If Iran does not want the bomb then all they have to do is dismantle
their underground fortified enrichment facilities and turn over all
their uranium processing to outside sources.

Iran could in this way assure everyone that they do not have any
intention of developing nuclear weapons while obtaining as much
reactor grade uranium that they could want.

Iran has been offered this solution from day one but they reject it
and instead work on nuclear weapons grade enrichment progress in the
fortified underground installations.

Actions speak louder than words.

Freedoms? Iran is one of the most repressive terrorist supporters in
the world and while they work feverishly on developing nuclear arms
capabilities they continue to call for the extermination of Israelis
when Israel really does have all the freedoms that Iran lacks.

This has nothing to do with freedom - except the freedom of Israel
and other countries to be protected from radical Islamic Iranian
extremists.

Iran should not have the freedom to fund terrorists to attack the US
and Israel. Iran should not have the freedom to build nuclear weapons
to arm terrorists attacking the US and Israel. Iran should not have
the freedom to threaten to harm Israel (which they call the little
Satan) or the US (which they call the Great Satan).

Iran should not have the freedom to violently repress their own
citizens, criminalize what women wear as clothing or criminalize
higher education of females etc etc..

In short, Iran's freedoms should end when it comes to violent
attacks and threats against others. Iran's freedoms should end when
it comes to radical repression. Particularly when it comes
to the development of weapons of mass destruction capability because
of Iran's demonstrated history of attacking innocent people with
their support of terrorist actions, the world must be vigilant
against terrorist sponsors developing such horrific weapons capabilities.

1. Because Ashkenazi Jews practice Judaism. That is why they are
called Ashkenazi Jews.



2. It is crazy to expect that people who have the same religion
would get married and have kids who also practice the same religion
with their family. That is just crazy talk!?!



Why would people with the same religion be related? It's unfathomable.

Top 10 Reasons Iran does not want the bomb

10. Radiation is scary and they don't want to touch Uranium.
9. Already have devastating "camel bombs"!
8. North Korea has promised to protect them.
7. They need all their resources to suppress their own population.
6. The underground centrifuges are needed for biological weapons development.
5. Sexy weapons are too exciting for men and they will have to put hijabs on all of the warheads.
4. Saudi Arabia told them they don't need the bomb.
3. Afraid of Obama.
2. Iranian people are poor and starving.
1. Ahmadinejad would never do anything to jeopardize his warm relationship with Jews and Israelis!

Judging people solely based on their photograph sounds like bigotry
to me.

Sounds like HSBC has admitted to the crimes and has agreed to ~
$2 billion in sanctions but I agree that some of those who started and
perpetuated the money laundering should go to jail. I cannot see
how that would "destroy" HSBC.

Have to ask the prosecutors why not.

Have not been so excited since 11-11-11

Jeannie, the whole entire reason for Israel's existence is to be
a place where Jews can find a place to live free to worship their
religion without persecution.

In Israel, unlike the neighboring states, Jews can live and worship
as they see fit, go wherever they like and pray openly. In fact,
Israel is the ONLY place in the Mideast where anyone can worship
whatever religion they wish free from persecution. It is a great
place to live and a wonderful open society for the religious and
non-religious alike but Israel's identity is uniquely Jewish as it
has been since almost 2000 years before Christ.

Honestly, this is a really good thing and serves as an example the
many Islamic states of the world could follow to improve their
societies.

This represents the situation fairly well.

Israel abandoned the West Bank and Gaza to Palestinian governance
years ago but no real government every took hold. The PLO died with
Arafat and a more corrupt disgusting inept and useless governance
has never existed.

Now different areas are controlled by local gangs and various terrorist
groups like Hamas and Islamic Jihad. No one has a clear mandate
and all the areas are ruled through fear, extrajudicial beatings
and killings and threats. All the groups are broke and depend on
smuggling and terrorist support charities most of them rabidly
and baldly antisemitic.

So, Israel takes steps to safeguard their security first and has
to let the various Palestinian warring factions to fight it out
themselves regarding dominance. This is not government of course
but merely mob fiefdom rule. They want a unified state and the
rest of the world would like to see some sort of order there as
well but for now it is a pipe dream.

I blame the Rothschilds.

1. Ashkenazi Jews and Zionist Jews both of whom are descended from
Jews of ancient Israel have the right to live with other Jews together
in their original homeland if they wish.

2. Israel not only has a right to determine their national religion
but they also have a duty to do so and preserve a place where all
Jews can live free from religious persecution. It is all too obvious
why this is necessary after the mass killings of Jews and unjust
persecution of Jews throughout the Mideast and Europe and Asia.

3. The genetic evidence clearly shows the connection of the Ashkenazi Jews and Zionist Jews in face all Jews to their ancient
heritage. It refutes the idiotic claim that Ashkenazi Jews were
descended primarily from the Khazars and that all Jews share a
common religious and genetic heritage related to ancient Israel.

