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Terrorism is an act designed to terrorize. In its most common usage, it usually refers to a violent act committed by private individuals against civilian targets in order to influence or bring about a certain outcome, usually political in nature.
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- We took the liberty to make some enquiries concerning the ground of their pretentions to make war upon nations who had done them no injury, and observed that we considered all mankind as our friends who had done us no wrong, nor had given us any provocation... The Ambassador answered us that it was founded on the laws of their Prophet; that it was written in their Koran; that all nations who should not have acknowledged their authority were sinners; that it was their right and duty to make war upon them wherever they could be found, and to make slaves of all they could take as prisoners; and that every Mussulman who was slain in battle was sure to go to Paradise. He said, also, that the man who was the first to board a vessel had one slave over and above his share, and that when they sprang to the deck of an enemy's ship, every sailor held a dagger in each hand and a third in his mouth; which usually struck such terror into the foe that they cried out for quarter at once.
- John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, letter to John Jay (28 March 1786).
- Concerning an interview in London with the ambassador from Tripoli, Sidi Haji Abdul Rahman Adja.
- Do not imagine that this problem is solely an Iraqi problem because the terrorist front represents a threat to all free countries and free people of the world. [...] Thousands of lives were tragically lost on Sept. 11 when these impostors of Islam reared their ugly head. Thousands more continue to die in Iraq today at the hands of the same terrorists who show complete disregard for human life.
- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, speaking before the U.S. Congress (26 July 2006).
- I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world... True Muslims know that the ruthless violence of so called Islamic Jihadists goes against the very tenets of our religion... We as Muslims have to stand up to those who use Islam to advance their own personal agenda... They have alienated many from learning about Islam. True Muslims know or should know that it goes against our religion to try and force Islam on anybody.
- Terrorism is tempting with its tremendous possibilities. It offers a mechanical solution, as it were, in hopeless situations. … the principles of terrorism unavoidably rebound to the fatal injury of liberty and revolution. Absolute power corrupts and defeats its partisans no less than its opponents. A people that knows not liberty becomes accustomed to dictatorship: fighting despotism and counter-revolution, terrorism itself becomes their efficient school. Once on the road of terrorism, the State necessarily becomes estranged from the people.
- Alexander Berkman, "The Bolshevik Myth", in Anarchism: A Documentary History of Libertarian Ideas (Vol. 1), ed. Robert Graham (Montreal: Black Rose Books, 2005), p. 312.
- Terrorism is essentially the rage of the literati in its last stage, at least in the cases of Robespierre, St Just and others.
- Jacob Burckhardt, Judgements on History and Historians (1929), Section 141. On the Mutual Destruction of the Revolutionary Factions.
- A great people has been moved to defend a great nation. Terrorist attacks can shake the foundations of our biggest buildings, but they cannot touch the foundation of America. These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of American resolve. America was targeted for attack because we're the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world. And no one will keep that light from shining. Today, our nation saw evil, the very worst of human nature. And we responded with the best of America — with the daring of our rescue workers, with the caring for strangers and neighbors who came to give blood and help in any way they could.
- George W. Bush in his "Address to the Nation" (11 September 2001).
- This crusade, this war on terrorism, is going to take a while.
- People have got to go about their business. We cannot let the terrorists achieve the objective of frightening our nation to the point where we don't conduct business, where people don't shop.
- Civilized people everywhere have recognized that terrorists threaten every nation that loves liberty and cherishes the protection of individual rights.
- George W. Bush, Proclamation 7513 (December 2001)
- What we have found in Afghanistan confirms that, far from ending there, our war against terror is only beginning... tens of thousands of trained terrorists are still at large. These enemies view the entire world as a battlefield, and we must pursue them wherever they are. So long as training camps operate, so long as nations harbor terrorists, freedom is at risk. And America and our allies must not, and will not, allow it....Our military has put the terror training camps of Afghanistan out of business, yet camps still exist in at least a dozen countries. A terrorist underworld — including groups like Hamas, Hezbollah, Islamic Jihad, Jaish-i-Mohammed — operates in remote jungles and deserts, and hides in the centers of large cities....But some governments will be timid in the face of terror. And make no mistake about it: If they do not act, America will.
- George W. Bush, State of the Union Address (29 January 2002)
- We still face terrorists who would rather go on killing the innocent than accept the rise of liberty in the heart.
- George W. Bush, television address on the capture of Saddam Hussein (14 December 2003)
- Lacking the military strength to challenge us directly, the terrorists have chosen the weapon of fear. When they murder children at a school in Beslan or blow up commuters in London or behead a bound captive the terrorists hope these horrors will break our will, allowing the violent to inherit the earth. But they have miscalculated: We love our freedom, and we will fight to keep it.
- George W. Bush, State of the Union address (31 January 2006)
- It is the great challenge of this century and it's this: As young democracies flourish, terrorists try to stop their progress. And it's the great challenge of the United States and others who are blessed with living in free countries. Not only do terrorists try to stop the advance of democracy through killing innocent people within those countries, they also try to shape the will of the western world by killing innocent westerners. They try to spread their jihadist message — a message I call, it's totalitarian in nature — Islamic radicalism, Islamic fascism, they try to spread it as well by taking the attack to those of us who love freedom.
- George W. Bush on Israeli-Lebanese War (7 August 2006)
- The recent arrests that our fellow citizens are now learning about are a stark reminder that this nation is at war with Islamic fascists who will use any means to — to destroy those of us who love freedom, to hurt our nation.... The — this country is safer than it was prior to 9/11. We've taken a lot of measures to protect the American people. But obviously we're still not completely safe, because there are people that still plot and people who want to harm us for what we believe in. It is a mistake to believe there is no threat to the United States of America.
- George W. Bush, on a British airline bombing plot (10 August 2006)
- The war we fight today is more than a military conflict; it is the decisive ideological struggle of the 21st century. On one side are those who believe in the values of freedom and moderation – the right of all people to speak, and worship, and live in liberty. And on the other side are those driven by the values of tyranny and extremism; the right of a self-appointed few to impose their fanatical views on all the rest. As veterans, you have seen this kind of enemy before. They're successors to Fascists, to Nazis, to Communists, and other totalitarians of the 20th century. And history shows what the outcome will be: This war will be difficult; this war will be long; and this war will end in the defeat of the terrorists and totalitarians, and a victory for the cause of freedom and liberty.
- George W. Bush, at the American Legion National Convention in Salt Lake City, UT (31 August 2006)
- In order to win this war, we need to understand that the terrorists and extremists are opportunists. They will grab onto any cause to incite hatred and to justify the killing of innocent men, women and children. If we weren't in Iraq, they would be using our relationship and friendship with Israel as a reason to recruit, or the Crusades, or cartoons as a reason to commit murder. They recruit based upon lies and excuses. And they murder because of their raw desire for power. They hope to impose their dominion over the broader Middle East and establish a radical Islamic empire where millions are ruled according to their hateful ideology. We know this because al-Qaeda has told us. The terrorist Zawahiri, number two man in the al-Qaeda team, al-Qaeda network, he said, we'll proceed with several incremental goals. The first stage is to expel the Americans from Iraq; the second stage is to establish an Islamic authority, then develop it and support it until it achieves the level of caliphate; the third stage, extend the jihad wave to secular countries neighboring Iraq; and the fourth stage, the clash with Israel. This is the words of the enemy. The President of the United States and the Congress must listen carefully to what the enemy says in order to be able to protect you. It makes sense for us to take their words seriously if our most important job is the security of the United States. Mister Zawahiri has laid out their plan. That's why they attacked us on September the 11th. That's why they fight us in Iraq today. And that is why they must be defeated.
