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2007-07-05T19:13:36Z

Smedricksman24:

Heyyyyyyyy.

: Warning: I've reviewed your edits and found nothing of substance in any of your edits. Either add value to substantive entries or your account will be blocked pursuant to our [[rules]]. Thank you.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 14:41, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

::You don't follow your rules Andy. And this is certainly the way to respond to my calling you out in argument, isn't it? As to "nothing of substance, while I certainly have nothing to brag about in my edits, I've certainly made posts of substance.
::[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Irve_Lewis_Libby_Jr.&diff=216462&oldid=198398]
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::[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Emilio_Aguinaldo&diff=108882&oldid=75664]
--[[User:Smedricksman24|Smedricksman24]] 15:13, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

User talk:Smedricksman24

2007-07-05T19:13:14Z

Smedricksman24:

Heyyyyyyyy.

: Warning: I've reviewed your edits and found nothing of substance in any of your edits. Either add value to substantive entries or your account will be blocked pursuant to our [[rules]]. Thank you.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 14:41, 5 July 2007 (EDT)

::You don't follow your rules Andy. And this is certainly the way to respond to my calling you out in argument, isn't it? As to "nothing of substance, while I certainly have nothing to brag about in my edits, I've certainly made posts of substance.
[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Irve_Lewis_Libby_Jr.&diff=216462&oldid=198398]
[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Las_Vegas&diff=87988&oldid=78158]
[http://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Emilio_Aguinaldo&diff=108882&oldid=75664]

Irve Lewis Libby Jr.

2007-07-03T03:53:40Z

Smedricksman24: Executive clemency

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'''Irve Lewis "Scooter" Libby Jr.''' is a former deputy Secretary of Defense, Chief of Staff, National Security Advisor and private Attorney to Vice President [[Dick Cheney]].

Libby was born in New Haven, [[Connecticut]]; his father was an investment banker.<ref>[http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/051031/31libby.htm "A Rough Road For 'Scooter'?"], Kenneth T. Walsh</ref> Various sources report that he has been rather secretive about his actual first name, and that the initial "I." stands for Irving.<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4965501 "Guarding the 'I' in I. Lewis 'Scooter' Libby"], Mike Pesca, National Public Radio, October 19, 2005.</ref><ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/22/AR2005102201439.html "In the Spotlight And on the Spot: Scooter Libby, Backstage No More"], Mark Leibovich, [[Washington Post]], 23 October, 2005.</ref> According to interviews, he first acquired his nickname "Scooter" as an infant, when his father, after seeing him move quickly across his crib, described him as "a scooter".<ref>[http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/10/27/politics/main989970.shtml "Libby: Lawyer, Adviser, Author:] Cheney's Chief Of Staff Both Political Insider And Acclaimed Novelist", Stephen Smith, [[CBS News]], [[28 October]], [[2005]]</ref>

On October 28, 2005, Libby was indicted on five felony counts due to his involvement in the [[Valerie Plame]] <ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-05-29-plame-testimony_N.htm Plame called on to explain varied accounts], By Richard Willing, ''USA TODAY'', May 29, 2007.</ref> affair. After the indictment, Libby resigned as Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, as assistant to the Vice President for national security affairs, and as assistant to President Bush. <ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4979769 NPR]</ref>

'''Conviction and Sentence'''

Libby was convicted on four counts including:
*Obstruction of Justice (intentionally deceiving the grand jury about how he learned, and “disclosed to the media,” information about Valerie Plame Wilson’s employment by the CIA);
*Making a False Statement (intentionally giving the FBI false information about a conversation he had with Tim Russert);
*Perjury (knowingly providing false testimony about a conversation he had with Russert and knowingly providing false testimony about his conversation with reporters regarding Valerie Plame Wilson’s CIA employment).
He was found not guilty on an additional charge, that he gave false statements to the FBI about his conversation with ''Time'' magazine reporter Matt Cooper.<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17479718/ MSNBC]</ref>

Althought the U.S. Probation Office recommended a sentence of 15-21 months, Judge Reggie B. Walton (appointed to the federal bench by George H.W. Bush) sentenced Libby to thirty months in jail and a fine of $250,000 on June 5th, 2007.<ref>[http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070605/ap_on_go_pr_wh/cia_leak_trial Yahoo News]</ref>

'''Response to Conviction and Sentence'''

Libby's lawyers repeatedly emphasized that Valerie Plame's employment at the CIA was disclosed by columnist Robert Novak in July of 2003 and that Novak's "primary sources" were Richard Armitage (former deputy Secretary of State) and Karl Rove (a presidential advisor) ... not Scooter Libby. In addition, a CIA spokesperson, Bill Harlow, confirmed the information about Plame's CIA employment to Novak.

It was also noted that the overwhelming evidence from the FBI and grand jury investigations and the trial proceedings shows that neither Libby nor the numerous other government official who discussed Ms. Wilson's employment believed she was covert, or that her employment status was classified. As a result, none of the five witness who testified that Libby discussed Plame with them suggested that they felt that they were having a conversation about a covert or classified employee, a point affirmed in an August 2004 government affidavit and the government's Guidelines Memorandum ("the information to which defendant was given access did not expressly identify Ms. Wilson as a covert agent.")

With respect to the sentencing stage, Libby's lawyers complained about the behavior of prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald. In October 2005, Fitzgerald said (in a press conference) that he would not speak to "whether or not Valerie Wilson was covert." Early in discovery, Libby's lawyers sought documents which addressed the topic and the government refused to provide the information because it was "irrelevant." The government argued Wilson's status was "not an element of any of the three statutory violations charged." In June of 2006, the court issued a discovery order which, again, emphasized that Wilson's employment was "immaterial to the preparation of the defense." In preliminary instructions to the jury, the judge said her "actual status" was "totally irrelevant" to any "assessment" of the Libby's guilty or innocence. After the trial, however, in its sentencing memo, the government adopted a "new position" - that Wilson was a "covert agent" and that Libby should be sentenced as though that fact were established at trial.

