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CABAL

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Did a few edits for articles of personal interest. Eventually signed up when I wanted to stop seeing new messages pertaining to a similar IP address configuration that were -NOT- me. Any major edits I do will mostly be across a vague, wide spectrum of articles, ranging across comics to video games, science-fiction and whatnot. ==List of changes done anonymously in the past== All IPs beginning with 165 were me: *Jhonen Vasquez: Lots of stuff. *Invader Zim: Lots of stuff. *I Feel Sick: Penned original draft. *B-frame: Penned original draft. *Xenomorph: Penned original draft of Theories section. *The Force: Penned original draft of Video Game Portrayal. *Johnny the Homicidal Maniac: Added some extra info here and there. ==Powerlifting== I like the general idea of powerlifting. I personally sport a 1RM of 330lbs (150kg) on the deadlift, a paltry 1RM of 132lbs (60kg) on the bench press, and 3RM (Proper) of 242lbs on the Squat (exercise). As a general rule, lower-reps and heavier poundages are more conducive towards microfibrillar hypertrophy, which improves strength as opposed to endurance. Note: The acronym xRM in the above section means "(Number of) Repetitions (At) Maximum". It simply refers to how many "reps" (repetitions) can be performed per set at maximum with the given poundage. So 1RM would refer to my poundage maximum for one repetition, while 3RM would refer to my poundage maximum for three repetitions. My current goal is to hit 400lbs (Approximately 182kg, rounded off) for my deadlift 1RM. Well actually, I'm aiming for 396lbs (180kg), since I can just round off and say I'm more or less in the four-hundred-pounder club. ==Selected Quotations from American McGee's Alice== ===The Red Queen of Playing card=== I rule Wonderland alone. Your interference will not be tolerated. This realm is for grown-ups. Ruthless, well-ordered, careening on the jagged edge of reality. Self-pitying dreamers are not wanted here, they cannot survive here. You fear the truth. You live in shadows. Your pathetic attempts to reclaim your sanity have failed. Retreat to the sterile safety of your self-delusions, or risk inevitable annihilation. If you destroy me, you destroy yourself. Leave now and some hollow part of you may survive. Stay, and I will break you down. You will lose yourself forever. ===Cheshire Cat=== *I suppose experience teaches best, learn by doing, and similar cliches have merit. Take their advice. I'm busy. *It's impolite to keep royalty waiting. But the price of good manners may be too high. This Queen's a real bitch. *I've heard self-reliance is a virtue. Now you've heard it. *Only a few find the way; some don't recognize it when they do; some don't ever want to. *Every picture tells a story. Sometimes we don't like the ending. Sometimes we don't understand it. *Look for the Queen, but remember: She also has eyes for you. *Paths that end in trouble are all the same. They only appear different when you don't know where they lead. *Plug that noisy orifice before we both go mad. *Protective walls may impede you. But the walls most difficult to penetrate are those that surround our hearts. *Rabbit's anxiety pollutes his reasoning. He begs you back to this hell-hole, then abandons you. Stop looking for good sense here. Settle for any! *Seek and ye shall find, they say. But they don't say what you'll find. *The Queen. The Queen. My lower incisors for the Queen. Where is that wretched creature? *Threats, promises, and good intentions don't amount to action. *Time to jump in time to jump through time...I'm dizzy. *What a racket! Reminds me of your violin lessons. *What they can't see, they don't want to hear. You'll do better if you become corporeal. *Withering cold incapacitates an enemy more completely than deep wounds. But winter does not last forever. *You may have missed something. What's rubbish to one is salvation to another. ===Selected Dialogs=== Torch Gnome #1: Our land is destroyed; our spirit crushed. Alice: Reminds me of the asylum. Is there no joy here? Torch Gnome #1: Slavery and happiness do not dwell in the same house. ---- Elder Gnome: You have the key! Very resourceful. Rabbit's confidence is not misplaced. He is no fool. Alice: I certainly hope he is not. Elder Gnome: Use the key to free my clan from the oppressive burden they carry. Any fight against the Queen's tyranny is a good fight. They've suffered... Alice: I'm sure I'm very sorry for them sir. Really, I am. But what about me getting small? ---- [Alice: I merely wanted to ask... Duchess: Speaking of axes. Chop off her head! ] Alice: I'll have the turtle shell now, you