| shoot first ask questions later: Shoot First and Ask Questions Later Justin Lewis, 2006 Based on extensive original research, Shoot First and Ask Questions Later provides a comprehensive analysis of media coverage of the war in Iraq in 2003. The authors look closely at the main actors involved through a broad range of interviews with journalists (both embedded and non-embedded), news editors, news heads, and with key planners at the Pentagon and the UK Ministry of Defence. This book also investigates how the war was represented on television, employing both a systematic content analysis of the broadcast news coverage of the war and a series of case studies that unravel key moments of good and bad reporting during the war. Finally, it examines how people responded to and interpreted the information they received from the media, drawing upon both large-scale surveys and focus groups. What emerges, for all its blemishes, is a picture of a sophisticated, military public-relations campaign - one that had less to do with censorship than with promoting certain kinds of coverage. At the heart of this was the embedded journalists program, which has clearly changed the way war is reported. In future, the authors argue, journalists need to understand their role in this public relations effort, and to ask questions not only when access is denied, but also when it is granted. |
| shoot first ask questions later: The Facts on File Dictionary of Proverbs Martin H. Manser, Rosalind Fergusson, 2007 Lists the meaning and origin of more than 1,700 traditional and contemporary English proverbs. |
| shoot first ask questions later: Branded Eric Red, 2021-01-26 In his third series installment, acclaimed author and horror filmmaker Eric Red brings his trademark volatile action and bloody violence to a classic genre, injecting modern speed and grit into Old West legend as Joe Noose hunts down the first known serial killer on the American frontier... SCARRED FOR LIFE A new kind of evil has come to the Old West. A killer as cold and hard as the Wyoming winter. He wanders from town to town. Slaughters entire families along the way. With grotesque glee, he brands the letter Q in his victims' flesh. Joe Noose knows the killer's identity. He recognizes the killer's brand. He bears the same scar from his childhood--and he's determined to stop this madman once and for all. Two U.S. Marshals have agreed to help Joe. But they've never hunted a killer like this before. A sadist who kills for pleasure--and scars you for life... |
| shoot first ask questions later: Believe It Think It Achieve It! Sidney McCartney, 2012-12-21 Believe It, Think It, Achieve It! is a practical self-help guide and mini workbook that empowers and engages you to analyze your conscious and subconscious beliefs and manage your thoughts through mindfulness in order to create the life that you truly desire. It also incorporates a system which enables you to gain an understanding of your own beliefs and perceptions by providing you with a framework for analyzing and managing these beliefs. Unlike typical books that advocate positive thinking as a daily diet, Believe It, Think It, Achieve It! is a revelation of how merely focusing on positive thinking is simply not enough to effectively produce the desired changes in your life. The book uses practical examples to highlight how the process of positive thinking is merely an attempt to obtain your desires without addressing the underlying destructive limiting beliefs (whether conscious or subconscious) that are driving your thoughts and thus your actions. |
| shoot first ask questions later: Clockers Richard Price, 1992 Award-winning author Richard Price offers a viscerally affecting and accomplished portrait of inner-city America.Veteran homicide detective Rocco Klein's passion for the job gave way long ago. His beat is a rough New Jersey neighborhood where the drug murders blur together ... until the day Victor Dunham -- a twenty-year-old with a steady job and a clean record -- confesses to a shooting outside a fast-food joint. It doesn't take long for Rocco's attention to turn to Victor's brother, a street-corner crack dealer named Strike who seems a more likely suspect for the crime. At once an intense mystery, and a revealing study of two men on opposite sides of an unwinnable war, Clockers is a stunningly well-rendered chronicle of modern life on the streets. |
| shoot first ask questions later: The Hitwoman and the Sitting Duck JB Lynn, 2024-08-13 When Maggie Lee agrees to take her nieces to the traveling carnival, she anticipates cotton candy, rickety rides and games of chance. But when she's recruited by Templeton to take on the owner of the carnival, she ends up scrambling through her most madcap adventure yet! With the help of the menagerie and a couple of semi-retired criminals, Maggie heads up the team Templeton needs to exact his petty revenge. This hilarious, low-stakes misadventure is just what our harried heroine needs! |
| shoot first ask questions later: The Gun Book for Girls Silvio Calabi, Steve Helsley, Roger Sanger, 2013-09-16 This third installment in the popular series of practical books about guns and shooting is aimed at women of all ages—the fastest-growing segment of the sport—and it couldn’t come at a better time. America and firearms literally grew up together, but today guns are often simply linked to crime and violence; gun control has become a polarizing political issue; and misinformation about firearms is spreading. Now three experts have tackled the subject in a series of books that explores the realities of guns and shooting and sets the record straight about some common misconceptions. On the heels of The Gun Book for Boys and The Gun Book for Parents, The Gun Book for Girls is for girls (and women) interested in guns and shooting but who have little or no background in firearms. Through example and anecdote, the book emphasizes safety and proper usage, and it defines terms and provides hands-on advice about using and maintaining guns. It also covers firearms, shooting methods, clothing and accessories for women, profiles females who shoot and who work in the gun trade, and discusses the issues around guns for self-defense (a topic of special interest to women). Like the other two titles, this book is non-political and written in an easy-to-understand conversational tone. Each book is thoroughly illustrated, and content is presented in easily managed portions that can be read in series or singly, all backed up with an index. |