'''Libby and Presidential Clemency'''

Almost from the beginning of his trial the President was encouraged to pardon Libby. Among those calling for pardon were William F. Buckley, Jr, Fred Thompson, Cal Thomas, Ann Coulter, Jack Kemp, Tom Delay.<ref>http://libbypardon.net/procon.htm</ref> and Robert Bauer, general counsel to [[Barack Obama]]<ref>[http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/obama-aide-wants-libby-pardoned-2007-06-14.html Obama aide wants Libby pardoned], By Sam Youngman, ''The Hill'', June 14, 2007.</ref> But the trial continued and sentence was announced without presidential intereference. As decisions were being made regarding the possibility of bail, many believed (incorrectly) President Bush's hand would be forced, that he would have to grant a pardon in order to spare Libby from entering prison. <ref>[http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=ZWY2MzRiNTAwZmE3NjZhMzZmODNhMTcyYjUzYzc4MjQ= "Respite for Libby?"] ''National Review'', June 14, 2007</ref>
On July 2, 2007, President Bush granted clemency to Libby. <ref>[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/07/20070702-4.html] "Grant of Executive Clemency, July 2, 2007",</ref> This decision was decried by Democratic Party Presidential hopefuls [[Hillary Clinton]] and [[Barack Obama]]. <ref>[http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aA.bUy89_1hk&refer=homeBush Commutes Libby's Prison Term in CIA Leak Case], By Edwin Chen, "Bloomberg.com", July 2, 2007.</ref>

==References==
<references/>

== External Links ==
* [http://wid.ap.org/documents/libbytrial/index.html Libby Trial Documents]
* [http://www.scooterlibby.com/ Libby Legal Defense Fund]
* [http://libbypardon.net Pardon for Libby? Blog]
* [http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=15988 Robert Novak on the Libby Trial]
* [http://www.newmediajournal.us/staff/fsalvato/government/06082007.htm The Incredible Judicial Disparity: Berger v. Libby], Frank Salvato, June 8, 2007.
* [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2007/0605071libby1.html Libby Letters] -- letters from [[Donald Rumsfeld]], [[Henry Kissinger]], [[Paul Wolfowitz]], [[John Bolton]], [[Mary Matalin]], [[James Carville]], [[Peter Pace]], [[Richard Perle]], [[James Woolsey]], [[Douglas Feith]], [[Christopher Cox]], [[Leon Wieseltier]], [[Leonard Garment]], [[Alan Simpson]], [[Natan Sharansky]], [[Richard Myers]], and [[Anthony Fauci]], petition the Judge for leniency. [http://www.thesmokinggun.com/graphics/pdf/libbyletterscomplete.pdf]

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Debate:Should the United States intervene in small countries to defeat communism there?

2007-07-02T03:01:23Z

Smedricksman24:

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Definitely; we're the only world power, after all; it's our job to go in and stop communism there. If we don't, it'll only come here! [[User:CraigK|CraigK]] 22:37, 7 March 2007 (EST)

How can the US claim to be in favour of democracy if they intervene if they try to overthrow democratically elected communist governments?

Don't worry CraigK, you're lucky enough to live in a democracy - communists won't be winning any elections in the US in our lifetimes

We have a limited amount of political capital worldwide at this point in time, and right now, I think it's more prudent for us to concentrate on stopping terrorism and protecting Israel. This is unfortunate because of the trend toward liberalization of Latin America. [[User:MountainDew|MountainDew]] 01:25, 8 March 2007 (EST)

Just how many small countries are really communist anymore? Cuba and Vietnam seem the only candidates, and since the current regimes in both of those countries appear honestly popular an American intervention could become dangerous. --[[User:WOVcenter|WOVcenter]] 22:35, 10 March 2007 (EST)

Communism isn't some sort of virus. It will not spread to us. We (as in the US) have no reason to defeat communism. It's an ideology, and when it fails, something else will come along. If someone came into your household and murdered your family, and then tell you to believe in communism, you just won't. Leave it alone, and it'll die out on it's own. --[[User:Cpryd001|Cpryd001]] 19:21, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

This debate is highly reminiscent of 1967. Communism, obviously, is no longer expanding because it failed as a realistic ideology. That's that. US military intervention did not stop Communism; Communism was efficient enough at doing that.

If there's a movement or rebellion in a Communist country, ''if they ask us to help'' and if they haven't employed detestable practices like, say, suicide bombings, then, by all means, we should help. Not many groups meet those criteria, however... [[User:Navy Nuke|Navy Nuke]] 15:52, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

What makes the U.S. so special that provides it the justification to impose its preferences on others? --[[User:Huey gunna getcha|Huey gunna getcha]] 15:56, 18 March 2007 (EDT)

Why do you want to defeat communism? Communism defeats itself. --[[User:Order|Order]]

Cough* VIETNAM Cough*

You guys... What is this all about? Perhaps we should have a debate about whether American citizens should be allowed outside of their own borders to impose their will upon others. I am not a communist, far from it, but I also don't feel the need to impose my idea of 'the truth' on anyone else. There are many peoples in the world that fear that America and its aggressive policies - are the American people proud of that? Well yes, many of them are. --[[User:Greenman|Greenman]]

Ah these are all ridiculous comments firstly none of you have any understanding of the structural theory behind communism, secondly you are all mini hitlers (except Greenman). Maybe you should just understand that many of the worlds nations are becoming more socialist than you realsie- many in South Ameica, Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba, Angola, France, Scandenavia, a portion of Africa the list goes on. Perhaps, The USA should keep to itself since and not inflict its own idealogy on others- I always thought that you fought a war with Britain for doing it to you, but hey if you wanna be hippocrits then go ahead, by the way the bible, Koran and Torah all say hippocrisy is a sin. ----[[User:Karl Marx|Karl Marx]] 04:30, 22 March 2007 (EDT) Karl Marx

My answer to the question: no. Why? Communism is an ideology and ideas do nothing to others without action. If said ideology was to inspire wars and such, then intervention could be condoned. --[[User:Kirby|Kirby]] 23:35, 23 March 2007 (EDT)

No. It caused slaughter in El Salvador, Nicaruagua, Chile, Guatemala, etc. We forced the Russians out of Afghanistan and let the Taliban in. We could easily knock out Castro, but would it be worth it? [[User:Czolgolz|Czolgolz]] 18:53, 27 March 2007 (EDT)

TO HAVE ANOTHER VIETNAM? NOW '''THAT'S''' CHRISTIAN!

