Easy pickings for intimidation, Trump must have figured. . . .
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And government, starved of easy pickings, would become more bullying.
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Thankfully, the goers of Coachella past make easy pickings for inspiration.
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Getting around many phone's passcodes is easy pickings for the UFED too.
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A kid labeled as low-grit could be easy pickings for bullies.
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The alt-right would be easy pickings for a more competent demagogue.
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If you're looking for the easy pickings, a garden is easier to evict.
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"This time, we think the easy pickings are just more limited," he said.
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This resource-rich/time-poor aspect of modern life has provided easy pickings for cybercrooks.
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Our republic is supposed to promote the general welfare, not easy pickings for global corporations.
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The class-ridden incompetence of British post-war industrial management offered easy pickings for left-wingers.
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The puffed-up pupfish float back to the water's surface where they're easy pickings for predators.
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They also commonly languish in medicine cabinets, sometimes for years, making easy pickings for someone with an addiction.
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In the past such frail leaders would have made easy pickings for a young upstart plotting a coup.
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And once it was on a relatively even altitude with its adversaries, it would be relatively easy pickings.
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Vulnerable and desperate people have always been easy pickings for malign operators, and pregnant Irish women are no exception.
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She'll have to pause, rest, recuperate; or else burn through her energy and become easy pickings for hungry beasts.
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A blueberry farm near the Indiana border that would offer easy pickings if they were ever blighted with hunger.
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"You have people from very dark websites gravitating toward these camps, and these children are easy pickings," he said.
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When that's happening, soon enough, the guard will fall down and you're easy pickings to become an online knockout victim.
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Today, it would be indefensible — easy pickings for terrorists or Iranian missile strikes against population centers in the Jewish state's heartland.
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But in 2014, the Republicans won just 10 seats with a Democratic-leaning Cook P.V.I. There are far fewer easy pickings.
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"We are emerging from a situation where the recovery was almost like easy pickings," Ken Odeluga, market analyst at City Index, said.
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They played on the fact that I was naïve and I'd never been in trouble before; I was easy pickings for them.
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" Ms. Love said that because California has specifically identified the kinds of convictions that are eligible to be cleared, it's "easy pickings.
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It's all been easy pickings for Sanders, who has hammered away at the notion that Clinton is in the pocket of special interests.
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With so much at stake, you'd think an issue that affects more than 24 million Americans would be easy pickings for campaign platforms.
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All the rabbits in the area seemed disoriented; they were easy pickings for dinner before the family went to sleep in the crater.
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The Mavericks have been easy pickings for most teams this season but turned the tables on Milwaukee on Saturday with a shocking 111-79 triumph.
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Another episode later in the season focuses on how Michigan police use licensed and legal medical-marijuana grows as easy pickings to do raids on.
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They protect the animals from bears, cougars and wolves, paying attention to strays and weak or ill animals that could be easy pickings for predators.
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And while Green Bay's safeties limit things to underneath receivers and tight ends, their corners are easy pickings for a quarterback as talented as Ryan.
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The miss seemed to sap the energy of Hsieh whose serves were barely clearing the net by the end, easy pickings for the now marauding Kerber.
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A big group like theirs, handing out gifts of cash to local Bedouins and camping in ostentatious luxury, was ludicrously easy pickings for a Shiite militia.
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They figured athletes are easy pickings because they can look up their salary online, they can look at the schedule, and then they can make a calculation.
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While that should make easy pickings for UKIP, the party has been bogged down in vicious in-fighting as it struggles to define its post-Brexit identity.
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Here, the birds find easy pickings and voraciously eat just about any part of the plants that remain — from roots to shoots, from flowers to seeds to stems.
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It's likely that this particular passenger wasn't randomly chosen but consciously selected because United thought he'd be easy pickings, as a bespectacled Asian follows orders and goes quietly.
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Over the past three years, America's information ecosystem has proven easy pickings for anyone with a fistful of VPN connections and a sweatshop of kids playing World of Trollcraft.
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Johanna Primevert, chief spokeswoman for the Paris police department, told CNN that Kardashian's celeb status -- as well as her millions of social media followers -- made her easy pickings for thieves.
