I have a ~50 mile round trip so I have no other way to commute w/o driving my truck to and fro. Sure is nice that this currency war is going on allowing for this short term downtrend in gas prices. However, if that Saudi prince was right then we'll never see oil approaching the $100/barrel line ever again.

I used to be the biggest fan of Schiff but that was years ago and I've turned toward bitcoin since then. He's had plenty of time to come to grips with what bitcoin has to offer and he's interviewed and discussed it many times w/ top bitcoin industry types. So, when you come from the perspective that fiat is bad as well as the Fed plus you've had plenty of time to be schooled on the greatness of bitcoin and you still stick only to precious metals, I find it a little unusual unless your bread and butter depends on the metals market. Furthermore, bitcoin moreso than not, tends to pry its interested parties from the precious metals community since those are the types that are into alt currencies and sounder money. Hence, Schiff realizes that bitcoin is creeping into the metals' sector and those that would put some of their money there and his maintaining of a hostile attitude despite what I mentioned above is a calculated attempt and staying an ostrich despite the obvious.

True but this media has been working over the average american routinely for the last few months about all this stuff going on overseas w/o mentioning that we funded and trained them on the heels of the Benghazi ordeal, thus orchestrating this whole situation to eventually build public support for interventions that they had been shying away from as a populace over the last 5 years or more. The leading engine that usually leads the way in these things are middle aged and elderly white conservatives that see all the muslims doing this and that and then paint with a broad brush to create the big picture. This then filters down to friends and family members and the average people that are bombarded with this stuff and that's how the mindset of americans has changed so much in such a short amount of time. Especially in the republican party, where the mindset of Rand Paul and a realistic foreign policy had been trending because of the McCains of the world and the funding of these terrorists overseas on purpose. However, short memories forget when Fox News has (The walrus) John Bolton and his neocon buddy Charles Kraugthammer on every night misconstruing what has been going on.

Yes, Chris Kyle is the SEAL team sniper w/ allegedly 255 kills, 160 which have been confirmed by the Dept of Defense. The interesting thing is that back in 2006 he had an altercation w/ former Governor and SEAL member Jesse Ventura and lied in his American Sniper book about knocking him out and had to settle for $1.8 million in damages to Ventura for defamation and unjust enrichment.

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Personally, I think Rand bitched out on this one but considering he's tying up loose ends before inevitably announcing his Prez run coming up here in the spring, I can see why he'd let this one go and even concede territory that he surely wasn't wrong about. This all came during his visit to AZ over the last few days but McCain is one of the most hated Senators esp in his own state where different county republican parties have censored him. Guess I just find this annoying but that's why I couldn't be anything more than just a state party delegate where I'm at. The bottom line is that all these so-called rebels were funded and trained by the US and perhaps the Saudis and then sent on their legion of doom missions which has created the instability once again and consequently allowed the media to showcase it all and allow the neocons to trend again and freak out the american people.

Lol, don't hold your breath. There's no chance in hell this show is over and things are just getting started before the real bull market begins. While the bulls had this coming after a year of wrong calculations, this chatter is on borrowed time. We've either turned the corner or are on the verge of doing so, flat out.

Has this thread become a face-off between the last two posters? Seems like some animosity building up and I'm not even sure why as I haven't been following too closely over the weeks and months, only recently and this is what I noticed.

Trauma that even the emergency room at Lenox Hill Hospital on the Upper East Side of Manhattan couldn't even handle properly. Then, moons, rocket, trains, you name it!  

No kidding, this place is a playground for those that are looking to expand their horizons in such a new world. Learn what you can and don't look back cuz the future is bright as fuck.

It's more likely that the price will have people rejoicing and buyin for bargain prices and jumping for joy as the market turns around and makes a boom in new territory that's inevitable just like the prices of oil prices have people dumbfounded. Know when to hold em and know when to fold em, now ain't the time to throw in the towel but amass like your livelihood depends on it.

Please tell me you didn't locate Satoshi in real life. This would be a sad day in bitcoinland. However, times are looking very strong these days for the new wave in bitcoin rising. 

I'd say step up and stop being a bitch and put some of your money where you think it'll make the most for you. Ok, that was a mouthful. If I was a newer onlooker, I'd note that the bear market that has happened for so long is either over or almost there so the turn around time is closer than say, if you bought in 3-4 months ago. Think about that for a moment. Sideways and up is on the way so the safety net is pretty much intact and you're certainly not exposed to what many where for the last year. The winning road is from here on out. Come back in due time and ask me for one of my addresses so that you can tip me for your good fortunes. I'm happy being your bar tender of wealth.

