There was a certain Asshole V.P. that used to fly over my house in one of those huge, loud, window-rattling Sikorsky multi engine helos, on his way to his weekend home, fresh from performing Black Rites in the basement dungeon of the Naval Observatory.
Turkey's army's been historically secular and Erdogan's really been ramping up the religious repression, along with centralized power, arresting non compliant Generals and government officials and pretty much following the Maximum Leader playbook. Kicking him to the curb would be a good thing, but not at the price of mass bloodshed.
Well, this is weird: | Erdogan interviewed on Facetime, | stuck somewhere on he way home from a vacation on the Black Sea because: The president was speaking from an undisclosed location, and NBC News, citing an anonymous US military source, said that his plane had been refused landing rights in Istanbul.
Facetime, via cell phone. We got breaking news on Tienanmen Square in '89 by FAX and I thought that was high tech.
They'll never get in the EU with this behavior.
I don't know–I get low-flying aircraft from the [USAF], [USMC] and the [USN] all the time, and they haven't repressed me a lot. Yet.
I get USAF overhead a lot and all they do is make it hard to hear people for about 5 seconds.
It's the Sound of Freedom™!
There was a certain Asshole V.P. that used to fly over my house in one of those huge, loud, window-rattling Sikorsky multi engine helos, on his way to his weekend home, fresh from performing Black Rites in the basement dungeon of the Naval Observatory.
I felt repressed. Furious, also.
Plus you got bugs.
I'm just hoping the main population ends up all right.
Yup, for like the sixth time in modern history, the Turkish armed forces have (attempted to, perhaps, who knows now) siez(ed) power.
| The Guardian's live updating coverage. |
One thing's for sure: they hate Erdoğan.
I'm not even sure which side would be better for Turkey. Erdogan is horrible.
Turkey's army's been historically secular and Erdogan's really been ramping up the religious repression, along with centralized power, arresting non compliant Generals and government officials and pretty much following the Maximum Leader playbook. Kicking him to the curb would be a good thing, but not at the price of mass bloodshed.
Now Erdogan's blaming the coup on | some ancient Cleric who's hiding in southern Pennsylvania.| Sounds reasonable.
Hold it for Scotland.
Well, this is weird: | Erdogan interviewed on Facetime, | stuck somewhere on he way home from a vacation on the Black Sea because:
The president was speaking from an undisclosed location, and NBC News, citing an anonymous US military source, said that his plane had been refused landing rights in Istanbul.
Facetime, via cell phone. We got breaking news on Tienanmen Square in '89 by FAX and I thought that was high tech.
declare martial law, suspend civil liberties, seize control of the media. you can never go wrong
A while ago Zippy showed us the Palo Verde Beetles that are around now. Dunno if anyone has tried to eat one.
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Grubs might be good if you're willing to dig up the trees to get 'em.
Woah hey. That's an oven stuffer, right there. Too chitinous, but the grubs would be the way to go.
"Where you goin' with that chainsaw?"
"Gonna get me some Grubs."
"What? Why?"
"Fer dinner."
"Ooooh. Kay."
Chitin flyin' weather!
The Gray Lady is reporting Erdogan is back, and the coup is faltering.
social media is blocked! Thank goodness we have Wonkville!
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