In light of the recent assassination, by a member of a right wing Christian anti-abortion cabal, of a physician who specialized in late term abortions, it may be worth having a look this medical phenomenon.

Well, my blog colleague Monado contacted me a week ago or so and we discussed this, and I felt that she should write up what she had, since she had done some research. I would then hope that my readers who are interested in this will go and have a look at her post.

The bottom line is that third trimester abortions are done for a diverse set of reasons, and a lot of what is said in the public debate is not accurate.

Have a look at “What causes third-trimester abortions?” at Science Notes.

Citing recent killings in Arkansas, Kansas and the nation’s capital, Attorney General Eric Holder on Tuesday said new hate crimes law were needed to stop what he called “violence masquerading as political activism.”

The attorney general’s call for Congress to act came as a civil rights coalition said there has been a surge in white supremacist activity since the election of the first African-American president and the economic downturn.

“Over the last several weeks, we have witnessed brazen acts of violence committed in places that many would have considered unthinkable,” Holder told the Washington Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs.

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Is this legislating thinking? Or is it legislating stupidity?

UPDATE: There are reports that the missing governor is tweeting. These reports are unconfirmed.

His wife does not know where is his. The lieutenant governor does not know where he is. It is said that “he needed some time away from his children to write something.” It is said he is working on a book. No one has seen him since Thursday.

Makes sense to me.

His chief of staff claims to know where he is. But he would say that even if he didn’t.

Apparently, not having a governor for a few days is not that big a deal. I say, give it a week then maybe go looking for him.

BTW, this Thursday? I’m outta here for a few days. Gotta write some stuff. If you want me get me before then. (Unless you want to go fishing, of course.) My chief of staff will know where I am if anything really important comes up.

I wanted to know about Iran, and she told me. I was curious, because I had a feeling that there was more to the story than we were getting from the news. There had to be reasons that the students were rebelling against the Shah and pushing for an Islamic Revolution. She explained it to me, and at last I felt like I understood….

Here at Quiche Moraine, and more at TUIBG

I’ve always lived among trees and gone to the woods for quiet, but it took a change of scenery to discover just how much trees mean to me….

Turns out, it was the trees!