| shoot first ask questions later: How Megan Mitcham, 2020-05-06 A crime scene photo gone viral. A fanboy turned stalker. How far will one FBI agent go to protect the ones she loves? FBI Special Agent Libby Irish thrives off the constant pressure of proving herself in a male-dominated workplace. After she busts a notorious weapons ring, she thinks she’ll finally get the respect she deserves. When a photo of her curvy figure in front of the guns goes viral, the media frenzy that follows only makes her the laughing stock of her division. Between unwanted fan mail, a feral cat attack, and the flashing cameras, she almost doesn't notice that someone has been rearranging small items in her house. Her first suspicions fall on her drop-dead-gorgeous neighbor who regrettably seems to be missing a few screws. But when tragedy strikes next door and her neighbor offers to help her track down the stalker, she discovers a whole new side to him she never expected. As Libby's stalker grows bolder, the pair must work together to catch him before his game of cat and mouse takes a deadly turn. How is the third standalone book in a high-octane series of psychological suspense thrillers. If you like strong female leads, shocking twists, and a dash of romance, then you’ll love Megan Mitcham’s tale of passion and madness. Buy How to pounce on a fast-paced, fiery thriller soon! |
| shoot first ask questions later: Shooting the Messenger Paul Moorcraft, 2011-10-31 Wars have dominated politics since history began. In the modern era most of what the media reports on foreign conflicts comes from a small band of war correspondents. As the furore over the Iraq, Afghan and now the Libyan wars demonstrates, Western governments and militaries often collude to keep their voters in the dark about the causes and the conduct of wars waged in their name. In this entertaining and unspun account of modern war reporting, the authors ask whether the media itself drives democracies to war. Or does it serve to constrain evil, ignorant and messianic leaders? Are the heirs of William Howard Russell, the first modern war reporter, watchdogs or lapdogs? In the age of Wikileaks and corrupt media empires, what is the political impact of war correspondents? Are they the heroes or harlots of their profession? |
| shoot first ask questions later: If You Lived Here You'd Already be Home John Jodzio, 2017-03-21 “These stories were my kind of stories--a little weird and magical and bittersweet.” --Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Bad Feminist and Hunger A middle-aged masochist in love with a comatose man. A gay birthday clown lamenting the loss of his beloved dog. An amateur veterinarian keeping watch over his suicidal daughter. And a bikini model with a barnacle stuck to her butt cheek. These are just a few of the characters who populate the quirky, offbeat world of If You Lived Here You’d Already Be Home a world that feels at once alien and strangely familiar. In these twenty-one brief, funny stories, John Jodzio documents his characters disappointment, frustration, and longing for a home that seems forever out of reach. By turns bleak and hopeful, cruel and tender, this is an exciting literary debut by a writer to watch, a writer with a unique and compelling voice. “John Jodzio is the best kind of modern fiction writer: a thematic traditionalist who feels totally new.” —Chuck Klosterman, New York Times bestselling author |
| shoot first ask questions later: The Mysteries of Haditha M. C. Armstrong, 2020-09 M. C. Armstrong secured his embed as a journalist with the Navy SEALs in 2008. Shortly before he left for Iraq his father asked him to tell the story no one else seemed to be telling, the story of the people sometimes constructed as our friends and other times our enemies: the Iraqis. “But what about them?” he asked. “Who’s their good guy? Who’s their George Washington? That’s the story you want to find. Talk to them.” Armstrong’s searing memories about his relationship with his father, his fiancé, and his SEAL team companion take the reader on a nosedive ride from a historically Black college in the American South straight into Baghdad, the burn pits, and the desert beyond the mysterious Haditha dam. Culminating in the disclosure of a devastating secret, The Mysteries of Haditha explores the lengths Armstrong was willing to go to prove himself and to witness a truth he couldn’t have prepared himself to receive. At once daring, dark, and hilarious, this memoir of Armstrong’s journey pulls no punches and lifts the veil on the lies we tell each other and the ones we tell ourselves. The Mysteries of Haditha is a coming-of-age story and an unprecedented glimpse into the heart of the war on terror. |
| shoot first ask questions later: SKINWALKING Stephanie Vollmer, 2014-11-06 Ami has been drawn into the strange world of the Nagual, a shape shifting creature that is trying to show her the way. His way is wrong. She must use the Knowing to stay ahead of the darkness. |
