More mad cackling matters

There are so many commentworthy (is that even a word?) news stories out there every day...

* According to a study, British girls have now overtaken boys in teenage binge drinking. Britain has "exceptionally high levels of heavy drinking and illicit drug use".

Personally, I think anyone acquainted with the general appearance of Britons will understand why they feel a need to drink themselves blind - the very survival of their people depends on it. And I guess the only thing worse than facing hanky panky with a British female is to risk it with a British male, hence the unorthodox binge ratio.

* The African National Congress is criticizing the US over the use of AIDS drug nevirapine in Africa. This coming from the party running a nation whose president, Thabo Mbeki, for YEARS refused to acknowledge that AIDS is caused by HIV. His feetdragging caused thousands of his countrymen's lives. And how 'bout doing something with the widespread local belief that sex with virgins cures AIDS? Might take care of yer reputation as the rape capital of the world, eh? Then again, this is not the first time a crakpot 3rd world leader finds it more convenient to blame Great Satan than to actually do something to improve things at home.

* Locals raped by foreign soldiers. Iraq? Nah, then you'd have heard about it, 'cause it'd be all over the news, all over the world. Instead, it is our beloved United Nations (aka the Annan Family Retirement Fund): "The United Nations said recently that it had uncovered 150 allegations of sexual abuse committed by United Nations peacekeepers stationed in Congo". Also: "The allegations leveled against United Nations personnel in Congo include sex with underage partners, sex with prostitutes and rape".

I'd love to see what the blue helmets could do in Abu Graib.

* American "working girls" are getting organized. Oh no... does this mean we'll have to pay more?

* The ACLU has been accused of violating their members privacy rights in their neverending quest for donor's money. What? Ideal groups turning into mere self-serving money machines is news? This happened to most environmental and human rights groups years ago! When the treehuggers at Greenpeace can bother themselves with Norwegian minke whale hunting and the bleeding heart wussies at Amnesty International can focus on the US turning serial killers to toast, they simply have too much spare time.