According to HKM lawyers, when it comes to religion, it’s generally frowned upon for a company to push its views on its employees. Yet, what about other views? Say, like eating meat? WeWork just announced that not only would the company no longer provide catering with meat at its office locations, but that it wouldn’t even allow employees to expense meals with meat.

Yes, you read that right. No more meat. WeWork claims it is to cut down on greenhouse gases, water use and whatnot, but it has been proven time and time again that if meat suppliers use sustainable practices, meat is actually better for the environment than plant agriculture. It’s only a matter of paying more money to make that happen. At a $20B valuation, one might think WeWork has enough money to make that happen.

Yet, that is not a path that WeWork decided to tread. They took the easy way out, because at the end of the day that bean curd and kale salad is cheaper than sustainable meat. I don’t knock a company for trying to make a profit, but I do knock a company for acting like it is being altruistic about it. If WeWork was upfront about the real reason – namely some PR and pushing views on other people – things might be a little different. Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

So, for besmirching meat for all the wrong reasons, WeWork is one heck of an unvegan villain.

Some people just can’t be satisfied until they have made everyone else unhappy. Neal Barnard is one of these people. Not only is he an advocate of the vegan (malnourishment) diet, he has now taken his attack upon humanity to the billboards.

In an all out attack on cheese, Barnard and his Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine have unleashed a couple of billboards purporting to show the “negative” affects of cheese. Both display intensely overweight individuals with such creative taglines as “Your Abs on Cheese.” Yes, that is a throwback to the ’80s and ’90s “Your Brain on Drugs” PSAs like the one starring the beautiful Rachel Leigh Cook.

To check out the billboards, head on over here.

So this Barnard character claims that cheese is the reason we Americans are so obese. Well, I probably eat more than the 31 pounds of cheese that the average American does every year and don’t feel obese at all. And I bet I’m not alone.

But while I may be an anomaly, most people would probably say it’s cool to have cheese every once in a while. Not so with Barnard. He says it should never be eaten, which is even more outlandish than those billboards. Just because he’s lactarded doesn’t mean he should be taking it out on the well-balanced individuals in this world.

Fortunately, Barnard has a website with contact information, so if you’re anything like me and want to take a stand against his absurd claims, feel free to drop him a line.

(via NPR and my old buddy Michelle)

As a lifetime Michigan football fan, Jim Tressel has been a villain to me since I first heard his name. Finally, much of the world is realizing how much of a villain he truly is, and not just in football. His villainy transcends sports and reaches into something very dear to me: meat.

But first, the football. For ten years as head coach of Ohio State, Tressel has played multiple ineligible players. Whether he knew this or not for most of his career is questionable, but there is no question that he knew about the players in the 2010 season. No one likes a cheater, except for some terrible humans in Ohio that would still jump in front of a bullet for the Vest, but his cheating has led to something much worse.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, “The suburban Cleveland-based Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse served both a 14-ounce and 18-ounce version of the New York strip steak that carried Tressel’s name.” Operative word: served. Note the past tense, because that steak no longer exists.

Take away the ineligible victories, but come on, don’t take away my steak!

(Photo via mgoblog)

(Story via Chicago Sun-Times)

Remember the glory days where sports and meat were almost synonymous? Today, it seems like those days are slowly passing us by. It started with PETA making up some dumb award for the most vegetarian-friendly ballparks, and has continued through this day.

I have just learned of a UK soccer stadium that has banned the sale of red meat. That’s right, red meat! That means no “burgers, sausages and cottage pies at the stadium.” I don’t know what a cottage pie is, but now that it is banned, I know I want it. And what’s the reason for all of this nonsense? The vegan owner: Dale Vince.

Already I am annoyed by him because of his two first names, but banning red meat in his stadium has made me even more annoyed. He thinks he is making the world healthier, but doesn’t realize that eating meat (even the red sort) is part of healthy diet. Plus, he is the worst kind of vegan. Of course I don’t support any vegan choices, but honestly I could care less about vegans who go on living their lives (almost) like normal people. But Vince has taken it upon himself to push his beliefs upon other people. I’m not sure how rabid the fan base of the Forest Green Rovers is, but I’m pretty sure I would find myself a new allegiance.

It is a sad time we are living in, where soccer owners think they can just turn people into malnourished vegans. Fortunately teams like the West Michigan Whitecaps still exist, proving that for every crazed vegan, there is a burger with five patties on it waiting just around the corner.

(via MNN.com)

Is this the face of death? In a word, yes. Behind the eyes of this simple-looking old man is a brain filled with hatred. And hatred for whom? Carnivores. But he does not simply hate human carnivores, but carnivores of all types.

In fact, his desire is to plot the extinction of every carnivores in the world. In an article published in the New York Times, this dangerous man attempts to explain that the world would be a better place without carnivores. Say what you will about unvegans, but we certainly do not wish for the extinction of animals. If anything, our support of the meat industry ensures that certain bovine and foul species continue to live and breed.

Yet this man who desires the extinction of all carnivores claims to hate suffering. He says, “If I had been in a position to design and create a world, I would have tried to arrange for all conscious individuals to be able to survive without tormenting and killing other conscious individuals.” Well, sure, that does sound great. While we’re at it, let’s design plants that don’t require the death of other species to survive. In fact, let’s design plants that aren’t actually alive so we can eat them without causing them any pain. And most importantly, can we design these plants to actually taste good? Like meat?

