New Mexico is on the verge of becoming the latest state to require girls entering sixth grade to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitting virus that can cause cervical cancer, a spokesman for the governor said Monday.
Bad move.
My opinion from what I have read (and still trying to stay as unemotional about this as a father of three girls can) is that there is not enough known about the long term effects of this vaccine and that this amounts to experimenting on children.
From Foxnews.com:
The Israeli ambassador to El Salvador has been recalled after he was found drunk, naked and bound in sexual bondage gear in his yard, an official said Monday.
Tsuriel Raphael has been removed from his post and the Foreign Ministry has begun searching for a replacement, said spokeswoman Zehavit Ben-Hillel.
Two weeks ago, El Salvador police found Raphael naked outside his residence, tied up, gagged and drunk, Israeli media reported. He was wearing several sex toys at the time, the media said. After he was untied, Raphael told police he was the ambassador of Israel, the reports said.
The British Broadcasting Corp. reported that he could identify himself to police only after a rubber ball had been removed from his mouth.
Ben-Hillel said the reports were accurate and that Raphael has been recalled, although he did not break any laws.
“We’re talking about behavior that is unbecoming of a diplomat,” she said.
At exactly what point did the Ambassador cross the line?
From Foxnews.com:
Isolde Saalmann, a deputy in the state legislature of Lower Saxony, plans to file a motion to investigate whether Hitler’s citizenship can be revoked.
This only took 62 years.
But German law prohibits stripping a person of their citizenship if they would then become stateless, Der Spiegel reports. Hitler renounced his Austrian citizenship in 1925. And it doesn’t help matters that the dictator is deceased.
“Dead is dead,” an unnamed official at the Lower Saxony justice ministry told Der Spiegel. “You can’t take anything more away then.”
He’s got a point.
Seven Summits
Today’s WSJ (subscription required) has a great story about a quite different S. African team that is attempting the same feat:
They were an unlikely duo when they joined forces in late 2005. Gilad Stern is a South African entrepreneur and former aide to Israeli peace negotiators. Evelina Tshabalala, a fellow South African, runs marathons, lives in a squatters camp and is infected with the AIDS virus.
The article goes on to describe the challenges that Ms. Tshabalala has faced and is striving to overcome- including the drowning death of her son, extreme poverty, and the AIDS virus.
An online gambling site is taking bets on whether Heather Mills’ artificial leg will fall off during her upcoming appearance on “Dancing with the Stars.”
A week before Mills’ March 19 debut, Antigua-based gaming site www.bodog.com opened bets on whether her prosthetic leg would fly off during a dance routine — and made “no” a heavy favorite.
Mills, a former model, has been upfront about her unique challenge. “It’s very very unlikely my leg’s going to fly off even though it would be quite funny to knock one of the judges out,” she told U.S. celebrity TV show EXTRA last week.
I love the internet.
Seth has posted some great spring cleaning tips.
I’ll add one of my own: check your fire extinguishers- or if you don’t have one, buy one and keep it near the kitchen.
So says the Boston band website.
Brad Delp, the lead singer of the 70’s band Boston, passed away yesterday at 55.
I remember the 1st time I heard Boston. I was hanging out at my friend Pat’s house and he showed me this super cool new album cover. We put the album on the player and jumped around playing air guitar- having a blast being 12 year-old goofballs. Hard to believe that was 30 years ago.
From Foxnews.com:
A substitute music teacher has been arrested after allegedly whacking a 10-year-old student on the head with a viola bow after telling the class they were “the worst players I’ve ever heard.”
Newspaper and television reports said the trouble began when Carla Shinners, 63, a teacher for more than 30 years in the district, was interrupted by a call on her own cell phone. She allegedly began swearing Feb. 12 at the Creekside Elementary School, where she had earned the nickname “Mrs. Grumpy Lady.”
Principal Karen Daly said parents and students complained.
The 10-year-old said Shinners also pulled her hair.
I have two comments:
Since when is a grumpy grade-school music teacher news?
Thank goodness the kid didn’t play an instrument that uses sticks, mallets, or a larger bow.
It’s time to reset the myriad of wall clocks in the Orsborn house- not to mention watches, car clocks, coffee maker, microwave, oven…..
For anyone intrigued by the history of Daylight Savings Time here is a primer from the Deseret News.
