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It may be a tinfoil moment, but part of me is starting to think this whole thing was staged in no small part. I don't doubt there are/were parts of the military that would want to do this, but it's all gone down too perfectly for Erdogan so far. 1) One of the most anti-internet leaders uses FaceTime to rally his people to the streets...they seemed too ready, almost as if they were waiting and mobilized on cue. 2) He flies into Ataturk airport? That would have been one of the first places to be secured by the military. Tanks could have been parked on the runways at 300-500 meter intervals to prevent a plane from landing. If I had to speculate, he let a movement against him gain root in the army, all the while having officers loyal to him inside it, and when the coup was launched, the ones that really wanted him gone were the only ones standing out in the breeze while the rest of the army was back in the barracks. Erdogan can use this as an excuse to purge his officer corps, and install more crackdowns on dissent domestically. Or maybe I'm just seeing things.

You're pretty much describing what happened in the first place and they didn't need ISIS to justify it. The country had a Shia majority parliament, and al-Maliki was never good as a unifying figure. While the US had troops there, we learned quickly that the Iraqi government didn't care if we all but flattened Sunni areas like Fallujah or Ramadi, but anything done in Shia enclaves like Sadr City would cause political problems very quickly. The only time the al-Maliki government took action against other Shia groups was more to do with a threat to his rule than for the betterment of the country. Pretty much everything he did in power was designed to put Shia groups loyal to him in control, bring the ones opposed to him under thumb, then marginalize the Sunni and Kurds. He wasn't turning off the water flow, but Sunni groups felt shut out of the power structure. They even boycotted the government off and on for a while. The Middle East being what it is...Maliki was the symptom, not the cause. Someone else would just do the same things as he did. A unified Iraq as the map is drawn today isn't something that can be kept by a democratic process. Why we continue to float that pipe dream is beyond me.

Hahaha, perfect timing then. They are showing the military at the airports in Ankara and Istanbul, and I'm imagine that's the last place they would give up control over.

Erdogan is being shown on TV via FaceTime while the reporter holds up an iPhone. It doesn't look like he is anywhere official, and is probably in some secured fallback position. He's calling for people to take to the streets. All of it leads me to believe he isn't in control of anything of relevance at the moment. Maybe he has supporters that can make a fight of it, but for a strongman type like Erdogan, if he could have pushed back against this coup, there would already be blood in the streets. I wouldn't call it a takeover yet, but if the military has taken the key terrain and negated the power base of the government officials, they could very well be in control.

Just turned on Sky News to get some info about this. If the military has turned against Erdogan, yet doesn't pull this off in a felt swoop, a civil war could break out. NATO and the EU have to be very worried about the 2nd and 3rd order effects from this.

Yup. Just don't be like me and forget to bring a coat if you're going to stay out at night and visit Navy Pier in late October. I got cold fast, lol.

I don't know where you get racism from BLM since they aren't advocating the superiority of African Americans over others. Supporting BLM doesn't equate to being anti-police. I don't see anything in Pandora's statement leading me to that as a reasonable opinion.

Chicago is a great city for a visit. Awesome food, nice sights, and good walking once you get to the general area you want to be in. I look forward to visiting again someday since I haven't been since Uber became a thing. Will make getting around much easier/cheaper than the taxi racket. As to the danger...just avoid the trouble spots on this map that covers 2016 to date and you'll be fine.

Even sadder than last year. At least there wasn't the hype to disappoint me this year.

Their first sentence was "Our hearts ache for all those who unfairly lost their lives." Just because five police officers lost their lives in the line of duty doesn't nullify that there is racial injustice. Maybe it was an omission that they didn't mention the police officers specifically, but I'm not upset by it. It's also worth noting that BLM had nothing to do with the shooter and vice versa.

For the record, +0.23% for the day. I'll still use Pandora...there wasn't anything controversial about what they did.

As mentioned, that's so everything shown in the kit can be shipped directly to you. A stripped lower is as easy to get as any other firearm from a LGS if they carry them, or you can also order a PSA stripped lower in a separate purchase, and have it sent somewhere that will do a transfer. As to the work involved, putting together a lower is pretty simple. Peejman has it pretty much exact on the nuances of it.

Post the link to what you're lookibg at on PSA. As to others, Primary Arms has good stuff, and their shipping is about as good as it gets in gun sales. Just stay with known brands and you'll be fine. Also, do you have a work bench and a vise at home? You'll need one to assembme it correctly if you're building the upper instead of getting a complete one.

...and this is what I think needs to change. It should take a clear sign of hostile intent to justify a police officer using lethal force in my mind.

I've had Comcast for a bit now. There product service is excellent, really excellent. My internet works as promised, outages are repaired promptly, and I can use my Comcast login where it's allowed for streaming to access HBOGo (I don't use their cable box). No complaints on the quality of the product I'm using from them. Their customer service, however, sucks goat scrote. Read the details of everything you sign, research it online, and unless you're fine with paying the full price (which you need to learn on your own), be ready to renegotiate 1-2 weeks prior to your promo deal expiring. I simply tell them I have a fixed budget, need to stay within it, and if they can't find a new promo for me, then service will stop. It usually takes no less than 30 minutes of phone chat (including finding the right person to talk to), with them trying to sell me on a different service package at a price lower than the new rate for my old service, but still lower than my budget price. I stay firm and eventually they realize how intractable I am. AT&T, and soon Google are forcing them to be competitive in the Nashville area if you can stand firm and don't expect to go lower than you originally signed on for.

Not really. There is truth in the old adage that armies of occupation have a half life when it comes to support from the locals. Like I said, I wasn't there, but the gist I got was that their outpost was under attack, and they used to AT4 to try and blow away some cover the bad guys were using. My old battalion was put into an area that hadn't had a US presence in a while as part of the Afghan surge in 2010.

Yeah, I'm all about my Prime membership since I get so much from Amazon and use the streaming, but "Prime Day" was useless for me.

A few pics of me doing the hearts and minds thing in 2002 and 2003 when I still had hair and clocked in at a reasonable weight.

This wasn't during my time in, but it was from my old battalion during the deployment to Afghanistan they went on about a year after I got out of the Army.

Same reason people have gym memberships, yet never work out...or pay for anything else they wanted, but use. Just felt like a good idea at the time, and simply didn't followed through. Lulz...that's good one.

Nobody has guilt tripped him about open carry and being one of "those guys" yet? Maybe the pendulum has swung on this.

There are similarities between the Walther PPQ and P99 vs. the VP9 style when it comes to the mag release. They are both good, but H&K's is looser, and if you've seen that torture test video, weaker overall. The Walther one is tighter, and closer in line with the trigger guard, and when I got new magazines for my P99, harder to work, but that may just be a break them in thing. @XxthejuicexX when you're practicing with the mag release, try it with the middle finger of your firing hand, that works best for me. Do it in a place where you can let the magazine drop without worrying (carpeted floor or couch/chair) and watch how fast you can get with your mag changes.

I was tempted to rush in an order with Silencer Shop, but having to pay for a vehicle of roughly equal cost has that option nixed. I'm just going to wait a bit to see how the dust settles and go from there in the future.

I'd guess it covers both reasons...and I don't even buy it as legit under a "thanks for your service" area. Like you mentioned, just because they served doesn't mean they know anything about pistol shooting, or the laws with regards to carry and self-defense.

You'll wonder why more guns don't do it before long. After carrying a Walther P99, and now the VP9, I find standard mag releases cumbersome. I conceal my VP9 nearly everyday. Maybe it's because I'm a bigger guy than average, but I have no issues with it.