That makes him a jerk, and presumably we will soon find out whether he is also a rapist according to Swedish law.

It is also emblematic of the knee jerk reaction that often obfuscates the pros and cons of capital controls.

There will only be a single jerk , and they will gape ,

There will only be a single jerk , and they will gape ,

The dollar s strength reflects the knee jerk reaction of investors rushing into US treasuries as a safe haven.

So the rich world will, in a knee jerk response, erect ever higher barriers to stem the human tide.

In the short run, then, a US Treasury market crisis might lead to some knee jerk appreciation of the dollar.

This is plain to see today, and it resulted in Obama s knee jerk imposition of a moratorium on deepwater drilling permits and suspension of existing projects in the Gulf of Mexico.

So to remind you of physics, you have position, derivative, velocity, then acceleration, and then comes jerk and then comes snap.

The NTC has preserved much of the institutional paralysis and knee jerk behavior typical of Colonel Muammar al Qaddafi s overthrown regime.

Want to kill that cyclist on the way to work, and string up your cousin 'cause she's such a jerk. Oh, dear.

I do not apologize for rejecting knee jerk calls for Russia s expulsion from the G 8, or for EU Russia or NATO Russia relations to be broken.

But knee jerk reaction to stifle the exchange rate appreciation that should follow from strong productivity growth only stokes more inflows. Ultimately, it is indeed good policies and stronger financial markets and other institutions that will help stabilize and manage inflows.

The Lebanese front may ignite if Hezbollah seeks to avenge Mughniyah s death, or simply as a result of a knee jerk reaction to a provocation, as in 2006.

Instead, we had taken first steps together, past our knee jerk reactions, to the ubuntu place, which is the only place where solutions to our most intractable seeming problems will be found.

If we don't take action, we just leave ourselves open to have someone else jerk the strings that tie us to slavery in the products we buy, and in our government policies.

If today s globalization continues to widen income gaps, the waves of migration will grow. So the rich world will, in a knee jerk response, erect ever higher barriers to stem the human tide.

I'd like you to put this kind of knee jerk reaction in the context of what you would have thought if you had found your girl playing sudoku or your boy reading Shakespeare.

It didn't work out, did it?

I'd like you to put this kind of knee jerk reaction in the context of what you would have thought if you had found your girl playing sudoku or your boy reading Shakespeare. Right?

You try it out.

We'll work it out.

It was sold out!

That's not a krump move. You're going to throw it out, you throw it out, and you hold it.

Now, hold it out here.

It runs out of space.

Cut it out, will you?

Sadly, equally as predictable are the knee jerk reactions of certain Western blogospheres, who are often quick to condemn a whole people for the actions of their leaders (whilst simultaneously forgetting the errors of their own governments).

And it came out. It was called Microsoft Write.

Doesn't it feel good to say it out loud?

We have spread out the earth , how well We have spread it out ,

We have spread out the earth , how well We have spread it out ,

Go create. Go figure it out.

Anybody can do it, turns out.

Marijuana's too cheap, it turns out.

Imogen Heap plays Wait It Out

Check it out for more reactions.

and it throws out its burden ,

and it throws out its burden ,

It is an all out assault.

And has cast out that within it and relinquished it

But it turns out I was wrong, right? Because the iPod came out, and it violated every bit of common wisdom.

Only by strengthening UN sanctions to such an extent that North Korea is forced to abandon its missiles and nuclear weapons and China to reconsider its knee jerk support can the regime be dissuaded from further, and more ominous, maneuvering.

then he saw it, and declared it. He established it, yes, and searched it out.

As it turns out, there's a pattern.