Category: Bacon and Pigs
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Bacon in the News: Get It Straight, Waffle House!
A 28-year-old man, Martin Jose Alvarez, was arrested Wednesday for causing a disturbance at a Cape Coral, Fla., Waffle House restaurant over the way his bacon was cooked. When police officers arrived, they heard him yelling expletives at the staff. “You better cook the f—– bacon right!” he was accused of yelling, according to the…
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Desperately Need Facebook Help
I have spent hours trying to make Bacon’s Rebellion eligible for running Facebook “Issue, Electoral or Political Ads.” Without obtaining the necessary permissions, I cannot promote the blog. Basically, I have to prove I am not a Russian bot. I have completed most of the steps in the process, but I have gotten hung up…
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A Devil’s Alternative
Under the Farm Animal Confinement Proposition, enacted four years ago California will begin enforcing provisions in 2022 that require farmers to raise pigs in spaces at least 24 square feet, up from 20 square feet in 2020. The good news is that pigs — one of the most intelligent and emotionally sensitive species on the…
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Route 10: Highway of Death
PETA wants the Virginia Department of Transportation to do something to stem the high rate of crashes involving hog trucks on State Route 10 in southeastern Virginia. The animal rights group has documented nine rollover crashes, each involving between 160 and 180 pigs. Some pigs die on impact, others are ejected from the trailer. “It’s…