"the Hermetic system was the earliest in the West to propose a mystical initiation, consisting of multiple experiences, that is simultaneously a journey through places and a series of changes in the ontology of the self. Its ascension to the sky compares with Jewish and Christian apocalypticism; but its division of ontological states compares with Neoplatonic distinctions among sensibles..." --Stages of Ascension in Hermetic Rebirth

Irlen Syndrome
(Thanks to Matt)

"If there's another terrorist attack, and if it's from a certain ethnic community or certain ethnicities that the terrorists are from, you can forget civil rights in this country." --Peter N. Kirsanow (member of the United States Commission on Civil Rights)

In a bioterrorism exercise "a Manhattan building was deliberately contaminated with anthrax by terrorists and a New York Police Department official was asked what he would do. 'And he said he would bring in the tank,' Perkins said. 'I said, 'The tank?' And he said, 'It's a show of force.'" --A Lack of Teamwork

Operation TIPS-TIPS: Report TIPS informants
(Thanks to Mike)