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| shoot first ask questions later: Checkpoint David Albahari, 2018-09-11 From the award-winning Serbian author David Albahari comes a devastating and Kafkaesque war fable about an army unit sent to guard a military checkpoint with no idea where they are or who the enemy might be. Atop a hill, deep in the forest, an army unit is dropped off to guard a checkpoint. The commander doesn’t know where they are, what border they’re protecting, or why. Their map is useless. The radio crackles with a language no one can recognize. A soldier is found dead in a latrine and the unit vows vengeance—but the killer, like the enemy, is unknown. Amid orgies and massacres, the commander struggles to maintain order and keep his soldiers alive, but he can’t be sure whether they’re fighting a war or caught in some bizarre military experiment. Equal parts Waiting for Godot and Catch-22, David Albahari’s Checkpoint is a haunting and hysterical confrontation with the absurdity of war. Praise for Checkpoint: A satirical take on war in the vein of Catch-22 and Slaughterhouse Five, Serbian author David Albahari’s Checkpointis shocking and comic in equal turns, skillfully pulled together by the force of Albahari’s wit.... Visceral, wild, and often hilarious, Checkpoint is a dark delight. —Ho Lin, Foreword Reviews, Starred Review “A worthy descendant of The Good Soldier Svejk and Catch-22.” —Kirkus Reviews “Checkpoint is a tornado of a book. David Albahari, a noted Serbian author who lives in Canada, muscles this Kafkaesque short novel into the war-is-absurd literary tradition in one tremendous 183-page paragraph…. Stylistically, JP Donleavy and Gary Shteyngart come to mind at times, while imagistically one might think of Goya, Picasso, or the Surrealists. But Albahari has a distinctive voice, and it comes through vividly in Ellen Elias-Bursać’s able translation from the Serbian.” —Jon Sobel, Blogcritics “Between adventure and apocalypse... Kafka and Kubrick...combining in grotesque-comical manner all the ridiculousness, beauty, horror, subtlety and extravagance that literature can hold.“ —Neue Zürcher Zeitung |
| shoot first ask questions later: The Arid Sky Emiliano Monge, 2018-08-28 Described as “a literary atomic bomb” (Luisán Gámez), Mexican literary star Emiliano Monge’s English-language debut is the Latin American incarnation of Cormac McCarthy: an artistically daring, gorgeously wrought, and eviscerating novel of biblical violence as told through the story of a man “who, though he did not know it, was the era in which he lived.” Set on a desolate, unnamed mesa, Emiliano Monge’s The Arid Sky distills the essence of a Latin America ruthlessly hollowed out by uncontainable violence. This is an unsparing yet magnificent land, whose only constants are loneliness, hatred, loyalty, and the struggle to return some small measure of meaning to life. Thundering and inventive, The Arid Sky narrates the signature moments in the life of Germán Alcantara Carnero: a man who is both exaltedly, viscerally real and is an ageless, nameless being capable of embodying entire eras, cultures, and conflicts. Monge’s roadmap—an escape across borders, the disappearance of a young girl, the confrontation between a father and his son, the birth of a sick child, and murder—takes readers on a journey to the core of humankind that posits a challenge of the kind only great literature can pose. “A blood-soaked yet lyrical story of regrets, memories, and the faint possibility of redemption, set in a parched Mexican mesa. Monge's first novel to be translated into English will open one of Mexico's most talented young writers to a new audience... Monge's sentences reflect the meandering structure, dizzying the reader with complexity and beauty….this style reflects Monge's overall message about the morphing shape of memories and how they all combine to form a person….Monge's novel is a brutal gem of a book concerned with the burdens of the past.” —Kirkus Reviews “Rarely can we witness literature like this.” —Miguel Ángel Ángeles, Rolling Stone |
| shoot first ask questions later: Regulation and Regulators after Global Financial Crises Aleksandra Jordanoska, 2024-12-31 This book provides an original theoretically and empirically grounded analysis of regulatory enforcement activism in post-crisis periods and the ensuing regulatory interactions. It critically addresses the ‘more regulation’ enforcement agenda relating to financial misconduct in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, showing how misconduct was constructed through the enforcement policies and practices of the powerful UK financial conduct regulator and its interactions with the subjects of enforcement proceedings and their legal representatives during a tumultuous time in the financial markets. Drawing from interviews with regulators, professional intermediaries, and markets participants; documentary analysis of enforcement decisions and speeches; and observations, the volume adopts an interdisciplinary approach grounded in social constructivist perspectives on compliance and deviance, regulation theory, and socio-legal research. Through a multi-dimensional analytical framework of regulatory enforcement activism that links shifts in regulatory policymaking; experimentations with legal powers in information-gathering, legal and extra-legal penalties, and individual accountability; and the use of enforcement tools in micro-level interactions, the book documents a more interventionist and punitive post-crisis enforcement agenda. The findings challenge current thinking in the 'scandal and reform' literature. The work argues that despite the increased focus on enforcement, it is not necessarily the case that the power has tilted more towards the regulator. This fine-grained socio-legal enquiry makes innovative and timely theoretical contributions to our understanding of the limitations of regulatory activism and regulatory control, regulatory relationships, the governance of financial markets, and broader thinking on regulating corporations and the individuals within them. It will appeal to academics, researchers, regulators, and policymakers working in regulation across law, criminology, sociology, and politics. |