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That made local birds and reptiles easy pickings for the rats that arrived on Maori canoes in the 250th century and, later, the stoats and possums that accompanied European settlers.
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That partly reflects changes in the way that the police deal with misbehaving youngsters, in particular the abandonment of performance targets that encouraged police to arrest children, who made easy pickings.
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Mocked and manipulated because of his poverty, Jud is considered easy pickings for the the townsfolk, including Curly, who literally strolls up to the farmhand's home to entreat him toward suicide.
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They went behind in sweltering conditions at the Samara Arena when Suarez struck a low free kick into the bottom corner that should have been easy pickings for Russia keeper Igor Akinfeev.
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They picked on the Caribbean people first because, as a community, we're not as strong as others so they thought it was going to be easy pickings to do what they did.
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It is at this time of year that encounters with cicadas are most frequent, as they can occasionally be found buzzing clumsily on the ground — easy pickings for birds, and playthings for domestic cats.
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Many of us have hundreds of accounts, and human nature being what it is, may use the same user id and password repeatedly, providing easy pickings for an attacker who learns one of our passwords.
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As the easy pickings in mergers and acquisitions have been harvested, boards seem to be contemplating deals that look like variations on ones that have been tried before but failed for regulatory or other reasons.
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The Cavs seem to think this is a scratch series, easy pickings, a goddamn lemon they're pickin' off the Raps' unguarded fruit tree, and the Raptors have done nothing to dissuade them of that notion.
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Despite one more rally in the ninth inning, the Yankees went on to lose, 11-7, to end a seven-game homestand in which they lost four games to teams that were supposed to be easy pickings.
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Imagine that some ancient wolves were slightly less timid around nomadic hunters and scavenged regularly from their kills and camps, and gradually evolved to become tamer and tamer, producing lots of offspring because of the relatively easy pickings.
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But the selection of the voices providing those perspectives is also affected by the tech mentality, so let us hope the staff at Real Life choose to reach well beyond the easy pickings of tech halo businesses and academia.
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The person spearheading the effort — Dominic Lacroix — is a serial violator of SEC laws, says the agency, which describes him in its filing as a "recidivist securities law violator in Canada," so this one might have been easy pickings.
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The Cougars have lost 33 straight and look like easy pickings for Oregon State, which comes in equal in the loss column with Stanford and Washington and one behind USC and Colorado with a week left in the regular season.
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However, Cramer said there also could be a group of investors who bid up the stocks of pharmaceutical and health-care companies based on the belief that Sanders would be "easy pickings" for President Donald Trump in a hypothetical general election in November.
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These young people, mostly men, can be easy pickings for IS and other radicals who prey on their circumstances and conflicted identities, just as in the Barcelona attack it appears the imam of the perpetrators' hometown in the foothills of the Pyrenees did.
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Sadly, Trump may not have the capacity to process what legitimizing the first major annexation of territory in Europe since the end of the Second World War would mean for Putin: a free pass to seize additional territory -- with the three Baltic states serving as easy pickings.
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A lot of businesses will need to replace the ancient database technology they're usingWe don't know how many customers took Microsoft up on that offer, but needless to say, there are still a lot of companies using an ancient database that will soon need to move into more modern technology, because if they don't, they will be easy pickings for hackers.
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Many of these Democrats had bought into the idea that the president would be easy pickings for former Vice President Joe BidenJoe BidenFive takeaways from the Democratic debate As Buttigieg rises, Biden is still the target Leading Democrats largely pull punches at debate MORE and were dismayed that he wasn't faring much better against the incumbent than the other Democratic hopefuls.
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The rest of Iberia was easy pickings, and Rahman would soon have control of all of Iberia.
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Just then, the town sheriff and a country doctor arrive. The doctor hands Billy a silver scalpel telling him he must drive it through the vampire's heart. Billy throws his gun at the vampire and knocks him senseless, making him easy pickings for a staking. With the Count destroyed, Betty is saved and Billy takes her away, presumably to live happily ever after.