- George W. Bush, remarks at Bob Riley for Governor Luncheon in Alabama (28 September 2006), as quoted in "FLASHBACK 2006: Media Elites Slam Bush For Predicting Rise Of Islamic Caliphate In Iraq" (24 May 2016), The Daily Caller
- Bringing the terrorists to justice does not create terrorism; it's the best way to protect our people... Multilateral organizations must respond by taking an unequivocable moral stand against terrorism. No cause can justify the deliberate taking of innocent human life, and the international community is nearing universal agreement on this truth... Tactics like suicide bombing, hostage-taking, and hijacking are never legitimate... Like slavery and piracy, terrorism has no place in the modern world. Around the globe, nations are turning these words into action. Members of the United Nations are sharing intelligence with one another, conducting joint operations, and freezing terrorist finances. While terrorists continue to carry out attacks like the terrible bombing in Islamabad last week, our joint actions have spared our citizens from many devastating blows.
- George W. Bush, Address to the United Nations General Assembly by President George W. Bush (23 September 2008)
- Terrorists believe time is on their side, so they made waiting out civilized nations part of their strategy. We must not allow them to succeed... Terrorists envision a world in which religious freedom is denied, women are oppressed, and all dissent is crushed... Today, the world is engaged in another period of great challenge. And by continuing to work together, that unshakable unity of determination will be ours. Together, we confront and defeat the evil of terrorism. Together, we can secure the Almighty's gift of liberty and justice to millions who have not known it. And together, we can build a world that is freer, safer, and better for the generations who follow. Thank you.
- George W. Bush, Address to the United Nations General Assembly by President George W. Bush (23 September 2008)
- When people live in freedom, they do not willingly choose leaders who pursue campaigns of terror. When people have hope in the future, they will not cede their lives to violence and extremism. So around the world, America is promoting human liberty, human rights, and human dignity. We are standing with dissidents and young democracies, providing AIDS medicine to bring dying patients back to life, and sparing mothers and babies from malaria. And this great republic born alone in liberty is leading the world toward a new age when freedom belongs to all nations... Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time, everywhere. Freeing people from oppression and despair is eternally right. This nation must continue to speak out for justice and truth. We must always be willing to act in their defense and to advance the cause of peace.
- George W. Bush, farewell speech to the nation (15 January 2009)
- While our nation is safer than it was seven years ago, the gravest threat to our people remains another terrorist attack. Our enemies are patient and determined to strike again. America did nothing to seek or deserve this conflict. But we have been given solemn responsibilities, and we must meet them. We must resist complacency. We must keep our resolve. And we must never let down our guard. At the same time, we must continue to engage the world with confidence and clear purpose. In the face of threats from abroad, it can be tempting to seek comfort by turning inward. But we must reject isolationism and its companion, protectionism. Retreating behind our borders would only invite danger. In the 21st century, security and prosperity at home depend on the expansion of liberty abroad. If America does not lead the cause of freedom, that cause will not be led.
- George W. Bush, farewell speech to the nation (15 January 2009)
- Maintain our moral clarity. I have often spoken to you about good and evil. This has made some uncomfortable. But good and evil are present in this world, and between the two there can be no compromise. Murdering the innocent to advance an ideology is wrong every time, everywhere. Freeing people from oppression and despair is eternally right. This nation must continue to speak out for justice and truth. We must always be willing to act in their defense and to advance the cause of peace.
- George W. Bush, farewell speech to the nation (15 January 2009)
When I was still a member of what is probably best termed the British Jihadi Network, a series of semi-autonomous British Muslim terrorist groups linked by a single ideology, I remember how we used to laugh in celebration whenever people on TV proclaimed that the sole cause for Islamic acts of terror like 9/11, the Madrid bombings and 7/7 was Western foreign policy.
By blaming the government for our actions, those who pushed the 'Blair's bombs' line did our propaganda work for us. More important, they also helped to draw away any critical examination from the real engine of our violence: Islamic theology.
- Hassan Butt (2007-07-01). "My plea to fellow Muslims: you must renounce terror". The Observer. .
- You should not be walking through the lobbies with Jeremy Corbyn and a bunch of terrorist sympathisers.
- During a private meeting of Tory MPs the evening before a crucial debate and vote on whether Britain will go to war in Syria - "David Cameron brands Jeremy Corbyn a 'terrorist sympathiser' for opposing Syria air strikes" The Independent (2 December 2015)
- No-one becomes a terrorist from a standing start. It starts with a process of radicalisation. When you look in detail at the backgrounds of those convicted of terrorist offences, it is clear that many of them were first influenced by what some would call non-violent extremists.
- David Cameron, speech at Ninestiles School, Birmingham. (transcript by The Independent)
- We should together challenge the ludicrous conspiracy theories of the extremists. The world is not conspiring against Islam; the security services aren't behind terrorist attacks; our new Prevent duty for schools is not about criminalising or spying on Muslim children. This is paranoia in the extreme.
- David Cameron, speech at Ninestiles School, Birmingham. (transcript by The Independent)
- We need our internet companies to go further in helping us identify potential terrorists online. Many of their commercial models are built around monitoring platforms for personal data, packaging it up and selling it on to third parties. And when it comes to doing what's right for their business, they are happy to engineer technologies to track our likes and dislikes. But when it comes to doing what's right in the fight against terrorism, we too often hear that it's all too difficult.
- David Cameron, speech at Ninestiles School, Birmingham. (transcript by The Independent)
- We've got to show that if you say "yes I condemn terror – but the Kuffar are inferior", or "violence in London isn't justified, but suicide bombs in Israel are a different matter" – then you too are part of the problem. Unwittingly or not, and in a lot of cases it's not unwittingly, you are providing succour to those who want to commit, or get others to commit to, violence.
- David Cameron, speech at Ninestiles School, Birmingham. (transcript by The Independent)
- We know from long experience in Iraq and Afghanistan to take territory, hold territory, and govern territory and prevent a reemergence of a terrorist group.
- Ashton Carter, interview with Charlie Rose (February 2016).
- One has to ask whether there was transparency in the invasion of Iraq. The world knows President Bush lied openly about Iraq having chemical weapons, They keep on bombing cities, killing children, they have become a terrorist state.
- Hugo Chávez, Chavez: US is a terrorist state (14 February 2005).
- If fine speech-making, appeals to reason, or pleas for compassion had the power to move them, the terrorists would long ago have abandoned the field.
- Dick Cheney, May 21, 2009.[1].
- Wanton killing of innocent civilians is terrorism, not a war against terrorism.
- Noam Chomsky in 9/11 (2001).
- Fifteen years ago, there was this country called the Soviet Union that had over 10,000 nuclear warheads pointed at us... they're not there anymore. That's a good thing. And when people talk about how the world is more dangerous now than it was because we had these terrorists running around, my reply is, you know, a terrorist is like a buzzing mosquito. About 15 years ago, there was a great, big vampire bat; that's several orders of magnitude different from a mosquito. So the world is much safer — a lot safer than it was. It's not perfectly safe, but it's a heck of a lot safer than it was.
- Tom Clancy, Larry King Live Weekend (27 August 2000).
- Ending your own life is not something the average person does. Everybody's assuming these are Islamic terrorists. Well, if so they've defiled their own religion. Islam does not permit suicide. It says you go to hell if you do something like this... We saw people in Northern Ireland, Catholics acting like savages and Protestants acting like savages... We have people who call themselves Muslims acting like savages. It's not because of their religion, it's because they're fools.
- Tom Clancy, interview with Judy Woodruff (11 September 2001), CNN.
- Others are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through the use of electromagnetic waves.