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| shoot first ask questions later: Guns and College Homicide Stephen K. Boss, 2019-01-28 At a time when mass shootings in schools and other public spaces have become commonplace, it might seem surprising that American college campuses are not magnets for murderers but sanctuaries from them. Because of remarkably effective gun-safe policies, deaths by firearms on college campuses are 1,000 times less frequent than in the U.S. public at large. Drawing on crime data submitted in compliance with the Clery Act and public reports of those crimes, this study inventories every documented homicide at a U.S. college or university between 2001 and 2016, making a compelling argument for using gun-safe campuses as guides for broader public safety. |
| shoot first ask questions later: Last Seen Leaving Caleb Roehrig, 2016-10-04 Flynn's girlfriend is missing, and people are suspecting him of knowing something, so he struggles to uncover her secrets as he must also face the truth about himself. |
| shoot first ask questions later: True Colours Jean Gill, 1901 A boxset of six inspirational, entertaining, moving books based on true stories from an award-winning author, photographer, beekeeper, mad dog lady, cat breeder, literacy expert and mother. Jean Gill's truth takes many forms and the reader's journey through these books is as rich in discovery as her life has been to date. Someone To Look Up To: A dog's life in the south of France, from the dog's point of view. 'Jean Gill has captured the innermost thoughts of this magnificent animal' Les Ingham, Pyr International From puppyhood, Sirius the Pyrenean Mountain Dog has been trying to understand his humans and train them with kindness. How this led to their divorce he has no idea. More misunderstandings take Sirius to Death Row in an animal shelter. Doggedly, Sirius keeps the faith. One day, his human will come. How Blue is My Valley: A memoir. Jean Gill's first year living in Provence, a laugh-out-loud accountof following your dream and adopting a new country. 'Such a vivid picture of the fields of lavender, sunflowers and olive trees that you could almost be there with her.' Living France Magazine With Double Blade: Poetry so sharp it hurts when you laugh. '...the humour frequently has the effect of pointing up the stark reality with which she writes.' - Ted Griffin, Pause Magazine From Bedtime On: Poetry that hits home. Finalist in the 2018 Kindle Book Awards These new editions contain the 'stories behind the poems', adding the personal context to the work for which Jean Gill was first known as an author. One Sixth of a Gill: Short stories, blogs and poetry. An emotional roller-coaster with people you'll never forget. 'A fantastic array of wonderful prose, from bee-keeping to Top Tips on Dogs! A FINALIST and highly recommended.' The Wishing Shelf Awards Faithful Through Hard Times: A WW2 biography. Malta: Four years, 3 million bombs, Zero Hour Food approaching.The true story from a Scottish soldier's eye-witness account written at the time in a secret diary, a diary too dangerous to show anyone, and too precious to destroy. 'The diary was kept secret because it had to be. Taylor knew he would be in trouble if it were found. There is no censor in the diary.' The Scottish Association for the Teachers of History |
| shoot first ask questions later: Star Depth George Duhart, 2010-02 It is the year 2041, and the Earths nations have finally joined together to establish a new governing society named The United Earth Administration, for which is built on unified cooperation within a governmental foundation based on peace and unity for its separate constituents on independent governing bodies around the world. Within this administration stands a distinguished and high regarded naval officer who has served within its ranks for over 35 years in the United States Navy. His name is Admiral Wayne Cooper, and he has developed a new Naval agency called The Star Depth Navy that will help establish the prospects of the ongoing space program and their exploration into new heights of not only space travel, and its unique external exploration diversity, but to expand its internal knowledge of inner-planetary research, namely Planetary Oceans. But, while the agency progresses, along with Earths unified space program, so do adversities of an unknown nature and unknown threat. Admiral Cooper, along with his handpicked staff that he has chosen, must confront this terrifying, and incredible threat that has introduced itself as a new and promising organization that will destroy the very fabric of mankind and its right to exist. |
| shoot first ask questions later: Don't Shoot! I'm the Guitar Man Buzzy Martin, 2010-09-07 This is the story of lifelong musician Buzzy Martin, music teacher to the hardened criminals inside the walls of San Quentin Prison-and what he learned, note by incredible note. |
