^I've read "scientists" are attributing the increase of asthma in people to a lack of exposure to bacteria. Our clean freak moms could be to blame. Our immune systems have kept the human species alive for 200,000 years, so it makes sense that denying it bacteria to fight, it could react negatively against good cells in your body. It's like a bored teenager waiting to rebel.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article3863223.ece

This is from 2005 apparently.
Times Article

The paper itself.

An apology for misunderstanding him? Misunderstanding?! They understood his theory perfectly fine, why else would their "first reaction" have lasted a two centuries ...

Meanwhile, a hot Italian comedian is facing prosecution for "offending the honour of the sacred and inviolable person" of Benedict XVI by saying he ought to be in hell, tormented by great big poofter devils, and very active ones, not passive ones.

Oh, man, and I hate that 'real journalists' can spout crap about stuff like this.

this article states that everything you see in the video is CG, which is patently false

>> ^EDD:
And those thousands of civilians dead and the whole country upturned and marauded is a bit too high a price to pay for a tiny ounce of political leverage, no?


Are you familiar with something known as the Bush/Cheney administration?

You should spend a little time looking into their activities regarding 9/11, Iraq, Afghanistan, John Kerry Swiftboaters, and Katrina, for starters, then get back to me about political leverage.

Maybe provoking Russia into attacking Georgia provided a little "leverage" for the Poles to host the USA's missile shield, no?

"Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov laid blame on the United States for supporting and training Georgian military forces"
- http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4491738.ece

History, repeating, again and again and again.

>> ^Farhad2000:
The Islamic hordes will roll over the Western world making your women castrate themselves, make you attend Mosques and bend down to the will of Allah. Then they will eat your babies too. Maybe push your grandmother down a flight of stairs.
Am sorry I can't take this bullshit seriously anymore.


Yeah there's probably nothing to worry about... Islam is the 2nd religion in Europe and some of the most influential Muslim clerics in the world clearly state they'd like to see Islam conquer the continent. A third of BRITISH Muslim students support killing in the name of their faith and Sharia law in the UK is supported by almost half of UK Muslims.

Thanks for letting us now this isn't something we have to even consider as worrisome Farhad.

>> ^Crosswords:
I'm not so sure about Iran being a 3rd world nation without a significant military. Okay sure its not on the same level as the United States, but its not exactly Botswana either. Also nuking Iran? Who has been saying that?


Technically, Iran is 3rd World. And it's not so much that the US is contemplating using nuclear weapons against Iran as it is Israel, I believe.

Maybe they wear it because taking it off is dangerous even in western countries?

You really seem to not know about the intricate nature of the issues you raise about muslim intergration within Europe. Furthermore picking a few anti-Islamic, anti-Immigration, pro-conservative websites doesn't give the issue fair light.

This BBC News report shows the issue in better light. Also this MSNBC interactive site, the common words being mentioned is poverty, alienation, discrimination and integration problems.

The issue isn't so much religion in Europe it's social reactionism against immigration, using the Islamic religion as a scape goat to increase anti-immigration sentiment. Tell me the last time someone put the issue in favourble light in the last 7 years post 9/11 and the whole radical Islam scare, before 9/11 we could look at terrorism as simply that but now we couple it with the Islamic faith.

Islam being a religion of war? Please. If Islam was a religion of war you'd be screwed then because you know its the single largest religious denomination now in the world? But for some reason all these ideas only exist in your fantasies.

Am sick and tired of this hypocrisy with regards to claiming Islam a religion of war, you connect anything a Muslim person does to his religion, I bet if a Muslim kills an American tomorrow it won't be that one person killed another but will be reported as "Muslim Slays American".

Think of it this way from the same perspective "Christian President Declares War on Islamic Nations of Afghanistan and Iraq". There we go again. Its the myth of clash of civilizations. Go back to 1999, no one gave a shit about Islam, now post 9/11 and the media drive everyone has become a buck shot specialist on the 'threat' of Islam.

Oh, and as the article notes, it happened in Hawaii, though it was an Iraqi veteran.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article3481977.ece

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article3481977.ece

Good idea with the title edit, but the location is wrong - it's Hawaii http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article3481977.ece

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SofaKing: I have no inherent dislike of Marines.

fortunately more happened in the 70s
http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article3320101.ece

joedirt, only diamonds can submit videos from non supported flash sources can't they?

Here another version, lets try to keep it alive. The craziness of Scientology must be revealed.


Here is some background analysis on the clip which explains a few of the acronyms used.