IT APPEARS THAT THERE IS A TURKISH COUP UNDER WAY??

It is preliminary - but it appears there is a Turkish coup under way.

Depending on who is behind this, this may not be a good thing.  A Russian/Iranian/Chinese action would be a bad thing.  A US backed coup could be a bad thing?  I do not know enough to judge or know, but this I do know - there is plenty of instability in that region.  We do not need any more....

I have to comment on a comment here.  Someone rightfully said that I should not go with a no-plane theory on 9/11.  I will say this, at least in the case of the twin towers (as opposed to the Pentagon), it appears that planes hit the towers just by the marks left on the building that would be consistent with a maximum of 1/2" thick 7075-T6 aluminum taking on columns that were made out of 3/4"-1" thick structural steel.  The columns won until the inboard structure was substantial enough to provide the energy needed to shear them.

The problem I have (and I have shut down many of my colleagues when I bring it up), that there was a Rolls Royce engine core sitting on the ground that was supposedly from one of planes that hit the twin towers.  Problem is, neither plane had Rolls engines......  In other words, as with most gubmint pukes, they did not put an expert with enough experience to get it right down to the details.  They did not do their homework, just as the Russians did not when they tried to cover up their shoot down and photoshopped the 767 over the 777 on that crash over in the Ukraine.  That was an awesome fail.

So until something clearly wins in the court of public opinion, I will float what works until the truth comes out.  Same thing with the Kennedy assassination.  A five year old could figure out the single bullet theory was so much fantasy - and so I keep entertaining alternate theories until one fits the bill.

Carry on.