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Eur/Usd just crossed 1.2666.
Not much holding this beatch. Gold to 2000 this week? (!)
Only if you insist!
It will be delayed until the government has to take austerity measures.
I laugh that tax paid by citizens is the lowest since 1950 and they keep extending unemployment benefits.
When this changes... hope you have stored food, precious metals and a good relationship with your neighbours.
Yeah, funny article. I figured MY taxes out with my accountant. I'm holding at around a nice round 60%.
Come, children of the Fatherland (Homeland), The day of glory has arrived! Against us, Tyranny's Bloody banner is raised, (repeat) Do you hear in the countryside Those ferocious soldiers roaring? They come up to our arms To slit the throats of our sons and wives! To arms, citizens, Form your battalions, Let's march, let's march! May an impure blood Water our furrows! What does this horde of slaves, Of traitors and conjured kings want? For whom are these ignoble trammels, These long-prepared irons? (repeat) Frenchmen, for us, ah! What outrage What fury it must arouse! It is we whom they dare plan To return to ancient slavery! To arms, citizens... What! Foreign cohorts Would make law in our homes! What! These mercenary phalanxes Would strike down our proud warriors! (repeat) Great God ! By chained hands Our heads would bow under the yoke Vile despots would become The masters of our destinies! To arms, citizens... Tremble, tyrants and you traitors The shame of all parties, Tremble! Your parricidal schemes Will finally receive their prizes! (repeat) Everyone is a soldier to combat you If they fall, our young heroes, The earth produces new ones, Against you, all ready to fight! To arms, citizens... Frenchmen, as magnanimous warriors, Bear or hold back your blows! Spare these sorry victims, Arming against us with regrets. (repeat) But these bloodthirsty despots, But these accomplices of Bouillé, All these tigers who, mercilessly, Rip their mother's breast! To arms, citizens... Sacred love of the Fatherland, Lead, support our avenging arms Liberty, cherished Liberty, Fight with thy defenders! (repeat) Under our flags, shall victory Hurry to thy manly accents, Shall thy expiring enemies, See thy triumph and our glory! To arms, citizens... Aux armes, citoyens... To arms, citizens...
Those Frogs sure can write and sing, not so much fight, but write and sing, and by God they can cook!
The Napoleonic debacles it is said decreased the height of Frenchmen by a half a foot, before that they were among the best warriors on the planet. Wouldn't be surprised if if they'll be back to kick some ass by and by...
The First world war also fertilised the soil somewhat.
I walk around France a lot and what always strikes me are the names of the fallen in small French villages - you would think it impossible that these villages could produce that many men of fighting age.
Indeed some of these villages died as no one came back from flanders fields.
http://www.rnw.nl/english/radioshow/footnotes-fields
Listen to this program on Flanders' WWI battle fields, and if you are blessed with sons, then have them listen.
Ans: C.alifornia, O.regon, M.ichigan, A.rizona
tomorrow, not america.
The Europeans are pussies when it comes to destruction. The fact that no attacks have been waged on American soil should be a cause for alarm not disgust. In this country, bankers will come last in line for violence. The country with the craziest lunatic fringe groups is the good ol' USA. We have big government violating our civil rights every day. We are therefore quiet, waiting, analyzing, knowing the government is filled with spineless politicians and thieving bureaucrats. Do not fret, it will come, and it will not come from the streets. It will come in the night and it will change the way you think, the way you see, and the way you live.
Gardaí (cops) and protestors clashed tonight outside Leinster House during a demonstration against the Government's bank recapitalisation plans.
Protestors tried to gain access to the main concourse of Leinster House (govt building) resulting in a skirmish with gardaí (cops) at the main gate shortly before 9pm.
A small number of gardaí (cops) blocked the entrance and drew their batons (sticks / no guns) when the crowd surged forward. At least one protester received minor injuries to the head in the clases while a garda spokesman said that no garda was injured.
The group was part of a protest this evening calling on the Government to prioritise job provision and public services over further bank recapitalisation.
The tense standoff subsided after a few minutes as protest leaders appealed for a peaceful protest.
