I keep checking my colleague Pamela Geller’s Atlas Shrugs website every few minutes, thinking that surely it will be back by now, but now for the better part of yesterday and all of today it has been down due to a massive DDOS attack.
It’s ironic that on the eve of her Rally for Free Speech in Garland, Texas (join us — RSVP here), the foes of the freedom of speech would vividly prove her point by taking her site down. But we cannot let them win.
Pamela Geller is one of the foremost voices for freedom in the world today. Every day’s headlines brings new confirmation that what she has been saying has been right all along — and has continued to say, despite an avalanche of ridicule, scorn, and contempt that would have driven a lesser person into silence long ago. And what she is doing is crucial. We have to get the truth out about the nature and magnitude of the jihad threat, we have to do it in an effective way, and we have to do it quickly. No one rivals Pamela Geller in doing that.
Pamela Geller is working today with web experts to get her site up and running again, and as the hours drag by and she is still not back online, it is clear that she needs the foremost web security experts available. Please help her be able to meet the cost of this with a donation via Paypal to writeatlas@aol.com. The battle to get Atlas Shrugs back online is a key battle in the war to defend the freedom of speech. Islamic supremacists have worked for years to silence Pamela Geller by defaming and threatening her. Now they’re trying to silence her by force. We cannot — we must not — acquiesce to this. Please help with a Paypal donation now to writeatlas@aol.com.
Ashley says
Whoa!
Any indication who perpetrated this attack?
King Dave says
“Any indication who perpetrated this attack?” – Ashley
Most liberals claim to be for free speech, until confronted with it.
Don McKellar says
Leftists — not Liberals. There is a big difference.
Western Canadian says
Yes, the only people who cling to the principals of classical liberalism, are now called conservatives. People calling themselves liberals, are now merely garden variety fascists.
Fr. Basil` says
The right to free speech in the First Amendment does not carry with it an obligation for others to like what you say, or protection for saying offensive things, unfortunately.
It simply means that the US government will not exercise prior legal restraint.
jihad3tracker says
As a long time reader of Pam’s website (back to “Atlas Shrugs”), I ask the pardon of Ashley, King Dave, Don McKellar, Fr. Basil and other commenters ahead of me, to say this : WHY IS THE DDOS ATTACK HAPPENING TODAY ???
BECAUSE ISLAMISTS ARE PETRIFIED THAT THEY WILL ACTUALLY HAVE TO FACE PAM AT HER COUNTER JIHAD “RALLY FOR FREE SPEECH” TOMORROW IN GARLAND TEXAS.
It is just that simple — scared shitless of a woman who has risked her life to bring us reality . . . Nazis were also — at their core — cowards, using fascism as an insulator against what they wanted to deny.,
Ashley says
Could be…
But these attacks appear to be coming out of the woodwork at a time when cyber-security is being addressed.
It feels taunting…menacing…threatening.
I don’t like it.
Judi says
Hopefully this cyber attack will bring even more patriots out to support her in Texas today, and they can donate to her personally.
Edison says
Thank you , I wondered what the problem was
Lu says
I just sent her a contribution … It is terrible what ensued in Dar-al-Islam after Charlie Hebdo’s new issue.
Thanks for letting us know, Robert!
ed says
da al-harb not dar al-islam [the house of islam][ the house of war ] da al-harb is incumbent on all muslims to create a house of war and terror in none muslim countries , ghettos ,halal,,sharia , mosques, over breeding , trojon horse attacks in schools ,media , politics , taqqiyya , dhimmitude , victimhood , blasphemey laws , Islamic banking , no-go zones , beheadings , stabbings , shootings , car jihad , 9/11 , 7/7 , Madrid , paris , Lockerbie , Moscow , bali , beslan, lee rigby , fort hood , berlin , and the list goes on ,[ ed uk ]
Holy Prophet APF says
DOS attacks work by saturating a web server with fake requests intended only to soak up the server’s resources. This is done to deny service to legitimate users.
Funny, but offline, in the real world, we’re suffering another kind of DOS attack: the inundation of Infidel societal resources with requests for for welfare checks, affirmative action in hiring, positive presentation in classrooms and the media, prerogative treatment by the gubmint and police, foot baths, special prayer rooms, Sharia zones nested in national Infidel countries, and more.
