Apparently in Japan, killing oneself is not a big deal. About 32,000 people killed themselves in Japan in 2008, keeping suicides above the 30,000 line for an 11th straight year, a tally showed Thursday. Government officials said the latest data do not necessarily reflect the fallout from the global financial crisis, but warned suicides could…
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MONEY DOESN’T BUY HAPPINESS?
It may well be, as the gurus say, that money does not buy happiness but it does prevent suicide. BERLIN: A German billionaire, Adolf Merckle, has committed suicide after his business empire, which included interests ranging from pharmaceuticals to cement, ran into trouble in the global financial crisis, his family said Tuesday. Merckle used his…
BALLOT PROPOSITIONS
November 5, 2008 Anti-choice issues [quaintly labeled "pro-life issues"] were raised in Colorado, South Dakota and California. In Colorado, with 28 percent of votes reported, 75 percent decided a fertilized egg was not a human person. In South Dakota, voters decided by 55 percent , with 70 percent of the vote reported, that legalized abortion…
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