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By nightfall the English Trader was some five miles from the convoy and at times laboured to achieve 4 knots. The crew were apprehensive; a lame duck, such as their predicament was, made easy pickings for enemy U-boats and aircraft alike. The situation was made worse when, in the darkness, the convoy ahead came under attack. The night sky lit up as the aerial attack commenced.
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Dick's Sporting Goods opened at Gurnee Mills in April 2018 in the former The Sports Authority,Selle, Charles. "Selle: Other governors see us as easy pickings for their states", Lake County News-Sun, December 4, 2017. a plan which was inadvertently revealed early by a Gurnee village trustee.Graham, Doug T. "Gurnee Mills reveals first look at planned renovations", Chicago Daily Herald, August 24, 2017.
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The significance of the 2 February 1949 break in was that it suggests that the Cameo Cinema was a target with local youths and criminals for easy pickings and that there could have been any number of other people with an interest in the venue with regards to robbing it after word spread about the lay out and discussion was had about how they handled their money.
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Corporate Animals holds a 25% approval rating on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 51 reviews, with a weighted average of 4.01/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Corporate culture may seem like easy pickings for satire, but the middling Corporate Animals proves even the broadest targets can be missed." On Metacritic, the film holds a rating of 31 out of 100, based on 15 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews".
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Overnight three more main targets, in downtown Baghdad, were added. This meant that once the attack force had hit the reactor, which was in the southeast corner of the city, it would have to proceed to the downtown area, which necessitated flying through hundreds of alerted SAMs and AAA, making them easy pickings. However, there was no time to change the mission plans, and the attack went ahead anyway.
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The passing attack was predicted to have "easy pickings", particularly with the Keith Wenning to Willie Snead connection that had eclipsed 100 yards in all but three games, against Arkansas State's secondary, which struggled against the pass. Compounding the potential offensive success of Ball State was their strong offensive line play, against which Arkansas State would need to sack the quarterback, a category in which they ranked 63rd-best in the country.
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She confirms Gaeta's diagnosis and warns that a Cylon attack is imminent. Hundreds of Cylon Raiders and Heavy Raiders appear and hold formation, preparing to activate the virus. Forced to trust Sharon, Adama allows her to interface directly with Galacticas systems by inserting a fiber optic cable into her hand. Sharon helps delete the virus and broadcasts a virus of her own to the Cylon ships, rendering them helpless and easy pickings for the Vipers.
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Pierre also attends the Folies Bergères that evening on the lookout for easy pickings, and steals Zélie's cigarette case. Meanwhile, Odile has noticed that Pierre has gone out without his knife, and goes to the White Coffin with it. Herman notices her and is struck by her beauty and naïvety. He is in the process of trying to force his attentions on her when Pierre arrives and violently throws him out of the club, warning him never to return.
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The pregame buildup focused on the teams' respective strong offenses. For Ball State, the passing game centered on quarterback Keith Wenning connecting with wide receiver Willie Snead. In tandem with the rushing attack fueled by a strong offensive line, one writer asserted that they would enjoy "easy pickings" against a mediocre Arkansas State defense. Unlike the Ball State offense, Arkansas State's offense focused predominantly on the rushing attack, to which both dual-threat quarterback Adam Kennedy and running back Michael Gordon contributed.
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This was one of Subutai's classic tricks, to create a tactical situation which appeared to be favourable to the enemy. Subutai did not want a battle where the massed crossbowmen, supported by mounted knights, stood firm and fought to the death against his army. He far preferred to let them flee and be slaughtered individually. The apparent gap in the Mongol lines was an invitation to retreat, which would leave the knights and crossbowmen spread out all over the countryside, easy pickings for the disciplined Mongols.
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It was easy pickings for Adams, who cruised to a 4–0 victory with Phillips paying the price for many missed doubles. In the quarter-finals he played a fiercely fought match against Masters champion Robert Thornton, whom he led at one time 4–2. Thornton fought back to make it 4–4 but Adams eventually took control of his visible nerves to win 5–4. Adams went on to lose in the semi-finals to number- one seed Mark Webster, who eventually won the tournament.
