Coe-ist? Hm..I wonder what it means?

Though are we really surprised by this news. I mean Hamas affiliated group publishing cartoon intimating a strong dislike of Jews I thought was par for the course. 

I think the only fair response is a little Israeli Flag-Man punting a crescent moon and star into a trashcan. Though I doubt many Israelis support such a notion.  

In America Islam is not equal to Christianity. How can it be? It is only practiced by a very small percentage of the Nations inhabitants. I bet we have more Jews than Muslims in the US. Further more the cultural contributions of Muslims to the US is very scant. I can't think of any in fact. So how can it be said to be equal to Christianity, when in it virtually non-existent.  

I'm not picking on Muslims here, I can say the same thing about Hinduism and Buddhism too. This is not to say that our laws treat any of these religions differently (certainly not in a negative way). Under the law they are as equal as can be. Culturally the USA is dominated by Christianity with Judaism as a distant second. 

At least that is my interpretation of the word "equal" in this context. So to rephrase the question of the thread. Is Islam culturally equal to Christianity in America. Clearly no. But, is this really a problem? 

I noticed that too. Is there a chance for a Islamist Axis? It would seem unlikely on account that the Sunni Islamists hate the Shia and vice versa. Iraq though has a large Shia presence. Will it break out into secterian violence again if such sharp sectarian  alliances are created?

I think once Gay people start marrying energy prices will inflate due to...just kidding.

There are many markets that need Energy, including Europe, India and Japan. Also as more countries climb into modern economies their energy needs will continue to rise. Basically if we dig the energy out of the ground some one somewhere will use it. I don't think we should worry about China's potential energy reserves. The less centralized energy production is the better it will be for global markets and energy consumers. 

I am skeptical, I saw no indications that the movie will have any of the deep internal psycho drama of the book. I mean in the book you don't ever really get to see the aliens or anything. They are just described. I fear this will be an action romp with a twist at the end, but none of the build up.

It is a fast book because it is a short book, but there is very little action in it from what I recall. I just hope they don't mess Bean up. 

Hardly surprising. I just take that as a given. 

Yah, I honestly thought it was a strange sentiment to throw in. To me it didn't sound like joke, more a statement of fact (at least for him). 

I think what they mean is that Chicago criminals drive down to Gary or up to Racine and buy their guns there. Rather then tourists coming to commit crimes here. This of course is the problem of local gun control mixed with open state borders. 

You know now that you mention it I kind of see it a bit...

Did any one else find his comments that the only reason a pretty white girl would run to a black man is because she was either homeless or in trouble a bit off putting? 

Both my Screen Name and Avatar come from DnD. Valiuth was the name of a Bard character I played back in collage for a bit, and my avatar is a portrait I drew of a different Bard character I made for a Victorian themed DnD one shot (it is also my avatar on Steam for you gamers out there.)

So it is communicating? 

Astonishing: I think that if the goal of the potter is to make something beautiful, he must have some idea of what beauty is and then he is expressing that idea in his production of the pot. That pot tells others what that potter thinks is beautiful. That potter is communicating his idea of beauty to everyone with his pot making. Regardless of his initial intent. 

A great artist I think realizes this and then puts a lot of thought and effort into just what he makes because he knows his work is in a sense speaking to people and he doesn't want to sound like a fool. 

I don't trust flowery threats they may very well indicate impotence. What exactly will Mr. Edrogan do to stop Assad? A true leader would state their threats simply and clearly, because their threats would not need any embellishments. 

I think you would want to avoid cash because it would encourage armed robberies on pay day. But I agree people should be forced to go through the physical act of handing money over to the government every year. Symbolism is important. 

The claim is that continuing warming trends will be bad not that a slight increase that levels off is bad. So it may be fine to say we will be ok with +1C increase but the fear is that it will keep going higher. 

I think it is far from clear that the warming will continue, or just how high it can reach. Further more the proposed solutions seem so bad economically. 

I will declare myself a 3.5 level skeptic.