disgusting ogre! Duchess: Over my dead body! Alice: I'll try to accomodate you! ---- Cheshire Cat: Since you know the moves, best play with Whites. They go first. Alice: Such order in the midst of chaos makes me woozy and disoriented. Cheshire Cat: The regularity of the board disguises the predatory menace of certain pieces. ---- Alice: I'm not really a player. What are the rules? White King: Rules? There are no rules. There's barely any strategy. No time! Make a frontal assault on the Red Castle. I won't lie to you, you'll meet deadly traps and fierce opposition along the way. Alice: Should I be grateful for the truth? A lie or two might have been more persuasive. White King: In war: Truth first. There's always time for lies later. You won't face the enemy alone. Carry this soldier to the White Queen. Alice: A mere pawn is the best I can hope for? White King: I'm afraid so. Now, return as you came. The Rooks know the way. ---- Tweedle Dee: Look, Dum, it's whatshername, from the Neurotics' Ward. Nurse's favorite lunatic. Tweedle Dum: Oh, yeah? Scrawny, ain't she? Who let her out, then? They'll blame us, most like. Tweedle Dee: She'll need more medicine. Strong medicine. Tweedle Dum: She got anything to eat? Tweedle Dee: Doubt it. She never finishes her grub at the asylum. She had any meat on her, she'd make a delectable dish. Alice: Despicable, grotesque, and smelly louts; I'll fill your bellies, alright! Cheshire Cat: The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Alice: Spare me the platitude. Do you have any useful advice? Cheshire Cat: Use their size against them. ---- Mad Hatter: Bad timing. Pity. Reliable help is so hard to find these days. Come in my dear. You're just in time for tea. Alice: I only take mine with friends. Mad Hatter: Count me to be among them. Accurately. I mean, honestly. That's the truth. Oh, I quite forgot. You and the truth are not on familiar terms. Alice: And you would know! Mad Hatter: Truth is always bitter to those who fear it. Alice: I fear nothing. Mad Hatter: False. You fear much...a return trip to the asylum, for example...the memories that drove you there...more years in, shall we say, supervised hospitalization...ah yes, you fear much. Of course, all that might be avoided. Alice: How? Tell me. What do you mean? ---- March Hare: We've done nothing of the kind. It's the Hatter. He's gone quite mad, if I do say so. Speaking of which, How is the Queen of Hearts not like a typhoon? Alice: Both are powerful, destructive, and indiscriminately cruel. But the typhoon doesn't mean to be. March Hare: Good answer. Wrong. But good. ---- Alice: Those two seem to barely comprehend their situation. Gryphon: They're blithering idiots. But the Hatter does come at 6 on the dot. Alice: For his tea? Gryphon: No. To check his cruel experiments. With gears, springs, levers, and mechanical gizzards, he seeks an impossible precision like a watchmaker obsessed with infinitesimal fractions of seconds, or a mathematician who tries to square the circle. He'll turn all the inhabitants into his automatons, or kill them in the attempt. Alice: That's simply awful. 6 o'clock you say? Gryphon: 6 precisely, by that clock. Alice: Hmm. . .Perhaps 6 comes early today. ---- Gryphon: You've destroyed her guardian, Alice, and avenged my death. Enter the ultimate battle. Alice: Must I fight on? Can't the Red Queen be persuaded to surrender? Gryphon: True words and logic rarely defeat evil intent. She is still strong. And so many have been harmed. They want revenge, which we call justice. She made this world, and she must pay. You must lead our forces against her. Alice: I'm not sure I know how to lead. Gryphon: Do your best, Alice; you can only do your best; you can always do . . . best. Cheshire Cat: Without Gryphon, our forces are leaderless and a battle has begun. Deliver from this evil, or let us perish. ==Quotes from nowhere== *A witty saying means nothing. *Better to rule in Hell than to serve in Heaven. *Fear is the mind-killer. *Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment. *If there was no God, then it is necessary that we make Him. *In war, resolution. In defeat, defiance. In victory, magnanimity. In peace, goodwill. *It does not matter how slow you are, as long as you do not stop. *May you live in interesting times. *The surest sign that intelligent life exists in the universe is that none of it has tried to contact us. *There is no such thing as innocence, only degrees of guilt. *Three feet of ice does not result from one day of cold weather. ==Miscellaneous, incoherent ramblings== *I like dark chocolate, what about you? *I tested INFP. *People afraid of strong government often have no ability to oppose it.

