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It's even funnier that in response to the obvious joke you call out American cops as being the criminals when in fact ours:

http://www.nationalgeographic....

Atlantis was not underground.

However there are recent findings that indicate Atlantis might have been a coastal city of Spain: http://www.nationalgeographic.... (there is more, just google).

Assuming the city ever existed as it is AFAIK only mentioned by a single author.

Glad you found it interesting. Hey, there's evidence that Australia was a hemp colony (the sativa kind) too.

Nope, after reassignment suicide is barely over the level of the general population. And as for your claim that "men cannot become women and women cannot become men", it happens naturally to some humans.

Australia. I'm sure the kangaroos will be thrilled again. Skylab was an absolute blast last time.

Hey we taught NASA a lesson for that. Surely the Chinese government won't want a repeat of that disaster.

When you say "we" are you including these people: http://news.nationalgeographic... I've traveled a fair bit, IMO the US has the most ignorance towards anything outside it's borders than any other country I've been to.

According to national Geographic, raw human excrement, aka poop, is commonly used as crop fertilizer. Yum. http://news.nationalgeographic...

The classic 'American dream' is possibility. It's the idea that anyone can potentially work their way to great success, regardless of starting position. Even if they are born in poverty. It may be very difficult, but it can be done.

You know? There is a difference between possibility and probability.
To exemplify: there are higher odds you'll be injured on or near your toilet than it is to win the lottery - and, lemme guess, one necessarily takes more frequent chances with a toilet than with lotto (if you know what consequence I'm alluding here).

There are plenty of examples of people who did it via some mix of skill, luck and hard work. This is in contrast to the old way, where family background defined one's role in society to a much greater extent.

Well, one doesn't need search hard to find those thousands that lost (and were forgotten in the next minutes) for every one that has been a winner.

I guess I can take break to ponder a bit over the necessary vs the sufficient.
See, being cautios, having hope and staying positive, persevering and keeping cool will go long way in overcoming the obstacles and may seem like a necessity , but ...
even if you deeply believe in you, better stop kidding yourself: having rich parents is absolutely sufficient and certainly helps more than any and all the above.

Well, enough with the dreams and cliches, I really need to get back to work

No, just no. There is no evidence for vaccines causing autism and there never was. http://news.nationalgeographic.com.au/news/2013/07/130716-autism-vaccines-mccarthy-view-medicine-science/ The new McCarthyism is as bad as the old.