political nonsense

Scientists decided they didn’t actually know how HIV works.
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Egypt’s state-appointed Grand Mufti said on Sunday that female genital cutting was forbidden by Islam after an 11-year-old girl died while undergoing the procedure at a private medical clinic in southern Egypt.
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Scientists found that circumcision routinely removes the five areas of the penis most receptive to fine-touch.
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A 15 year old boy was suspended and accused of using and selling marijuana at school for arguing that marijuana is less threatening than alcohol and cigarettes.

“I’ve never smoked marijuana. I’ve never even seen it,”

he said.

[marijuana]
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A man who spent five years in jail for exposing sexual partners to HIV was sentenced to life in prison for knowingly exposing another woman to the virus.
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A study concluded that prehistoric man had sex for fun, engaging in practices ranging from bondage to group sex, transvestism and the use of sex toys.
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The General Teaching Council concluded that national testing in England is failing to improve standards, leaving pupils demotivated and stressed and encouraging bored teenagers to drop out of school.
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The government warned consumers on Friday to avoid using toothpaste made in China because it may contain a poisonous chemical used in antifreeze.

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President Bush called Wednesday for Congress to spend $30 billion to fight global AIDS over the next five years, a near doubling of financing that is part of a White House effort to burnish Mr. Bush’s humanitarian credentials before he meets leaders of the Group of 8 industrialized nations next week.
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According to Dr. Phillip Leveque who has studied marijuana for fifty years and had more than 4000 patients, marijuana is less addictive and less dangerous than Starbuck’s espresso.

[dangerous]
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Researchers at Johns Hopkins University linked throat cancer to oral sex.

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The largest study of its kind has unexpectedly concluded that smoking marijuana, even regularly and heavily, does not lead to lung cancer.
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The maker of the powerful painkiller OxyContin and three of its current and former executives pleaded guilty Thursday to misleading the public about the drug’s risk of addiction, a federal prosecutor and the company said.
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Senator John McCain of Arizona said he would follow Osama bin Laden to the gates of hell; he is also not sure whether condoms help stop the spread of HIV.
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According to the latest Pew Research survey, the most knowledgeable Americans are regular viewers of “The Daily Show.” The stupidest Americans watch Fox News.
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Crystal Meth is now available in candy flavors, such as strawberry quick. Law enforcement agents are concerned the strawberry flavoring may make the drug appear less dangerous.
“Teenagers who have been taught meth is bad may see this flavored version as less harmful,” they said.
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A Massachusetts elementary school banned tag.
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The Israeli human rights organization Gisha has filed a petition with the Israeli Supreme Court to overturn a new policy that bars Palestinians from enrolling at universities in Israel.
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British Minister of State for Public Health said that pregnant British teens, seeking to ease their labor pains, were smoking to reduce the birth weight of their babies.

Studies have shown that women who smoke during pregnancy are three times more likely to have a low birthweight baby.
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All adolescents and adults should be tested routinely for HIV infection in hospitals, clinics, and doctors’ offices no matter the reason for their visit, federal officials said today, signaling a radical shift in the public health approach to the 25 year-old epidemic.
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