#defense

Goldstone has done terrible damage to the cause of truth and justice and the rule of law. He has poisoned Jewish-Palestinian relations, undermined the courageous work of Israeli dissenters and—most unforgivably—increased the risk of another merciless IDF assault. ↗

— Norman G. Finkelstein

#dissent #gaza-war #goldstone-commission #human-rights #israel

If there's any guy crazy enough to attack me, I'm going to show him the end of the world -- close up. I'm going to let him see the kingdom come with his own eyes. I'm going to send him straight to the southern hemisphere and let the ashes of death rain all over him and the kangaroos and the wallabies. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#ashes #attack #badass #confidence #death

If anyone hits me, they can expect to be hit back, and harder. I never turn the other cheek because in my experience that doesn’t work. ↗

— Alice Bag

#self-defense #violence #experience

Erin: We get to beat the shit outta guys in those big puffy suits!!! I’ve always wanted to really kick the crap outta some guy’s nuts. Now I can do it guilt-free! Me: You’re a sick girl. Erin: Guilty as charged. :) ↗

— Tammara Webber

#girl-power #self-defense #texting #humor

It would be a lot different for me because there is a lot of information that you need to know about as a player. How pitchers are pitching you, how defenses are playing, certain situations about certain pitchers. ↗

— Ernie Banks

#because #certain #defenses #different #how

When you look at where the Democratic field is going relative to foreign policy, they are increasingly moving away from a policy of pre-emptive self-defense that the president has adopted since September 11. ↗

— Ed Gillespie

#away #democratic #field #foreign #foreign policy

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members. ↗

— Peter Brimelow

#bosses #defense #group #interest #interests

I only direct in self-defense. ↗

— Mel Brooks

#i #only #self-defense

Big league defense is going to get outs most times. ↗

— Barry Zito

#defense #get #going #league #most

Over the course of two years, we arrived at a point where we began to look at the value added by making information more easily accessible across the intelligence community, both defense and national. ↗

— Stephen Cambone

#across #added #arrived #began #both