- William Cohen, U.S. Secretary of Defense, DoD news briefing, April 28, 1997 [2].
- discussing threats from other countries' scientific projects
- In this tragic moment, when words seem so inadequate to express the shock people feel, the first thing that comes to mind is this: We are all Americans! We are all New Yorkers, just as surely as John F. Kennedy declared himself to be a Berliner in 1962 when he visited Berlin.
- Jean-Marie Colombani, Le Monde (liberal), Paris, France, Sept. 12, 2001.
- America is not at war with Islam. Although... Islam is at war with America.
- Pat Condell, "Justice for Osama" (8 May 2011), YouTube.
- Anyone who criticisms Islam publicly can expect to be threatened with physical violence. If that's not terrorism, then what is it? In the world of the cultural terrorist, if you oppose the oppression of women and minorities, you're an enemy of religious freedom; if you despise violent superstition, you're a racist; and if you reject religious totalitarianism, you have a mental illness. Let me tell you something, when you get to the stage where anyone criticising your beliefs is automatically deemed to have a mental illness, that is a sure sign of mental illness.
- Pat Condell, Islamic cultural terrorism (June 15, 2011; from YouTube)
- You cannot win a War on Terrorism. It's like having a war on jealousy.
- David Cross, on his comedy album Shut Up You Fucking Baby! (2002).
- If you want to call Hezbollah a terrorist organization, then you must call Israel a terrorist organization.
- David Duke, former Ku Klux Klan member, on his radio show, 10 August 2006: The Israeli Invasion and Bombing of Lebanon.
- Terrorism does not happen in a vacuum. And we would not be subject to and endangered by so-called terrorism within our own countries if we in fact kept our countries as our own heritage, our own value system. The recent terror plot in Britain, for instance was launched mostly, almost entirely by Muslims of non-European descent, who were born in Britain. Born in Britain, because of the immigration policies of our countries.
- David Duke, former Ku Klux Klan member, on his radio show, August 25, 2006.
- Terror consists mostly of useless cruelties perpetrated by frightened people in order to reassure themselves.
- Friedrich Engels, letter to Marx (4 September 1870).
- Terrorism grows when there is no other option, and as long as the world economy has at its center the god of money and not the person.
- Pope Francis, as quoted in "Pope Francis Says Ills of Global Economy, Not Islam, Inspire Terrorism," The Wall Street Journal, August 1, 2016
- There is always a point at which the terrorist ceases to manipulate the media gestalt. A point at which the violence may well escalate, but beyond which the terrorist has become symptomatic of the media gestalt itself.Terrorism as we ordinarily understand it is innately media-related.
- William Gibson, Official blog at williamgibsonbooks.com (31 October 2004).
- There are real people out there who are organized to kill people in religion and based on race. But it's 2015 there are people out there looking for Christians to kill them. So this is a mean time we live in.
- Lindsey Graham, as quoted in "Lindsey Graham Says SC Church Shooting Suspect Dylann Roof Was His Niece's Classmate" (18 June 2015), by Ali Dukakis, ABC News.
- [R]efusing to accept a life of submission, the suicide bomber turns life itself into a horrible weapon.
- Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri, Multitude.
- What do groups like ISIS and al-Qaeda, and even Hamas, want? They want to impose their religious views on the rest of humanity. They want to stifle every freedom that decent and educated and secular people care about. This is not a trivial difference. And yet, judging from the level of condemnation that Israel now receives, you would think the difference ran the other way. This kind of confusion puts us all in danger. This is the great story of our time. For the rest of our lives, and the lives of our children, we are going to be confronted by people who don't want to live peacefully in a secular pluralistic world because they are desperate to get to paradise, and they are willing to destroy the very possibility of human happiness along the way. The truth is, we are all living in Israel; it's just that some of us haven't realized it yet.
- Sam Harris, "Why Don't I Criticize Israel?" (27 July 2014), Sam Harris.
- Actually, who is the terrorist, who is against human rights? The answer is the United States because they attacked Iraq. Moreover, it is the terrorist king, waging war.
- Hamzah Haz, "Indonesian VP: United States Is 'Terrorist King'" (2003), Common Dreams.
- Usually, terrorists film their attacks for future information operations and social media use. They may have had terrorist videographers in specific locations for that purpose.
- Mark Hertling, "What videos reveal about Paris killers" (7 January 2015), CNN, State of Georgia: Cable News Network
- We need intelligence services to fight against terrorism, but they have to respect the principles of good relationships between allies and protect personal, confidential data.
- François Hollande, as quoted in "Exclusive: President François Hollande Talks Syria, Spies and Secrets With TIME" (5 February 2014), by Catherine Mayer, Time.
- Civilization is based on a clearly defined and widely accepted yet often unarticulated hierarchy. Violence done by those higher on the hierarchy to those lower is nearly always invisible, that is, unnoticed. When it is noticed, it is fully rationalized. Violence done by those lower on the hierarchy to those higher is unthinkable, and when it does occur is regarded with shock, horror, and the fetishization of the victims.
- Derrick Jensen, Endgame. p. IX
- Atheism is the only real hope against terrorism.
- Penn Jillette, as quoted in "Morality, Religion, and Bullshit" (December 2012), American Humanist.
- Ludicrous concepts…like the whole idea of a "war on terrorism". You can wage war against another country, or on a national group within your own country, but you can't wage war on an abstract noun. How do you know when you've won? When you've got it removed from the Oxford English Dictionary?
- Terrorism has tangible root causes in war, torture and occupation. One only needs the simplest understanding of human nature to recognize that people will take action to remove the boots on their necks.
- Angela Keaton, as quoted in "Exclusive Interview: Anti-War's Angela Keaton on Women, War and the Ethics of Empire" by Anthony Wile, The Daily Bell, posted July 1, 2012.
- We cannot lose to terrorism, we must not yield to brute force.
- Junichirō Koizumi, as quoted in "Beheaded Japanese to be flown home" (31 October 2004), CNN.
- America has made many accusations against us and many other Muslims around the world. Its charge that we are carrying out acts of terrorism is unwarranted.
- Osama bin Laden, . The unreleased Osama bin Ladin interview by Al Jazeera Satellite channel reporter Tayseer Allouni (21 October 2001). Retrieved on 2008-08-30..
- The difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is a matter of perspective: it all depends on the observer and the verdict of history.
- Pentti Linkola, Can Life Prevail?: A Revolutionary Approach to the Environmental Crisis. page 160
- I know that you personally do not fear giving up your own life in order to take others; that is why you are so dangerous. But I know you fear that you may fail in your long-term objective to destroy our free society and I can show you why you will fail. In the days that follow, look at our airports, look at our sea ports and look at our railway stations and, even after your cowardly attack, you will see... They come to be free, they come to live the life they choose, they come to be able to be themselves. They flee you because you tell them how they should live. They don't want that and nothing you do, however many of us you kill, will stop that flight to our city where freedom is strong and where people can live in harmony with one another. Whatever you do, however many you kill, you will fail.
- We've got our own way of doing things, and it doesn't involve tossing bombs around where innocent people are going about their lives. And that's because we're better than you. Everyone is better than you. Our city works. We rather like it. And we're going to go about our lives. We're going to take care of the lives you ruined. And then we're going to work. And we're going down the pub. So you can pack up your bombs, put them in your arseholes, and get the fuck out of our city.
- The London News Review, "A Letter To The Terrorists, From London" (7 July 2005).
- The CIA taught us everything – everything...They taught us explosives, how to kill, bomb, trained us in acts of sabotage. When the Cubans were working for the C.I.A. they were called patriots... Now they call it terrorism.
