Average

Its a weird news day which means its only an average day otherwise.

Here's a sampling of stories that particularly caught my attention:

Colorado Supreme Court Gives Green Light to Restore Personhood to the Unborn

After weeks of review, the Colorado Supreme Court has just released a decision granting Colorado for Equal Rights permission to move forward with a ballot initiative to restore personhood to human beings from the moment of conception.

I have previously posted on how the Bush administration has moved on the term 'unborn child,' by rewriting all sorts of governmental proclamations.

For example: Unborn Gitmo Baby Wins Right to Habeus Corpus! Bush Blasts Court Decision!

Checking into carbon emissions at the world level we have: Power plants' CO2 levels revealed

(Note that the chart only deals with power plant emissions)

National power sector emissions (in tonnes of CO2):
US - 2,530 million
China - 2,430 million
Russia - 600 million
India - 529 million
Japan - 363 million
Germany - 323 million
Australia - 205 million
South Africa - 201 million
UK - 192 million
South Korea - 168 million

Here's the good news: Warhol's Liz Taylor sold for $23m

Its a little out of my price range, but I still like it.