Back in the day, the Holy Prophet Mohammed denied Infidels service from their societies by simply killing them. Now, Moslems are more civilized. They grind the Infidel countries down with nonstop requests for service.
Ashley says
Thanks for the explanation…I’m not particularly computer savvy.
Papa Whiskey says
This is the Cloward-Piven strategy:
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/Articles/theclowardpivenstrategypoe.html
Champ says
Thank you, Robert …it would be my great pleasure to help Pamela and her important work!
mariam rove says
No worries. Obama will tell the AG who will then tell the FBI not to investigate. Otherwise it will be Islamophobia. m
Anon says
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TROLL POST.
ARROGANT.
SEND PAMELA
A DONATION !
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Ashley says
Interesting timing:
http://www.onislam.net/english/news/americas/481975-anti-islam-ads-anger-san-francisco-muslims.html
Angemon says
This kind of large-scale attack isn’t particularly cheap – whoever is paying for it must have some deep pockets.
Barry of here and there says
Fully funded by Halal licence and compliance fees
jay says
Not really, Anonymous does these often. It’s simply writing a script that drains the server dry with repeated requests essentially. It’s a cheap and relatively easy way to bring down a website. The owner will have to purchase/acquire a higher form of web security.
Angemon says
jay posted:
“Not really, Anonymous does these often. It’s simply writing a script that drains the server dry with repeated requests essentially. It’s a cheap and relatively easy way to bring down a website”
I wasn’t thinking about script kiddies when I posted that, I was thinking of botnets. Hiring a botnet running fuzzers, flooders, etc, should be on the 3-4 digit range per hour.
Neil Jennison says
Is that pathetic post for real? Why the hell should she subsidise what your own government should be doing but is failing in its duty.
All of us who care about freedom should contribute…..
Prinz Eugen says
Unable to reach Pam’s website this morning and just moments ago. The Weasel Zipper site is also
under some attack as it barely moves and can be used with much difficulty. . Surprised to find Jihad Watch still available — are you next?
Remember when we used to have an OPPOSITION party in DC?
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
Yeah, I recall that, it was way back in the late 1980s. We didn’t have a true opposition after the wake of LBJ unlawful-but-popular payoff gubmint programs, then along came Ron. Then we had a true opposition, one that was wildly successful, that led to great prosperity for 30 yrs. But, just after Ron retired, H.W. came in with compassionate conservative — aka big gubmint Republicanism, or RINO — and that was the end of having an opposition party. That led to college professors running the country, globo-socialists all, who have left us holding the bag.
But, I don’t hear any true conservatives out there saying much of anything about Islam at all. The includes Trey, Bobby, Ted and others. Real conservatives, but real pussy when it comes to Moslems.
Puzzled American says
Cloudflare keeps popping up the message that the DNS points to a prohibited IP. How does this relate to a Denial of Service attack? Did someone purposefully reset the CDOMAIN names in the A-records?
duh_swami says
How wealthy is she?
Ayattollahowmany says
IF she were wealthy, would she bother asking???
Champ says
LOL!! …now your comment doesn’t make any sense, Swami!! 🙂
duh_swami says
Few of them do…
Champ says
duh_swami says
January 17, 2015 at 5:32 am
Few of them do…
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LOL!! ..you’re the *best*, Swami! xo
John C. Barile says
Not very.
thomas pellow says
The fragility of freedom in an increasing hostile, repressive, Islamizing world.
jihad3tracker says
But Pam and Robert are not fragile . . .
And let me repeat a quote from Voltaire (translated loosely) posted at another site just after the Paris massacre :
“TO KNOW WHO YOUR MASTERS ARE, ASK WHOM YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO CRITICISE.”
gerard says
She is not asking for donations for herself but for maintaining her website.
thomas pellow says
“Thrown from a roof, stoned to death and crucified:
While the world reacts with horror to terror in Europe, new ISIS executions show the medieval brutality jihadists would bring to the West.”
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2913733/Thrown-roof-stoned-death-crucified-world-reacts-horror-terror-Europe-new-ISIS-executions-medieval-brutality-jihadists-bring-West.html#ixzz3P1mTNayI
Ruy Diaz says
I cannot access ‘The Religion of Peace’ either.
