A 13-year-old Dutch girl who wants to sail around the world alone in a small boat has been ordered into state care for two months. That means Laura Dekker’s parents temporarily lose the right to make decisions about her. Not such a big deal when you think about it. What parent doesn’t lose that right when their kid turns 13?
Abortion Fears Test Bishops
Everyone in the US is talking about health care. It’s an issue that polarizes people. You’re either really in, or really out. Not so much the Roman Catholic Bishops. They’ve been lobbying for universal health insurance for decades but now they’re against it because they fear it will pay for abortions. You learn in the taxi game that social justice is a high wire to walk. Are you damned if you do, or damned if you don’t? I always have trouble with that.
Everyone’s In The Boozer
When Brits go on vacation, they drink. A new survey shows they drink an average eight drinks a day while on vacation which works out to 80 drinks on an average vacation or 200 units of alcohol when only three or four units a day are advisable according to the National Health Service. If it ended with vacation, that would be one thing. It doesn’t. Figures show 10 million adults in England regularly exceed the recommended daily limits for alcohol consumption. And that’s just adults. What’s going with the kids?
Lamb At $3,000 A Pound
A single sheep in Britain sold for $377,000. Deveronvale Perfection, a tub lamb, will be used for breeding. It sounds like a lot until you consider that Tophill Joe, who was bought six years ago for $208,000, earned more than $1.6 million in breeding fees before he died . . . happy!
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