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2019-01-16 The Grand Turk

Turkey orders arrest of nearly 200 people over suspected Gulen ties, Hurriyet says

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Posted by trailing wife 2019-01-16 00:15|| || Front Page|| [6 views ] Top
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#1 Still milking that Gulenist coup, eh? It's teats must be severely chapped by now.

...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund....

You know, it wasn't *that* long ago that Turkey looked like an actual modern secular nation.

Posted by SteveS 2019-01-16 01:00|| 2019-01-16 01:00|| Front Page Top

#2 it wasn't *that* long ago

The notion of progress as a ratchet is not sound.

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-01-16 07:08|| 2019-01-16 07:08|| Front Page Top

#3 Gulen arrests have become Turkey's version of the Mueller 'investigation'.

Posted by Raj 2019-01-16 09:04|| 2019-01-16 09:04|| Front Page Top

#4 I dunno MM. My ratchet has a button and will click both ways depending on what you want.

I'd almost like to see Yippee declare himself Sultan who rules over all. My pop-corn bill would go through the roof I fear.

Posted by AlanC 2019-01-16 11:23|| 2019-01-16 11:23|| Front Page Top

#5 Jeepers! How long is it going to take to ~~kangaroo court~~ try 77,000 criminals? How many courtrooms, how many judges, how many lawyers?

Just think of the logistics!

Posted by Bobby 2019-01-16 12:57|| 2019-01-16 12:57|| Front Page Top

#6 "There is no Progress. There is only Change." -Liszendir, a character in The Warriors of Dawn(1975) by M.A. Foster

An observation that struck me as very apt when I first read many years ago... There is Change that you like and Change that you don't, if someone says there is Progress™ they are trying to sell you something.

Posted by magpie 2019-01-16 14:53|| 2019-01-16 14:53|| Front Page Top

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