debate about the H1N1 vaccine.  Some wonder if it is healthy or it's been thoroughly tested.  I wrote about that here http://www.peachdough.com/joomla/index.php/health/44-other/84-h1n1-vaccine-debate-and-hand-sanitizer.html

I also touched on the issue of the vaccine containing chicken eggs and about how even high risk vegans may avoid the vaccine.  Well, here is some more information on the chickens and eggs that are used for the vaccine.

The vaccine uses fertilized eggs, actual unborn baby chicks, not the kind of eggs that are sold in grocery stores.

Since demand for vaccines is high (requiring about 600,000 unborn babies a day), chickens have been crammed into windowless warehouses and are breeding around the clock. 

Worse than being crammed into a warehouse and used in a breeding program is the fact that the chickens are all killed before they even see their first birthday.  The reason being that older chickens supposedly don't make good enough eggs.

Hardly seems fair to me.  But I'm also very motivated to live.  So I'm still happy I'm not in one of the high risk groups.  I'm definitely going vaccine-less for now.

http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/chickens-recruited-to-serve-their-country/
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB126326011266225669.html

 
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Boy Suspended For Having Long Hair PDF Print E-mail
Written by PeachDough   
Sunday, 07 February 2010 16:45

A four year old boy was suspended from Pre-K because the school thought his shoulder length hair was too long and would be a distraction to other students. 

Bloggers have been writing about it all over the place.  Naturally, a lot of people find the school's decision bothersome.  Girls are allowed to have long hair.  Why would it be a distraction for a boy to have it?

The parents and boy like his long hair, but the school wasn't budging on their decision.  Apparently they have since compromised, and the boy wears his hair braided and pinned up so that it looks short. 

Personally, I would not want my child in that kind of sexist and narrow minded environment to begin with.  So rather than compromising, I would have run like hell to a Pre-K that cares more about education than it does about forcing gender stereotypes onto kids.

Here are some articles about it:
http://stayathomemoms.about.com/b/2010/01/16/four-year-old-boy-suspended-for-long-locks-may-leave-school.htm
http://www.care2.com/causes/education/blog/four-year-old-suspended-from-school/

And this article is insane and should be included just to point how crazy people who support the school's decision probably are:
http://christwire.org/2009/12/4-year-old-hippie-suspended-for-long-hair/

 
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Nobody's Perfect - AdoptUsKids PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 05 February 2010 22:22

 
"That's So Gay" PDF Print E-mail
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Friday, 05 February 2010 19:21

 
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