A nonsensical law

"The bill does not affect legally obtained abortions, but it does criminalize the actions taken by a woman to induce a miscarriage or an abortion outside a doctor's care. Penalties range up to life in prison."

Source: The Cleveland Leader

The law seems to translate to "we don't care if you kill your kid, but if you take the DIY approach you could be in jail for life". Either it's ethical or it's not...

How to develop a fear of shadows

I have a feeling that this guy will be glancing behind him on a regular basis for the rest of his life:

Son of a Hamas leader, who become a Christian a while back. Now it seems that he was also spying for the Israeli government.

Someone even train-crazier than Darren

A man who lost his hand after being dragged by a commuter train two weeks ago in Southern California has been hit by a train again.

Police say the man claimed he fell from the platform onto the tracks at the Irvine station and was hit by a northbound train Tuesday morning.

- Source: LA Times

How much Christianity amounts to this?

Seen on the Freakonomics blog today:

We are agnostics living deep in the heart of Texas and our family fakes Christianity for social reasons. It’s not so much for the sake of my husband or myself but for our young children. We found by experience that if we were truthful about not being regular church attenders, the play dates suddenly ended. Thus started the faking of the religious funk.

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