Cartoon – The 1% Have It All
Author: Antarctica Journal
New Mothers Tested for Drugs without their Consent by Some Alabama Hospitals
Having a baby in some Alabama hospitals can mean getting tested for drugs without a woman’s consent—and winding up in jail for a positive result. Alabama’s chemical endangerment law, in effect for nine years, spurred an investigation by ProPublica and AL.com into hospital drug-testing policies due to the law’s strict penalties. A woman who tests positive for drugs in a […]
Read moreJoan Didion Quote – We Forget All Too Soon
“We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.” – Joan Didion
Read moreSamuel Johnson Quote – Absurdity Of Conduct
“Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.” – Samuel Johnson
Read moreCartoon – Butterfly Envy
Oscar Wilde Quote – Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us
“Memory is the diary that we all carry about with us.” – Oscar Wilde
Read moreJapanese seniors turn to life of crime
Tokyo ‘Silver shoplifters’: Facing cuts in welfare and pensions, Japan’s swelling ranks of the elderly are turning to crime—many of them stealing food. Shoplifters are now more likely to be over 65 than under 18. Criminal offenses by the over-65 set have doubled in the past decade, even as overall crime has dropped. “Senior citizens shoplift lunch boxes and bread […]
Read moreCartoon – The Show Must Go On
General Robert H. Jackson Quote – Bribed By Their Loyalties
“Men are more often bribed by their loyalties and ambitions than by money.” – General Robert H. Jackson
Read moreCircus Patron And Tiger Meet In Bathroom
A tiger briefly escaped from a Kansas circus and gave a patron quite a scare when it wandered into the ladies’ room. Jenna Krehbiel had just finished watching the big cat show and went into the bathroom, not knowing one of the cats had gotten away from its handlers. “You don’t expect to go in a bathroom door, have it […]
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