Communism can't even exist in countries. Communism can only exist world-wide. "Communist state" and "communist country" are oxymorons. Learn a bit about communist theory before you try to have debates about it. - [[User:Thjazi|Thjazi]] 19:17, 3 April 2007 (EDT)

Well said Thjazi sounds alot like what i posted on the communism page, which mysteriosly vanished so i posted it again. Communism has never truly existed and doesnt appear it will for quite some time, some of you should read the works of Mr Marx if you want to acctually understand communism. - loveandpeace

I only have one thing to say, you all pritty much said everything i totally agree with you. So what I'm going to say is: YANKIES IMPERIALISTAS! - ciruela

== YES ==
Based on human nature, history, and communist theory, communism can't exist in a single country. Communism is just a term used to make fascist governments and control economies seem acceptable. Once a "communist" regime has taken power, they do everything they can to keep themselves in power. (This is true of all governments, with "communism", however, the regime answers to no-one. They control all media, and can commit any atrocities which they see fit.) So, since communism can't exist, and "communism" will become corrupted and not provide for its people, it is not a just government, making it fit to be overthrown. Note though, that they are fit to be overthrown by the people of the government, not by force of the United States. Now, we should feel free to intervene by providing asylum for refugees, covertly encouraging revolution, etc. A forced overthrow makes us no better than the "communists"

Debate:Should marijuana be legalized?

2007-05-05T07:00:57Z

Smedricksman24:

==Yes==
Yes, it's less addictive than nicotine, less harmful than alcohol, and thousands of people go to prison for possession. If it were legalized, scum bag drug dealers would be out of jobs, the price would plummet, drug lords would be nothing, the cops would be freer to pursue the hard drugs, and the prisons would be emptier. Smoking marijuna certainly isn't something I'd advocate, but I'd rather be an occassional weed smoker than a habitual tobbacco smoker. [[User:Czolgolz|Czolgolz]] 11:29, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

It seems to be working in the Netherlands quite well, the few dealers there only sell to minors who're not allowed to buy it in a store.

[[User:Middle Man|Middle Man]]

Lots of things work better in the Liberal Netherlands.
If you compare the Netherlands with a less liberal small, densley populated western european democracy, like Britain, you see that of binge drinking, teenage pregnancy, and drug abuse are much higher. The UK, with it's tougher stance on alcohol, prostitution and illegal drugs has been voted by UNICEF as one of the worst places in the western world to be a child. The US is not far behind. This survey suggests that a more liberal society is a happier, healthier and safer society for children.[http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021407HA.shtml].
--[[User:Eyupdutch|Eyupdutch]] 11:22, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

::I do not understand why we see this and the prohibition against alcohol as separate issues. I know I am more of a libertarian for saying this, but why do we have the right to stop a consenting adult from doing this in the privacy of their own home? That just seems stupid to me. As for all the arguments in favor of a continued ban, what have they amounted to? More money to drug dealers, more people in prison, etc.... I would much rather see people try it, find out it is basically the same as alcohol (in terms of a ''buzz'') and then move on with their lives. And the vast, vast majority would move on. It is not addictive in the way tobacco is. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 11:57, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

Cannabis would become less dangerous if the government could regulate it. If say, you traded the right to drive for the right to smoke pot, there should be fewer accidents caused by marijuana intoxication. If it's legal, the government can set a limit on how much is too much, like blood alcohol content. Lives of government officials would be saved from the war on drugs. Moeny would move away from the balck market and places like Columbia. Plus, the government could tax it for extra revenue.--[[User:Smedricksman24|Smedricksman24]] 03:00, 5 May 2007 (EDT)
==No==

I'm not sure what my opinion on this matter is, but one serious issue that does need to be considered is that marijuana use at an early age has long-term effects on the brain. Legalizing marijuana may make it more likely for children in that younger age bracket to gain access to pot. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 11:39, 30 April 2007 (EDT)
:It would be easier for minors to get access to alchol if it were still prohibited. Bootleggers/importers don't care who's buying, as long as they have money.

Not really, even in the Netherlands you have to be at least 18 (identification is required) before you can buy weed legally.

If you're still a minor, you're gonna have to get it from a dealer, just as you would if weed were illegal, with the difference that in the country with legal weed there just are less dealers per capita because they have no adult costumers.

[[User:Middle Man|Middle Man]]

==Comments==

Debate:Should marijuana be legalized?

2007-05-05T06:58:56Z

Smedricksman24:

==Yes==
Yes, it's less addictive than nicotine, less harmful than alcohol, and thousands of people go to prison for possession. If it were legalized, scum bag drug dealers would be out of jobs, the price would plummet, drug lords would be nothing, the cops would be freer to pursue the hard drugs, and the prisons would be emptier. Smoking marijuna certainly isn't something I'd advocate, but I'd rather be an occassional weed smoker than a habitual tobbacco smoker. [[User:Czolgolz|Czolgolz]] 11:29, 27 April 2007 (EDT)

It seems to be working in the Netherlands quite well, the few dealers there only sell to minors who're not allowed to buy it in a store.