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Unfortunately, Nikolayenko's death was looked upon by his critics as confirmation of their position, and the bears who became habituated to his presence were easy pickings for poachers. At least 20 bears Nikolayenko knew were killed about seven months before his own death. Nikolayenko also fought a war of words with the man with whom he probably had more in common than anyone in Kamchatka, Charlie Russell, a researcher who operated in the south Kamchatka reserve. Russell and Nikolayenko clashed when the Russian ranger was called in to review Russell's project.
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When successful, the aardvark's long (up to ) tongue licks up the insects; the termites' biting, or the ants' stinging attacks are rendered futile by the tough skin. After an aardvark visit at a termite mound, other animals will visit to pick up all the leftovers. Termite mounds alone don't provide enough food for the aardvark, so they look for termites that are on the move. When these insects move, they can form columns long and these tend to provide easy pickings with little effort exerted by the aardvark.
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The drums would beat and the signal flags wave, telling the lancers to begin their charge. Often, the devastation of the arrows was enough to rout an enemy, so the lancers were only needed to help pursue and mop up the remnants. At the Battle of Mohi, the Mongols left open a gap in their ranks, luring the Hungarians into retreating through it. This resulted in the Hungarians being strung out over all the countryside and easy pickings for mounted archers who simply galloped along and picked them off, while the lancers skewered them as they fled.
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A kind human picks up the monkey and takes him to the animal charity 'Help In Suffering', where he is given immediate medical treatment. The vets rehydrate Kavi with fluid and treat his infected wounds, giving him the best chance to pull through. Meanwhile, the rest of the Galta Gang continue their search for food and end up at the city's fruit market. Here, a fresh supply of fruits are easy pickings for the ravenous troop and the Galta Gang begin to stock up on the rich pickings, but the territory has already been claimed by another rhesus macaque troop.
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Easy Pickings is a 1927 silent film mystery or 'old dark house' story directed by George Archainbaud and starring Anna Q. Nilsson and Kenneth Harlan. It is based on a play written by Paul A. Cruger and William A. Burton.The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:Easy Pickings Zack Williams plays the stereotypical Negro servant who mugs his way through the film in an exaggeratedly nervous manner. Comedic actor Billy Bevan plays the detective in the film in a more- serious-than-usual manner, and later went on to appear in Dracula's Daughter (1936) and The Invisible Man Returns (1940).
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They are an important part of the food web, both larvae and adults being eaten by many fish. The newly hatched adult is particularly vulnerable as it struggles to the surface after emerging from the submerged pupa, and as it dries its wings. The fish find these new adults easy pickings, and fishing flies resembling them can be successful for anglers at the right time of year. The adult stage of a caddisfly may only survive for a few weeks; many species do not feed as adults and die soon after breeding, but some species are known to feed on nectar.
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Earl Betker, who had the league's best goal average, despite the fact the Dynamiters finished deep in the cellar, registered the league's only other shutout. The Flyers not only dominated the league with a record of 30 wins, against 20 defeats—but had the best road record of eleven victories, and only lost six games at home in the (Spokane) Coliseum. Trail's Smoke Eaters won three games in Spokane, while the Kimberley Dynamiters failed to win a single game in the Coliseum, out of seven meetings. The Flyers locked horns with the Kimberley Dynamiters in one set of the WIHL semi-finals, and had easy pickings, winning four games to one.
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Meanwhile, the second wave of Type IX U-boats had arrived in North American waters, and the third wave (Operation Neuland) had reached its patrol area off the oil ports of the Caribbean. With such easy pickings available and all Type IX U-boats already committed, Dönitz began sending shorter-range Type VII U-boats to the U.S. East Coast as well. This required extraordinary measures: cramming every conceivable space with provisions, some even filling the fresh water tanks with diesel oil, and crossing the Atlantic at very low speed on a single engine to conserve fuel. In the United States there was still no concerted response to the attacks.
