Summer of '16

<p>Summer of ’16 </p><p>The summer of ‘16 opened with storms of biblical proportions and this was an ominous backdrop to the June 23 referendum. However move aside Denmark something was rotten in a lot of places. As events transpired Brexit proved a sideshow to a wacky season that included coups that couldn’t shoot straight no-you-don’t presidential and parliamentary elections in which the real contest may have been between the virtual and the actual vote and giving new life and meaning to the term “turducken.” A populist was inaugurated in East Asia and an impeachment cycle was completed in Brazil neither newsworthy enough to pass the cut for this story. Apols Brazil but you got a whole book last time. Brexit was a sideshow but it was my sideshow and it wasn’t the only sludge I had to deal with during the summer of ‘16.</p>