Concealed Tactician Gifts

'Now that we all agree on the agenda, a show of hands on how many want to keep it hidden.'

Lynching on social media

'Looks like your cash cow just got diverted to the slaughterhouse.'

'Bad news, sir -- there's a leak in our think tank!'

"My hackers just collapsed your country's economy."

“Sweet mother of Marmaduke... no!”

"Memo to self - personalise new work-station."

'So far, sir, we've rejected plans A,B, C, D, E, F, and right now we're evaluating'G'.'

'Don't worry, son. This bed inking incident will be our little secret.'

"That was a rumor day."

"I hear it's because we're right and they're wrong."

Human males marking territory.

"Ooops is a bit of an understatement, don't you think Cardigan?"

'Boy, look at his personal space!'

Jenkins here has been with the firm the longest,

"Whither NATO?"

"Ok, boy, one more time, then I'd better get this thing back to the battlefield."

"Call it wishful thinking, but I don't think this peace will last. . . ."

"It has come to my attention that there's a traitor in our midst."

"The answer isn't more troops—what you need is an antibiotic."

Manager. Managing a political campaign and a baseball team are alike in many ways. A campaign is launched with a "first pitch," when a candidate gives a speech selling himself or herself. I change pitchers based on the game situation. In politics and baseball, sometimes it's best to come from the right side and sometimes it's best to come from the left side. We study our competitors' weaknesses and exploit those. In politics we call that "opposition research." And I don't worry about the

'Remember, shares can also go down...'

"I know I told you to fool him into thinking you've got nothing left, but now you've got me convinced."

"We're fighting them in zone A, they're our allies in zone B, and we don't know what to do in zone C."

'Sir, our sales force has just taken Atlanta.'

I've left your pin on the map, but I've loosened it.

Stone Age

Negotiations

Kamakasi pilot instructor

"Buy on the dip, ignore the blip, and sell before the bubble bursts."

'I don't know about you, Sam, but so far my clients aren't going for this cross between tradtional and online trading.'

"We can stop the bombardment - the castle surrendered."

Adult Education Evening Class: How to sort your rubbish.

They're inflatable trade barriers!

The invisible hand of the marketplace.