[[User:Middle Man|Middle Man]]

Lots of things work better in the Liberal Netherlands.
If you compare the Netherlands with a less liberal small, densley populated western european democracy, like Britain, you see that of binge drinking, teenage pregnancy, and drug abuse are much higher. The UK, with it's tougher stance on alcohol, prostitution and illegal drugs has been voted by UNICEF as one of the worst places in the western world to be a child. The US is not far behind. This survey suggests that a more liberal society is a happier, healthier and safer society for children.[http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/021407HA.shtml].
--[[User:Eyupdutch|Eyupdutch]] 11:22, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

::I do not understand why we see this and the prohibition against alcohol as separate issues. I know I am more of a libertarian for saying this, but why do we have the right to stop a consenting adult from doing this in the privacy of their own home? That just seems stupid to me. As for all the arguments in favor of a continued ban, what have they amounted to? More money to drug dealers, more people in prison, etc.... I would much rather see people try it, find out it is basically the same as alcohol (in terms of a ''buzz'') and then move on with their lives. And the vast, vast majority would move on. It is not addictive in the way tobacco is. [[User:Flippin|Flippin]] 11:57, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

Cannabis would become less dangerous if the government could regulate it. If say, you traded the right to drive for the right to smoke pot, there should be fewer accidents caused by marijuana intoxication. If it's legal, the government can set a limit on how much is too much, like blood alcohol content. Lives of government officials would be saved from the war on drugs. Moeny would move away from the balck market and places like Columbia. Plus, the government could tax it for extra revenue.
==No==

I'm not sure what my opinion on this matter is, but one serious issue that does need to be considered is that marijuana use at an early age has long-term effects on the brain. Legalizing marijuana may make it more likely for children in that younger age bracket to gain access to pot. [[User:JoshuaZ|JoshuaZ]] 11:39, 30 April 2007 (EDT)

Not really, even in the Netherlands you have to be at least 18 (identification is required) before you can buy weed legally.

If you're still a minor, you're gonna have to get it from a dealer, just as you would if weed were illegal, with the difference that in the country with legal weed there just are less dealers per capita because they have no adult costumers.

[[User:Middle Man|Middle Man]]

==Comments==

Talk:Flying Spaghetti Monster

2007-05-05T06:46:50Z

Smedricksman24: /* A tangle of pasta */

Somebody screwed up the references.

== Mockery and Pastafarianism? ==

{{QuoteBox|The Discovery Institute has argued that the FSM is an attempt to mock "traditional religion."[3] Indeed, self-professed believers in the Flying Spaghetti Monster have called themselves "Pastafarians".}}
I don't quite get the connection between those two sentences. How does them calling themselves "Pastafarians" argue for or against FSM mocking traditional religion? I get that the entire thing is (intelligently) designed to mock a whole bunch of stuff, but those two sentences made me go "Huh?" in the current form. --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 11:58, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

:It's not the designation of themselves as Pastafarians but their establishment of FSM as a deity which is the mockery. Anyway, it's a good parody and I always get a laugh out of it. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 12:04, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

::Yes, those are my thoughts, too. Just found those sentences next to each other a tad confusing. Thanks for verifying/clarifying. --[[User:Sid 3050|Sid 3050]] 12:13, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

==Food for thought==

Finally a theory I can sink my teeth into. I can't stomach much of the tripe that evolutionists bring to the table.

*If naturalistic laws do not explain life's origin, then life must have been created. This theory is called intelligent design. (back cover of [http://www.amazon.com/Intelligent-Design-Evolution-Molecular-Knowledge/dp/0976639408 Intelligent Design or Evolution? Why the Origin of Life and the Evolution of Molecular Knowledge Imply Design])

This doesn't mean that ID can explain the origin of life, but rather that ID asserts naturalism can't either. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 12:02, 9 April 2007 (EDT)

The whole problem with this ID discussion is that both attackers and defenders of ID don't see the difference between the scientific and the religious domain. The scientific domain describes WHAT happens, and here the only theory available is evolution. The religious domain however, describes WHY it happens, and here everybody should be free to find an explanation. Christians will say God coordinates the whole process, while atheists will say it is just a natural process, where everything happens by accident and without a deeper meaning.{{Unsigned|Carcoke}}
:Your analysis is incomplete. The [[Bible]] does indeed say what happened, and in what order. It even says ''when'' it happened. Oh, sure, estimates of the "when" vary, with a range of about 320 years (215 years for the Sojourn in [[Egypt]], 60 years for the birth of [[Abraham]], and 45 years for the chronology of the Divided Kingdoms Northern and Southern). But you can't get around this simple fact: that the Bible contains back-to-back narratives of human history that span the entire time from [[creation]] to the Crucifixion and about thirty years after that. It is the only single source that can make this claim (although ''[[The Annals of the World]]'' reviews history from multiple sources to cover the same period).

:Now the distinction you draw is all very well. But when the Bible ''does'' make a statement on the ''what'' and even the ''when'' as well as the ''why'', you have to deal with it.--[[User:TerryH|TerryH]][[User talk:TerryH|Talk]] 09:02, 11 April 2007 (EDT)

:So what will you do when the Bible says one thing, and the Koran, Talmud or another religious scripture tells another thing. You may ''believe'' that the Bible is right, but you can't tell other people that they ''have to'' deal with it. Otherwise you say that the Bible (and with it Christianity) is superior to other religions, which seems a very dangerous statement to me.

::See [[Debate topics]]. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 06:31, 12 April 2007 (EDT)

==FSM and ID criticism==

Critiques of [[Intelligent Design]] should be discussed at [[Talk:Intelligent design]], and they should be aimed at improving the article. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 06:56, 12 April 2007 (EDT)

==A tangle of pasta==

ID opponents argue that [[Intelligent Design]] claims to explain the origin of life, and contrast this "claim" with Pastafarians' nonsensical explanations of [[Global Warming]], [[gravity]] and [[UFO]]s.
*Which opponents have argued this?

Self-professed believers have called themselves "Pastafarians" (reference to FSM's "noodly appendages").
*Very funny, but hardly encyclopediic.

FSM is used by [[atheist]]s, such as [[Richard Dawkins]] [http://www.sciencefriday.com/pages/2006/Oct/hour2_100606.html], as a modern version of [[Russell's teapot]].
*This needs to be fleshed out before mentioning it.

A book was released in 2006, to explain most of the idea.<ref>http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2006-03-26-spaghetti-monster_x.htm</ref>
*If there's really a book, is it about the parody itself, or is it a critique of [[Intelligent design]]?