The gates and main doors of Leinster House were closed as a precaution as Garda reinforcements arrived. Kildare Street and Molesworth Street were closed off for a period.
Some 800 people attended the first public rally of a new “Right to Work” campaign which is backed by the Unite trade union and involves a coalition of community groups, young unemployed and other activists. (real socialists not fake ones)
The march went from the Garden of Remembrance to the Dáil and many of the speakers at the rally said they opposed the Government’s economic strategy.
The Government would be remembered in history for ignoring the basic needs of the people and making people homeless and jobless, Janette Byrne of Patient’s Together told the assembled crowd at Parnell Square.
Even at a time of its greatest wealth the Government was not able to solve the State’s problems, she said. (Very true money squandered on the most retarded things you care to imagine)
People gave the government permission to do this by electing it and needed to learn from that, she said.
The greatest challenge ahead was to believe in possible change and this was a major crossroads, she said, said Siobhan O’Donoghue of the Community Workers Co-operative (more socialists).
People power was key to bringing forward an alternative economic agenda and challenge the Government’s economic policies, Richard Boyd Barrett Dun Laoghaire Councillor for the People Before Profit Alliance said.
He wanted the campaign to be the first step in an ongoing campaign against Government policies which caused the economic crisis.
Mr Boyd-Barrett said it was unjust to put billions into bailing out the people and institutions which caused the crisis while imposing cuts on those who had no responsibility.
He described Government policy as as “the economics of the madhouse”. (Hear, hear)
Be careful what you wish for.
These people (those that created the mock violence) the Socialist Workers Party do not care for you.
What occurred was deliberate nonsense.
It is what the Irish do best.
Who are the SWP?
http://www.swp.ie/
Who controls them?
Why do they exist?
What you think you saw was the shadow of some invisible hand.
Don’t make friends with everybody who usurps liberty in the name of collectivism.
With friends like that not only is your gold not safe.
Your family is not safe.
They will, given the chance, “re-educate” you.
http://debbyestratigacos.mu.nu/archives/Skulls%20pol%20pot.jpg
And Goldman Sachs will have all of your wealth confiscated before they do.
> Who are the SWP?
Trotskyists. Not Constructive.
Euro plunge is resuming now. I said under 1.26 by end of the day, I believe we will make it. IF things break out in Europe in the morning we will see 1.20
If you planning to go short Euro, tonight might be your opp.
Bank bailouts are as unpopular in Ireland as elsewhere, but seems to be a thing of nothing - routine hard-left street theatre. 100 people breaking off from a 500-strong demonstration? There's a million people in the Dublin urban area. I'm sure there was a bigger crowd at Rod Stewart, and that cost €65.
HALLE-FUCKIN-LUJAH!
At this point it is only a question of which country in Europe will be the first to bring out the guillotines.
How about Trebuchets?. A dozen or so Trebuchets, stationed right on the edge of the grand canyon, working 24/7 for a couple of weeks ought to do the trick!
My apologies Geeko,
I love your killing style.
No prisoners. I must, unfortunately repeat a previous post..
“HALLE-FUCKIN-LUJAH!
At this point it is only a question of which country in Europe will be the first to bring out the guillotines.”
Be careful what you wish for.
These people (those that created the mock violence) the Socialist Workers Party do not care for you.
What occurred was deliberate nonsense.
It is what the Irish do best.
Who are the SWP?
http://www.swp.ie/
Who controls them?
Why do they exist?
What you think you saw was the shadow of invisible hand.
Don’t make friends with everybody who usurps liberty in the name of collectivism.
With friends like that not only is your gold not safe.
Your family is not safe.
They will, given the chance, “re-educate” you.
http://debbyestratigacos.mu.nu/archives/Skulls%20pol%20pot.jpg
And Goldman Sachs will have all of your wealth confiscated before they do.
Gekko,
When you say this....
“At this point it is only a question of which country in Europe will be the first to bring out the guillotines.”
What can I say?
Nothing.
Other than that it is not only Europe.
It is also the USA.