He actually says, “Suppose that we could arrange the gradual extinction of carnivorous species, replacing them with new herbivorous ones.” Yes, let’s kill off all of these animals, that sounds humane. Let’s intervene with evolution more than we have already done so. And in doing so, we can also kiss the ecosystem of the entire planet goodbye. Because with no carnivores to keep populations in check, the world would soon become a desert wasteland. Already, there are food shortages around the planet. If every species on the planet was left to continually populate, every bit of food on the planet would be converted to dung shortly, leaving one big poopy and decimated planet.

Something so easy to forget is the fact that although carnivores cause pain to individuals, they actually improve the herd by weaning out the weak. Herbivores left unchecked would devolve into lazy grass-eating freaks. Well, until they die of starvation.

He does, in fact, bring up these very points, stating the harsh truth that, “Instead of being killed quickly by predators, the members of species that once were prey would die slowly, painfully, and in greater numbers from starvation and disease.” Fortunately, as he makes these counterpoints, he proves he is not a complete madman. A madman, yes, but at least one who thinks.

Of course, we all think it would be great to end suffering. Actually I have an idea. Let’s introduce a drug into the diets of all herbivores that prevents them from feeling pain. They’ll still need fear, to know that they have to run away from predators and continue evolution, but at least they won’t feel pain. That sounds like a good utopia to me.

And although McMahan’s plan might sound good in theory to him, let’s remember that Communism sounded great in theory to a lot of people once. Unfortunately, in practice it is simply unfeasible. And really just doesn’t taste good.

(via New York Times)

No one has ever really liked ticks. Besides draining you of your blood, being a dead giveaway that you are nervous and a downright pain in the ass, they have also been known to carry Lyme Disease (which, despite the sound of its name is not a tasty fruit).

But now we have even more of a reason to hate ticks. Somehow ticks managed to pick up an allergy to meat that can be potentially deadly. It’s pretty rare, but if they bite you, you could get the allergy for life. Apparently the allergy doesn’t affect the consumption of chicken or turkey, but the loss of red meat and the other white meat is enough to make ticks a major unvegan enemy. It’s called Alpha-Gal, and is far more serious than the girlie name implies.

For more info, check out the video below:

(via KXAN.com)

Once upon a time, Bob Barker was a man loved by all. Who doesn’t remember The Price is Right being the highlight of sick days? Who didn’t laugh when Barker was teamed with Adam Sandler in Happy Gilmore? Well kiss those good memories goodbye, because Barker has just taken a turn to the dark side.

We all knew that Barker was a big fan of controlling the pet population. Anyone who has seen The Price is Right knows that he ended every episode with the simple reminder to have your pets spayed and neutered. This was a nice gesture, because who really wants the world overrun with cats and dogs? Since leaving the show, though, he has turned that simple gesture into something much more terrible, by donating money to PETA. And not just a little money, he donated $2.5 million! Are you kidding me?

With that money, PETA is opening up an office in LA, where yours truly lives. As if unvegans in this city don’t have enough trouble fending off the strange vegan people, now there will be even more to worry about. It’s not simply an unvegan issue, though, this is a donation that affects the rest of the world. Couldn’t that $2.5 million be much better spent on solving real world problems? Like, oh I don’t know, maybe cancer or earthquake relief or to feed the hungry or shelter the homeless? Seems like that much money could do a lot more good in those areas.

So for being out of touch with the needs of the world and supporting a fanatical group, you are a big time unvegan villain. I don’t want to play Plinko with you anymore.

According to The Car Connection,

…studies have shown that meat-eaters generate two tons more CO2 per year than their vegan neighbors, the Hummer is possible for 4.76 tons more CO2 per year than the Toyota Prius.

Do the math and you’ll find meat to be a lot better for the world than driving a Hummer. Of course, these are extremes, but it just shows the sort of nonsensical propaganda anti-unvegans are spreading. Knowledgeable people know that Pollan is wrong, but his false words can still cause a lot of damage. It’s up to every unvegan in the world to stand up this verbal abuse and show the world it will not be tolerated.

(via The Car Connection)

Recently, I’ve been reading more and more news articles about a book called Eating Animals. At first, I thought this was going to be some sort of awesome cookbook or essays about eating some pretty tasty animals. Instead, I found a book that goes against the things that every unvegan stands for. I haven’t read the book, because I don’t think the author or publisher deserves any of my money, but I know enough to place an unvegan ban on the vegan propaganda.

The book is so insidious that it has turned the adorable Natalie Portman into a sudden vegan who compares eating meat with rape. This cannot stand!

People are meant to eat meat. It is tasty. It makes us human and has tons of health benefits. Lucky for the world, Foer’s thoughts are not left unchecked.

Books like The Vegetarian Myth, by Lierre Keith, expose the flaws of the vegetarian arguments and keep the world in balance. Her book makes her a hero in the unvegan world. She proposes changes to the current food system, but defends the eating of animals.

The world needs a lot of Keiths and a lot less Foers. Thank you, Lierre Keith for exposing the myths of vegetarianism, you are a true Unvegan Hero.