The parody was created to mock the teaching of [[Intelligent Design]] in Kansas science classrooms. <ref>[http://www.evolutionnews.org/2006/12/celebrating_christmas_at_the_c.html “Celebrating” Christmas at the “Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster” - Evolution News & Views]</ref>
*Too obvious for words.

I explained what's wrong with each thing I cut, using bullet points. --[[User:Ed Poor|Ed Poor]] 10:44, 20 April 2007 (EDT)

:[http://www.http://www.amazon.com/Gospel-Flying-Spaghetti-Monster/dp/0812976568/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/102-0836771-4873759?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1178347449&sr=8-1 Yes,there really is a book.] It is both an expansion of the parody and a critiqque of Intelligent design.[[User:Smedricksman24|Smedricksman24]] 02:46, 5 May 2007 (EDT)

Tom Tancredo

2007-05-05T06:32:48Z

Smedricksman24:

Thomas Gerard ("Tom") Tancredo (b. 1945) is a [[conservative]] Republican Congressman representing the suburbs of Denver who has been outspoken against illegal immigration. Often vilified by [[liberals]] and targeted for defeat, he was re-elected in 2006 in a landslide by the margin of 59%-40%.

Tancredo has a nearly 100% [[conservative]] voting record and has even criticized President [[George W. Bush]] over his immigration policy. Tancredo was one of 33 congressmen to vote against the 25-year extension of the Voting Rights Act, which, in addition to requiring local government to print multilingual ballots at its own expense, protects the beloved right to vote.

Many of Tancredo's supporters have urged him to run for president in 2008.

[[Category:US Representative|Tancredo, Tom]]

Miranda v. Arizona

2007-05-05T06:31:06Z

Smedricksman24:

''Miranda v. Arizona'', 384 U.S. 436 (1966), was a landmark decision by the [[Warren Court]] requiring the police to warn suspects of their rights before conducting custodial interrogations. These warnings, known as the "Miranda warnings," include:

:the right to remain silent

:the right to have an attorney presented

:the right to have an attorney appointed if desired

:the right to know that anything said can and will be used against the accused

Conservatives objected strenuously to this decision, which freed many criminals who had not received these warnings. Some historians have recently cited ''Miranda'' for a "complete collapse in society."{{fact}}
[[Category:US Supreme Court Cases]]

File talk:Al franken.jpg

2007-05-05T06:23:14Z

Smedricksman24: New page: Is there any copyright information for this image? It's the first result on a google image search, bt that site doesn't say how they got it.

Is there any copyright information for this image? It's the first result on a google image search, bt that site doesn't say how they got it.

Talk:John Scopes

2007-05-05T06:22:30Z

Smedricksman24:

This article needs to be rewritten, probably from scratch. Bryan and FDR were very different people with very different policies, and Bryan's presidential campaign was a disaster. Also the writing seems strangely informal, as becomes apparent in the first sentence. Again, a general re-write appears in order. --[[User:WOVcenter|WOVcenter]] 01:49, 12 March 2007 (EDT)

== Barrow "crafty as day is long...armed with bag of tricks"!! ==

Now really, I am just about lost for words, and that's unusual for me. For an encyclopedia that was born amidst the clarion call of the repudiation of "bias" and trivia, here is an insulting, banal and gratuitous characterization that would be rejected as propaganda too crude by a KGB party apparatchik. Or am I been guilty of being a pinko fellow-traveller? Have we come to such a pass that the most subjective and overt prejudice is welcome as long as it is directed at the Liberals? There was a time when it was the Conservatives who were the champions of the Academy, the Sciences, of fine writing and meditations, of sophisticated discourse and wit. Then, it was the provincials who were sullen and narrow, suspicious of art and intellectualism. What has happened in the interim? How is it that those who lived in the bogs now live in the Capital, and vice-versa? Can it really be that this is the quality of biography and analysis of themes that we would wish upon our home-schooled hot-house orchids?

Further, if but 40% of Americans are liberals, then, on my back-of-envelope calculations you have 100 million conservative, born-againers. So with all the literacy one would expect of the most educated country on God's Earth, any one of those 100 million could surely knock up a half-decent thumb-nail bio that doesn’t read like the blathering of some barefoot Uncy Clem who knows more of Tennessee moonshine than he does of its law. Here is what he says of Clarence Barrow: “As crafty as the day is long, he arrived in Tennessee armed with his bag of tricks.” And when, I wondered, do Br'er Rabbit and Br'er Fox make an appearance.

So why does this article continue to languish in its sorry state, a pitiful naked bastard who points to Conservapedia and calls “Father, father, am I not your very own?” before the forum of an amused and scandalized world. Clothe your mewling brats, conservative editors, and for Pity’s sake, FEED them! As it is, Wikipedia may have articles too long and fat, but these here look like the fly-blown and diseased victims of a famine! The entries present as the ejaculations of an overheated contestant on a quiz show. I have hardly begun my musings here, and already I have written more words than can be found in Conservapedia on half the countries of Europe combined. Am I prolix, or do you simply, in reality, after all is said and done, have little to say and less wit to say it with, just like those damn bleeding-heart liberals been saying all along. Surely not?

God’s servants – I abjure you! Stop jawboning and moaning, and gird up your loins and fill the space under this entry and all the others with some reasonable attempt at scholarship and even-handedness! Lest this sacred project remain not a global resource but a laughing-stock and an accusation. As it stands, if a pinko wished to argue for the ascendancy of the Liberal Left over God’s people, then in Zen monk style he need only gesture mutely toward the Scopes article here and to its counterpart in Wikipedia as if to say: “Choose then, which would you rather for your child, fathers and mothers, this or the other?” And such an accuser could repeat the same with entry after entry, page after page, theme after theme. Is there a single item in Conservapedia, as it stands at the moment, of which it could fairly be claimed that the material therein would provide more intellectual and spiritual nourishment for a young mind on the quest for knowledge than would its counterpart in Wikipedia? And how comes such a thing to pass? Who is pouring sand down our throats that we cannot speak, and who is cursing our hand with palsy that it cannot write? Is it the Evil One? How is it that Satan’s people dance like dervishes in the wind, while we move like molasses in the snow? And why is this holy barque, the Good Ship Conservapedia, marooned in the Saragossa, where her rigging creaks, and the mates are all below, and they do not write, nor talk, but only grumble?