| shoot first ask questions later: A Companion to the British and Irish Novel, 1945 - 2000 Brian W. Shaffer, 2008-04-15 A Companion to the British and Irish Novel 1945-2000 serves as an extended introduction and reference guide to the British and Irish novel between the close of World War II and the turn of the millennium. Covers a wide range of authors from Samuel Beckett to Salman Rushdie Provides readings of key novels, including Graham Greene’s ‘Heart of the Matter’, Jean Rhys’s ‘Wide Sargasso Sea’ and Kazuo Ishiguro’s ‘The Remains of the Day’ Considers particular subgenres, such as the feminist novel and the postcolonial novel Discusses overarching cultural, political and literary trends, such as screen adaptations and the literary prize phenomenon Gives readers a sense of the richness and diversity of the novel during this period and of the vitality with which it continues to be discussed |
| shoot first ask questions later: Preemptive Love Jeremy Courtney, 2014-09-02 The founder of the Preemptive Love Coalition, an organization based in Iraq that provides heart surgeries to Iraqi children and trains local doctors and nurses, presents an account of lifesaving and peacemaking in this war-torn country. |
| shoot first ask questions later: Counter-Terrorism and State Political Violence Scott Poynting, David Whyte, 2012-05-16 This edited volume aims to deepen our understanding of state power through a series of case studies of political violence arising from state ‘counter-terrorism’ strategies. The book examines how state counter-terrorism strategies are invariably underpinned by terror, in the form of state political violence. It seeks to answer three key questions: To what extent can counter-terror strategies be read as a form of state terror? How fundamental is state terror to the maintenance of a neo-liberal social order? What are the features of counter-terrorism that render it so easily reducible to state terror? In order to explore these issues, and to reach an understanding of what it means to say that the ‘war on terror’ is terror , the contributing authors draw upon case studies from a range of geographical contexts including the UK and Northern Ireland, the US and Colombia, and Sri Lanka and Tamil Eelam. Analysing these case studies from a psychological-warfare and hegemonic perspective, the book also includes two chapters from Noam Chomsky and John Pilger, which provide a global and historical context. This book will be of great interest to students of critical terrorism studies, political violence, war and conflict studies, sociology, international security and IR. |
| shoot first ask questions later: LC-NMR Nina C. Gonnella, 2013-03-15 The isolation and structural characterization of substances present at very low concentrations, as is necessary to satisfy regulatory requirements for pharmaceutical drug degradants and impurities, can present scientific challenges. The coupling of HPLC with NMR spectroscopy has been at the forefront of cutting-edge technologies to address these is |
| shoot first ask questions later: A Beautiful Mind Wasted Britton Skyler, 2012-02 A Beautiful Mind Wasted is a compelling poetic narrative that explores the last five years of young Britton Hawkins' life. In the beginning the author introduces himself and his purpose by explaining his back ground and his interests. But this isn't your average story of a young kid growing up and surviving on the tough streets of an overly impoverished area. In fact it is the opposite. Imagine if you will, The fresh prince gone wrong. Through A Beautiful Mind Wasted the audience can relive the psyche of a young man who was raised the right way, but chose the wrong path. The reader will experience a tremendous variety of emotions and relatable experiences during his journey, but the prize is in the completion of the story. The narration will place you into a movie like drama, while the poetry will erupt your senses like a Speilberg film. This book embodies the thought process of the latest generation known to man, GENERATION X. Although the story is told through a very hip-hop like swagger the intelligence and philosophies of Hawkins propels him into visionary status. A Beautiful Mind Wasted bridges the gap between the young and wild, and the wise and the mature. Although this book is Hawkins' debut as an author he demonstrates a very seasoned style capable of changing the face of the literary world as we know it today. This story alone embodies the potential to launch a new age literary renaissance of young thinkers, creators and philosophers. Embark on a great read that will help you find the warmth within, while experiencing the excruciating reality of a cold harsh world. |
| shoot first ask questions later: Law Enforcement in American Cinema, 1894-1952 George Beck, 2020-11-10 Widespread law enforcement or formal policing outside of cities appeared in the early 20th century around the same time the early film industry was developing--the two evolved in tandem, intersecting in meaningful ways. Much scholarship has focused on portrayals of the criminal in early American cinema, yet little has been written about depictions of the criminal's antagonist. This history examines how different on-screen representations shifted public perception of law enforcement--initially seen as a suspicious or intrusive institution, then as a power for the common good. |
| shoot first ask questions later: After the Snow Began to Fall Robert Butler, 2012-11-05 After the Snow Began to Fall is a novel that will make you laugh, cry, sit on the edge of your seat at times, and present you with questions (maybe even a few answers) that have challenged each of us during our lifetimes. The world in which these characters live is much different than that which we face, but their approach to living should be an inspiration to all. They must make do with less and become innovative when it counts. Life and death decisions are intertwined with humor and romance. Without anyone else to come to their aid, they struggle to survive and create a new life for themselves and those who join them along the way. In addition, this novel is rather unique, I think, because it is actually two novels in one. One of the characters is a writer who creates a novel for the other characters as the story proceeds. |
