"At a time in which we are trying to defuse a persistent and dangerous conflict, this does not contribute towards that," he said.
Neoliberalism no longer "makes sense", but its logic keeps stumbling on, without conscious direction, like a zombie: ugly, persistent and dangerous.
Sexual harassment is a persistent and dangerous problem on Britain's streets, women's charities have warned, as a poll reveals that more than four in 10 young women were sexually harassed in the capital over the last year.
In Washington, the conviction that removing obstreperous leaders, whether adversaries like Saddam Hussein or "friends" like Hosni Mubarak, facilitates Washington's ability to steer events remains the most persistent — and dangerous — of illusions.
Worse, uranium's chemistry makes it very difficult to remove from water, causing it to be a very persistent and dangerous pollutant.
Resources should be targeted at "crime hotspots", used to identify "repeat and vulnerable victims of crime" and find out where the "most prolific and persistent and dangerous offenders in the community" were located.
Only one of the 28 offenders is considered a "dangerous persistent felony offender".
She signed a treaty banning dangerous "persistent organic" chemicals found in pesticides.
"It's very targeted, very persistent, potentially extremely dangerous and can have a very powerful impact," she says.
A cynical person would say Turnbull doesn't care what Labor does, that he is prepared to sink the plebiscite to get rid of a dangerous, persistent fault line inside the government.