- Bardach Anna Louise and Larry Rohter, A Bomber's Tale: Decades of Intrigue; Life in the Shadows, Trying to Bring Down Castro New York Times (July 13, 1988).
- If I truly believed that it was the right thing to do, that it was what sovereign God wanted me to do, and that if I did it I'd be rewarded in heaven with a huge mansion, 80,000 servants, and 72 beautiful, willing virgins all waiting there just for me, I'd crash a plane into a building too.
- Reverend Loveshade in "How to Raise a Terrorist" (2001).
- Terrified people do not want to be free, they want to be protected. If you can keep the people in a state of terror, you won't have to take away their freedom — they'll give it to you willingly.
- Alden Loveshade Alden Loveshade, in "Red Alert — Terrorist Threat from Your Own Government?" The Loveshade Family Blog (10 August 2006).
- I define a 'terrorist' as a non-state actor who attacks civilian targets in order to strike terror into the hearts of the enemy community... A 'state terrorist' is a state doing the same thing.
- Michael Mann, Professor of Sociology, UCLA in Incoherent Empire, p. 159.
- Blood will flow in the streets... Good vs. Evil. Free Men vs. Socialist Wannabe Slaves. Pray it is not your blood, my friend.
- Batman vs. Al Qaeda! It might as well be Bin Laden vs. King Kong! Or how about the sinister Al Qaeda mastermind up against a hungry Hannibal Lecter! For all the good it's likely to do. Cheering on a fictional character as he beats up fictionalized terrorists seems like a decadent indulgence when real terrorists are killing real people in the real world. I'd be so much more impressed if Frank Miller gave up all this graphic novel nonsense, joined the Army and, with a howl of undying hate, rushed headlong onto the front lines with the young soldiers who are actually risking life and limb 'vs' Al Qaeda.
- What people often forget, of course, is that Magneto (unlike the lovely Sir Ian McKellen, is a mad old terrorist twat. No matter how he justifies his stupid, brutal behaviour, or how anyone else tries to justify it, in the end he's just an old bastard with daft, old ideas based on violence and coercion. I really wanted to make that clear.
- Grant Morrison (2004) Popimage
- The root cause of terrorism lies not in grievances but in a disposition toward unbridled violence. This can be traced to a world view which asserts that certain ideological and religious goals justify, indeed demand, the shedding of all moral inhibitions."
- Benjamin Netanyahu, former Israeli ambassador and current Israeli prime minister.
- As quoted in —Terrorism—How the West Can Win. Awakeǃ magazine, 1/8 - 1987.
As Hamas's charter makes clear, Hamas's immediate goal is to destroy Israel. But Hamas has a broader objective. They also want a caliphate. Hamas shares the global ambitions of its fellow militant Islamists. That's why its supporters wildly cheered in the streets of Gaza as thousands of Americans were murdered on 9/11. And that's why its leaders condemned the United States for killing Osama bin Laden, whom they praised as a holy warrior.
So when it comes to their ultimate goals, Hamas is ISIS and ISIS is Hamas. And what they share in common, all militant Islamists share in common. Boko Haram in Nigeria; Ash-Shabab in Somalia; Hezbollah in Lebanon; An-Nusrah in Syria; The Mahdi Army in Iraq; And the Al-Qaeda branches in Yemen, Libya, the Philippines, India and elsewhere. Some are radical Sunnis, some are radical Shi'ites. Some want to restore a pre-medieval caliphate from the 7th century. Others want to trigger the apocalyptic return of an imam from the 9th century. They operate in different lands, they target different victims and they even kill each other in their quest for supremacy. But they all share a fanatic ideology. They all seek to create ever expanding enclaves of militant Islam where there is no freedom and no tolerance – Where women are treated as chattel, Christians are decimated, and minorities are subjugated, sometimes given the stark choice: convert or die. For them, anyone can be an infidel, including fellow Muslims. Ladies and Gentlemen, Militant Islam's ambition to dominate the world seems mad. But so too did the global ambitions of another fanatic ideology that swept to power eight decades ago. The Nazis believed in a master race. The militant Islamists believe in a master faith. They just disagree about who among them will be the master... of the master faith. That's what they truly disagree about. Therefore, the question before us is whether militant Islam will have the power to realize its unbridled ambitions.
- Benjamin Netanyahu, speech at the United Nations General Assembly (September 2014), New York.
- As quoted in The Jerusalem Post.
- The terrorists have won... What was their goal 15 long, sad years ago? To strip from the world's greatest power, their traditions of growing tolerance. To hamstring the international interests of a country that barely stuck to the international double-white line of the moral road, but came closer than any other. To take our energies from trying... to help the world move forward, and instead make us direct those energies inward, at one another, within our own borders.
- Keith Olbermann, "The Terrorists Have Won" (November 2016), The Closer, YouTube
- You know, the media and the politicians would have us believe that there's something inherently immoral about terrorism. That is, they would have us believe that it's not immoral for us to destroy a pharmaceutical factory in Sudan with cruise missiles, but it is immoral for someone like Bin Laden to blow up a government building in Washington with a truck bomb. It's okay for us to take out an air-raid shelter full of women and children in Baghdad with a smart bomb, but it's cowardly and immoral for an Iraqi or Iranian agent to pop a vial of sarin in a New York subway tunnel. Really, what should we expect? They don't have aircraft carriers and cruise missiles and stealth bombers. So should we expect them to just sit there and take their punishment when we wage war on them? I think that it is the most reasonable thing in the world for them to hit back at us in the only way they can. It actually takes more courage to be a terrorist behind enemy lines than it does to push the firing button for a cruise missile a hundred miles away from your target. And yet we certainly will see Bill Clinton and every other Jew-serving politician in our government on television denouncing as a "cowardly act" the first terrorist bomb which goes off in the United States as a result of a war against Iraq. And don't be surprised when the FBI and the CIA announce that they have studied the evidence carefully and have determined that it was Iranian terrorists who built the bomb, so that the Jews will have an excuse for expanding the war to take out Iran as well as Iraq.
- William Luther Pierce, neo-Nazi leader, as quoted in Why War? (1998), "American Dissident Voices Broadcast" (21 November 1998).
- Terrorists aren't trying to kill us because we offended them. They attack us because they want to impose their view of the world on as many people as they can, and America is standing in their way. We need to make it unmistakably clear that we will do whatever it takes, for however long it takes, to defeat radical Islamic terrorism. We will punish — we will punish their allies, like Iran — and we will stand with our allies, like Israel.
- Marco Rubio, Conservative Political Action Committee speech, 2010-02-19.
- Islamic terrorists are against us because of what we do, not who we are…if we did not attack them, then their leadership would have trouble persuading their followers that they need to die attacking the American way of life.
- Michael Scheuer, ex head of CIA anti-terrorist unit on the ABC (Australian Broadcasting Commission) 7.30 report (23 November 2004).
- Governments are terrorists, but they hide their actions behind the label of nationalism and patriotism: war becomes defense; theft becomes 'taxation'; slavery becomes 'conscription'; terrorism becomes 'defense.' Few people question the violations; rather, if they do protest, it is because the government is oppressing the 'wrong' group of people, and not because they regard coercion itself as wrong.
- L.K. Samuels, Facets of Liberty: A Libertarian Primer, edited L.K. Samuels, Freeland Press (2009), chapter 17: "Who's Afraid of No Government" pp. 139-140.
- A terrorist act is the logical if extreme outcome of white supremacy and intolerance. Apparently, reasons this particular white supremacist gunman, 'if you can't own them, exploit them, or remove them, you kill them'.
- Brooks D. Simspon, "Charleston: White Supremacy, Black Lives, and Red Blood" (21 June 2015), Crossroads.
