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Documents published online this month show that People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an organization known for its uncompromising animal-rights positions, killed more than 95 percent of the pets in its care in 2011. In a statement, Berman added that PETA has a $37 million dollar annual budget. His organization runs PETAkillsAnimals.com, which reports that in 2010 a resident of Virginia called PETA and asked if there was an animal shelter at the group's headquarters. PETA responded that there was not. Kovich also determined that PETA employees kill 84 percent of the animals in their custody within 24 hours...

Big business primarily supports right-wing advocacy groups, right? Think again. A recent report from the Capital Research Center shows Fortune 100 corporate foundations give overwhelmingly to liberal groups. In fact, in the sample year studied (2001), these corporate foundations gave 14 times more money to liberal causes than business-friendly ones. Even more surprising, environmental causes got the most funding, approximately 75 percent of the $60 million from 53 corporate foundations.

“What do rap music impresario Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs and former Vice-President Al Gore have in common?" BusinessWeek asks in its latest edition. The answer: Both are being funded by California’s state pension system – better known as CalPERS (the California Public Employees’ Retirement System). The business weekly reports that the California pension system is forking over as much as $760 million to Ronald W. Burkle, a billionaire liberal Democrat, to invest in causes and companies that “will benefit minorities, women and blue collar workers.” One of those “minorities” benefiting from the novel investment strategy is none other than rapper...