Okay, I admit it. I haven’t really sat down and read a dead-tree edition of The New York Times since college.

It’s a pain in the butt to actually read a newspaper these days. Plus, frankly, it costs more to read it on paper than it does to use the Times‘ website. And this way, I don’t have to get dressed and leave my house to get the paper before I come back and read it in my underwear. I can even get the crossword puzzle online. What’s not to like?

The one thing you don’t get to see are the advertisements, which can be a two-edged sword.

On the one hand, you can avoid all the obnoxious ads for Broadway shows that you’ll never see if you don’t live in the Big Apple. On the other, you miss out on “issue ads” like the one at right. Sometimes they’re fun.

Apparently, this one ran in yesterday’s paper. It claims that the Humane Society of the United States is helping an animal-rights “terrorist” group with its holiday fundraising.

Don’t jump all over me for minimizing the meaning of the “t”-word. There was apparently an actual terrorism conviction in federal court. So there.

I went to the website at the bottom of the ad, and guess what? It’s run by the same people who brought us the “PETA Kills Animals” website. (In my book, that means they’re doing God’s work.)

I don’t claim to understand all the details addressed in the ad. But the authors documented their claims with 68 pages of evidence. Now, since i can’t be bothered to step outside for a freaking newspaper, there’s no way in hell I’m going to actually read 68 pages of anything unless it comes with a section of dirty jokes. But I figure if it was all B.S., the Humane Society would have sued by now. And I can’t find any sign that they have.

Hey! I just remembered something. I write for a gossip blog about famous hypocrites! The Humane Society of the United States is pretty famous. And since everybody we write about here is guilty until proven innocent, what the heck! I think it’s fair to say that no definition of “humane” would include helping a convicted terrorist group to sell black-tie gala tickets.

Those of you who have commented in some of our posts about PETA that the Humane Society of the U.S. is no better — you just might have your smoking gun.

(Hat tip: Deceiver fan Jamie)