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If you’re calling it the SCORPION unit, what message are you sending to the officers who are in it and to the community… Scorpions sting. one of my first meetings I went to as a new police commissioner in Boston, I went to Mission Hill and listened to a group of 200-300 young black men who told me our units were jumping out of the cars and tipping guys upside down to see if a gun would come out. I went back and met with the gang unit after that, and I made it very clear that this was not the mission that I wanted accomplished. … You can’t make everybody who’s between the age of 15 and 25 a suspect. – Ed Davis	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The other side of it is the culture, if you’re calling it the SCORPION unit, what message are you sending to the officers who are in it and to the community… Scorpions sting. – Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is worth any price to annihilate the next generation of white children. We want every white father to feel the sting of having their children marry colored mates and produce biracial children. – Abe Foxman	added by aenskrdrengr 1 year ago
They'll just have to deal with it … And I think that this is a strategy from the Democrats that just doesn't work anymore, when you call everyone racist for every single thing that they say and do, then everything is racist, and it no longer means anything. So it doesn't have the sting anymore, and I think Republicans are aware of that. And frankly, they might play into that expectation that they ask a simple question that might just be a little bit tinged with some criticism. And then they're going to get attacked and they'll make that into a strategy to push back against how far left the Democratic Party has become. – Jason Rantz	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The yellow jackets, they like to sting me more than the honey bees, you get stung enough times you know what’s coming. – Robert Travis	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This one will sting for a while, but if there is one thing we have learned together, it’s that the sun comes up the next day and it can always be worse. – Sam Willoughby	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I wanted my peers to respect me and I know that the Golden Globes is not your peers, necessarily, but it’s like, ‘ Ah ! ’ It took a little of the sting out. – But Cox	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
While there can be plenty of exciting moments, many aspects of work travel aren't as glamorous as you might think — being able to work toward a free vacation can certainly help take the sting out of spending so much in economy airplane seats and at cookie-cutter hotels instead of at home. – Zach Honig	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Fortunately for me, I’ve had a lot of opportunities, so hopefully everything that I’ve learned, I’m going to bottle up, i’m a competitor. I’ve won at every level. I would be lying if I said it doesn’t sting to not have another (title), so tomorrow is a big day. – Tony Finau	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
This is something that is long overdue, this is a historic time in our country, and we need to listen to members of our community who have felt the hurt and sting of racism on our campus. – Patrick Phillips	Found on CNN 3 years ago
Third parties have a very difficult time in American political history. Third parties sting and then they die. – Michael Kazin	Found on CNN 4 years ago
As I have said publicly before, hate has no home in Lawrence Township. As someone that has felt its sting, I know that bigotry exists and sadly will continue to exist but that doesn't mean that I give up. Instead I look to find allies that will help me fight the cancer of bigotry. – Mayor Christopher Bobbitt	Found on CNN 4 years ago
Both should expect to face withering criticism in the days ahead since this story touches a nerve, especially for parents without the means to pay their kids' way into prestigious schools, expect this topic to dog Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin since the nature of the sting operation reveals famous, rich and powerful people apparently playing by a different set of rules than everyone else. – Evan Nierman	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We have suffered so much, i do n’t want anyone else to go through this ; he’s going to be permanently scarred. WOMAN CLAIMS SHE NEARLY LOST LEG AFTER CONTRACTING SERIOUS INFECTION FROM PEDICURE Hookworms are known as soil-transmitted parasite worms, and typically live in the small intestine. The eggs are transmitted through feces of an infected person, and the larvae can mature into a form that can penetrate through the skin of humans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( CDC), hookworm infection is mainly acquired by walking barefoot on contaminated soil. While most patients do not suffer any symptoms or side effects, some may experience gastrointestinal issues. The teen allegedly felt the worms moving throughout his body after a dermatologist tried to freeze them. ( Kelli Mulhollen Dumas Facebook) In a series of graphic photos posted on Friday, Kellie Mulhollen Dumas detailed her son’s injuries and said that after four trips to the pediatrician and an appointment with a dermatologist, he has been prescribed several medicines and a steroid but the pain persists. Kelli Mulhollen Dumas Facebook -RRB- still ca n’t wear shoes and has to soak the afflicted areas in bleach water. NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN DIES AFTER YELLOW JACKET STING, WIFE SAYS. – Kellie Mulhollen Dumas	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
This is really a case about what the appropriate sentence should be, and here is a young guy who is immature, said some stupid things online, and the FBI sent out their best people to try to get a sting operation going. – Mary McNamara	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Are you kidding me? They are devoting law enforcement resources to sting operations for this? There has to be higher priorities! – Stormy Daniels	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
The sting of sanctions will only grow more painful if the regime does not change course from the unacceptable and unproductive path it has chosen for itself and the people of Iran, these will be the strongest sanctions in history by the time we are done. – Mike Pompeo	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The reason why the Ubers and Airbnbs of this world have been able to stay unlisted is because there is so much private money available to finance their growth right now, many of these types of well-known firms could easily go public without the support of the banks, and losing those fees would certainly sting. – Trevor Green	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
I thought, how are we, the country that invented Madison Avenue and Hollywood and arguably the greatest messaging machine in the history of all time - how are we losing, what is essentially a messaging battle to folks halfway across the world that are operating on a shoe sting budget. And so I think to counter what they are doing, we need to up our social media game. – Priyank Mathur	Found on CNN 6 years ago
The taste of blood and that annoying sting of a bitten tongue. Once man got the taste of blood there was no going back, like a serpent circling itself eating its own tail.” – Brandon Garic Notch	added by Brandon G. Notch 6 years ago
The taste of blood and that annoying sting of a bitten tongue. Once man got the taste of blood there was no going back, like a serpent circling itself eating its own tail. – Brandon Garic Notch	added by anonymous 6 years ago
Our undercover agents killed two known drug peddlers in sting operations, there was a shootout between undercover police officers and drug peddlers when the men sensed they had sold 500 pesos ($10.80) worth of drugs to policemen. – Adriano Enong	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee; I got Parkinson’s, it ain’t got me. – Eric Johnson	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
This virus and this outbreak in particular has a nasty sting in the tail, it's not finished, by a long shot. – Bruce Aylward	Found on Reuters 8 years ago

