A co-worker shared this with me:

A Man 'Drugs' His Date's Drink: What Do You Do?

What's curious to me is that, comparatively, so many confronted the man. The woman would have been the only one that I involved in the matter, so that she could make an autonomous decision on how to proceed in a way that was least likely to jeopardize her safety.

More from Plastic:

What Do States Owe The Exonerated?

They take away 24 years of an innocent man's life, over a quarter of his life expectancy, and give him nothing in return.

There's a reason that Fark has a "Florida" tag. Sigh.

From Plastic:

Severe Injuries Could Turn You Into A Guinea Pig - ER Experiments Without Consent

From CNN:
Blood substitute given to patients without their consentOn average, an adult human body contains about six quarts of blood. Except now some folks have Polyheme, too, with no information on what the long-term effects of that in the body might be ( Read more... )

I tend to dislike parents who pierce their infant's ears ( Read more... )

It's so hard, so painful to realize that it has come to this.

If this happens to me during our trip in January, there's simply no telling how long it will be until I fly again.

From The New York Times:

Many Women Say Airport Pat-Downs Are a Humiliation

( Preserved for posterity behind the cut: Legalized Groping )

I'm too astonished and horrified to write much about this. Assuming we have any civil liberties left in ten years, I hope some of these children sue have a really stern talk with their parents for putting them through such a thing ( Read more... )

Yes, I was very sorry to hear about Julia. Yes, I'm extremely sad and want to reach out to those who had their homes destroyed by the devastation of Hurricane Charley. However, tonight, it's the Olympics that I'm particularly outraged about ( Read more... )

Courtesy of Metafilter:

Catholic church invalidates girl's first communion because she used a gluten free wafer.

Given the news less than ten days ago of Catholic bishops denying Communion to politicians who do not support the Church's position on abortion with legislation, one would almost wonder if they're trying to ration the wafers for some ( Read more... )

'They Can Sue, But They Can't Hide'

'First Do No Harm' Vs. 'They Can Sue, But They Cannot Hide'

Bad apples on both sides are creating mistrust between doctors and patients.