Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
 

Parliament, obvs.

Re: Kind of like democracy as a system....
 

You ought to look that one up, it's a doosy.

It's another place where the wacko winger contingent believes that Hillary caused something outside her jurisdiction to happen to get that sweet charitable giving flowing from some crooked Cannucks. All you half to do is connect the dots and assume she has total control over half the cabinet. And then that that half the cabinet would, but for her corruption of them all, have stepped in to stop a transaction that involved entirely non-US parties at the top even thought they only had jurisdiction over a few assets lower down in the corporate structure. And then you also have to assume she did this because there were some donors that gave money to someone who gave money to the foundation. And Bill hobnobbed with one of them on a foreign trip.

Simple. Get Bill's ear for a few minutes while circling Baku and you can have half Obama's Team of Rivals bowing toward you as if you're Mecca and doing your bidding, with Hillary leading the call to prayer as the first female Muezzin.

And...
 

Twitter is now all a'twitter about a military coup going on in Turkey. Airports and all bridges shut and tanks in the streets.

But, hey, let's all ring our hands about Mike Pence and Planned Parenthood.

SlaveNo(KumBahYah)More

Re: Kind of like democracy as a system....
 

And the wacko winger contingent known as the FBI is still actively investigating this as a crime. Go figure.

SlaveNo(It's generally spelled "doozy" - I'd expect a learned professor with your tenure to know this)More

Re: I used to be disgusted, and now I try to be amused.
 

My first PAPOW. Let's kick this weekend shit off with James Brown. The Daily Dose is Talking Loud and Saying Nothing. So appropriate.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOW19ZCWUfI

Re: And...
 

https://www.rt.com/news/351343-turke...itary-attempt/

"“Some people illegally undertook an illegal action outside of the chain of command," Prime Minister Bulent Yildirim said, in comments broadcast by private channel NTV." Huh?

Re: And...
 

Not sure why uncertainty in Turkey negates all concern about our upcoming election, but okay.

Re: I used to be revolted, and now I try to be established.
 

I got no idea what a registered parliamentarian is.

And I say this as someone who as served as Sergeant at Arms and Chief Parliamentarian for a state political party convention.

Re: Kind of like democracy as a system....
 

You got the FBI on the uranium deal? Cool.

Have they figured out how Hillary got control of a committee within the Treasury Dept. yet?

Re: And...
 

So are you with the elected Islamist-influenced government or the more westernized military folks here?

Re: I used to be revolted, and now I try to be established.
 

I realize you didn't go to THE University, and Ty was basically a pot head the 4 years, but just ask any real Crimson (Hi Slave!), we had to learn the requirements for the group discussions on ethical menu selection for Pennypacker's dining room.

Re: And...
 

Because the slow burn over in Europe that seems to be leading to the modern equivalent of WWI is far less important than - uh, I dunno - a guy that dislikes Planned Parenthood and some other "righty" stuff (so I'm told).

I think world-changing events like these are slightly more important than BS media mud-slinging, but call me an optimist.

SlaveNo(Serenity Now!)More

Re: Kind of like democracy as a system....
 

Bill got full control of the DOJ after just 10 minutes on a Tarmac, so the options are endless. We can only dream.

SlaveNo(Thank you for service [and big mouth] RBG, welcome new Justice Lynch)More

Re: And...
 

Seriously, a very good question. And all usual SNM and GGG snark aside:

I personally despise Ergodan's "Sharia lite" government squashing the opposition and embarrassing NATO at every turn. However, we knew what he was and could deal accordingly.

Military coups are always dicey. If they are truly Western, fantastic

Many friends I truly respect thought that the "Egyptian Spring" would be a triumph for the people and civil rights. Look how that turned out. Women raped in the streets and gays thrown from the rooftop.

Uncertainty is chaotic, and chaos ain't fun.

SlaveNo(_)More

Re: And...
 

My belief is that in these situations our first instincts ought to be NOT to be a big player. The Kamalists in the military have a very different role than our military, and I think we're ok on the sidelines for a couple days.

Then, as things settle, we can figure out where our interests lie.