- We are truly in a battle for our very lives not just in the sense that they will kill us if they can, but in the sense that life itself is being challenged, that it's life versus death, you either love life or you love death, creation versus destruction, love versus hatred, that's what this is about.
- Robert Spencer, ACT for America chapter in Mission Viejo, California (9 March 2015)
- The terrorist kills because he cannot compete with his adversaries. Instead of responding to Salman Rushdie's ill-structured and unreadable novel with a novel that is well-plotted and properly written, the terrorist calls for his murder. The terrorist cannot challenge Theo van Gogh's controversial documentary with a better one and thus decides to stab him to death. The history of contemporary Islamist terrorism is full of instances of cold-blooded murder ordered by those who could not compete in literary, political, social or even theological fields against those better than them. With the advent of globalization, Islamist terrorism is now able to strike beyond the frontiers of the Muslim world. But the same lazy mentality is at work. The terrorist knows that he is incapable of building an alternative civilization capable of competing with the one he despises. So he tries to destroy what becomes the cause of his humiliation.
- Amir Taheri, "Terrorism Cannot Win: This is Why", Elaph.com, (January 16, 2014).
- Terrorists may end up like the man who, having won a great many tokens at the roulette table, is surprised when the casino tells him his winnings cannot be cashed.
- Terrorism is terrorism, violence is violence, and it has no place.
- Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri, Fatwa against Terrorism (2010), "Muslim Leader's Edict Decires Terrorism" (3 March 2010), The Washington Times.
- Well, what if you said something like — if this happens in the United States, and we determine that it is the result of extremist, fundamentalist Muslims, you know, you could take out their holy sites.
- Tom Tancredo, as quoted in MSNBC (July 16, 2005).
- We must try to find ways to starve the terrorist and the hijacker of the oxygen of publicity on which they depend.
- Margaret Thatcher, Speech to the American Bar Association (15 July 1985).
- American soldiers can't fix what ails the Middle East. Sure, they can overthrow dictators. They can kill terrorists and push them out of territory. But eliminating the appeal of a fascistic ideology is something else entirely. Replacing a totalitarian regime with some kind of functioning democracy in lands riven by ancient sectarian hatreds and hobbled by political and religious extremism is something else entirely... Terrorism in the United States didn't begin with ISIS, nor will it end with ISIS. Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik would almost certainly have taken up arms if ISIS didn't even exist. Their desire and ability to murder American citizens was unrelated to who controls the streets of Raqqa and Mosul. The upside of using ground troops may be a little less obvious. At least it was less obvious until recently. ISIS can be defeated militarily, at least temporarily. It has happened before.
- Michael Totten, "Most Americans Now Support Using Ground Troops" (14 December 2015), World Affairs Journal
- Americans are good at solving problems. We've put men on the moon, cured countless diseases, and invented nearly all modern technology from televisions and telephones to microchips and the Internet. We created a durable democracy that has lasted more than 200 years, ended slavery, destroyed Hitler's Nazi regime, and bested the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Surely, then, we can solve terrorism, or at least drastically reduce it, but let's get one thing clear. There is no such thing as The Answer. There is no silver bullet, no magic wand, no perfectly calibrated piece of legislation that Congress can pass to make terrorists leave us alone.
- Michael Totten, "Banning Guns and Muslims Isn't the Answer to Orlando" (13 June 2016), Dispatches, World Affairs Journal
- In our eyes, individual terror is inadmissible precisely because it belittles the role of the masses in their own consciousness, reconciles them to their own powerlessness, and turns their eyes and hopes toward a great avenger and liberator who someday will come and accomplish his mission.
- Leon Trotsky: On Terrorism in the Pathfinder Press pamphlet "Marxism and Terrorism"; original in Der Kampf, November 1911, trans. M. Vogt and G. Saunders.
- Terrorism is the war of the poor, and war is the terrorism of the rich.
- Peter Ustinov, Achtung! Vorurteile (2003)
- Original German: "Der Terrorismus, der im furchtbaren 11. September kulminierte, ist ein Krieg der Armen gegen die Reichen. Der Krieg ist ein Terrorismus der Reichen gegen die Armen." typically cited in short: "Terrorismus ist der Krieg der Armen und der Krieg ist der Terrorismus der Reichen."
- The building is a symbol. As is the act of destroying it. Alone a symbol is meaningless. But with enough people, blowing up a building can change the world.
- "V" in V for Vendetta.
- It's not always possible to immediately follow every attack against Israel with a public statement of condemnation, and for various reasons, among them the fact that the attacks against Israel sometimes were followed by immediate Israeli reactions not always compatible with the rules of international law. It would thus be impossible to condemn the first and let the second pass in silence.
- The Vatican (29 July 2005), as quoted in "Vatican in terror dispute with Israel", The Guardian (30 July 2005).
- We must answer hatred and violence from terrorists with exclusion and intolerance and show who's the boss.
- Geert Wilders, NRC Handelsblad (22 July 2005), as quoted in Tradition and Future of Islamic Education (2009), by Wilna A.J. Meijer, p. 24
- Thousands of people have been killed by the terrorists and millions have been injured. I am just one of them. So here I stand, one girl among many. I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights. Their right to live in peace. Their right to be treated with dignity. Their right to equality of opportunity. Their right to be educated.
- Malala Yousafzai, as quoted in The full text: Malala Yousafzai delivers defiant riposte to Taliban militants with speech to the UN General Assembly, The Independent, (12 July 2013).
- We must address the root causes of terrorism to end it for all time. […] I believe putting resources into improving the lives of poor people is a better strategy than spending it on guns.
- Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus; quoted in Karl Ritter and Doug Mellgren (10 December 2006). "Nobel laureate: Poverty fight essential". Associated Press (via Yahoo! News). Retrieved on 2006-12-10.
- The next time you hear of a terror attack, no matter where it is, no matter what the circumstances, you will likely think to yourself, 'It's Muslims again.' And you will probably be right.
- Fareed Zakaria, "Why They Hate Us" (9 April 2016), CNN


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Your boys don't play until Saturday in Buffalo, as youse know. But tonight is the first night of the 2010-11 season. Versus has a pretty good double-header, Philly at Pittsburgh followed by Chicago at Colorado.
I'm gonna do my picks today. I was going to go to practice, but John Tortorella gave his boys the day off. Just my luck. So I'll go tomorrow. I also believe I'll be covering Games 2 and 3, despite my life mission to never, ever, ever step foot in Nassau Coliseum again. Oh, well. I made it over eight years without going there.
Until then, I'd be interested to see what you guys are predicting, so put 'em up today.
Here are mine:
Leastern Conference
1. Pittsburgh
2. Washington
3. Boston
4. Philadelphia
5. Devils
7. Ottawa
8. Buffalo
9. Tampa Bay
10. Montreal
11. Carolina
12. Atlanta
13. Toronto
14. Panthers
15. Islanders
Bestern Conference
1. San Jose
2. Chicago
3. Detroit
4. Vancouver
5. St. Louis
6. Los Angeles
7. Calgary
8. Phoenix
9. Colorado
10. Nashville
11. Dallas
12. Anaheim
13. Minnesota
14. Edmonton
15. Columbus
Leastern final: Penguins over Capitals.
Bestern final: Sharks over Red Wings.
Stanley Cup final: Penguins over Sharks.
I was reading Sports Illustrated's preview. For the Atlantic Division "Hot Seat" they chose Glen Sather. HELLO!? Are you guys even remotely familiar with what's going on here?
Two days until the Opener.
2: Brian Leetch.
2: Derek Jeter.
2: Brad Park, Tom Laidlaw.