| shoot first ask questions later: Direct Fire Anthony J. Tata, 2018-09-25 “The high-octane action scenes make this a must-read for military thriller fans”—from the national bestselling author of Besieged (Publishers Weekly). Direct Fire brings the war on terror to America. A powerful banker, gunned down in cold blood. A military family, senselessly slaughtered as they sleep. A key general, kidnapped from his farm near Fort Bragg. Atrocities like these are all too common in the Middle East. But this is the United States of America . . . Time is running out for Jake Mahegan. Terrorist cells are gathering in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Hackers are emptying the nation’s banks. And their final act of vengeance will bring the whole world to its knees. For Mahegan, it’s time to kill. Now. “Horrific at times, spine-tingling throughout, A. J. Tata once again proves capable of writing a firestorm that’s even scarier because it is all too real.” —Suspense Magazine Praise for the Jake Mahegan series from #1 New York Times-bestselling authors “Tata’s books are absolute rollercoaster rides . . . fun and fascinating reads.” —Mark Greaney “Tata writes with a gripping and gritty authority.” —Richard North Patterson “Absolutely fantastic . . . pulse-pounding.” —Brad Thor “An explosive, seat of your pants thriller!” —W.E.B. Griffin “Topical, frightening, possible, and riveting.” —James Rollins |
| shoot first ask questions later: With Double Blade Jean Gill, 2021-10-26 The antidote to Valentine's Day if you like your reading sharp, not sickly sweet. 'Jean Gill's spiky humour makes you feel as if she's caught you on barbed wire and yet makes you smile about it'- Mike Sharpe, Haverfordwest Journalist Strong, fresh, vivid poems from award-winning author Jean Gill, on an astounding range of subjects including adultery, AIDS and the Mexican Earthquake. If you crossed Wendy Cope's work with Sylvia Plath's, Jean Gill's poetry might be the result. 'You're starting to smother me, darling, you're faded and boring, my dear. It's my turn to play with another and your turn alone with your fear.' Divided into two parts, this new edition includes the stories behind the poetry, some personal and some about world events; always surprising. 'Moving and varied '- Dorothy Tutin 'Jean Gill brings off the rare feat of looking life squarely in the eye without descending into dreary cynicism.' - HS Milford Haven,Journalist 'The author is particularly gifted with poetry.' The WishingShelf Award 'An excellent collection - I enjoyed the sharpness and insight, theword-play' - Robert Nisbet, Downtrain 'Brings out feelings you didn't know you had,' ClaireStibbe, Detective Temeke series |
| shoot first ask questions later: God Threw Me Back Gatluk G. Digiew, 2018-05-26 Gatluk G. Digiew is a little boy cowherd when Civil War erupts in his homeland, South Sudan, and upends his life forever. His memoir, God Threw Me Back: A Child Survives War in Sudan, tells his horrific story through the eyes of a child. Gatluk is wrenched from his family at age nineshot and left for dead at thirteen. During his agonizing, often solitary, four-year journey to recovery and safely in a new homeland, Gatluk draws courage from his fathers early lessons and deep Christian faith. Gatluk emerges, not as a victim, but as a voice for the battered children of war who cannot speak for themselves. |
| shoot first ask questions later: Micro Short Filmmaking Robert David Duncan, 2015-06-19 You want to make movies but dont know where to start. It seems there are too many barriers like lack of knowledge, money, and equipment. Plus, you never went to film school. I wrote this book for you. Together we will make your first film, a one-minute micro short, and get it entered into festivals. We will do this all with your existing resources. Sound good? Lets go! |
| shoot first ask questions later: After Abu Ghraib Shadi Mokhtari, 2009-04-27 This book traverses three pivotal human rights struggles of the post-September 11th era: the American human rights campaign to challenge the Bush administration's 'War on Terror' torture and detention policies, Middle Eastern efforts to challenge American human rights practices (reversing the traditional West to East flow of human rights mobilizations and discourses) and Middle Eastern attempts to challenge their own leaders' human rights violations in light of American interventions. This book presents snapshots of human rights being appropriated, promoted, claimed, reclaimed and contested within and between the American and Middle Eastern contexts. The inquiry has three facets: first, it explores intersections between human rights norms and power as they unfold in the era. Second, it lays out the layers of the era's American and Middle Eastern encounter on the human rights plane. Finally, it draws out the era's key lessons for moving the human rights project forward. |
| shoot first ask questions later: Department of Defense Authorization for Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1985: Army programs United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services, 1984 |