Yet we had taken up our Cross when no one commanded it but it was freely given of ourselves, and we set our hand not to rest until we had builded Conservapedia to be a town built on the rock, and surrounded by sweet meadows, bearing fruits of knowledge from all over the World, and not struck by the fly of secularism, nor blasted by the worm of scepticism. Nay, here we had purposed it should grow, to feed the little ones and to be a monument to Learning consistent with the wishes of the Lord, that the Nations may rejoice and see that Scholarship and the Love of Truth is not some franchise vouchsafed only to the Liberal Left. But now we sit and gnash our teeth at an intersection, writing more in Talk pages than we do in that for the entries thereof, and then precious little in full total. And we have amassed entries on the great nations of the world, all as abrupt as telegrams but none so pithy, and the world laughs at us, hardly believing their luck, and their laughter is as the sting of a scorpion. For to date, the sacred Conservapedia project has helped the cause of the Christian Right just as much as Hillary Clinton walking naked down Broadway carrying photos of Abu Ghraib Prison on her head while drinking goats’ blood out of a golden goblet would have helped the cause of the Christian Left. And we have none to blame but ourselves, for verily, it was we ourselves who divested us of our own pantaloons, and we who handed the paddle to them that they may whale us and then some. Myles Paulsen myles325@yahoo.com.au - march 14, 2007 AD

THE ABOVE SHOULD BE ON THE FRONT PAGE. This site in its current form I'm afraid to say is a joke I as a conservative am angered by the small minded bigotry and bikering that goes on in these pages. Coupled with the laughable lack of fact's and the immediate deamonising of anyone who disagrees even slightly with views expressed on the pages. This site could be a advertisment for modern conservatism to the world. However it is not, it will just reinforce the stereotype of fire spitting angry white men full of hate. For example calling circumcision "genital mutilation" on judaism's pages is deeply offensive to 75% of american men. Of course the attached article is childish the writer should at least rewrite it if not completly delete it.

== Copyed text from wikipedia ==
Well, read that this article is now going to front page. Before that, some one might want to remove the last two paragraphs or atleast rewrite them, because currently those are copyes from the wikipedia article. Allso there is several really biased statements (towards the conservative view point) on this article, but not even going to mention those as i think those are the very reason this is going to the frontpage. [[User:Timppeli|Timppeli]] 22:45, 4 May 2007 (EDT)

== Innaccuracies ==

I've noticed that no one here seems to obey the Second Conservapedia Commandment, but when did WJB see "the horrors of World War I"? That seems to imply that he fought, even though he was 58 by the time America entered the war, not to mention a staunch pacifist.
Also, Inherit the Wind was a play first, then a movie five years later. It was premiered on Broadway on April 21, 1955. The only reason for making a claim about Hollywood can be to try to discredit the play by its association with Hollywood liberals.[[User:Smedricksman24|Smedricksman24]] 02:22, 5 May 2007 (EDT)

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Vietnam

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{{stub}}Vietnam is a [[Communist]] nation in Southeast Asia bordering [[China]], [[Cambodia]], [[Laos]], and the [[Pacific Ocean]]. Much of Vietnam is mountaineous or covered in jungle. In the 20th century Vietnam was the site of guerilla fighting during World War Two in the 1940s, a war against the French for independance in the 1950s, and a civil war between the US backed South Vietnam and the Red China/USSR backed North Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s. After American forces withdrew in 1975 the entire country fell to communism and the butcherous [[Khmer Rouge]] in nearby Cambodia was emboldened. The wide-spread use by the US Air Force of concentrated herbicides, especially the dioxin-contaminated Agent Orange, has been criticized for its long-lasting consequences on the environment. According to the Vietnamese government, it led to an important increase in birth defects.

Niqab

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{{stub}}A niqab is a veil that covers only the face, worn by many Muslim women.

Blue Force Tracking

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{{stub}}'''Blue Force Tracking''' (BFT) is a situational awareness capabilities system used by military forces. Military officials began to take action to curb fratricide ( military term for friendly fire) after the Gulf War. 35 of the United States 148 [[Desert Storm ]] deaths were caused by friendly forces. The United States began testing out a new system called Blue Force Tracking in its operation in [[Iraq]] ( 2003). This system showed [[United States]] and allied forces the direct locations of where they were in relationship with each other on the battlefield. With the allied forces colored blue and enemy forces red, the computerized system gives, and continuously updates information. At the beginning of the operation, the [[United States]] was testing many different versions of the situation awareness system. They finally decided on a system called Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below System (FBCB2). The U.S forces in [[Iraq]] made the system interoperable with all its forces and British troops in Operation Enduring Freedom. Blue Force Tracking proved its ability to cut down fratricide in Iraq, and is used by US troops in [[Afghanistan]]. Recently the [[NATO]] forces in [[Afghanistan]] are combining countries forces tracking systems to achieve an interoperable, Friendly Force Tracking system.

===Source Material:===

[http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=494578&C=commentary Defense News Article]

[http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Northrop_Grumman_Blue_Force_Tracking_Revolutionizes_Joint_STARS_Employment.html Space War Article]

[http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2007/02/06/2312451.htm NATO's purchase]

United States Senate

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{{stub}}The [[United States]] has a senate composed of 100 members, two from each of the 50 [[state]]s. The Senate convenes in [[Washington, D.C.]]. The Senate is equally divided, with 49 [[Republican]]s and 49 [[Democrat]]s. However both [[Independent]]s [[Joe Lieberman]] and [[Bernie Sanders]] caucus with the [[Democratic Party]], giving Democrats the majority.

