Noteworthy News

[zebo-the-fat]

So, maybe not the best place to start a photography business! miserable buggers!

[brewer]

So are they not allowed to take pictures of earthworms or fish?

Correct. No pictures of anything. The Hassidim are not ones to look for loopholes.

Boru

Could they have earthworms or fish art?

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Correct. No pictures of anything. The Hassidim are not ones to look for loopholes.

Boru

Could they have earthworms or fish art?

ANY likeness of ANY thing is prohibited.

Boru

[brewer]

Could they have earthworms or fish art?

ANY likeness of ANY thing is prohibited.

Boru

I'll bet they have lot's of cheaters.

[h4ym4n]

Odd they say "no graven images" so what are the statues and carvings of Jesus and Mary if not graven images?   (I am assuming that "graven" means something like engraved, but I could be wrong)

Not to mention 

Leviticus 19:28
New International Version

28 “‘Do not cut your bodies for the dead or put tattoo marks on yourselves. I am the Lord.



All the idiots with crucifix and jeebus images on their bodies. 

[Thumpalumpacus]

ANY likeness of ANY thing is prohibited.

Boru

I'll bet they have lot's of cheaters.

No family pictures, not my problem.

[Mister Agenda]

I think the only reasonable loophole on the no graven images thing is abstract art.

[pocaracas]

MPs to vote on Rishi Sunak's smoking ban bill

Anyone turning 15 from this year would be banned from ever buying cigarettes under the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which also makes vapes less appealing to children.

A number of Tory MPs have told the BBC they won't back the bill.
Conservative MPs will get a free vote on it so they won't be ordered to vote with the government, but the bill is likely to pass as it has Labour and Lib Dem support.

The bill would make the sale of tobacco products, rather than the act of smoking, illegal.

Tobacco use is the UK's single biggest preventable cause of death, killing two-thirds of long-term users and causing 80,000 deaths every year.

On top of that, a patient is admitted to hospital with a smoking-related condition, such as heart disease, strokes and lung cancer, almost every minute in England.

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said the bill would save thousands of lives and "ease the strain" on the NHS.

She said: "Too many people know someone whose life has been tragically cut short or irreversibly changed because of smoking, which despite significant progress remains the UK's biggest preventable killer.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68816566

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

MPs to vote on Rishi Sunak's smoking ban bill

Anyone turning 15 from this year would be banned from ever buying cigarettes under the Tobacco and Vapes Bill, which also makes vapes less appealing to children.

A number of Tory MPs have told the BBC they won't back the bill.
Conservative MPs will get a free vote on it so they won't be ordered to vote with the government, but the bill is likely to pass as it has Labour and Lib Dem support.

The bill would make the sale of tobacco products, rather than the act of smoking, illegal.

Tobacco use is the UK's single biggest preventable cause of death, killing two-thirds of long-term users and causing 80,000 deaths every year.

On top of that, a patient is admitted to hospital with a smoking-related condition, such as heart disease, strokes and lung cancer, almost every minute in England.

Health Secretary Victoria Atkins said the bill would save thousands of lives and "ease the strain" on the NHS.

She said: "Too many people know someone whose life has been tragically cut short or irreversibly changed because of smoking, which despite significant progress remains the UK's biggest preventable killer.

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-politics-68816566

We had the exact same law in place here, set to take effect this July. Then the right-wingers got back in and repealed it. I hope the UK has better luck.

Boru

[Jackalope]

I wish the UK luck with that - Mexico banned smoking in spaces open to the public, display of tobacco products, and the importation of vape products. Unfortunately, few around here seem interested in enforcing it.