Sentences with phrase «on vendetta»

Conley embarked on a vendetta against Bennett and others, posting comments on his and other blogs and on Twitter under fake identities, writing fake reviews on Avvo, and even threatening to seek Bennett's disbarment.

He says Lawler, who is fresh out of Harvard Law School, is «not some sort of a political hack on a vendetta against Swanson, but an idealistic young lawyer who happens to believe in unions.»

After a personal tragedy — he is forced to kill his own brother inside a Chimeran conversion center — Grayson goes on a vendetta to destroy every conversion center he can find.

After a personal tragedy — he is forced to kill his own brother inside a Chimeran conversion center — Grayson goes on a vendetta to destroy every conversion

You play as a former Bombslinger turned rancher on a vendetta.

It doesn't matter a jolt that these two fights are attached with a pretty bland story about a vengeful anti-hero on a vendetta, a damsel in distress popping up along the way.

Sterritt * Schwarzenegger strikes again, this time as a firefighter who embarks on a vendetta against Colombian terrorists, hunting them in their country and in Washington after his wife and child are killed in a L.A. bombing.

They are on vendetta!

«They are on vendetta mission.

The statement read in part, «The so - called Imo stakeholders can only «cage» Governor Rochas Okorocha like they have claimed in the media in the offices of the National Chairman of the party, Chief John Oyegun and the National Organising Secretary of the Party, Chief Osita Izunaso, who are on vendetta mission against the governor over his innocent and patriotic stand on the issue of tenure elongation.

Spota says that he has no reason to step down and that Bellone's comments were based on a vendetta — because Spota says he has prosecuted allies of Bellone in the past.

«I had earlier said that the Lagos State government, under the governorship of Akinwunmi Ambode is out on a vendetta and having failed to get me removed as the National Legal Adviser of All Progressives Congress, has targeted my supporters for persecution.

Comments by communicators of government and the ruling party and trials going on in the media about allegations levelled against Dr Opuni, have apparently shown that the administration of Mr Akufo - Addo and his Party are on vendetta mission of witch hunt molestation, blackmail and persecution of the opposition or dissenting voices.

nice post spanish and you haven't gone all out on a vendetta to slag off some players but diaby was such a big dissapointment this year and it doesn't help having the new viera title hanging over you but he should really pass more than try and dribble through 5 players as that is not the wenger way.

Not exact matches

His reasons for turning his back on America are still debated by historians, but the accepted reasons include money, disillusionment, and personal vendettas against the Continental Congress.

The lawsuit, which was secretly financed by Silicon Valley billionaire Peter Thiel, may be a «personal vendetta» against Gawker, as Denton wrote in a memo to staffers on Monday.

She thanked him and said, «I thought for a brief moment about exposing him, but this isn't about a personal vendetta - for me, this was about highlighting a situation that is all too common and how the onus is always placed on the victim to remove themselves from the situation, rather than deal with the aggressor.

«U.S. big tech is facing a storm of different problems, from greater regulation on privacy issues, to lackluster sales of products, and perceived political vendetta by the Trump administration towards some firms, such as Amazon,» he added.

«Blasphemy accusations in Pakistan are often used to settle petty vendettas and persecute minority groups,» said Kate Allen, UK Director of Amnesty International in December 2014, as part of a plea for the release of Mohammad Asghar, a 70 - year - old British Muslim grandfather also on death row.

His VP's son started a second war there as a vendetta and as a jihad against the Middle East, based on a major terror attack on our soil, thereby generating ANOTHER immense deficit.

For these reasons, I see the coming encounter and dialogue between humanism and theism not as the occasion for sour - tempered vendettas, but as another of those recurring interludes in the history of the race when the search for truth pits conscientious antagonists on the battleground of human thought.

That idea of Fawkes largely stems from his use in V for Vendetta, a 2006 movie based on the comic books by Alan Moore about a mysterious masked revolutionary who brings down a totalitarian regime, succeeding where Fawkes failed by blowing up parliament.

His death and the scandal provoked by it, when he had become one of the leading figures of the Church, was a sort of posthumous vendetta, one of those favors that the gods bestow on those whom they love.

And if that wasn't enough his marriage is on the rocks, he's feeling increasingly alienated from his 8 - year - old son, and after a blowout loss in his home opener, he discovers that the local sports reporter is pursuing a vendetta against him.