Edison says
I had no problem.
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/
Jen says
I can’t access the Religion of Peace website either now!! I knew it….I should have copy/pasted all the information on that site and put it into Word documents. I have been referring people to that very website. Typical. **Everyone** download ALL good information guides from the internet and save all youtube videos on your computer!! We need thousands of copies so that they can’t be destroyed. We are not going to let these people win!! Muslims and corrupt governments, your game is up!!
Don McKellar says
There are a few scumbags who slink around here thinking they’re undercover, but really all they’re doing is looking for a chance to take down sites like these. You can spot them. All you have to do is wait until you see somebody post that they’ve seen something unusual about the site (weird messages inserted somewhere, or strange, uncopyable text for example) and you will see the undercover people (who seem like regulars) start denying they see anything wrong. Then you realize that those regulars always seem to post things that are off-topic, or try and derail things in some way, posting gigantic cut and paste diatribes, or trying to see if they can incite any fringe elements who might be lingering around into stuff like bizarre religious rants or racist comments that have nothing to do with Jihad Watch.
Ashley says
Don…I don’t know a damn thing about computers, but your comment makes perfect sense.
I’ve said it before…not all those that visit Jihad Watch are on the same page.
Jen says
If you tell people things like that though Don, you’ll make the already paranoid people worse! They care too much about figuring out who has what screen-name etc, and suspects everyone of being a troll.
For anyone that wants a direct approach to counter-jihad, I highly recommend http://www.barenakedislam.com/ – you won’t find people making lots of categories of Muslims which are essentially useless distinctions on here because the website owner wouldn’t tolerate that kind of naivety. I can see more of the people who comment on that website actually doing something about this problem themselves because they seem more motivated. There are still LOTS of people that don’t know anything about Islam and people who have known about this problem for years should have taken it upon their own shoulders to do as much as they possibly could. THAT is what should have happened but apparently it hasn’t because there are still lots of clueless people out there.
Jen says
Also, http://www.citizenwarrior.com/ – there are pamphlets on there which can be printed out, and other good blog posts to email/mail to people
http://www.englishdefenceleague.org/
http://libertygb.org.uk/v1/index.php/resources/download-leaflets – For those in the UK
http://www.memritv.org/ – for all the most disturbing video relating to Islam
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/ – good for introducing the topic to people who are new to learning about Islam
http://shoebat.com/2015/01/16/rescue-christians-saved-yet-another-rape-victim-heart-breaking-testimony-14-year-old-tormented-employer/ – Rescue Christians organisation
Ashley says
Jen says: “If you tell people things like that though Don, you’ll make the already paranoid people worse! They care too much about figuring out who has what screen-name etc, and suspects everyone of being a troll.”
___________________
Jen…you are 100% correct and make an astute point. It certainly wasn’t my intent to discourage participation or spike the paranoia meter on Jihad Watch.
But I agree with Don… the bottom line is this is the internet, and the subject matter is controversial and/or offensive to some. No doubt there are “lurkers” who would like to attack this website. We know Robert has received vile hate mail and death threats. We know Pamela’s site has been attacked and continues to be down. All this when the topic of the day is free speech.
This is truly a dilemma…
duh_swami says
If you can, send something…It costs a lot to stand up for freedom…Pam and Robert are willing to do the heavy lifting so the least we can do is contribute when we can.
Bezelel says
obola and company are high on my list of suspects. Pamela is an exceptional person and does an exceptional job. The opposition fears her and that’s why the attack on her site was made. The Truth about islam is islam’s worst enemy.
Morticiaa says
Yep I wish I believed in karma and I would wish it back on the psychos who took her down… I subscribe to you both but click on as wel with my other devices
Nothing will keep pamela down for too long
But I notice how much worse things are in the day to day general population where ther is even more appeasement of the extremists, and more and more denial of the
Extremists and terrorists being connected in any way to Islam…
I will keep on in my small way, but we need something to act as catalysts to turn the paradigm…. Most islamics are not ever willing to assimilate into our societies.. Not now not for centuries to come if ever
Jay Boo says
Karma
Some pro-jihad sites are in the cross hairs of (the Jester)
Bob Spinster says
Well, of course she’s a total twit. You do yourselves no good by praising Geller. She’s an idiot, even if your interests do overlap. Best move along. Batshit crazy she is. No use to the anti-Islamist movement at all. Probably a mole anyway. Trying to make all of us look as fucking stupid as she is.
