What was that about flat population growth over the drink? Buckle up,UK, the press is on!

      http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/6098326/Baby-boom-sees-UK-population-pass-61-million.html

      Hold the presses! As the New York Times reports, “.....teenagers fueled the early growth of social networks, today they account for 14 percent of MySpace’s users and only 9 percent of Facebook’s.”
       It’s aging wonks that drive Twitter into tweetdom. “Use of social networking by people aged 35 to 54 grew 60 percent in the last year.”
       As Brother Dave Gardner said, “Ain’t that weird?” http://www.laugh.com/main_pages/comicpage.asp?cid=209       http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/26/technology/
internet/26twitter.html?_r=1&hp

Argentina’s Supreme Court, in a bid help its nation become the grooviest place in the Western Hemisphere, has ruled that herb is cool. According to sources at the BBC, the Court recently determined that “it is unconstitutional to punish people for using marijuana for personal consumption.”
      Adding fuel to the fire, the Supremes explained: “Each adult is free to make lifestyle decisions without the intervention of the state.” What a relief!
      When asked to comment, the American delegate to the International Forum on Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, and Dope said, “America doesn’t abide by any Constitution, including our own.”      Traveljetsrusgreenflight.com has reported a 500% increase in air travel to Buenos Aires since the Court’s benevolent ruling.      http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8221599.stm

     Ahoy Generation W (Woodstockers): A new study from the White Lab Coat Guys indicates that “long-term pot smokers were roughly 62 percent less likely to develop head and neck cancers than people who did not smoke pot.”
      Pass the bong! http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32566687/ns/health-cancer/ns/health-cancer/

     DALLAS - A spoonful of sugar? Americans are swallowing 22 teaspoons of sugar each day, and it’s time to cut way back, the American Heart Association says...... a national health survey has shown that kids ages 14 to 18 consume an eye-popping 34 teaspoons of added sugar a day. [MSNBC]
     www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32543288/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/