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How to Pronounce C-O-U-P in Rightwing

From Ray Walser at, nat­u­rally, The Corner:

Con­gress, the courts, and the mil­i­tary joined forces to send [Hon­duran Pres­i­dent] “Mad” Mel [Zelaya] pack­ing. In a delib­er­ate, bipar­ti­san manner, they selected a new pres­i­dent to serve until reg­u­lar elec­tions in November.

And for the reality-​based among us, here are the first 3 parts of the OAS res­o­lu­tion con­demn­ing the coup—

1. To con­demn vehe­mently the coup d’état staged this morn­ing against the constitutionally-​established Gov­ern­ment of Hon­duras, and the arbi­trary deten­tion and expul­sion from the coun­try of the con­sti­tu­tional pres­i­dent José Manuel Zelaya Ros­ales, which has pro­duced an uncon­sti­tu­tional alter­ation of the demo­c­ra­tic order.

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