February 7, 2012
February 5, 2012
VICE MEETS: Issei Sagawa. An interview with a Cannibal.
On the afternoon of June 13, 1981, a Japanese man named Issei Sagawa walked to the Bois de Boulogne, a park on the outskirts of Paris, carrying two suitcases. The contents of those suitcases, to the lament of a nearby jogger, was the dismembered body of a fellow student – a Dutch woman named Renée Hartevelt, whom Sagawa had shot three days prior and had spent the days since eating various parts of her body. He was soon arrested. According to reports, Issei uttered, “I killed her to eat her flesh,” when they raided his home, whereupon they found bits of Renée still in his fridge. Sagawa was declared insane and unfit for trial and was institutionalized in Paris.
His incarceration was to be short, however, as the French public soon grew weary of their hard-earned francs going to support this evil woman-eater, and Issei was promptly deported. Herein followed a bizarre and seemingly too convenient set of legal loopholes and psychiatric reports that led doctors in Japan declaring Issei “sane, but evil.”
On August 12, 1986, Sagawa checked himself out of Tokyo’s Matsuzawa Psychiatric hospital, and has been a free man ever since.
This is where the real story begins.
VBS met up with him to find out what he’s been up to in the 30 years since.
Walmart's Pork Supplier Exposed: This is What Saving Money Looks Like.
Walmsrt's supplier states they are proud of this footage:
SHAWNEE MISSION, Kan. — January 31, 2012 — We’ve reviewed
documented employee actions alleging abuse and listened to the recent
discussions questioning U.S. industry practices of sow gestation, swine
tail cutting (or docking) and swine castration, and strongly dispute any
allegations of abuse. We are pleased that our employees are following
proper industry-supported protocols and procedures. In direct response
to the recently released video by the Humane Society of the United
States (HSUS), Dr. Temple Grandin, Ph.D., who also is quoted in the
video, stated that “there was no bad behavior by people” in the
operations depicted at Seaboard Foods.
We are committed to the proper and humane treatment of animals, and we believe animals can and should be raised, transported and processed using procedures that are safe and free from cruelty and neglect. We are proud of our employees for exemplifying best practices in their day to day work and truly being leaders within the industry.
Our farm managers and farm sites are PQA Plus certified with specific requirements for proper animal care. Moreover, our guidelines and protocols are audited independently by Farm Animal Care Training and Auditing, LLC, (FACTA), a company led by Chief Executive and Scientific Officer John McGlone, Ph.D. and professor at the Pork Industry Institute at Texas Tech University, who is supported by a group of credentialed auditors and educators.
It is important to recognize animal welfare programs, including housing for gestating sows, must be based on sound science while also seeking a balance with societal concerns. Seaboard Foods’ integrated system uses both stalls and group pens to house gestating sows. Animal welfare experts and professional groups have found no one method for housing gestating sows that is clearly better than the other when managed properly. As part of our ongoing evaluation of best practices, we are conducting research to determine the best management practices for alternative sow housing practices in our system. Furthermore, swine tail docking and castration are essential industry practices for the health and well-being of food animals as stated by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Seaboard Foods employees uphold best industry practices and our company will continue to act in ways that provide the most humane treatment for our animals. All decisions stem from this commitment.
Terry Holton, President & CEO
We are committed to the proper and humane treatment of animals, and we believe animals can and should be raised, transported and processed using procedures that are safe and free from cruelty and neglect. We are proud of our employees for exemplifying best practices in their day to day work and truly being leaders within the industry.
Our farm managers and farm sites are PQA Plus certified with specific requirements for proper animal care. Moreover, our guidelines and protocols are audited independently by Farm Animal Care Training and Auditing, LLC, (FACTA), a company led by Chief Executive and Scientific Officer John McGlone, Ph.D. and professor at the Pork Industry Institute at Texas Tech University, who is supported by a group of credentialed auditors and educators.
It is important to recognize animal welfare programs, including housing for gestating sows, must be based on sound science while also seeking a balance with societal concerns. Seaboard Foods’ integrated system uses both stalls and group pens to house gestating sows. Animal welfare experts and professional groups have found no one method for housing gestating sows that is clearly better than the other when managed properly. As part of our ongoing evaluation of best practices, we are conducting research to determine the best management practices for alternative sow housing practices in our system. Furthermore, swine tail docking and castration are essential industry practices for the health and well-being of food animals as stated by the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Seaboard Foods employees uphold best industry practices and our company will continue to act in ways that provide the most humane treatment for our animals. All decisions stem from this commitment.
Terry Holton, President & CEO
February 4, 2012
PANDEMONIUM. Today. It's Happening.
An all day art show extravaganza! Come down to Edmonton’s best bar for a
full day of excitement and beer with art on display, comedies, poets,
music and burlesque!
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Doors at 3pm
5 bucks before 7pm, 10 bucks after |
During the day there will be:
Wonderful art by
Wonderful art by
Pete Nguyen
Greg Tymofichuk
Nathan Cleveley
... and more.
The comedic stylings of
("Do the jew bit!!")
Poetry Readings from the brilliant minds Adam Wilson and Robert Peck!
And the sweet sweet music of Mikkayla Albert and Dan Daniels!
At night the stage will be taken over by:
And the sweet sweet music of Mikkayla Albert and Dan Daniels!
At night the stage will be taken over by:
James Renton, folk troubadour of Fire Next Time and having a really wicked beard fame:
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(Please check these guys out. Please. They need the money. And they are also really really fucking good.)
Free Elliott, aka Edmonton’s three handsomest rockers
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(Edmonton's friendliest snob rock. Ow! Damn it Mark, it was a joke. Jesus.)
Noisy Colours will have you enthralled with their awesome noir space-garage rock sound
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(These guys are OUTSTANDING. Every time.)
The Give ‘em Hell Boys are sure to end the night in a whiskey fueled foot stomping rampage
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(I am so excited to see these assholes again...)
The Hook 'Em Revue!!
with guest Kiki Quinn
(I am looking forward to the never-ending antics of this sassy broad, most of all...)
See you guys there...
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