Either way, onced it hits a certain level, it will trigger a massive sell off which will further push the price down, or even cause a crash. My prediction for that level is somewhere around $200-300 where the bitcoin fever started picking up last year

The price is dropping for no reason. Some says its falling out of favor since public interest is waning, some say its just maturing.

Two guys are drinking at a bar. The first says "Do you ever start thinking about something, and when you go to talk, you say something you dont mean?" The Second guy says "Yeah, I was at the airport buying plane tickets, and the chick behind the counter had these huge tits, and instead of asking her for two tickets to Pittsburgh I asked for two tickets to Titsburgh. The First guy says, "Yeah, well I was having breakfast with my wife last week, and instead of saying Honey can you please pass me the sugar?, I said Youve ruined my life you F..... Bitch....!

Who really gives a fat flying shit. I bet midgets on average make less than women, and blacks make less than Hispanics, who make less than midgets, but more than Native Americans.

Those textbooks have always existed, though. It has never changed.

Half the time I make posts indicating what I believe is the general opinion of people in the US. They aren't particularly my perspective. But they indicate the hurdle that the Palestinians have to get over in terms of public opinion. Take Rand Paul. He likely wants to end most foreign aid for the time being. I think it's probably a good long term strategy, but as soon as people understood he meant Israel too, people went batshit insane. That is a terrible knee jerk reaction by people.

I don't pretend to have the depth of information you do. However, while having information is useful, it's only worthwhile if applied with real world experience of just how underhanded people in positions of power can be. And in that department, what I see from you is more of a philosophical perspective that causes you to weight the information you have into a collage that puts one side in a better light than perhaps they should be. In order for me to build that kind of knowledge base, I would have to spend more time on it than I have available. So I count on you to have the historical data that I pick and choose through, but I bear in mind that you are still more ideological than you need to be in order to be dispassionate on the subject. Which is great for me. I enjoy listening as much as anything. As far as addressing that Israel has not lived up to it's agreements? I don't question that at all, so there is nothing to address as far as I can see. Israel manipulating the situation to take advantage of fringe group attacks? Absolutely. Those three kids were a good example, but I don't see a way to effectively throw that back at Israel.

My father can't talk (throat cancer) so we email/Facebook almost daily. I visit 1-3 times a month. I barely speak to my mother. Maybe once a month if she's lucky.

I had blood work done in April and it was over $740.  I was SHOCKED!!!  I have blood work routinely but it's never cost more than $400.

I paid it in thirds.  Who has $700 sitting around?

Mainstream Hamas?


I wouldn't call the Palestinians chiefly responsible, but close to equally.

You're avoiding the issue here. Can you tell me what the various arabic schools teach their children about the proper Israeli borders? Bearing in mind I have several friends who either have children, or used to have children in schools in Kuwait, Oman, Lebanon, Iran, and Iraq, and UAE.

I realize you disagree. But you are under the impression that Israel is the only one, or mostly in the wrong. You are incorrect, imo.

Actually, it depends on the eventual destruction of Israel, as the more violent muslims in the area will never stop until Israel is gone, and the majority of the population, while not being willing to participate in something like that, are more than happy to look the other way.

Evolution is a fact. It cannot be denied. It is a reality and the proof has built up over 150 years. To deny evolution is to defy common sense. Do not ask me to prove something that has been abundantly proved. There are more facts about evolution on the internet that can be read in a life time. Show me one single piece of evidence that the Biblical creation stories are real and really happened?

Top ten comparisons of religion and hypocrisy:

10 - You vigorously deny the existence of thousands of gods claimed by other religions, but feel outraged when someone denies the existence of yours.
9 - You feel insulted and "dehumanized" when scientists say that people evolved from other life forms, but you have no problem with the Biblical claim that we were created from dirt.
8 - You laugh at polytheists, but you have no problem believing in a Triune God.
7 - Your face turns purple when you hear of the "atrocities" attributed to Allah, but you don't even flinch when hearing about how God/Jehovah slaughtered all the babies of Egypt in "Exodus" and ordered the elimination of entire ethnic groups in "Joshua" including women, children, and trees!
6 - You laugh at Hindu beliefs that deify humans, and Greek claims about gods sleeping with women, but you have no problem believing that the Holy Spirit impregnated Mary, who then gave birth to a man-god who got killed, came back to life and then ascended into the sky.
5 - You are willing to spend your life looking for little loopholes in the scientifically established age of Earth (few billion years), but you find nothing wrong with believing dates recorded by Bronze Age tribesmen sitting in their tents and guessing that Earth is a few generations old.
4 - You believe that the entire population of this planet with the exception of those who share your beliefs -- though excluding those in all rival sects - will spend Eternity in an infinite Hell of Suffering. And yet consider your religion the most "tolerant" and "loving."
3 - While modern science, history, geology, biology, and physics have failed to convince you otherwise, some idiot rolling around on the floor speaking in "tongues" may be all the evidence you need to "prove" Christianity.
2 - You define 0.01% as a "high success rate" when it comes to answered prayers. You consider that to be evidence that prayer works. And you think that the remaining 99.99% FAILURE was simply the will of God.
1 - You actually know a lot less than many atheists and agnostics do about the Bible, Christianity, and church history - but still call yourself a Christian.

Evolution is evidence and that "supports" my position. What supports yours? Science and religion are incompatible.

And I've always had a problem with people overcomplicating the issue. My opinions tend to get formed from people I know from the area. As far as I can tell, anyone from Israel, Gaza, West Bank has told me exactly what I said. Each one feels their position is slightly better, but the overwhelming majority feel that the people who stay and fight continuously want to fight, and want to let hatred run their lives. One of these people even spent a fair amount of time in an Israeli prison, and was in government during the Arafat years. He doesn't like the Israelis, and he feels they are more in the wrong, but his opinion remains that both sides are crazy. I know several Israelis that have a different perspective on who is more wrong, but when asked, they just throw up their hands and say they're all nuts.

So you can have a problem with it, but it seems many people from the area who are more interested in making something of their lives, and raising a family without this kind of violence disagree with you.

Trying to say the Palestinians or Israelis are solely at fault is just silly and counter productive. Militarily Israel is more at fault simply because they have a far superior military. Culturally, Palestinians and the larger arab world is more at fault. As in, check out the Israeli borders on all maps in middle eastern schools.

I also agree the best answer is for the US to gradually withdraw, leaving the status quo in place, and letting both sides know they deserve each other. Neither side can really win without a complete genocide, and that will reap it's own problems. As Umair127 mentioned, it needs to be properly discussed, and the consequences need to be clearly laid out...mostly for the benefit of the Israelis/Palestinians, who will not be happy with that outcome.

This is why I don't really have a side in that conflict. I see both sides as crazy, religious/cultural fanatics that would rather die than come to a rational compromise. The ones that remain there are nuts. They live to propagate the hatred.

The biggest mistake is the idea of an "connection" between creation and religion. There is none. Its self evident that religious creation stories are fanciful, implausible and made up. Only science sees through the mythology and finds the truth. Religion may make you feel good but only science can enlighten.

All life on our planet and all the natural wonders on it developed from an combination of evolution and vast amounts of time. That has nothing to do with any concept of a "God". God did not create us...we created him. Ancient peoples created God and religion because there was no science and no explanations for the phenomena around them.

Science isn't interested in proving that God doesn't exist. Religion is not a factor in any of sciences many disciplines. Science has, quite by accident, shown that a God was not necessary for the creation of the universe and the creation of all life on the planet. If a God is not necessary than it follows it is not necessary to believe in one. Correct?