Although many will suggest that Robson has a personal vendetta of sorts aimed squarely at the Grinch who stole soccer, that doesn't make his words any less truthful... such tactics are nothing new... in the U.S.this business practice has become so common that even the players regularly use the media to manipulate public opinion (LeBron James did likewise to rally public support for himself and away from his teammate, Kyrie Irving, who has asked to be traded)... whether for contract leverage or to rally support for or against certain players, this strategy can be incredibly effective at times, but when it misses the mark it can be dangerously divisive... for a close - to - the - vest team like Arsenal to use such nefarious means to manufacture a wedge between the fans and it's best player (again), is absolutely despicable... for the sanctimonious higher - ups who demand that it's players adhere to a certain protocol regarding information deemed «in house» or else to intentionally spread «fake» news or to provide certain outlets with privileged information for such purposes is pretty low indeed... no moral high ground here, just a big club pretending to be a small club so that they can continue to pull the wool over the eyes of a dedicated, albeit somewhat naive, fan base... so not only does this club no give a shit about it's fans, this clearly shows that clubs primary interests aren't even soccer related... for all intent and purposes Kroenke doesn't care if we're a soccer club or a tampon factory as long as we continue to maximized his investment... stay woke people... great to see more and more people commenting on the state of the franchise... this club needs to be held accountable for it's actions

When Arizona was given the lowest No. 4 seed on Selection Sunday, it felt like a vendetta from the NCAA.

The Ivorian was a thorn in the flesh of the Arsenal team as it seemed that he had a personal vendetta against the Gunners, always scoring goals against us no matter the jersey he put on.

Claim 16: «Mrs. Charlotte Osei harbored personal vendetta against a vendor by name Messrs Buck Press Limited on the premise that he belongs to NPP.

FBI special agent Tim Slater declined to comment on whether the gunman had a vendetta against Republicans.

Democrat Paul Graziano campaigned to represent democratic constituents and be their nominee for the City Council with the hope of joining the democratic conference, but he betrayed those folks with a recent endorsement of a conservative republican based on his own personal vendetta, not what's best for the community.

Straniere released a statement that accused Molinaro of turning his back on party values for «personal, petty vendettas.»

Between 1982 and 1985, Alan Moore and David Lloyd started publishing V for Vendetta, the story of a masked Guy Fawkes - type terrorist conducting a bombing campaign into a future fascist London - based on Moore's assessment of what it would be like if Margaret Thatcher stayed in charge for another 20 years.

You might not expect a serious political website to cite a blood - bathed action film written by the directors of the Matrix at the top of its list of political movie of the decade, but V for Vendetta had a serious effect on the look and feel of British politics that it would be unwise to dismiss.

Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner accused District Attorney William Fitzpatrick on Monday of carrying out a vendetta against Police Chief Frank Fowler by launching a grand jury investigation into a parking lot fender bender involving Fowler's son.

Spota said Bellone's demand for him to step down was «based on nothing but a personal vendetta against me for investigating and prosecuting people he is close to.»

Spota replied in his own news conference, saying Bellone's call for him to resign was «based on nothing but a personal vendetta against me for investigating and prosecuting people he is close to.»

At a news conference in his office an hour later, Spota said Bellone's comments were based on «a vendetta» because Spota had prosecuted allies of Bellone.

Some close to the Working Families Party accuse Adler of having a longstanding political vendetta against the labor - backed political organization — dating back to his membership on the Kings County judicial screening committee for former Brooklyn Democratic Leader Vito Lopez, a frequent WFP advisary.

Banire had in a statement on Wednesday accused the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, of vendetta over the issue.

The head of a NYC Council watchdog committee has accused City Hall's top lawyer of carrying out a political vendetta against the city's investigations commissioner on behalf of de Blasio, marking a sharp escalation in a three - sided power struggle among different arms of city government.

The NDC scribe stated that, the Special Prosecutor can't even work effectively in a mortuary if he focuses on political vendetta.

Let him stop the vendetta against persons within his party who are intent on exposing internal corruption.

Asked later to elaborate on de Blasio's remarks that the governor carried out «vendettas» against people who don't agree with him, Cuomo reiterated, «It was clear he was frustrated.

Governor Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday offered his first detailed thoughts on his ongoing feud with Mayor Bill de Blasio, a week to the day after the mayor publicly chastised his fellow Democrat, accusing him of bullying, personal vendettas and a lack of leadership.

Sources said Democratic legislators want time to gather more information so they can grill O'Dowd on what he knew about the closure of lanes on the country's busiest bridge as part of a political vendetta.

De Blasio's last housing fight led him in June to angrily accuse Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of carrying out a «vendetta» when whey clashed on the mayor's efforts to amend a real estate tax abatement program and win stronger rent control laws.

«The mayor is reportedly on a personal vendetta and seeking «revenge» against the governor and we find it troubling,» Cuomo spokeswoman Dani Lever said.

Some call the sudden, negative spotlight on Minkel part of a «political vendetta» because Minkel declined to hire Erie County Legislator Lynne Dixon, I - Hamburg, as the authority's new head of public affairs after the retirement of longtime spokesman C. Douglas Hartmayer.

The critical thing we want on top of it all is not sensation or briefings, but sincere investigations, real trials and seeking justice, not vendetta or pursuit of putative enemies of the state.»

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State disclosed on Friday that the corporate existence of Nigeria is being threatened by selective administration of justice, marginalization, and vendetta against perceived political opponents.