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Tuesday, August 15, 2006
Weekly Wacky Web Scoreboard: The Animals Are Winning!
Once upon a time there were three PETA workers. Their totally legal names were goveg.com, kentuckyfriedcruelty.org and ringlingbeatsanimals.com. (Does PETA stand for People Eager for Tons of Attention?) Now, get-the-word-out mission accomplished, two of them have changed their names back. But not ringlingbeatsanimals.com, who, you might have guessed, is off to L.A. to pursue a career in films. Yes, we should treat animals ethically. They're smarter than humans. Or soon will be. As the rest of these items prove:
At right: A terrorist monkey cell in China proudly displays a bomb fashioned from household chemicals. Chillingly, it's disguised as an innocent-looking pink frozen treat. Unless that's what it actually is.
Once upon a time there were three PETA workers. Their totally legal names were 
