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saying that Obama was a Christian, and not a Muslim as Trump and his followers have accused him of being more than once over the years. Critics labeled the audience member a bigot. Unfortunately, the man was not alone with his mentality. Recent CNN/ORC polls found 29% of Americans…

It was a dark time for the Range. The Second rebellion has concluded, and the Ashen Coast was recovering from the horrors of the war. A rise of banditry was everywhere, except the Bite maybe. Yet, the hamlets felt the dark shadow the most… Two friends were setting out to find some stolen medicine. Edmond Weston, and Lucias Ashmore. They grew up together, and were the best of friends. Lucias was the younger of the two, he was a mage apprentice. He had brown hair, and stood 5’6”. He grew up on…

Frodo Baggins, a hobbit who lives in the Shire, acquires a Ring from Bilbo Baggins. This Ring is the “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them in the Land of Mordor where the Shadow lies” (Tolkien The Fellowship of the Ring). Bilbo did not know that the Ring he had brought back from his journey was the Ring of Sauron, a dark lord who wishes to enslave all of the Middle-earth. Gandalf the Grey, a wizard, suspected that the Ring…

9. In most wars, property belonging to the opponent is destroyed. During its colonial wars, the British Army often burnt down the houses of civilians. In the Anglo-Boer War, the first farm-burnings occurred at an early stage, shortly after the outbreak of the war, when the British destroyed the farms of rebels in the Cape Colony; and when a British force made an incursion into the south-eastern OFS on 9 January 1900, several farmhouses were destroyed and the livestock carried off. In the light…

William Bennett and J.R. Tolkien represent evil in different ways. Bennett's example of evil is America's drug problem, which he addresses through its spiritual and physical aspects. Tolkien demonstrates evil through the "Balrog" (Tolkien 330). However, he only writes about its physical aspects. Bennett and Tolkien agree that evil is a physically harmful problem that requires a type of sacrifice. For William Bennett, the problem of evil is drugs. Drugs can cause extreme harm both emotionally and…

My Value for this debate will be security. Security is defined by Merriam Webster as the state of feeling safe, stable, and free from fear or anxiety. Security must be held highest in today’s debate because without Security, we cannot advance in society because there would not be human life to protect. This leads me to my criterion. My Criterion for this debate will be Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs describes what humans need to survive. Security, which is a basis of…

The Impact of Organized Retail Crime The impact of organized retail crime appears to be restricted to financial losses to retailers. However, the economic impact extends beyond the retail industry and affects costs experienced by customers and taxes lost by the local municipalities. The theft of stolen food related items or health and beauty products can pose safety risks to consumers purchasing such goods from organized retail crime fences. Some industry experts and policy makers have expressed…

Adly Templeton The president of the United States is widely considered the most powerful person on the planet. Even so, a simple reading of the constitution does not give the president any extraordinary formal powers: Alexander Hamilton remarked that the constitution made it" difficult to determine whether [the president possesses] more or less power than the Governor of New York." While Congress derives the majority of its authority from the power of the purse, and the Supreme Court exercises…

“Black Market Billions”, by Pradhakar is a detailed book that takes readers into the realm of the billion-dollar business of stolen and counterfeit merchandise. Her extensive research illustrates how organized retail crime (ORC) succeeds in an economy filled with penny-pinching consumers that consistently decide to obtain cheaper ways of purchasing. A number of consumers look to purchase things such as luxury items and even over-the counter prescription drugs. Although these shopping decisions…

new land was stumbled upon in a split in the earth’s crust. As soon as its discovery, legislation was being written to protect the discovery and all who were in it. President Obama personally made an executive order on behalf of the preservation of orcs, giants spiders, and Balrog-type species (which came out of Middle earth) so that they ‘ could be enjoyed for generations to come’. Although this seems like good stewardship shown to these creatures, when observing the basis on which President…