10 Things that won't survive the recession

[TakeFive]

Yeah – I believe the lack of females will have a bigger impact on China than the recession. Women have a civilizing effect on men. I know the divorced guys may take issue with that statement, but generally speaking, involvement with women will curtail certain types of risky behavior. That’s why auto insurance rates are lower for married vs. single men.

[TakeFive]

Here's an odd twist on the China one-child policy, only in that the boy was done away with:

SHANGHAI, China — A court in central China has sentenced a woman to death for hiring someone to strangle her 9-year-old son so she could have another child with her new husband without violating population laws, a court official and reports said Friday.

it gets more bizzare:

The report said Li first paid about $10,000 to have a man named Wang Ruijie kill her second husband's daughter, but the girl resisted and escaped. Li then took her son to a meeting with Wang, who strangled the boy and left him by a rural road.

and more:

Li initially received a death sentence suspended for two years because she had suffered from depression after having two abortions due to the rules against her bearing another child,

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,480170,00.html

[Gringo]

Dang, I really didn't want to know that Takefive. Damn you Fox News! People are really weird these days!