Sam says
Why are you here BOB SPINSTER?
Clare says
I think his real name is Josh Ernst.
Don McKellar says
I think that it is a fair enough comment to say that Geller seems to envision Israel as the most remote state of the United States. Religion blinds even quite intelligent people because it is all about emotion, not logic or facts or truth. It is a human failing and she is human. She often goes too far and very emotional jumps sometimes, posting obvious hoaxes and whatnot. HOWEVER, it must be said, by any honest person, that she is, by a great margin of error, on the side of good and her work is, taken as a whole body, extremely effective in fighting the outright evil of Islam. Simply put: she does so much good in the world, that her faults are completely outweighed to the point of irrelevant.
Western Canadian says
You really should refrain from posting comments dealing with belief systems not related to your own. You reveal yourself to be ignorant, ill-informed, pointlessly offensive, and rather much an ass.
Champ says
Don gets a ::dirty look:: from me! >:|
dsinc says
Buzz off Bob. I think you deserve a denial of service for your unwarranted attack on our Pamela. You couldn’t even lick her boots, you scumbag.
Bezelel says
@Bob Sphincter, Do you smell something burning? It’s your brain on drugs. Pamela has done more than most ever think of doing in anti jihad. Your opinion on anything has just been invalidated.
Smart Guy says
Deep pockets? According to “Confessions of an Economic hit man” a book written by the hit man. He states that our big defense contractors invested billions of dollars in Saudi Arabia, that’s billions. In order to protect those billions Americans are being brainwashed to accept that Wahhabist Islam is a religion of peace. General Electric, Halliburton etc. have deep pockets. The money to shut down a web site might be coming from home grown traitors. According to classified documents on page 166
the greatest enemy of the Federal government are the Birchers. Which proves beyond all reasonable doubt that there is a conspiracy to establish a dictatorship in America.
Don McKellar says
Your are correct. The US Military Industrial Complex is largely to blame. As is Big Oil, for obvious reasons. These are very rich and powerful forces in Washington, with armies of lobby-weasels with millions of influence money to pass around. In fact, it is at this point that the only way to tell an American national level politician who is honest is to see if they speak plainly and honestly about Islam. You will notice how few there are. It is the new standard test which all Americans must be educated about before they vote any more.
Western Canadian says
Yeah, they are almost as powerful as the left wing loons holding hands with the muslims……
Lynn says
I figured somebody had shut her down; I’ve been checking for 2 days as well.
Check out the meaning of slander in islam. It’s not the same as we think it means in English.
Jim in Virginia Beach says
Thankfully the attack has not impeded my ability to read the content on Atlas Shrugs, due to having subscribed to the RSS feed. Goes to show that the anti-free-speech imbeciles cannot successfully block access 100% of the time.
gp says
Every mosque is a “potential” jihadist recruiting center. Political correctness and multiculturalism has allowed the fox into the hen house.
When you drive by a mosque do you see a Trojan Horse?
Specifically, how is a mosque a threat to the community within which it is built?
Every single mosque in the world, by definition, is modeled on the mosque of Muhammad in Medina in accordance with the Sunnah. The Sunnah interprets the Qur’an by reporting exhaustively on everything that Muhammad said, did, or consented to. Therefore, his Medina mosque, the first mosque, was a place where he gave judgments, where he decided who would be executed, where he instituted policy—domestic and military— where Jihad war strategies were designed. Consequently, it was a storage place for arms, a military training base, and was where troops were blessed and dispatched. Literally they were sent to conquer – first the whole of Arabia, and then the rest of the known world. Therefore if the present-day mosque is modeled as per the Sunnah of Muhammad then there should be very serious concern. As is well-known, Muslims are required to follow the example (Sunnah) of Muhammad—and according to Sura 33:36 it is not an option or a matter of opinion: “It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allâh and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any option in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allâh and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed in a plain error.” This explains and establishes beyond doubt why arms have been found in mosques in various countries, and in different capital cities.