Cabal

A cabal is a number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue. Cabals are secret organizations composed of a few designing persons; a political cabal is often called a junta. The term can also be used to refer to the designs of such persons. The term also holds a general meaning of intrigue and conspiracy. Its usage carries strong connotations of shadowy corners and occult influence; a cabal is more evil and selective than, say, a faction, which is simply selfish. The term cabal derives from Kabbalah (which has numerous spelling variations), the mystical interpretation of the Hebrew language scripture, and originally meant either an occult doctrine or a secret. The term took on its present insidious meaning from a group of ministers chosen in 1667 by King Charles II of England (including Thomas Clifford, 1st Lord Clifford, Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, and John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale), whose initial letters coincidentally spelled Cabal. The Cabal Ministry, never very unified in its members' aims and sympathies, fell apart by 1672; Lord Ashley, who became Earl of Shaftesbury, still later even became one of Charles II's fiercest opponents. The explanation that the word originated as an acronym from the names of the group of ministers is an urban legend, although the coincidence was noted at the time. The group was rather called the Cabal because of its secretiveness and lack of responsibility to the "Country party" then out of power. In 1777 a supposed conspiracy, known as the "Conway Cabal," took place. A series of criticisms of General George Washington's leadership abilities as commander-in-chief during the American Revolution has been taught as a cabal, but little evidence exists for it being an actual conspiracy. During the rise of Usenet, the term gained great notice as a semi-ironic description of the efforts of people to maintain some order over the chaotic, anarchic Usenet community; see backbone cabal, There is no Cabal. As in this specific case, references to an alleged cabal often fall within the realm of the conspiracy theory. See also zealot, thug, and assassin for other negative words which came from words describing religious extremism or religious sects. ---- Cabal may also refer to: *A fictional secret society in the works of Robert A. Heinlein. The Cabal is the sworn enemy of the theocratic government depicted in \"If This Goes On�\", part of Heinlein's novel ''Revolt in 2100'' and of the Future History. They are clearly derived from and share membership with the Freemasons. *In Neal Stephenson's ''Quicksilver (novel)'', it refers to Charles II of England's ministers. In his fictional history story, the ministers are Comstock, Anglesey, Bolstrood, Apthorp, and Lewis. *A novel by Clive Barker, which was subsequently made into the film ''Nightbreed''. *An alien political group on the science fiction television show ''Star Trek: Enterprise''. The Cabal governs the primary villains, known as the Suliban, in the series. *King Arthur's dog. *CABAL (C&C), a fictional artificial intelligence in ''Command and Conquer''. *A group of Discordianism who started their own POEE chapter. Secret societies

Cabal

Removed the following: :The term took on its present invidious meaning from a group of five ministers chosen in 1667 by King Charles II of England (Thomas Clifford, 1st Lord Clifford, Henry Bennet, 1st Earl of Arlington, George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury, and John Maitland, Duke of Lauderdale), whose initial letters coincidentally spelled Cabal. :This Cabal, never very unified in its members' aims and sympathies, fell apart by 1672; Lord Ashley, who became Earl of Shaftesbury, still later even became one of Charles II's fiercest opponents. :The term, in any case, continued to hold its general meaning of intrigue and conspiracy. This explanation (implying that the term is an acronym) has been convincingly debunked. [http://www.snopes.com/language/acronyms/cabal.htm Urban Legends Reference Pages article on "Cabal"] User:Ellsworth 19:30, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC) :That would be a reason to keep it in the article with an explanation that it is commonly believed but false, rather than to remove it! - User:Nunh-huh 19:33, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC) In fact, it's not even false - the article said that their initial letters ''coincidentally'' spelled Cabal. User:John Kenney User_talk:John Kenney 20:12, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC) I added a clarifying sentence that the acronym explanation, as it relates to the ministers names, is a UL. User:Ellsworth 22:42, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC) It's not exactly an urban legend. The ''word'' doesn't derive from the fact of the names. Nor were they called the Cabal ''because'' of the initials. But the initials were noticed at the time, and jokes were made on that basis. User:John Kenney User_talk:John Kenney 22:57, 20 Jun 2004 (UTC) Lately right-wing Americans are claiming that the existence of the word "cabal" is a proof that left-wing Americans are anti-semitic. If someone can explain this to me in terms I can understand, I will be grateful. -- Anon :No doubt it suits their purposes to do so, whatever those purposes might be -- insulting their left-wing opponents perhaps ? It need be no more complicated than that. -- User:Derek Ross | User talk:Derek Ross 17:10, 2005 Jan 31 (UTC) ---- A justification of the Wikipedia self-reference has been requested. Unfortunately, as its original author the best I can supply is "it was totally worth it." Well, it was. -- User:Kizor 15:38, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)

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