Think Of the Children!!

I've never heard of the Harps grocery chain, as they are in Arkansas and other places I have never lived, but now that I have, I am pretty sure that I will never shop there given the opportunity. Apparently, because stable families that just happen to be headed up by parents of the same sex are offensive to a few backward minded, bigoted complainers, Harps decided that they would put a "family shield" over the US Weekly cover featuring Elton John and his partner with their new son. The Dlisted article, which handles the outrage with more humour than I can muster, is here.

Murderer Gets A New Liver. Sure, Why Not?

Johnny Concepcion stabbed his wife to death, then ate rat poison as the police closed in on him after a lengthy manhunt. The rat poison destroyed his liver, and after a search of the donor list, they found a donor for Concepcion, pushed him to the top of the waiting list, and performed a transplant.

As expected, there is much outrage over this, and the outrage is justified. This man stabbed his estranged wife and mother of his children fifteen times, then ingested rat poison in a cowardly attempt to avoid arrest. The excuse given after this good for nothing killer was given a new liver? Doctors are not meant to make moral decisions regarding their patients.