It is also Mexico.
It is also Canada.
It is also Australia.
It is also “The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland”.
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I enjoy your savage intellect.
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What a pity more don’t have it.
Bank bailouts are as unpopular in Ireland as elsewhere, but seems to be a thing of nothing - fairly routine hard-left street theatre. 100 people breaking off from a 500-strong demonstration? There's a million people in the Dublin urban area. I'm sure there was a bigger crowd at Rod Stewart, and that cost you €65. Item no. 4 on the news.
And when did you decide to become a cunt?
The oh so fine print of Le Tarp suggests that the implementation of the European bazooka (or better yet hookah) is contingent upon the need to go through 'the parliamentary procedure' in the relevant member states.
Not a chance in Hellenic.
It would be open season for commies hunt if the same scene happens in the US.
People in the US are mentally sane. Better to rest in a couch watching a nice TV show than being bullet hit in the head and labelled a communist.
At first glance I thought the headline read that Greek protesters had stormed the Irish parliament, but that was just wishful thinking since that would have been truly interesting. The next reading suggested that protesters who were sponsored by the Banks were doing the storming. I guess I wouldn't have read the article if the headline had not had an almost Daily-News-like quality.
i'm surprised ze germans haven't stormed anything.
we were trained to remain silent by the american, french, british, russian.
Just hope they've paid up the fire insurance on their parliament building.
the people finally wake up and realize the ruling class and banks are the same group. this is the only way to get their message heard. burning some bankers alive will be a strong message to send.
Slideshow of the march
http://www.wsm.ie/c/scuffles-dail-bank-bailouts
Also they are keeping this news out of the MSM big time. I wonder how many of these marches and riots have happened and we are now starting to see them. It's not long now, believe me.
This little “difficulty” was the Socialist Workers Party.
Just looking for a “scrap”.
There were 600 people (yes that’s all) on the protest.
There were no more than twenty SWP.
They “stormed” the Garda, all eight of them.
Two of the Garda were women under the age of twenty five.
It is a matter of little interest.
The SWP are (quite deliberately) financially and economically ignorant.
One would also have to question motivation.
It is just as likely that they work for the State in order to frighten the people into submission.
And
For all the Gold Bugs.
Goldman Sachs will pay for their health care.
This was not a revolution against “fiat”.
It was twenty people with motivations only a psychotic banker would understand.
Lord Wellington,
You posted some material, this is good. Got a question for you. Who are you in this? Not your name, but in the spirit of transparency, what is your position in this? Another way of saying this is why should we believe you?
I am open to it that your assertions are correct. I am also open to it that you have motives that are less than wholesome. I know you understand my question, one way, or another.
"Who are you in this?”
I am I.
I do not disbelieve this question.
“Not your name, but in the spirit of transparency, what is your position in this?”
I am human.
“Another way of saying this is why should we believe you?”
I think it the essence of human to imagine that one can or cannot believe.
Why one might choose to believe this or that is a matter for self.
“I am open to it that your assertions are correct. I am also open to it that you have motives that are less than wholesome. I know you understand my question, one way, or another.”
“I am open to it that your assertions are correct”
They are incontrovertible.
“I am also open to it that you have motives that are less than wholesome”
I am afraid I cannot help you on this.
I have no motive, and if I had I am not sure how I could make it wholesome or less.
I understand “wholesome” in some kind of Victorian language
Beyond that?
I am human.
As you are.
don't mind us... just looking for an agenda.
ya know, we all have one of some sort - some more neutral and pragmatic than others.
some more troll-ific and antagonistic, some just for entertainment's sake.
"which are you?" is the honest/simple question.
your answer didn't work very well, at least for this reader - too contrived to be clever. your older stuff was better.
so, your ramblings are easier to skip for the good ones. and there are plenty of both kind.
and that's fine. be well.