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Musical: "Kiss Me, Kate"
Group: The Muny
Venue: The Muny in Forest Park
Dates: Through July 3
Tickets: From free to $66; contact 314-534-1111 or www.metrotix.com
Story: Fred Graham and his theatrical troupe are on the road, performing a musical version of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew" in Baltimore. Fred is doubling tasks as director as well as actor in the lead role of Petruchio. Cast as Petruchio's iron-willed love interest, Kate, is Fred's ex-wife Lilli, while his current paramour, Lois Lane, is playing Kate's fetching younger sister Bianca.
Lois' off-and-on boyfriend, Bill, also is in the cast as Petruchio's pal Lucentio. Off-stage, Bill's gambling problem causes further trouble when he signs an IOU under Fred's name and two gangsters visit the director to collect the debt. As Fred tries to escape the thugs, he figures out a way to utilize their 'services' to entice his ex-wife to cease her threats to quit the show and marry a wealthy politician, even as Fred and Lilli find themselves again attracted to each other.
Highlights: For only the second time in the last 30 years The Muny is presenting Cole Porter's Tony Award-winning musical version of Shakespeare's "Shrew," which just closed a record-setting run of its own in Forest Park earlier this month in the Shakespeare Festival production. Porter's 1948 musical was his biggest Broadway hit, on which the composer and lyricist collaborated with writers Bella and Samuel Spewack.
The score is vintage, irrepressible Porter, a delight that offers quintessential music and lyrics that infectiously ignite big numbers such as "Another Op'nin, Another Show," the dance delight "Too Darn Hot" or the haunting ballad "So in Love Am I." Director John Going shrewdly takes advantage of some smooth casting choices, including Lisa Vroman in the role of Lilli, whose soaring voice is just as memorable here as it must have been in her turn as Christina in "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway. Coupled with the sensational dancing moves of Curtis Holbrook as Bill and the comic talents of Muny veterans Conrad John Schuck and Lee Roy Reams as the elocution-challenged mobsters, the result is a fun-filled frolic for lovers of fine music and comedy alike.
Other Info: Tom Hewitt takes a while to warm up in the role of Fred, and his on-stage chemistry with Vroman seems stiff at first, but eventually the two play nicely off each other and inject both elements of the story (the troupe and the performance of 'Shrew') with a lively battle of the sexes that captures the spirit of the Spewacks' book. Andrea Chamberlain plays amusingly off Holbrook as the ditzy Lois, while Max Kumangai and Kenny Metzger nicely fill the bill as Fred's dresser and the stage manager, respectively. The supporting cast also includes Patrick Ross, Eric Santagata, Andy Jones, R.J. Brown, Jack Sippel and Nick Leos, who doubles as the estimable dance captain.
The St. Louis contingent is represented in stellar fashion by Joneal Joplin as veteran performer Harry Trevor, who doubles as Kate's long-suffering father Baptista; Zoe Vonder Haar as Lilli's well-intentioned maid; Rich Pisarkiewicz as the stage doorman; James Anthony as Lilli's blustering politico boyfriend Harrison Howell; and Jeanne Trevor, who gets the second act off in rousing fashion by belting out the lyrics to the syncopated jazz number, "It's Too Darn Hot," before Holbrook displays his terpsichorean talents in a style hearkening a young Fred Astaire.
Porter's score gives the primary players a chance to shine individually, and each of them does so smoothly. A major moment of triumph is Schuck and Reams hamming it up supremely on the comic number, "Brush Up Your Shakespeare," filled with Porter's clever references to the Bard as well as the two performers' adept ability to amuse the audience with their take on the bit.
Going is supported as well by an impressive technical team, including the lively efforts of choreographer Liza Gennaro, whose numbers rousingly absorb the sizable Muny stage. Steven Gilliam's colorful, largely one-dimensional scenic design offers suitable background for dressing room and courtyard scenes, with lighting by F. Mitchell Dana, sound design by Jasn Krueger and a wide array of outfits for the troupe and their skit courtesy of Kansas City Costume. Ben Whiteley's musical direction is lively and effervescent and enhances the overall effect of the production.
Porter's music and lyrics are the inspired creations of a musical master, and Going's sure-handed directorial touch makes this "Kiss Me, Kate" genuinely entertaining throughout.
Rating: A 4.5 on a scale of 1-to-5.


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"I wish it were true that sexual violence is being overstated"
Note: This is a response to "How the CDC is Overstating Sexual Violence in the U.S." by Christina Hoff Sommers published in the January 27, 2012, edition of The Washington Post.
"I wish it were true that sexual violence is being overstated"
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey (NISVS) which illuminates the alarming scope of sexual violence in the United States. The number of adults who have endured some type of sexual violence during their lifetime is shocking and should cause us all to stop and take note and to ask questions.
I do not, however, agree with the premise of Christina Hoff Sommers who accused the CDC, in her January 27 editorial in The Washington Post, of overstating sexual violence and of having some other agenda. I work with the CDC and find them to be rigorous and neutral in their research. Of course, every research study has limitations and deserves scrutiny, but I believe the CDC exercised due diligence to provide a current picture of the scope of sexual violence victimization in this country.
Those of us who work to prevent sexual violence know that it is a difficult and sometimes confusing topic to understand. There are several reasons why the NISVS research reports a higher prevalence of sexual violence in the United States than does the FBI's Uniform Crime Report (UCR) and other studies:
* NISVS asked about many types of sexual violence, which is an umbrella term. Rape is one type, but there are many other types of unwanted sexual behaviors that cause people to feel violated or unsafe. The FBI's UCR statistics only measure rape. Furthermore, until quite recently the definition of rape used by the FBI was quite narrow and left out many instances that will be counted in the future.
* FBI statistics only measure reported rape. Since 1929, crime data, such as reported rapes, has been submitted voluntarily by police departments. The data becomes a part of the federal report known as the Uniform Crime Report (UCR). Through the UCR, the FBI issues guidelines and definitions related to processing sexual assault cases, but not all police departments follow these guidelines.
* Rape is the most underreported crime in the U.S. for several reasons (fear, shame, embarrassment, worries about being disbelieved or further traumatized, etc.). The majority of sexual assaults, an estimated 63 percent, are never reported to the police (Rennison, 2002).
* NISVS asked not only about incidences that had occurred in the past year but also about victimization that occurred any time in the participant's lifetime. This, of course, includes child sexual abuse, which is quite prevalent. About one in three girls and one in seven boys will be sexually abused before the age of 17 (Briere & Elliott, 2003).
The editorial by Ms. Sommers criticized the research for using behaviorally-specific questions, rather than asking participants to define their own experiences as rape, stalking, or some other category. Rather than being a weakness of the study, this is actually one of its strengths that makes the data more reliable. Not everyone agrees on what label to give a particular experience, but by breaking it down into specifically-described behaviors, the researchers can be more confident that they are accurately comparing similar types of victimization. In this regard, NISVS data is much more accurate than the previous National Crime Victimization Survey which simply asked women if they had been raped; and also only looked at the prior year.
The results of the NISVS victimization survey differ from other reports for another very fundamental reason. The CDC is not examining the problem of sexual violence from a criminal justice viewpoint, but rather from a public health perspective. This is a broader approach, looking at not only the prevalence of victimization, but also the impact and health consequences over time. This non-criminal framework may increase participant's comfort level in talking about their experiences.
Both men and women are victims of sexual violence; and men and women both perpetrate sexual violence; but studies continue to show that the majority of perpetrators are male and the majority of victims are females and/or children. The fact that there is a relationship between gender and sexual violence cannot be denied. But regardless of one's gender, philosophy, or political views, I think we all want to live in a community that is safe and that treats everyone with dignity and respect. No matter which study you choose, it's clear that we have a problem with sexual violence in this country and we need to figure out how to turn that around. I really wish that Christina Hoff Sommers' assessment was correct and that the problem is not really that big; unfortunately the facts don't seem to be pointing in that direction. The sooner we get our heads out of the sand and accept that reality, the sooner we can begin working together to find effective solutions.
