tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post132311278350292055..comments2024-01-05T06:18:18.086-05:00Comments on CommentaramaPolitics: Friday's Thoughts: L'horreur à NiceAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-20556761898408336722016-07-16T16:42:52.349-04:002016-07-16T16:42:52.349-04:00I see the Huffington Post is trying to coin a dero...I see the Huffington Post is trying to coin a derogatory nickname for Pence (Lil Mikey). Doubt it will catch on.<br /><br />Watched part of the VP unveiling or whatever you call it. Trump was himself. Pence seems like a good guy albeit one who has chosen to make himself subservient to Trump despite stark differences in ideology.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-48580403430805693822016-07-16T04:57:07.630-04:002016-07-16T04:57:07.630-04:00I guess the timing surprised Ergodan but not the c...I guess the timing surprised Ergodan but not the coup itself. Turkey has a long history of such things. <br /><br />Unfortunately for the coup stagers Ergodan knows a thing or six about seizing power.Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-2181372781693985192016-07-15T23:42:26.796-04:002016-07-15T23:42:26.796-04:00On CNN Bob Baer just pointed out he's in Istan...On CNN Bob Baer just pointed out he's in Istanbul, instead of the capital city Ankara. Which means things are still active.<br /><br />And CNN is broadcasting footage from one of the Istanbul bridges of military men surrendering. Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-88932052102053250652016-07-15T23:40:27.226-04:002016-07-15T23:40:27.226-04:00The coup seems to have been carried out by colonel...The coup seems to have been carried out by colonels and junior officers. <br /><br />And it seems to be withering. It's 6:38 in Turkey right now and there is a fairly sizable crowd out in support of Erdogan and they just heard him speak. He said the coup plotters are being arrested.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-49911932897832233692016-07-15T20:28:43.698-04:002016-07-15T20:28:43.698-04:00The Turkish military knows the Islamists to be tro...The Turkish military knows the Islamists to be trouble, something their idiot president didn't seem to grasp. <br />Critchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07106908233705403513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-61722199850190426722016-07-15T19:02:18.442-04:002016-07-15T19:02:18.442-04:00When is the Turkish military not staging a coup?When is the Turkish military not staging a coup?Anthonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16124128949343301445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-78707826607113107082016-07-15T16:33:32.508-04:002016-07-15T16:33:32.508-04:00BREAKING: Military coup underway in Turkey.<b>BREAKING: Military coup underway in Turkey.</b>Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-80598893526137858552016-07-15T14:40:53.785-04:002016-07-15T14:40:53.785-04:00202 wounded
52 in critical condition
25 on life su...202 wounded<br />52 in critical condition<br />25 on life support.Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-21368047480066156972016-07-15T13:29:23.394-04:002016-07-15T13:29:23.394-04:00Death toll seems set at 84.
10 children are among ...Death toll seems set at 84.<br />10 children are among the dead, including an American boy who was killed along with his father. <br />A witness on Channel 4 (UK) said that he swerved towards a children's carousel<br /><br />Der Spiegel is calling him an <i>eigenbrötler</i>, or "lone wolf."<br />Now my translation is probably spotty but it seems he was married with a three year old child.<br /><br />Elsewhere, his neighbors have called him a "creepy loner."Kithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01453591141757808708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6251675227852122352.post-85222287109135448182016-07-15T09:56:38.088-04:002016-07-15T09:56:38.088-04:00I'll repeat my comment from last night.
Sicke...I'll repeat my comment from last night.<br /><br />Sickening.<br /><br />And let me add this quote from a <i>Doctor Who</i> episode in which a woman is being hunted by monsters but keeps being saved by the Doctor. She is told, "I wish this had never happened to you." And her reply is magnificent. She rejects that wish and she says,<br /><br /><b>"One may tolerate a world of demons for the sake of an angel."</b><br /><br />Our world is full of angels. It is full of beauty. It is full of kindness, amazing moments and amazing people. The demons don't frighten us.<br /><br />God bless France. AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.com