The position of '''President of the Senate''' is filled by the [[Vice President of the United States]], and he casts the deciding vote in case of a tie. If the President is not present, the [[President Pro Tempore]] (currently [[Robert Byrd]]), acts as President. The Senate's current Majority Leader is [[Harry Reid]], and the Minority Leader is [[Mitch McConnell]]. [http://senate.gov/pagelayout/senators/a_three_sections_with_teasers/leadership.htm]

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Virgil

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[[Image:Gjcjyf68.jpg|right|thumb|A bust of Virgil, from the entrance to his tomb in Naples, Italy.]]
{{stub}}Virgil lived from 70 to 19 BC. He was a great Roman poet & philosopher who was famous for writing the [[Aeneid]]
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Emperor Yongle

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{{stub}}Yongle was the third emperor of the Chinese Ming dynasty, which flourished from 1368 to 1644. He sent explorers to many parts of the world.

Minerals

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{{stub}}Inorganic crystalline substances found naturally in the earth.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With General Science''. Anderson: Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc.

2000</ref>

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Phosphates, Arsenates, and Vanadates

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{{stub}}This is a large class of [[minerals]], and includes [[compounds]] of [[metallic]] [[elements]] with the [[phosphate]], [[arsenate]], and the [[vanadate]] radicals. Several members of this class, including [[apatite]] and [[monazite]], are [[primary minerals]], but most are [[secondary minerals|secondary]] and are formed through alteration of metallic-ore minerals, such as [[sulfides]] of [[copper]], [[iron]], [[lead]], and [[zinc]]. In general, most of these minerals are soft and [[brittle]], and often occur in small inconspicuous masses or [[crystals]]. Many are brightly colored and yield very colorful [[specimens]]. Chesterman, p. 471

=Sources=
*Chesterman, Charles W. ''The Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals'', Alfred A. Knopf: New York (1987)

Battle of the Somme

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{{stub}}In France in 1916 the British and French armies met at the Somme River to begin a massive attack on the Germans in order to distract them from Verdun. This became the Battle of the Somme, and the fighting was even heard across the British channel in England. First the Allies "shelled" (fired many shots and bombs) at the Germans to weaken them, and then 100,000 British soldiers charged the enemy. But the shelling did not have its intended effect, as the Germans were dug in too deeply to be affected by it. On July 1, 1916, the Germans killed 20,000 of the British soldiers and wounded over 40,000, making it the single worst day for the British in their history. This battle, which did not succeed in moving trench lines, eventually involved over 2 million men along a 30-mile front. The British and French lost nearly 750,000 men.
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Greek language

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{{stub}}Greek is the language of ancient and modern [[Greece]]; it is also the language in which the [[New Testament]] was written. Early Christianity spread and became popular through use of the Greek language.

Modern Greek is the modern variety of the Greek language, spoken in Greece and Cyprus.

[[Category:Languages]]

Tammy Wynette

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{{stub}}Tammy Wynette is a country and western singer.

Henry Fuseli

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{{stub}}(1741-1825)

Henry Fuseli was a Swiss painter, poet, critic, and teacher, a fervent admirer of Shakespeare, who spent most of his active career in England. Fuseli has often been regarded as a forerunner of the Romantic art movement and a precursor of Symbolism and Surrealism. His most famous painting is The Nightmare (1781), in which an ape-like goblin sits on a young woman, who is sleeping in a strained posture.

==Links==
*[http://www.arthistoryarchive.com/arthistory/romanticism/Henry-Fuseli-William-Blake.html Henry Fuseli Biography & Artwork]
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John Wycliffe

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{{stub}}1324-1384 "Morning star of the reformation" Translated parts of the [[Bible]] into [[English]].

Eli Whitney

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{{stub}}'''Eli Whitney''' was born on December 8, 1765 in Westborough, Massachusetts. He was an American inventor who patented the cotton gin on March 14, 1794. In 1798, he built a factory that made guns by machinery. Whitney made machines that created interchangeable parts for guns; you could take a part off of one gun and it would fit into another. This marked the beginning of mass production in the United States.

[[Category:Inventors|Whitney, Eli]]

Clement Atlee

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{{stub}}'''Clement Richard Attlee''' ( 1883-1967) was the [[United Kingdom]]’s prime minister from 1945-1951. He was the first member of the [[Labour party]] to serve a full term in Parliment as prime minister.

Atlee started the postwar consensus for a more comprehensive [[welfare state]], government control of major industries and public utillies, and the creation of a [[National Health Service]].

He oversaw the decolonization of Burma, Ceylon, India, and Pakistan.

[[Category:UK Prime Ministers]]

Interior

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{{stub}}The '''interior''' of a set ''A'' is the union of all [[open set]]s contained in ''A''.

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Miranda v. Arizona

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{{stub}}''Miranda v. Arizona'', 384 U.S. 436 (1966), was a landmark decision by the [[Warren Court]] requiring the police to warn suspects of their rights before conducting custodial interrogations. These warnings, known as the "Miranda warnings," include:

:the right to remain silent

:the right to have an attorney presented

:the right to have an attorney appointed if desired

:the right to know that anything said can and will be used against the accused

Conservatives objected strenuously to this decision, which freed many criminals who had not received these warnings.{{fact}}
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Scone

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{{stub}}What is called in America a biscuit and served with gravy is called in Britain a scone and served with strawberry [[jam]] and clotted cream for afternoon tea.

[[Category:Food and drink]]

Planck units

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{{stub}}Planck units are physical constants defined in such a way that the five basic constants all have value of 1:

 (1) the speed of light in a vacuum
 (2) the gravitational constant
 (3) Dirac's constant (reduced Planck's constant)
 (4) Coulomb force constant
 (5) Boltzmann constant

Witch

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{{stub}}'''A Witch''' is a female practitioner of the [[occult]]. In the past many witches were burnt at the stake. The [[Bible]] specifically bans witchcraft. Many people have taken this ban too far and used [[witchhunts]] to further their own political aims, or out of sheer [[hysteria]]

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Smedricksman24: New page: Hey.

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Smedricksman24: New page: Heyyyyyyyy.