| shoot first ask questions later: Fighting Corruption in Public Procurement Sope Williams-Elegbe, 2012-11-06 Anti-corruption measures have firmly taken centre stage in the development agenda of international organisations as well as in developed and developing countries. One area in which corruption manifests itself is in public procurement and, as a result, States have adopted various measures to prevent and curb corruption in public procurement. One such mechanism for dealing with procurement corruption is to debar or disqualify corrupt suppliers from bidding for or otherwise obtaining government contracts. This book examines the issues and challenges raised by the debarment or disqualification of corrupt suppliers from public contracts. Implementing a disqualification mechanism in public procurement raises serious practical and conceptual difficulties, which are not always considered by legislative provisions on disqualification. Some of the problems that may arise from the use of disqualifications include determining whether a conviction for corruption ought to be a pre-requisite to disqualification, bearing in mind that corruption thrives in secret, resulting in a dearth of convictions. Another issue is determining how to balance the tension between granting adequate procedural safeguards to a supplier in disqualification proceedings and not delaying the procurement process. A further issue is determining the scope of the disqualification in the sense of determining whether it applies to firms, natural persons, subcontractors, subsidiaries or other persons related to the corrupt firm and whether disqualification will lead to the termination of existing contracts. The book compares and contrasts the legal, practical and institutional approaches to the implementation of the disqualification mechanism in the European Union, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Republic of South Africa and the World Bank. |
| shoot first ask questions later: Masterminding the Deal Peter Clark, Roger Mills, 2013-08-03 Following a quiet period in global M&A activity, a new boom seems to be underway, but in an age where two-thirds of all merger deals can be said to fail (where deals fall short of the minimum required financial returns to the acquiring company), how can future success be guaranteed? And what can acquirers, and their shareholders and advisers, do to improve the chances of success? Masterminding the Deal looks at performance in two critical areas - merger segmentation (the identification of critical characteristics and attributes separating more successful mergers from the rest) and category-specific synergy diagnosis (the differentiation of synergy benefits - expenses, revenues, tax - to ensure maximum rewards). Through this in-depth analysis, the book provides the managers and advisers of acquiring firms with concise and actionable frameworks to improve and enhance merger performance. Masterminding the Deal will help you to identify and apply the key components of merger success. |
| shoot first ask questions later: Zodiac Hacks Arik Xander, 2021-06-23 Upgrade your reality and overcome obstacles with Zodiac Hacks, a unique synergy of astrological wisdom with spiritual laws and archetypal energies supercharged with the starlight of the constellations and yet relatable to every aspect of your life. Packed with practical tips and intense yet accessible spiritual guidance, this book uses the metaphor of computers—with your sun sign as your “software”—to make astrological, karmic, tarot, and archetypal concepts less intimidating to readers. Xander’s style of astrology emphasizes choice over fate, encouraging readers to walk the path of their own destiny using their chart as their map. |
| shoot first ask questions later: The Song Index of the Enoch Pratt Free Library Ellen Luchinsky, 2020-12-23 The Song Index features over 150,000 citations that lead users to over 2,100 song books spanning more than a century, from the 1880s to the 1990s. The songs cited represent a multitude of musical practices, cultures, and traditions, ranging from ehtnic to regional, from foreign to American, representing every type of song: popular, folk, children's, political, comic, advertising, protest, patriotic, military, and classical, as well as hymns, spirituals, ballads, arias, choral symphonies, and other larger works. This comprehensive volume also includes a bibliography of the books indexed; an index of sources from which the songs originated; and an alphabetical composer index. |
| shoot first ask questions later: Survival: June-July 2024 The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), 2024-06-13 Survival, the IISS’s bimonthly journal, challenges conventional wisdom and brings fresh, often controversial, perspectives on strategic issues of the moment. In this issue: François Heisbourg considers how Europeans might prepare for a disrupted US security commitment if Donald Trump becomes president again – free to read Lanxin Xiang warns that the Biden administration’s democracy-versus-autocracy framework increases the risk of conflict between the United States and China Daniel Byman argues that the Gaza war will leave both Israel and Hamas worse off – free to read Hanna Notte assesses the impact of the Russia–Ukraine war on multilateral nuclear forums and on the broader nuclear order And ten more thought-provoking pieces, as well as our regular Book Reviews and Noteworthy column. Editor: Dr Dana Allin Managing Editor: Jonathan Stevenson Associate Editor: Carolyn West Editorial Assistant: Conor Hodges |
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: Definition, Meaning, and Origin
Sep 2, 2023 · What Does "Shoot First, Ask Questions Later" Mean? The phrase “shoot first, ask questions later” describes a hasty or rash approach to a situation. If someone tells you to …
Shoot first, ask questions later - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
I know you're upset, but you need to consider a few different things before you up and quit your job. Don't just shoot first and ask questions later. When it comes to claims of theft by a …
Understanding the Idiom: "shoot first and ask questions later ...
