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Revolutionary Thought Series: Part 1; Human Morality and Thought Evolution

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Every revolution has a factor of instigation behind the movement. The structure and meaning of  the proliferating “vegetarian movement”, is a comprehensive and deeply rooted  idea in the nature of free choice and human developmental thinking.

The fact that human evolution is Read more »

August 30, 2009 Posted by Pugnacious P. | Revolutionary Thought Series | | No Comments Yet

DAVID HARTLEY: Carnivorous Callousness

dh1With respect to animal diet, let it be considered, that taking away the lives of animals, in order to convert them into food, does great violence to the principles of benevolence and compassion. This appears from the frequent hard-heartedness and cruelty found amongst those persons, whose occupations engage them in destroying animal life, as well as from the uneasiness which others feel in beholding the butchery of Read more »

April 16, 2009 Posted by Pugnacious P. | People | | 1 Comment

Wasatch Veg on top 20 in City Weekly!

 As the producing director of  Plan-B Theatre, one of Utah’s front-line theatre companies, Jerry Rapier (a long-time vegetarian) is a man who is in the know. With this status City Weekly asked him to choose his “hot top 20 of Utah”, and here they are in no particular order. Read more »

March 24, 2009 Posted by Pugnacious P. | People | | No Comments Yet

Book Review: Skinny B!#ch; By Rory Freedman & Kim Barnouin

     This book is definitley not for the easily offended! However, if you need a kick to motivate you to begin your skinny_bitch2journey of healthy living, authors of  ‘Skinny Bitch’ Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin could be just the girls to do it!

    These skinny bitches present a no-nonsense, straight to the point, tough-love approach to becoming healthy and Read more »

March 16, 2009 Posted by Pugnacious P. | Great Books | | No Comments Yet

Power Packed Plants: Quinoa

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We tend to think of quinoa as a grain, but it is actually the seed of a plant, which is scientifically  related to beets, quinoa-plant6-copy2chard and spinach. The amino acid-rich seeds are not only very nutritious, but also very delicious.  While the most popular type of quinoa is a transparent yellow color, other varieties feature colors such as orange, pink, red, purple or black. In addition to the seeds, the leaves of the quinoa plant are edible as well, with a taste similar to its green-leafed relatives.

While quinoa is not considered a pantry food in North America, it has been cultivated in the Andes region of South America, for roughly 5,000 years. Sometimes, justifiably refereed to as the “Golden Grain of the Inca,” and for good reason.

The ancient Inca civilization revered the quinoa plant like Read more »

February 26, 2009 Posted by Pugnacious P. | Power Packed Plants Series | | 2 Comments

Tolstoy link fixed.

For those who attempted to read the entire article, “The Immorality of Carnivorism”, by following the link in the article on Leo Tolstoy, It is now fixed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

February 13, 2009 Posted by Pugnacious P. | Uncategorized | | No Comments Yet

Omnivorous-Herbivores: Rejecting who we are through what we eat.

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Bovine Gone Omni

Whether it be evolution, or the creative hand of God, our bodies have been given certain traits and characteristics.   These aspects of the Read more »

February 13, 2009 Posted by Pugnacious P. | Uncategorized | | 4 Comments

Leo Tolstoy: An Insatiable Thirst for a Rational and Moral Justification of Life

19w_tolstoy_narrowweb__300x50401Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, also known as Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910), was born in, Yasnaya Polyana, Central Russia. As an author and essayist, his works still attract many throughout the world.

Any look a person takes of Tolstoy will ultimately bring the investigator back to his writings. Tolstoy is known as an ingenious author of many novels. His poignantly vivid writings of  19th century Russia  have  justly earned him the title of, the “greatest novelist who ever lived”. Though his writings are no doubt amazing, there is another, less known, more subversive Read more »

February 12, 2009 Posted by Pugnacious P. | People | , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Mexican Style, Bean Soup

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I recently took a batch of this savory, spicy bean soup to work and was bombarded with requests for the, “secret family recipe”.  I decided to relinquish my iron grip on it, in so doing, I figured that I would share it with the world. Read more »

February 6, 2009 Posted by Pugnacious P. | Recipes | , , , , | 1 Comment

A Book of Interest: The China Study By T. Collin Campbell, PhD and Thomas M. Campbell II

The China Study is written to  present us with a clear picture and understanding of how we in the western world, have 51ya101e58l_ss500_developed dietary habits that create illness, promote cancer and  ultimately cause the premature deaths of 90+% of  our civilization.  These results are shown  repeatedly throughout the book, in many clinical studies prior to and all the way up through his, near three decade stint in China.

While in China Dr. Campbell studied the Read more »

February 4, 2009 Posted by Pugnacious P. | Great Books | , , , , , , | 1 Comment