Karen L. Baker, LMSW Director, National Sexual Violence Resource Center (NSVRC)
Briere, J., & Elliott, D. M. (2003). Prevalence and psychological sequelae of self-reported childhood physical and sexual abuse in general population. Child Abuse & Neglect, 27, 1205-1222. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2003.09.008
Rennison, C. A. (2002). Rape and sexual assault: Reporting to police and medical attention, 1992-2000 [NCJ 194530]. Retrieved from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, Bureau of Justice Statistics: http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/content/pub/pdf/rsarp00.pdf


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Apache Tika is one of the open source projects I actively work on. Tika is just gearing up for a new release, so I wanted to look at where we are in terms of open vs. resolved issues. The report over the entire lifetime of Tika looks pretty nice:
The red line shows the number of new issues created, and the green one the number of resolved issues. There are a few small bumps and plateaus along the way, but the overall trajectories are looking very healthy with plenty of new issues coming in and most of them getting resolved at a good rate. Assuming no big surprises, we'll be seeing TIKA-1000 filed sometime next year.


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Today another New York state court upheld an earlier decision in March that invalidated outgoing Mayor Mike Bloomberg's much-maligned "soda ban" which restricts many establishments in the Big Apple from selling soda cups larger than 16 ounces in capacity. As the media report on the court ruling, watch for a) the media to paint the ruling as a "blow" to an "ambitious," well-meaning effort by Bloomberg to save the city from corpulence and b) the ruling as a victory for Big Soda, even though the litigants in the case happen to be the New York Statewide Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce.
For two examples of this media narrative, I submit for your consideration two wildly different publications, Politico and, sadly, the Wall Street Journal. First Politico. Here's how Kyle Cheney opened his July 30 post, "Appeals court cans N.Y.C. soda ban" (emphasis mine):
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's sugary drinks ban fell flat Tuesday, when a state appeals court ruled it an unconstitutional abuse of the city's power.
It's another blow to the ambitious effort to crack down on obesity, although Bloomberg quickly promised to appeal, calling the ruling a "temporary setback."
Bloomberg proposed the policy — which would block restaurants, delis, fast food chains and movie theaters from selling sugary drinks larger than 16 ounces — last year, arguing that it would help fight climbing obesity rates and bring health costs down. The City Council balked at the plan, but the city Board of Health adopted the proposal anyway.
The state Supreme Court's appellate division determined in a unanimous ruling that Bloomberg's effort exceeded the city's authority because it was enacted without legislative approval. The court also concluded that drinking sugary soda is not inherently dangerous, if done in moderation, and therefore the Board of Health's decision to restrict it was out of bounds.
"Since New York City's ground-breaking limit on the portion size of sugary beverages was prevented from going into effect on March 12, more than 2,000 New Yorkers have died from the effects of diabetes," Bloomberg said in a statement. "Also during that time, the American Medical Association determined that obesity is a disease and the New England Journal of Medicine released a study showing the deadly, and irreversible, health impacts of obesity and Type 2 diabetes – both of which are disproportionately linked to sugary drink consumption."
Bloomberg's effort stoked a national debate about the role of government in dictating health choices. Bloomberg contends that the ban would force consumers to make an active choice about purchasing sugary beverages in large quantities.
Nowhere in his 10-paragraph story did Cheney quote an everyday Joe or Jane in New York pleased with the ruling and displeased with their mayor's nanny-state efforts to limit their dining choices. Likewise Cheney failed to find anyone to criticize the soda ban as poor public policy masquerading as science. After all, plenty of equally high-calorie drinks were left untouched by the soda ban, such as milk-based sugary drinks like the kind you might buy at Starbucks or other premium coffee chains.
As for the Wall Street Journal, Metropolis blog contributor Michael Howard Saul gave readers the impression this was primarily a win for the nation's large soda companies while being a "blow" to Bloomberg's valiant "public health initiatives":
A mid-level state appellate court on Tuesday unanimously affirmed a state judge's decision to block New York City from banning the sale of large sugary drinks in restaurants and other venues, another blow to Mayor Michael Bloomberg who has made public health initiatives a hallmark of his tenure at City Hall.
"The Board of Health overstepped the boundaries of its lawfully delegated authority when it promulgated the 'Portion Cap Rule' to curtail the consumption of soda drinks," the justices of the First Department of the Appellate Division wrote in their opinion. "It therefore violated the state principle of separation of powers."
Last year, Mr. Bloomberg proposed prohibiting restaurants, mobile food carts, delis and concessions at movie theaters, stadiums or arenas from selling sugary drinks in cups or containers larger than 16 ounces. The city's Board of Health, a panel whose members were each appointed by the mayor, approved the ban in September.
In March, just as the ban was scheduled to take effect, New York state Supreme Court Judge Milton Tingling determined that Mr. Bloomberg exceeded his authority by sidestepping the city Council and placing the issue before the Board of Health. The ban, Judge Tingling wrote, would "not only violate the separation of powers doctrine, it would eviscerate it."
In a statement, Mr. Bloomberg described the appellate division's affirmation of Judge Tingling's ruling a "temporary setback." The city plans to appeal the decision, the mayor said.
"Since New York City's ground-breaking limit on the portion size of sugary beverages was prevented from going into effect on March 12th, more than 2,000 New Yorkers have died from the effects of diabetes," Mr. Bloomberg said. "Also during that time, the American Medical Association determined that obesity is a disease and the New England Journal of Medicine released a study showing the deadly, and irreversible, health impacts of obesity and Type 2 diabetes – both of which are disproportionately linked to sugary drink consumption."
Christopher Gindlesperger, a spokesman for the American Beverage Association, which helped spearhead the fight against the ban, said the group is pleased that the lower court's decision was upheld.
"With this ruling behind us, we look forward to collaborating with city leaders on solutions that will have a meaningful and lasting impact on the people of New York City," Mr. Gindlesperger said.
Like Politico's Cheney, Saul failed to find everyday New Yorkers who would cheer the decision and tell Hizzoner the mayor to fuhgeddaboutit when it comes to regulating their soda consumption. And you'll also notice that Saul failed to turn to the actual litigants in the case, the New York Statewide Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce, for comment.
[To read the July 30 unanimous appellate court ruling in New York Statewide Coalition of Hispanic Chambers of Commerce v New York City Dept. of Health & Mental Hygiene, click here.]


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New International Student Check-in
All new F-1 students at UIS are required to check in with the Office of International Student Services (OISS). The OISS will not register you with the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS) until you have completed the check-in process. Unless you are registered in SEVIS, you will lose the F-1 immigration status granted you at the Port of Entry and will become subject to deportation proceedings. New International Student Check-in is of utmost importance. Please complete the check-in process as soon as possible after your arrival in the U.S.
1. Housing: If you have applied for and been assigned UIS on-campus housing, check in with the Housing Office and obtain your on-campus address. If you are living off-campus, please ask your landlord to provide the exact physical address of your rented home or apartment. Print out this form and write your local U.S. address here:
2. Address Update: Update your current mailing address in Student Accounts. Select "UI-integrate Self Service", select "University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS)", enter your Net ID & Password, select "Personal Information", select "Addresses & Phones", select "Current Mailing Address", update the data with your current mailing address and phone. This is the address where you are living now, in the United States – not your home country address.
