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Brits Clamp Down Laws For Young Boozers

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Its no secret that the Brits have a drinking problem. In fact, their Prime Minister Tony Blair proclaimed it himself two years ago, calling binge drinking the “New British Disease”.

Well, in an effort to hopefully stop the youth from following the slurring path of their elders, the British goverment has called for tighter laws with the under-25 drink-drive limit and smoking.

Heres what the government’s advisory committee on the misuse of drugs (ACMD) had to say in their publication “Pathway to Problems”:

“Among the 6.8 million 16-24 year old’s in the UK, there were 2.1 Million daily smokers, 1.9 Million who drink more than twice the recommended amount at least once each week, and 1 Million who have used an illegal drug in the past month.”

The new laws being considered will include educating the youth on the consequences of heavy alcohol and nicotine use, the increase of the legal tobacco age from 16 to 18, and simply making alcohol more expensive among others.

Beatles Albums To Appear On British Stamps

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The old fashioned joy of buying interesting stamps at the post office and indeed of recieving letters in the post, have been lost in the age of email. When I was young, collecting stamps – precious books housing the tiny peices of art – was a popular hobby. These days, I dont think my children have even looked at stamps properly, since all we receive in the post these days are either bills or magazines.

So I was pleasantly surprised when the Royal Mail announced that a new range of Beatles stamps would be launched in January 2007. The stamps will be featuring some of the legendary band’s most famous covers, including: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Let It Be, Revolver and Abbey Road.

A bit of trivia: Until last year, there was a UK law stating that only living people allowed to be featured in British stamps were members of the Royal family. When the rule was broken in 1999 because of a stamp commemorating rock legend Queen (Freddy Mercury), in which drummer Roger Taylor could be clearly identified in the background.

Despite that stirring up philatelists and Royalists, the law luckily doesnt seem to be in effect any longer with these eagerly awaited Beatles stamps.

Al Queda’s “Happy Anniversary” Greeting On 911

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Its 911 once more, and Al Queda’s number 2, Ayman al-Zawahiri sent a lengthy video as an eerily hate-laced “Happy Anniversary” for the terrible event 5 years ego.

Ayman al-Zawahiri is Egyptian and said to be the personal doctor of Bin laden himself.

In the video which lasted more than an hour, al-Zawahiri basically called for Muslims to work a little harder in their resistance to the United States.

“Your leaders are hiding you from the true extent of the disaster….and the days are pregnant and giving birth to new events with Allah’s permission and guidance”

The video, which was released on Al-Sahab’s website (a terrorist production company), is said to be more sophisticated than previous one, complete with English subtitles as well as a “highlights” section in the beginning.

Basically, Al-Sahab attacks those so-called “collaborators” who have abandoned Islam, blames the West for arming Israel, and calling Muslims to join the fight with its Muslim brothers in Lebanon and Gaza.

As if that wasn’t enough of a call to hate, he also told Muslims to fight the US allies in Somalia and for Iraqui Kurds to do the same to Americans.

Sigh.

Barcelona FC Do A Good Deed With UNICEF

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In today?s world of ?big money? sports, where it seems to be all about commercialism and ego, it was refreshing to see one of the world?s biggest football clubs give back for a change ? and to orphaned AIDS children, no less.

Barcelona FC recently signed a 5-year-deal with the United Nations that they will be donating $1.9 million (1.5 million euros) a year to UNICEF to help children affected by AIDS all over the world.

The funds to be donated will be used to care for children already orphaned due to parents who succumbed to AIDS, as well as programmes to stop the disease from spreading from mother-to-child.

The first installation of the money will be going to Swaziland in Africa, where a shocking 40% of adults are infected with the HIV virus.

Part of the arrangement will be the ?UNICEF? logo on the Spanish club?s blue and scarlet jersey ? which is the first time ever a football club of this magnitude has done such a thing.

Go Barcelona!! Its about time all that money was put to good use.

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