1. The theory that Ashkenazi Jews are primarily descended from
Khazars is a load of dung beetle food.

The theory that all or most Ashkenazi Jews might be descended from Khazars dates back to the racial studies of late 19th century Europe. In most cases it has been cited to assert that most modern Jews are not descended from Israelites and/or to refute Israeli claims to Israel.

It was first publicly proposed in lecture given by the racial-theorist Ernest Renan on January 27, 1883, titled "Judaism as a Race and as Religion."[72] It was repeated in articles in The Dearborn Independent in 1923 and 1925, and popularized by racial theorist Lothrop Stoddard in a 1926 article in the Forum titled "The Pedigree of Judah", where he argued that Ashkenazi Jews were a mix of people, of which the Khazars were a primary element.

The Khazar theory still enjoys popularity among anti-Zionists[55] and antisemites.[80] Such proponents argue that if Ashkenazi Jews are primarily Khazar and not Semitic in origin, they would have no historical claim to Israel, nor would they be the subject of God's Biblical promise of Canaan to the Israelites, thus undermining the theological basis of both Jewish religious Zionists and Christian Zionists. In the 1970s and 80s the Khazar theory was also advanced by some Russian chauvinist antisemites, particularly the historian Lev Gumilyov, who portrayed "Judeo-Khazars" as having repeatedly sabotaged Russia's development since the 7th century.[81]

Bernard Lewis, stated in 1999:

This theory… is supported by no evidence whatsoever. It has long since been abandoned by all serious scholars in the field, including those in Arab countries, where the Khazar theory is little used except in occasional political polemics.

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The genetic evidence also shows that the Khazar theory of the origin
of Ashkenazi Jews is a asinine.

A 1999 study by Hammer et al., published in the Proceedings of the United States National Academy of Sciences compared the Y chromosomes of Ashkenazi, Roman, North African, Kurdish, Near Eastern, Yemenite, and Ethiopian Jews with 16 non-Jewish groups from similar geographic locations. It found that "Despite their long-term residence in different countries and isolation from one another, most Jewish populations were not significantly different from one another at the genetic level... The results support the hypothesis that the paternal gene pools of Jewish communities from Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East descended from a common Middle Eastern ancestral population, and suggest that most Jewish communities have remained relatively isolated from neighboring non-Jewish communities during and after the Diaspora."[82] According to Nicholas Wade "The results accord with Jewish history and tradition and refute theories like those holding that Jewish communities consist mostly of converts from other faiths, or that they are descended from the Khazars, a medieval Turkish tribe that adopted Judaism.

A 2010 study on Jewish ancestry by Atzmon et al. says "Two major groups were identified by principal component, phylogenetic, and identity by descent (IBD) analysis: Middle Eastern Jews and European/Syrian Jews. The IBD segment sharing and the proximity of European Jews to each other and to southern European populations suggested similar origins for European Jewry and refuted large-scale genetic contributions of Central and Eastern European and Slavic populations to the formation of Ashkenazi Jewry.

In August 2012, Dr. Harry Ostrer summarizing his, as well as all genetic studies carried out in last 20 years, stated in his book "Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People" that all major Jewish groups do have common Middle Eastern origin, originating from ancient Israelites, and refuted any large scale genetic contribution from the Turkic Khazars.

2. Hebrews (Hebrew: עברים or עבריים, Tiberian ʿIḇrîm, ʿIḇriyyîm; Modern Hebrew ʿIvrim, ʿIvriyyim; ISO 259-3 ʕibrim, ʕibriyim) is an ethnonym used in the Tanakh (Jewish Bible). It is mostly taken as synonymous with the Semitic Israelites.[1]

By the Roman era, Greek Hebraios could refer to the Jews in general, as Strong's Hebrew Dictionary puts it "any of the Jewish Nation"[2] and at other times more specifically to the Jews living in Judea.

The Old Testament of the Christian Bible uses Hebrews and Jews interchangeably, in the Book Of Esther (2:5) Mordechai the Benjamite is called a Jew,[3] though he is not of the tribe of Judah. In Jonah 1:9 Jonah is called a Hebrew.[4]

In Armenian, Italian, Kurdish, Old French and a few other languages the transfer of the name from Hebrew to Jew never took place, and 'Hebrew' is the primary used word for a Jew.

Jews are also called Hebrews which refers to the language of Jews.

Hebrews=Jews so there is no problem there.

From the Wiki

Hebrews (Hebrew: עברים or עבריים, Tiberian ʿIḇrîm, ʿIḇriyyîm; Modern Hebrew ʿIvrim, ʿIvriyyim; ISO 259-3 ʕibrim, ʕibriyim) is an ethnonym used in the Tanakh (Jewish Bible). It is mostly taken as synonymous with the Semitic Israelites, especially in the pre-monarchic period when they were still nomadic, but in some instances it may also be used in a wider sense, referring to the Phoenicians, or to other ancient groups, such as the group known as Shasu of Yhw on the eve of the Bronze Age collapse.[1]

By the Roman era, Greek Hebraios could refer to the Jews in general, as Strong's Hebrew Dictionary puts it "any of the Jewish Nation"[2] and at other times more specifically to the Jews living in Judea.