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Comedy

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{{stub}}A classical meaning of comedy is comical theatre as in one of two types of [[Greece|Greek]] plays (the other is [[tragedy]]). Not necessarily funny, but ends happily.

A more popular meaning is the use of humour with an intent to provoke laughter in general.

==Weblinks==

[[Special:Random|Comedy generator]] (Suitable for minors)

Laos

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{{stub}}'''Laos''' is a [[country]] in southeast [[Asia]], bordering [[Cambodia]], [[Vietnam]], [[Thailand]], and [[Myanmar]]. Laos aided American forces during the [[Vietnam War]].

Chemical equilibrium

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{{stub}}The point at which both the forward and reverse reactions in a chemical equation have equal reaction rates. When this occurs, the amounts of each substance in the chemical reaction will not change, despite the fact that both reactions still proceed.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Chemistry''. Apologia Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>

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Cato the Censor

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{{stub}}Cato the Censor, also called Cato the Elder, lived from 234 to 149 BC. He was a Senator, soldier, and consul of the [[Roman Republic]]. He urged Rome to destroy [[Carthage]], ending every speech with the famous phrase ''"Carthago delenda est"'', "Carthage must be destroyed".

Spherical symmetry

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{{stub}}An [[organism]] possesses spherical symmetry if it can be cut into two identical halves by a cut that runs through the organism's center.<ref>Wile, Dr. Jay L. ''Exploring Creation With Biology''. Apologia
Educational Ministries, Inc. 1998</ref>

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Children's Crusade

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{{stub}}The Children's Crusades is one of the greatest tragedies of all time. It was the misdirected zeal of thousands of children who thought they could capture the Holy Land. There were two of these Children's Crusades and both of them ended up in disaster.

Emilio Aguinaldo

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'''Emilio Aguinaldo''' lived from March 23, 1869 to Feb. 6, 1964. He was a Filipino leader who fought for the independence of the [[Philippines]] from [[Spain]] during the [[Spanish-American War]]. During [[World War II]] he fought against the United States.

[[Category:Military Commanders|Aguinaldo, Emilio]]

Paris Peace Conference

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{{stub}}The Paris Peace Conference was a conference to make peace after [[World War I]].

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Metric space

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{{stub}}A '''metric space''' is a pair (''X'', ''d'') where ''X'' is a [[topological space]] and ''d'' is a [[Metric (mathematics)|metric]]. All metric spaces are [[Hausdorff space]]s.

[[Category: Mathematics]]
[[category: Topology]]

Book

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{{stub}}A '''book''' is a collection of written words, usually on paper. The [[Bible]] is an example of a book (in fact, the word "Bible" is derived from the Latin word for "book."), as well as a collection of books. Books are often used for educational purposes in the form of [[text books]], although there is concern about the accuracy of the information contain in some of them. Any finite collection of books can be binded together to form a new book.

The book was called a [[codex]] in Latin, and it was a Roman improvement over the scroll. By the fourth century the codex had gained wide acceptance, and many scrolls that were not converted to codex form were lost to posterity.

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Cork

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{{stub}}City of County Cork on the South coast of Ireland, in the [[Republic of Ireland]], in the province of [[Munster]].

Renaissance Terms Y

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[[Renaissance Terms A|A]]-[[Renaissance Terms B|B]]-[[Renaissance Terms C|C]]-[[Renaissance Terms D|D]]-[[Renaissance Terms E|E]]-[[Renaissance Terms F|F]]-[[Renaissance Terms G|G]]-[[Renaissance Terms H|H]]-[[Renaissance Terms I|I]]-[[Renaissance Terms J|J]]-[[Renaissance Terms K|K]]-[[Renaissance Terms L|L]]-[[Renaissance Terms M|M]]-[[Renaissance Terms N|N]]-[[Renaissance Terms O|O]]-[[Renaissance Terms P|P]]-[[Renaissance Terms Q|Q]]-[[Renaissance Terms R|R]]-[[Renaissance Terms S|S]]-[[Renaissance Terms T|T]]-[[Renaissance Terms U|U]]-[[Renaissance Terms V|V]]-[[Renaissance Terms W|W]]-[[Renaissance Terms X|X]]-[[Renaissance Terms Y|Y]]-[[Renaissance Terms Z|Z]]

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[[Ancient History Terms]] [[Middle Ages Terms]] [[Renaissance Terms]] [[Reformation Terms]] [[Explorers]]

Rolling Stones

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{{stub}}The Rolling Stones are an English rock band founded in London in 1962. The Stones were popular throughout 1960s and 1970s, and still perform to this day.

Inspired initially by the [[Chicago]] school of electric blues (particularly the South-Side variation), they later took in influences from the country blues artists of the 1930s such as [[Skip James]] and [[Robert Johnson]].

In their prime they rivaled the popularity of the [[Beatles]] and continue to sell out stadiums almost half a century later.

[[Category:Music]]

Economic rent

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{{stub}}Economic rent is a payment to a seller of a [[factor of production]] that is in excess of what the price should be, as measured by the supply price or the opportunity cost. In other words, economic rent is the surplus made by the seller, perhaps due to lack of competition.
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Mennonite

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{{stub}}A Mennonite is an adherent to an Anabaptist movement begun in the 1500's by men such as Menno Simons. They practice adult [[baptism]], [[pacifism]], and living a simple lifestlye. Mennonites come from across the globe. Mennonite denominations range from liberal to conservative though many have an opposition to war.

[[Category:Religion]]

Macroeconomics Terms S

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[[Macroeconomics Terms A|A]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms B|B]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms C|C]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms D|D]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms E|E]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms F|F]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms G|G]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms H|H]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms I|I]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms J|J]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms K|K]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms L|L]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms M|M]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms N|N]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms O|O]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms P|P]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms Q|Q]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms R|R]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms S|S]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms T|T]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms U|U]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms V|V]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms W|W]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms X|X]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms Y|Y]]-[[Macroeconomics Terms Z|Z]]
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