If you’re calling it the SCORPION unit, what message are you sending to the officers who are in it and to the community… Scorpions sting. one of my first meetings I went to as a new police commissioner in Boston, I went to Mission Hill and listened to a group of 200-300 young black men who told me our units were jumping out of the cars and tipping guys upside down to see if a gun would come out. I went back and met with the gang unit after that, and I made it very clear that this was not the mission that I wanted accomplished. … You can’t make everybody who’s between the age of 15 and 25 a suspect.

– Ed Davis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The other side of it is the culture, if you’re calling it the SCORPION unit, what message are you sending to the officers who are in it and to the community… Scorpions sting.

– Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is worth any price to annihilate the next generation of white children. We want every white father to feel the sting of having their children marry colored mates and produce biracial children.

– Abe Foxman

added by aenskrdrengr
1 year ago

They'll just have to deal with it … And I think that this is a strategy from the Democrats that just doesn't work anymore, when you call everyone racist for every single thing that they say and do, then everything is racist, and it no longer means anything. So it doesn't have the sting anymore, and I think Republicans are aware of that. And frankly, they might play into that expectation that they ask a simple question that might just be a little bit tinged with some criticism. And then they're going to get attacked and they'll make that into a strategy to push back against how far left the Democratic Party has become.

– Jason Rantz

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The yellow jackets, they like to sting me more than the honey bees, you get stung enough times you know what’s coming.

– Robert Travis

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This one will sting for a while, but if there is one thing we have learned together, it’s that the sun comes up the next day and it can always be worse.

– Sam Willoughby

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I wanted my peers to respect me and I know that the Golden Globes is not your peers, necessarily, but it’s like, ‘ Ah ! ’ It took a little of the sting out.

– But Cox

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

While there can be plenty of exciting moments, many aspects of work travel aren't as glamorous as you might think — being able to work toward a free vacation can certainly help take the sting out of spending so much in economy airplane seats and at cookie-cutter hotels instead of at home.

– Zach Honig

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Fortunately for me, I’ve had a lot of opportunities, so hopefully everything that I’ve learned, I’m going to bottle up, i’m a competitor. I’ve won at every level. I would be lying if I said it doesn’t sting to not have another (title), so tomorrow is a big day.