The Old Testament of the Christian Bible uses Hebrews and Jews interchangeably, in the Book Of Esther (2:5) Mordechai the Benjamite is called a Jew,[3] though he is not of the tribe of Judah. In Jonah 1:9 Jonah is called a Hebrew.[4]

In Armenian, Italian, Kurdish, Old French and a few other languages the transfer of the name from Hebrew to Jew never took place, and 'Hebrew' is the primary used word for a Jew.[5][6][7][8]

No point in dancing around on the head of a pin.

Jews and Hebrews can be used interchangeably. Hebrew is the language
of the Jews and since antiquity Jews have been referred to as
Hebrews ie. those who speak Hebrew - namely the Jews.



Jews married other Jews just because they shared the same religious
beliefs - exactly the same as <your religion here> married within
the same religion. No conspiracy - just normal social behavior.



And the genetic evidence properly interpreted does indeed destroy
Sand's and others arguments which attempt to diminish unjustifiably
the obvious ties of the Jews to their homeland Israel.

The sources I cited are peer reviewed scientific journals.

The website you cite above is an antisemitic hate propaganda
website (khazaria).

There is no point in making citations to hate speech like
Der Sturmer and trying to act like it is bonafide literature!

By Robert J. Avrech | October 10, 2012
Prominent Saudi Says Israel Is Not The Enemy

The media in the Arab Muslim world is, for the most part, a swamp of victimhood, conspiracy theories, Jew-hatred, blood libels, delusional intellectuals, and fanatic Islamist genocidiers.

But every once in a while a whiff of truth slips past the gate keepers. The following article by Abdulateef Al-Mulhim, a retired commodore in the Saudi Royal Navy, and published in the Arab News, Saudi Arabia, is a remarkable piece of truth-telling. Mr. Al-Mulhim shatters the basic myth of the Arab Muslim world: that Israel is the source of all Muslim troubles, the primal enemy who must be destroyed.

In fact, so articulate is the core message of this article that it would never even be published in today’s NY Times, for it is a direct repudiation of every word ever written by Thomas Friedman.

Alas, Seraphic Secret confesses that as soon as we read Mr. Al-Mulhim’s article, we understood that this honest and courageous man has painted a huge “Kill Me” sign on his back.

http://www.seraphicpress.com/prominent-saudi-says-israel-is-not-the-enemy/

From: http://mingle2.com/topic/show/330188?page=5



you really need to read up on some of the Genetic Research!

laugh

you are sorely behind times!laughing

And here is a link to the American Journal of Human Genetics article.

http://www.cell.com/AJHG/abstract/S0002-9297%2810%2900246-6

And in case you cannot get that link to work - Here is the abstract:

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Abstract

For more than a century, Jews and non-Jews alike have tried to define the relatedness of contemporary Jewish people. Previous genetic studies of blood group and serum markers suggested that Jewish groups had Middle Eastern origin with greater genetic similarity between paired Jewish populations. However, these and successor studies of monoallelic Y chromosomal and mitochondrial genetic markers did not resolve the issues of within and between-group Jewish genetic identity. Here, genome-wide analysis of seven Jewish groups (Iranian, Iraqi, Syrian, Italian, Turkish, Greek, and Ashkenazi) and comparison with non-Jewish groups demonstrated distinctive Jewish population clusters, each with shared Middle Eastern ancestry, proximity to contemporary Middle Eastern populations, and variable degrees of European and North African admixture. Two major groups were identified by principal component, phylogenetic, and identity by descent (IBD) analysis: Middle Eastern Jews and European/Syrian Jews. The IBD segment sharing and the proximity of European Jews to each other and to southern European populations suggested similar origins for European Jewry and refuted large-scale genetic contributions of Central and Eastern European and Slavic populations to the formation of Ashkenazi Jewry. Rapid decay of IBD in Ashkenazi Jewish genomes was consistent with a severe bottleneck followed by large expansion, such as occurred with the so-called demographic miracle of population expansion from 50,000 people at the beginning of the 15th century to 5,000,000 people at the beginning of the 19th century. Thus, this study demonstrates that European/Syrian and Middle Eastern Jews represent a series of geographical isolates or clusters woven together by shared IBD genetic threads.

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Yes, amazingly enough there is common ancestry for all groups from
all over the world and it is traced back to the Middle East. Using
the latest and best DNA techniques! You may not like it but it is
a fact.


http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0002929710002466



Way behind,and so is your Friend!laughing

The intro lesson..
http://youtu.be/iF5TDcNcxMk

Rory Block

and...Travelin Blues...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tk0J1ZOBobE&feature=share&list=AL94UKMTqg-9Am-TzQbf1AtLsxxKlTvBM-

Travis pickin
http://youtu.be/Go8x_1fD5vM
Muhlenberg County

Al Dimeola flat picking
Mediterranean Sundance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhccIfevjCU&feature=share&list=AL94UKMTqg-9BiURyjEikiZo6UiezQm_PG

She told me she listens to this song and still thinks of me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_OLUSELxFok

http://youtu.be/CvFH_6DNRCY