In addition to the undisputed significance of the Medina mosque as the role model for all Mosques, there is also the Islamic policy of establishing strategic Mosques as beachheads with interconnected networks. Taken together, these two policies do constitute a clear and present danger—and a need for concern.
For example, when Abu Hamza[1] was the Imam of the Finsbury Park mosque in the United Kingdom, he trained people, he sent out terrorists and British authorities found arms stored there. He was well within his Islamic mandate as these activities were sanctioned by Islam. He didn’t find it wrong because it is in the Islamic manuals. Another prime example of a mosque being found to have engaged in high-level political, military and intelligence activities is the Munich Mosque, which is now considered by Islamists to be on a par with some of highest-ranked Mosques in Muslim countries.
Sam Solomon-former professor of Sharia Law
Edison says
Interesting, but off topic.
Tim says
The reason the websites get attacked is because the passcodes are too weak. And passcodes need to be changed every 4 months or so. She needs a passcode that is incomprehensible, like U@r8*EuVz$Sp3H or longer.
That would be difficult to crack.
Barook says
Robert
Please check this link: http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-30850702
Pamela’s site could have fallen victim to an Islamic Cyber attacks that’s shut down many news outlets in France.
Ashley says
Thanks for the link, Barook.
It does appear hacking and DOS attacks are suddenly all the rage.
Ashley says
http://wavy.com/2015/01/16/pro-isis-group-hacks-iow-county-website/
No Fear says
Better donating some bucks to Pammy rather than having too many beers.
Go Pam you good girl!
Jay Boo says
Off Topic — DUKE Call to Prayer
Muslims today go ahead do Friday call to prayer display outside for all to see at Duke University (But not from bell tower)
Local MSM smugly hail this at a victory for tolerance and diversity.
Reality:
Muslims are feeling their oats after the slaughter in Paris.
Why else would they wish to flaunt their filth now soon after the funerals?
Dracula says
Ha ha ha, a DDOS? Scriddies for Mohammad.
Lookmann says
For more than 20 hrs , I could not access her site and thought my Ad and script-blockers had prevented me. Now I reallise it is a much bigger issue.
A couple of days before , I received a ‘Thank You’ note’ [ sort of, actually] from her. One of the happiest moments in my life.
This is a temporary setback. She will come out of it sooner and continue her mission.
God bless Pam!
Kristi says
IDIOTIC LEFT-WING LIBERALS are muslim brotherhood Sympathizers!!
Pamela Geller is a Devout Jew and PATRIOT, she is Pro-Israel-Yisrael / Pro-USA Constitution!!
“Please PRAY for our Judeo-Christian Nation USA and Israel-Yisrael NOW!!”
Love and Shabbat Shalom Everyone, YSIC \o/
Kristi
saturnine says
OT – An article from today about a sisyphean initiative from an apparently honest yet misguided Muslima.
“Meet the honor brigade, an organized campaign to silence debate on Islam”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/meet-the-honor-brigade-an-organized-campaign-to-silence-critics-of-islam/2015/01/16/0b002e5a-9aaf-11e4-a7ee-526210d665b4_story.html
Ayattollahowmany says
Cannot donate- “website not available”
Currently I’m in Australia
Rob says
Pam you are MY HERO!
Anon says
Pamela Geller’s facebook page has some relevant info in the mean-time.
https://www.facebook.com/pamelageller
Emilia Fimitrova says
I miss her badly.
jewdog says
In a sane world, or country, the DOD should be helping Pamela get her site back online. After all, we are in a war against forces trying to deny Americans their First Amendment freedoms. But, instead, this administration would consider Pamela the threat.
Liatris Spicata says
I would like to second Robert’s comments about Pamela. While I can understand how people may find her irritating- I have myself on occasion- she is unstinting in her effort to spare a civilization from what can best be described as self-willed destruction, and I applaud and support her for that effort. She may be considered “toxic” by polite society today, but, if civilization is to prevail, I believe the future will accord her a greater appreciation.
