We hear so often of troubled youth but rarely are the stories of those who have acted with kindness and bravery made public. That’s why when I found the video below, I felt it was worth sharing.

The CPSC has ordered Aqua Dots off the store shelves.

The parents of a Jacksonville toddler were horrified when their child swallowed part of a colorful toy bead set made in China and then passed out. He apparently was overcome when the coating on the beads metabolized into a chemical compound known as the “date rape drug.”

It’s good to see this quick action when this problem was identified, but unfortunately according to the WSJ the list of childrens toys being recalled has grown again. And again.[Final link added late. It applies to Curious George toys.]

Tuesday, Mattel Inc. recalled 155,000 toys marketed under Fisher-Price’s Laugh & Learn brand after pieces of the play kitchen’s faucet were found to pose a choking risk to children…..

Books continue to look better and better.

Thought there was nothing useful about all that spam in your mailbox? Think again. Check out what Linzie Hunter has done. Pretty darn clever! HT: Boing Boing

If you or someone you know is anemic and on medication, be sure to read this piece from the NYT:

Amgen and Johnson & Johnson strengthened the label warnings for their widely used anemia drugs yesterday, placing further emphasis on the risk that the medicines could cause heart attacks, a worsening of cancer and death.

Wrapping up this fly-by is an article by non other than Karl Rove..sounds like he hasn’t missed much since departing the White House:

This week is the one-year anniversary of Democrats winning Congress. But House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid probably aren’t in a celebrating mood. The goodwill they enjoyed after their victory is gone. Their bright campaign promises are unfulfilled. Democratic leadership is in disarray. And Congress’s approval rating has fallen to its lowest point in history.

Have a terrific Friday and wonderful weekend.

OOPS, I knew there was something else. For a chuckle go have a look at this from Texas Rainmaker.

Now I promise, I am finished.