3. Health Services: Take your immunization records to Health Services. Have your tuberculosis (TB) test administered. Return to Health Services when instructed to obtain the results of the TB test. Take the copy of this form that you printed out, and ask the person providing your TB test results to sign here verifying that you have provided all required information and have obtained all required immunizations.
4. Travel Documents: Make photocopies of the ID page from your passport, your visa, and your Arrival/Departure (I-94) form (provided to you on the airplane and probably stapled to your passport at the Port of Entry).
5. Check-In: Bring this page containing your address and the signature from Health Services, the documents from 4 and 5 above, and a copy of your class schedule to the location and at the time announced at international orientation. You may also need to contact your program office for instructions about meeting with your Academic Adviser and completing the registration process.
Name / University Identification Number (UIN):
If you have any questions regarding the check-in process or any of the documents involved, please contact the Office of International Student Services at 217-206-6678 or email@example.com.


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THE mother of missing Ben Clarkson has joined friends, family and volunteers helping in the search for her son.
Lynda Clarkson has spoken of her frantic efforts to find -Ben, 22, who has been missing for nearly two weeks. Lynda and her partner Michael Smith joined friends and volunteers from the charity Missing People giving out flyers to shoppers on Coney Street, to raise awareness of the search for her son, and she has urged anyone with information about Ben to come forward.
She said: "Even the smallest details, which might feel insignificant, could tie some other bits of information together so please ring it in."
Lynda and Michael have left their home in Leeds to stay in York ever since Ben went missing, and said they have spent hours searching for any sign of him and distributing posters around the city.
Michael said: "Everybody has been brilliant, very supportive, from traders putting up posters to students taking the posters to share."
Lynda last saw Ben when he and his girlfriend visited her three days after they got home from a romantic Valentine's weekend trip to Disneyland in Paris on Wednesday, February 19, a week and a half before Ben was last seen on Sunday, March 2.
"We just want him back. It's surreal – I'm giving out these posters about Ben but I can't look at them because that's my son."
Ben's girlfriend Rachel Peatfield was with the volunteers yesterday, and said she still holds out hope for Ben. Police divers who were searching the Foss say those searches have now been concluded. Rachel added: "I have to have hope. Otherwise I won't have anything. I still hope we will get Ben home, or even if he doesn't want to come home I hope we will hear he is safe."


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Mars mayhem as the Australian Museum recently held a major exhibition on the origin of life called To Mars and Beyond - Search for the Origins of Life. They produced a book of the same name and the preface was written by one of the leading scientific thinkers of our day - an Australian physicist named Paul Davies who said: "Some [scientists] insist that the basic laws of nature are intrinsically bio-friendly and that the universe is teeming with life. Others believe life is so extraordinary it must have begun with a freak event, a chemical accident unlikely to occur twice in the cosmos. Decades of laboratory analysis have failed to settle the issue one way or the other and it seems the best hope of finding the answer is to seek traces of a second genesis - another planet where life may have started independently … It is even conceivable that Earth may have been seeded by Martian Organisms." Paul Davies (2001) in: To Mars and Beyond - Search for the Origins of Life; National Museum of Australia, Canberra, Preface pp10-12.
Editorial Comment: Sid you notice that Davies opens all possibilities for the Origin of life on earth - except one. He suggests "the best hope of finding the answer" is finding the equivalent of little green men on Mars but he doesn't even hint at the possibility of a supernatural creator God. How is it that he can be so biased? (Ref. aliens, space, astronomy)
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Breaking Bad Viewing Party Ideas
August 11th marks the mid-season premiere of the LAST season in Breaking Bad. And if you're anything like us, you'll be enjoying the final episodes by inviting some of your closest friends to a Heisenberg-worthy Breaking Bad viewing party.
August 11th marks the mid-season premiere of the LAST season in Breaking Bad. And if you're anything like us, you'll be enjoying the final episodes by inviting some of your closest friends to a Heisenberg-worthy Breaking Bad viewing party.
Between mourning the end of one of our favorite shows and celebrating the last days of summer, we've put together some of our favorite ideas so your Breaking bad theme party can be the talk of the town. Serve up your favorite heisen-burger recipe alongside a healthy serving of Funyons to satisfy those taste buds and pair with a tasty cocktail to keep the party going even after the episode's over.
Dress the Part
From Facebook photos to instagram, you can expect tons of photos to be taken at your Breaking Bad Viewing party. Invite guests to dress up like their favorite characters to really create some fun photo ops. Provide a few inspirations and suggestions so guests can really get into the spirit.
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Mad Scientist Bar
Between fighting for his life and well, cooking meth, Walt also has time to focus on his true profession: being a science teacher. Celebrate his love for all things chemistry by setting up your own mad scientist bar. Drinks served in syringes are sure to be a conversation starter!
Heisenberg Hard Candy
The Glut Life is celebrating the premier by making their very own Heisenberg-grade hard candy. Sweeten things up and stir up the conversation with this awesome recipe. Plus, sprinkle the hard candy on cupcakes or in bowls for an extra touch of "Bad-ness".
Cue the Cookies
Jesse and Walt may not strike you as the sweetest guys on the block, but they become vastly less intimidating when baked into cookie form.
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Party with Paper Dolls
Download your very own Jesse or Heisenberg paper dolls by artist Kyle Hilton for a hilarious activity. Now will you dress Jesse with a black eye or wearing a ski mask? The power is in your hands!
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End on a Sweet Note
Every party needs a memorable cake, and guests won't soon be able to wipe the memory of this creepy cake out of their memory. Breaking Bad fans know this sweet teddy isn't as innocent as he looks, but we recommend sticking to frosting for the filling.
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Hello, Heisenberg!
For a one-of-a-kind Breaking Bad party favor as well as an entertaining DIY for guests to take part in, make your very own poseable paper Heisenberg with this Free downloadable DIY courtesy of RobIves. Depending on the size of your party, set up a crafting area and pull up the how-to for guests to follow. They'll love creating their very moveable character and having this memorable keepsake.
Bathing Bad
Blue bath salts, not to be confused with the meth-inspired candy, is the ultimate take home party favor at your Breaking Bad theme party. Create your very own stickers or labels like the ones pictured here and send guests home with the gift of relaxation and fun.
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Thanks to all your hard work lobbying MEPs, signing petitions and shouting out for sharks, we are making good progress in closing loopholes in the European ban on shark finning.
With more than 165,000 petition signatures calling on EU Fisheries Ministers to make the push to protect sharks from finning and over-exploitation, your voice is being heard loud and clear!
The European Commission finally produced a proposal during 2011 requiring all sharks to be landed with "fins naturally attached" to update the current ban (one of the weakest in the world).
In March 2012, the Council of Fisheries Ministers adopted a position in favour of the European Commission's proposal to remove Article 4 from the current finning regulation and hence require all sharks to be landed with 'fins naturally attached'.
Project AWARE strongly supports the Commission's proposal to move from a fin-to-carcass ratio policy to a fins naturally attached policy. The latest is considered by scientists and conservation groups as one the best methods to enforce a finning ban.
"The Commission and Council's support of a strengthened EU finning Ban is a fantastic milestone and the result of years of sustained pressure," commented Suzanne Pleydell, Project AWARE Foundation Director.
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*Project AWARE is a steering group member of the Shark Alliance, a global, not-for-profit coalition of non-governmental organizations dedicated to restoring and conserving shark populations by improving shark conservation policies.
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Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The New Romantics
Imogen Morris Clarke by Max Doyle for Vogue Australia March 2012
Styling by Meg Gary
There is something about the soft colors and faded glamour that I love so very much.
The perfect editorial in honor of the beginning our very romantic month, February.
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