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It was not until the Industrial Revolution fuelled demand for all metals and also provided the technology to mine them that mining resumed on the moor on any scale. Although underground mining technology had been available for many centuries, it is likely that the joint problems of the hardness of the granite rock and the preponderance of underground water together with the relatively easy pickings from near the surface made deep mining unviable until the late 18th century.Newman 1998, p.56. Many small mining enterprises started up on Dartmoor in the late 18th and 19th centuries – 48 mines are known to have produced some tin during this period.
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Martial eagles, pythons, fish eagles, lesser-spotted and African hawk-eagles, kites, vultures and hobby falcons are amongst the raptors that concentrate on the roost for easy pickings, whereas leopard, water monitors and crocodiles make off with those bats unfortunate enough to drop to the forest floor. The origin of the various colonies that make up this 'mega-colony' has never been fully established, however it is known that bats travel from other parts of Africa including Congo. Studies indicate that the abundance of fruits during the season are the major reason for the migration. The bats arrival starts gradually during the first week of October, numbers peak in November and early December.
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However, just as the transfer removed the merchant marine training role from the Coast Guard, the service assumed the role of licensing seamen and inspecting merchant vessels. The Atlantic Ocean was a major strategic battle zone during World War II (Battle of the Atlantic) and when Germany declared war on the US, the East Coast offered easy pickings for German U-Boats (referred to as the Second happy time). After a highly successful foray by five Type IX long-range U-boats, the offensive was maximized by the use of short-range Type VII U-boats, with increased fuel stores, replenished from supply U-boats or "Milchkuh". In February to May 1942, 348 ships were sunk, for the loss of 2 U-boats during April and May.
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The next day the man, now on the street outside the cafe without his car, kisses the young girl, leaves the bouquet with her, and with his suitcase boards a bus to downtown Los Angeles. He is greeted by a guitar-playing passenger, then an uninterested cowboy props his long legs onto the seat in front of him, next to a lady putting on lipstick and wearing a white wig that receives a paper airplane thrown by another passenger. Awakened by the driver at the station, the man, now the last passenger still on the bus, finds himself without anything in his pockets, presumably having been robbed, but still with his suitcase. He thumbs down two rednecks in a pickup truck, who find him easy pickings for practical jokes, pitch him onto Hollywood Boulevard, and throw his suitcase onto him.
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The Atlantic Ocean was a major strategic battle zone (the "Battle of the Atlantic") and when Germany declared war on the U.S., the East Coast of the United States offered easy pickings for German U-boats (referred to as the "Second Happy Time"). After a highly successful foray by five Type IX long- range U-boats, the offensive was maximized by the use of short-range Type VII U-boats, with increased fuel stores, replenished from supply U-boats called Milchkühe (milk cows). From February to May 1942, 348 ships were sunk, for the loss of two U-boats during April and May. U.S. naval commanders were reluctant to introduce the convoy system that had protected trans-Atlantic shipping and, without coastal blackouts, shipping was silhouetted against the bright lights of American towns and cities such as Atlantic City until a dim-out was ordered in May.
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Concerns over issues such as child exploitation and human trafficking became more prevalent since increased migration of the Roma community into Govanhill from Eastern Europe.The Child Sex Scandal On The Streets Of Scotland, Fight Human Trafficking News, 13 August 2007Police rescue 16 year old from sex traffickers after four brothel raids in Glasgow, Daily Record, 16 June 2011Govanhill child sex trade: 'There are so many... it's easy pickings for child abusers', The Times, 17 November 2017Raids target crime group behind £4.6m benefit fraud, BBC News, 1 August 2018Govanhill community: Horror but no surprise as four guilty of trafficking, Evening Times, 12 October 2019Govanhill is an exciting place and it isn't bedbugs or overcrowding, Evening Times, 30 November 2018 However, when specialist officers from Police Scotland's National Child Abuse Investigation Unit investigated these reports, they were proved to either be unsupported by evidence, to be exaggerated or not to involve the local Roma community.Child sex investigation in Govanhill concludes without proof of allegations, Evening Times, 9 November 2018 During the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland, false reports of Govanhill's Roma community flouting lockdown rules led to a reported 50% of the Roma population fleeing the area in fear of being targeted by racist violence.
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