– Tony Finau

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

This is something that is long overdue, this is a historic time in our country, and we need to listen to members of our community who have felt the hurt and sting of racism on our campus.

– Patrick Phillips

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Third parties have a very difficult time in American political history. Third parties sting and then they die.

– Michael Kazin

Found on CNN
4 years ago

As I have said publicly before, hate has no home in Lawrence Township. As someone that has felt its sting, I know that bigotry exists and sadly will continue to exist but that doesn't mean that I give up. Instead I look to find allies that will help me fight the cancer of bigotry.

– Mayor Christopher Bobbitt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Both should expect to face withering criticism in the days ahead since this story touches a nerve, especially for parents without the means to pay their kids' way into prestigious schools, expect this topic to dog Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin since the nature of the sting operation reveals famous, rich and powerful people apparently playing by a different set of rules than everyone else.

– Evan Nierman

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We have suffered so much, i do n’t want anyone else to go through this ; he’s going to be permanently scarred. WOMAN CLAIMS SHE NEARLY LOST LEG AFTER CONTRACTING SERIOUS INFECTION FROM PEDICURE Hookworms are known as soil-transmitted parasite worms, and typically live in the small intestine. The eggs are transmitted through feces of an infected person, and the larvae can mature into a form that can penetrate through the skin of humans. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention( CDC), hookworm infection is mainly acquired by walking barefoot on contaminated soil. While most patients do not suffer any symptoms or side effects, some may experience gastrointestinal issues. The teen allegedly felt the worms moving throughout his body after a dermatologist tried to freeze them. ( Kelli Mulhollen Dumas Facebook) In a series of graphic photos posted on Friday, Kellie Mulhollen Dumas detailed her son’s injuries and said that after four trips to the pediatrician and an appointment with a dermatologist, he has been prescribed several medicines and a steroid but the pain persists. Kelli Mulhollen Dumas Facebook -RRB- still ca n’t wear shoes and has to soak the afflicted areas in bleach water. NEW HAMPSHIRE MAN DIES AFTER YELLOW JACKET STING, WIFE SAYS.

– Kellie Mulhollen Dumas

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

This is really a case about what the appropriate sentence should be, and here is a young guy who is immature, said some stupid things online, and the FBI sent out their best people to try to get a sting operation going.

– Mary McNamara

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Are you kidding me? They are devoting law enforcement resources to sting operations for this? There has to be higher priorities!

– Stormy Daniels

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

The sting of sanctions will only grow more painful if the regime does not change course from the unacceptable and unproductive path it has chosen for itself and the people of Iran, these will be the strongest sanctions in history by the time we are done.

– Mike Pompeo

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The reason why the Ubers and Airbnbs of this world have been able to stay unlisted is because there is so much private money available to finance their growth right now, many of these types of well-known firms could easily go public without the support of the banks, and losing those fees would certainly sting.

– Trevor Green

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

I thought, how are we, the country that invented Madison Avenue and Hollywood and arguably the greatest messaging machine in the history of all time - how are we losing, what is essentially a messaging battle to folks halfway across the world that are operating on a shoe sting budget. And so I think to counter what they are doing, we need to up our social media game.

– Priyank Mathur

Found on CNN
6 years ago

The taste of blood and that annoying sting of a bitten tongue. Once man got the taste of blood there was no going back, like a serpent circling itself eating its own tail.”

– Brandon Garic Notch

added by Brandon G. Notch
6 years ago

The taste of blood and that annoying sting of a bitten tongue. Once man got the taste of blood there was no going back, like a serpent circling itself eating its own tail.

– Brandon Garic Notch

added by anonymous
6 years ago

Our undercover agents killed two known drug peddlers in sting operations, there was a shootout between undercover police officers and drug peddlers when the men sensed they had sold 500 pesos ($10.80) worth of drugs to policemen.

– Adriano Enong

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee; I got Parkinson’s, it ain’t got me.

– Eric Johnson

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

This virus and this outbreak in particular has a nasty sting in the tail, it's not finished, by a long shot.

– Bruce Aylward

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

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