True, if you throw in the towel and give up you'll regret it for the rest of you life. You might save a few bucks in the short term if you think the bear market still has some legs but if you call it a day, so to speak, this is something you'll be depressed upon forever as you see the market turn around. There's too much at stake and in play for this ecosystem to get a shallow grave that you're seeing purveyed by fly by night accounts popping up here on a daily basis. If you let them work you out of your position then you can only blame yourself as you're watching the boat leaving the harbor when, not if, it does. We're near the culmination of the bear market having diarrhea and coming back to where normal people have decent shits and have fun on the pot for once that it's worth upping your stance and at minimum, holding your water for now. If the bulls were or are here to transfer their bags to the newer folks, it certainly wouldn't be now nor anytime soon. We just want yall to know when the time is right to buy in in full when the last bear market that has plagued so many of us is on the verge of being behind us. Consider yourself being super lucky learning or gaining interest in bitcoin at this time, you've been spared the year of the bullshit and are ready to ride the tidal wave to good times.

I feel bad for anyone fleeing the scene at this time thinking the show is over, on the contrary. All you're doing is setting yourself up for hating life even worse when the next wave gets nasty and you're left alone in the dark and in your room all by yourself eating doritos for dinner cuz you can't afford lobster on a daily basis. This smoking gun hasn't even shown itself yet and certainly hasn't given you a taste at what the future will offer. If you have a vision of the future, you'd be holding or backing the truck up and purchasing like there's no tomorrow and/or planning on doing so. The next wave will be super silly and nasty on the bullish side and all these upcoming and current btc conferences are showcasing what you have to look forward to as the price recorrects to where most of us know it will be. It's easy to want to take a crap and sellout but that's the worst thing you could do and you'll live the rest of your life looking back on this failure to have what you need when the time was right. Don't be stupid and ruin your future by giving up hope when we're so close to moving forward. You gotta have a steel framed stomach lining to make it to the next level. This isn't for the faint of heart yet, if you bail your heart won't do so well watching the rest of us get payed and living the good life from then on in. So many people are soft these days, but if you had to lead the lives of the founders of the USA and pledge your life, liberty and sacred honor this downtrend would be a cake walk and even better, you'd make it out on the other side a magnet for good looking women - that's right I said plural. I'm plural in a bear market down trend so you do the math.

Somebody was fed paint chips as a child and not breast fed! I hope you didn't cash out at such chump prices. There's so much more to be had if patience was a virtue for ya. The next ATH shouldn't be predicted now but will make so many well off and will be a freak out point all across the world.

Despair is rife but I would look forward to the successful launch of the ETF as the point person on the job is top shelf and a celebrity in the business which is why she was chosen for the assignment. I'm not saying there's a timing that is being chilled upon but once the bottom is found, the next launch and rally will freak everyone out. The end result will be groovy times for all those that stuck it out and/or bought in significantly at the right time. I'm telling you and everyone else, the next wave will flag a historical marker in such a way that I'm not exactly sure what event to compare it to. Any bear that wants to counter this is certainly welcome to but be very careful what nonsense you spew cuz the honey badger is gonna get nasty. in the near future.

I'm certainly not saying it will happen but I definitely won't place a bet against it as the long downtrend could trigger a parabolic and violent uptrend that I don't wanna fuck with other than hold. 

I would also mention that their attorney in this SEC battle is quite a heavyweight and knows her way around that whole neck of the woods. She's like the most well known champ in those circles so I highly doubt her credibility and pull won't eventually bring this thing to fruition. In other words, she's a bad bitch that knows how to get shit done and that's why they put her on the job. It's not a matter of if but when this thing pops off. So, place your bets on where this machine sends the price to as opposed to worrying about whether it'll see the light of day. We don't exactly have a gumshoe on the job here, ya know..! More like a sleuth or ace or the head of the entire line of work that all that indulge in think in awe of. If Johnnie Cochran can get OJ off of murder charges, then this broad can land a freaking ETF. Check her history in this line of work and you'll soon find it's in great hands.

Slang for idiots that are buying something that will never see another day. OTOH, could also and likely be smart buyers that will see the fruits beyond one's comprehension in due time. My money is on the latter and so are those betting on the all the startups making products that will make the community a better place for the common person via all these bitcoin conferences going on now and into the winter of 2015 and beyond.