This Is Weird

In one Spanish village they like to take great risks in order to ward off something that doesn't exist.

From Spanish village holds baby jump:

Grown men have been leaping over rows of babies in the north Spanish village of Castrillo de Murcia in an annual rite meant to ward off the Devil.

Jumpers dressed as the Colacho, a character representing the Devil, bounded over clusters of bemused infants laid out on mattresses.

Nobody appeared to get hurt in this year's festive event.

Castrillo, near Burgos, has been holding the event since 1620 to mark the Catholic feast of Corpus Christi.

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The City Of Satan

It is hard for me to believe, but John “The Tri-Bomber” McCain and I agree on something. Not long after I wrote: “If there really is a devil, it must be Bush” I found this post on ThinkProgress which tells us that McCain thinks Washington, DC is the “city of Satan.”