Ok, here's the solution: form communities, circles of trust, which totally repudiate all debt, repudiate credit card, mortgage, local, state, national, global debt. Study history and current problems and realize that the core of all financial problems is always, always, always debt. These communities could exchange money in three ways (1) giving; (2) buying; (3) partnerships --- but no lending. Neither a borrower nor a lender be. The legendary 100-year forgiveness of debt needs to begin at all levels. That is freedom. These communities could grow to towns, to nations, to the world.
you make it sound so simple Occams
We're working on it:
- grow your own food (seedsavers, heritage variety cultivars etc)
- off-grid energy (wind, micro-hydro, biogas, solar, micro-geo)
- plant nutrient recycling (humanure, compost, terra preta, permaculture)
- water recycling (bio filtration)
- local currency systems (letts, uisce, ...)
- decentralised communications (AX25, software GSM, appleseed, fidonet++, ...)
Good to Go. Crash Ready. Bring it On. Power Down,
Once word gets out in the USA (where we bought 9+ million firearms and 14+ BILLION rounds of ammo IN 2009 ALONE) that they are burning bankers alive in eurodisneyfinancialarmageddonland, the streets of this country will look like a scene out of Blackhawk Down.
Notes to cops:
You'll lose. Big time.
Melt away and let the people have the banksters' head and you won't have any problems.
Note to cops:
Body armor? Meet 30.06 at near point blank range. Like a hot knife through butter.
That is what plate carriers are for.
http://www.bulletproofme.com/Body_Armor_Accessories_Rifle_Protection.shtml
You going to love this one HH. And no, they ain't related!
http://www.break.com/index/bulletproof-vest-test-goes-wrong.html
I really don't know what to say about that other than his reply. Hook 'em horns. Oh my Lord!
It's not like a threat. It's the reality. A nation of hungry people won't wait in soup lines like our grandparents did.
People are violent enough NOW. And yeah SAPI's will stop 30.06.
I'm telling cops now that you (and the military) are pawns for people that never get their fingernails dirty ordering you to go bleed to death fighting THEIR battles.
Cops are nothing special to them. So see that they have more in common with the protestors than the bankers.
Who ruined public worker pensions? The SWP? Get real.
Just look at Thailand-their army can't stop the protest there.
Could Northcom stop protests? The US Army hasn't stopped the sandal-wearers of the Taliban in 9 years.
That attitude and those facts may be why we are being treated to a full-court press
about the "Times Square Bomber'.
"American passport, home owner, wife and kids, could have been your neighbor."
Believe that crap?
No, it's prep for some major move on the mainstream in the name of protection from home grown terrorists.
Think 'preemptive strike' against middle america by the govt in charge.
Agent provocateurs are on the gov.payroll to infiltrate and goad liberty groups into rash and ultimately disastrous actions.
You are electronically stripped naked at selected U.S. airports.
You see what a mockery they have made of our financial and judicial system.
Look the wrong way and if you are not shot dead, you are certainly tazed.
We have little choice but to wait for the knock on the door.
It's not pretty being easy, and we have been easy for far to long.
The police state gives wackos a playground to act like maniacs and degrade others with the power of the badge-by design of The-Powers-That-Be.
But no one is more abused by TPTB than their enforcers themselves. Look how returning soldiers are treated by the military or the VA. Cops pensions are wrecked so Blankfein can build a fortress on Long Island. Do they really believe the banksters will come back and thank them for their service?
Notice the Times square bomber is now being linked to Pakistan, especially by Boy Holder. This plays right into the hands of TPTB to keep interest in the Afghanistan war through fear. And into Obama's perverse desire to start WWIII with Pakistan, a country he's apparently hated since he went there in 1981.
In reality the Times Square dude was really just pissed at having his house/liveliehood stolen by the Fed. A reality to which most Americans can relate.
If the citizenry were to put 2 and 2 together and realize the authorities were lying to them about AfPak, well.....
“Après moi, le déluge”
their press-release wording was pretty durned convenient. i wonder that if he had been trained as they described, it would have worked.
i dunno who to trust these days - certainly not the guys with the microphones.
"never waste a good crisis"...
A great start in protests can be made by burning effigies of The Times Man of the Year whenever he makes a appearance anywhere.
If it is not a crime then the better option would be to lynch him!!