The phrase “shoot first and ask questions later” is a common idiom used to describe impulsive actions taken without considering the consequences. It implies that someone is willing to act …
A brief survey of the earliest uses of "shoot first and ask questions ...
Aug 12, 2022 · It was a direct insult to the brave cut-throats who were wont to shoot anyone who looked suspicious and ask questions later. However, there were many earlier uses that …
shoot first and ask questions later - Wiktionary
Mar 11, 2025 · (idiomatic, US) To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation. (idiomatic, US) To act boldly.
Shoot First and Ask Questions Later Idiom - Meaning and …
Sep 21, 2024 · When we hear the idiom ‘Shoot First and Ask Questions Later’, it doesn’t refer to actual shooting or firearms. Instead, it’s a metaphorical expression that suggests taking …
Shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later Definition - YourDictionary
Shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later definition: (idiomatic, US) To take hasty, immediate action with serious
consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation.
Stand Your Ground laws do not allow you to ‘shoot first and ask ...
Apr 21, 2023 · These groups and even scholars studying gun violence refer to Stand Your Ground (SYG) laws as “shoot first” laws, short for “shoot first and ask questions later.” As a gun …
Fletcher Rips Trump Admin's "Shoot First & Ask Questions Later …
1 day ago · Fletcher argued this “shoot first, and ask questions later” strategy jeopardizes the nation’s scientific leadership, threatens medical research, and ultimately risks patient health by ...
shoot first and ask questions later - Phrases.com
Sep 1, 2009 · shoot first and ask questions later To take action with serious consequences without delay, preserving the benefit of surprise by not providing indication of one's intent. See …
Shoot First, Ask Questions Later: Definition, Meaning, and Origin
Sep 2, 2023 · What Does "Shoot First, Ask Questions Later" Mean? The phrase “shoot first, ask questions later” describes a hasty or rash approach to a situation. If someone tells you to "shoot …
Shoot first, ask questions later - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
I know you're upset, but you need to consider a few different things before you up and quit your job. Don't just shoot first and ask questions later. When it comes to claims of theft by a member of …
Understanding the Idiom: "shoot first and ask questions later ...
The phrase “shoot first and ask questions later” is a common idiom used to describe impulsive actions taken without considering the consequences. It implies that someone is willing to act …
A brief survey of the earliest uses of "shoot first and ask questions …
Aug 12, 2022 · It was a direct insult to the brave cut-throats who were wont to shoot anyone who looked suspicious and ask questions later. However, there were many earlier uses that phrased it …
shoot first and ask questions later - Wiktionary
Mar 11, 2025 · (idiomatic, US) To take hasty, immediate action with serious consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation. (idiomatic, US) To act boldly.
Shoot First and Ask Questions Later Idiom - Meaning and …
Sep 21, 2024 · When we hear the idiom ‘Shoot First and Ask Questions Later’, it doesn’t refer to actual shooting or firearms. Instead, it’s a metaphorical expression that suggests taking …
Shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later Definition - YourDictionary
Shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later definition: (idiomatic, US) To take hasty, immediate action with serious
consequences, without first adequately investigating the situation.
Stand Your Ground laws do not allow you to ‘shoot first and ask ...
Apr 21, 2023 · These groups and even scholars studying gun violence refer to Stand Your Ground (SYG) laws as “shoot first” laws, short for “shoot first and ask questions later.” As a gun scholar, …
Fletcher Rips Trump Admin's "Shoot First & Ask Questions Later …
1 day ago · Fletcher argued this “shoot first, and ask questions later” strategy jeopardizes the nation’s scientific leadership, threatens medical research, and ultimately risks patient health by ...
shoot first and ask questions later - Phrases.com
Sep 1, 2009 · shoot first and ask questions later To take action with serious consequences without delay, preserving the benefit of surprise by not providing indication of one's intent. See them all »