I do find it curious that Robert is suggesting a donation to writeatlas@aol.com. Please correct me if I am wrong, but I believe that does not qualify for a US tax-deduction. I think- but please do not act on my sense here until it is authoritatively confimed- that the following address qualifies for a US tax deduction:
americanfreedomdefense@aol.com
Brian Hoff says
It might be North Koren, or Russian, Mexician hacker thurday I was in two store where half of the computer cash register wherenot working due to system error cause by hacking.
shabeer_hassan says
pamela-gellers foolishness(SATANIC SPEAK HUMAN FORM)
Geller said: “Arabic is not a language like French or Spanish, it is the language of Islam. What you have to understand is that the spearhead of the ideologically project of Islamic religious imperialism is spread through Arabic.”
If you’re a follower of traditional Islam, of pure Islam, then you support jihad.
Hitler was inspired by Islam
… There are no moderates. There are no extremists. Only Muslims.
… Islam is not a race. This is an ideology. This is an extreme ideology, the most radical and extreme ideology on the face of the earth.
.. It’s the Muslims who are dragging the rest of the world with them, in their genocidal dreams of annihilating goodness, creativity, production, inventiveness, benevolence, charity, medicine, technology, and all of the gifts of the Jews. Our goodness makes them ill.
MORE FUNNY HEREhttp://theamericanmuslim.org/tam.php/features/articles/a-pathological-hatred-of-muslims
voegelinian says
Thanks for posting all those intelligently unobjectionable observations from Pam Geller.
Bezelel says
Pamela has an outreach program to help muslim girls escape islamic honor killings and FGM. You do know what FGM stands for don’t you? Hilarious to sick people.
gordon miller says
Sorry, please tell me whatFGM stands for.
Angemon says
Female Genital Mutilation.
Jen says
I’m past the point of being annoyed at Shabeer. It’s just funny, now. Shabeer says that people who criticise Islam are “brain dead” and have “zero logic.” Lmao..
Bezelel says
@Jen, Sortof like an islamic version of Beavis or Butthead.
Prinz Eugen says
Pam’s website was down yesterday and still unavailable today. Seems some court action is necessary while we still have some remnants of the US Constitution available. Khalifa Barak Hussein is now warning congress about Iran — our holy halfbreed is in full protect, aid., arm and advocate role for his beloved raghead beheaders. And the new GOP congress will probably be even more timid and servile, forgetting that they won the last election by a wide margin! No one represents the citizens — meanwhile Barry pushes islam and all its horrors on the world. Impeachment,. trial and punishment is the only remedy for outright treason.
More GOP inaction means totalitarianism and that cali[phate.
Ken Lizotte says
I find myself blocked from Ms. Geller’s website at both work and home. As much as I’d like to contribute, I do not trust PayPal direct. If there wee another means by which to donate, other than having to log onto PayPal, please let me know. She must effective, otherwise she wouldn’t have elicited such an intensive take-down effort.
ApolloSpeaks says
DID THE HACKERS WHO CRASHED ATLAS SHUGS
think Pam would go down with it? The Sun would fall from the sky before that happens.
ApolloSpeaks says
ATLAS SHRUGS
Mike Holt, CEO RestoreAustralia says
This is why it’s essential to have backup websites, as we at RestoreAustralia do.
James Stamulis says
Thanks to Jihad Watch for helping out a fellow patriot! your ROCK!
Coolio says
Imran Firasat’s site mundosinislam is also down, although I guess this could have been indirect cyberterrorism through further intimidation of Imran through the Spanish authorities. He hadn’t managed to update it for some time – especially while imprissoned. The cyberjihadists are fighting hard. They must be pissed off with Anonymous.
http://mundosinislam.com/
Coolio says
http://www.islam-watch.org/ is also down. There appears to be a concerted attack over several sites.
Ken Lizotte says
It took a lot of power & ability to block Pam’s site. And that is only available from government. It has to be one in the Mid-East…or even the federal government of the U.S.
Tom W Harris says
Her site was back up a while but now it’s down again. When trying to access it, a message I’ve never seen before is what displayed:
bill cozy says
I am not donating anything to this hate mongering site, focusing particularly on anti-islam bigotry. I want peace in the world and will suggest others to work toward too. Pamelas strategy of hate never worked against anything in the world historically and will never work not today, not tomorrow.