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Greek Parliament Preparing Evacuation Tunnel Ahead Of Wednesday Vote On IMF Bailout, General Strike And Parliamentary Blockade
June 15, the day of a general strike in Greece, is also the day when the critical "mid-term agreement" between the insolvent country and the Troica will be voted on by the general assembly. "The agreement includes tax increases, slashing of
wages and pensions and the lay-off of approximately more 100,000 civil
servants in the next few years." Already the blog Occupied London has called for a blockade of the Athens parliament: "Last night (June 11th) the popular assembly of Syntagma square
announced a call to blockade the Greek parliament ahead of the voting of
the so-called Mid-term agreement between the Greek government and the
troika (IMF/ECB/EU). The call-out for the blockade below is one of the most important acts
we have seen by the Syntagma assembly so far. June 15th is gearing up
to become a historical day in Greece, a crucial chance to block off the
charge-ahead of neoliberalism here. Don’t be a spectator to this – translate and disseminate the text
below; organise a gathering where you are, or come join us at Syntagma.
This is the struggle for and of our lives." Needless to say, should the vote pass, and should the Parliament be blockaded, which it will be, the chances of politicians to leave general assembly unscathed may be compromised. Which is why we were not surprised to learn, courtesy of Covering Delta, that the Greek parliament has hired foreign workers to clean out the underground tunnel which leads from the parliament to the port of Piraeus (soon to be privatized) in order to avoid what some fear may be the popular lynchings of MPs by the disgruntled masses.
From Covering Delta:
I just became aware of this report from Kontra channel here in Greece. Apparently, a tunnel that leads from Lykavitos to the Greek parliament, and from there to the sea port of Piraeus, is being cleaned out by foreign workers in preparation for the possible evacuation of Greek MP’s in the event of a storming of parliament ahead of wednesday’s vote on the new memorandum.
The situation here is getting completely out of control. I really don’t know how much longer the people will be willing to wait this thing out. The mood here in Athens is one of intense disillusionment with a government that seems increasingly detached from its own people.
In the spirit of 2011 being a (slightly delayed) carbon copy of 2010, what May 6th was to 2010, June 15 just may end up being for 2011. The vote is expected to come in the late morning on Wednesday EDT, so there will be enough time to observe the market's reaction should violence return to Athens.
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They are Greeks. They will ignore the tunnel in the front and go around the back.
Following the aroma.
As posted sometime back, the eleventh hour is approaching.
Friedrich Hayek's 'The Road to Serfdom' in 5 Minutes
Within my inner circle of friends, we often laugh about the DHS reporting a new attempted terrorist plot. The joke is that they found a softback version of 'The Road to Serfdom' in a back pack or duffle bag.
a recent cancer survivor myself, i want to point out that Fight Club producer Laura Ziskin died of breast cancer today.
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2011/06/laura-ziskin-spider-man-d...
there is a light at the end of the tunnel !!
They must be really concerned about providing jobs to Greeks when they hire foreigners every chance they get. At least, here in the USA, congress would have sold the contract to clean the tunnels to a DOMESTIC company that agreed to provide kickback campaign funds to the head of the cleaning tunnel committee(I am guessing they probably have a committee on that, too).
Well, the US would have taken the rights to clean the tunnel public using WS banks. Then, a hedge fund could have LBO'd it back to the banks. Which in turn, the WS banks would have repo'd it to the Fed. The circle would then be complete.
The other big problem of Greece nowadays, illegal immigration.
When in a population of 6 million active workmanship, the government imports 2 million foreigners, also promising to grant them the greek citizenship after 3 or 4 years, when these people do not speak the language, when they come from a totally different culture and environment, not compatible with the greek culture and religion, huge tenses emerge .
And here comes the dramatical reduction of the wages of the natives because of this illegal immigration.
PRACTICALLY, THIS GOVERNMENT IS BLACKMAILING THE GREEK PEOPLE HAVING AN ARMY OF FOREIGN WORKERS READY TO OCCUPY THE GREEK JOBS.
This government is HOSTILE WITH THE GREEK PEOPLE. We are talking about a "soft genocide" here.
They couldn't have hired greek workers for this job, because they would "speak" and because they are a little bit more expensive for the moment.
You hit the nail on the head with 'This government is HOSTILE WITH THE GREEK PEOPLE'.
Papandreou wants to destroy Greece. One world, one government.
If they link the tunnel to the Chunnel they might escape.
Bets on how long the port of Piraeus stays intact?
A little fireworks to put a date on the war of people v. banksters?
tunnel rats bitchez...
It's now the citizens of Greece, Ireland, Spain, Portigual vs the international banksters/IMF. It's Soverenty vs money and power (International Banksters).
These countries need to jail the banksters and tell the EU/IMF to leave.
Is that photo in the post headline a pic of Merkels vagina?
i just don't understand why tyler felt the need to post a picture of kim kardashian's crotch alongside the headline here...
lol, e_m.
picklejinx?
though somehow i prefer my visual to yours. :-)
Bernanke, be careful what you wish for, because you may get it
What's going to be funny is watching the 300 members of parliment coming out of those tunnels disguised as foreign workers. They'll all be wearing brand new coveralls, pushing brand new brooms and whistling.
Two central planners are standing in a tunnel.
One says, look there is light at the the end of the tunnel. The other states.. I don't know, could be the 3:30 in bound train heading for us.
My concern is only to hold Greece in the EU until June 2013 when Croatia officially joins.
The Croats are not as lazy as the Greek.
As far as GDP replacement within the EU goes.. there are lots of opportunities ahead.
Problem for the US is that there is no room for expansion.
How many countries would voluntarily join the US and adopt the USD?
Is this satire?
Fingers crossed, yes.
I thought they all already did?
Wow, you'd think they'd have the other end covered as well. If they wanted out unscathed, they should of built a NEW tunnel.
Or they could just refuse their indentured status, but they'd actually have to have a brain for that one.
Good luck Greece, the banksters should not be your masters.
Glass-Steagall for Greece as well
Dawn Of The Debt... eat them! I want to see some zombie shit going down!
Is the Greek govt. as stupid as I think. They are going to approve this just to save the Euro, banksters and all those private investors that need to take hits.
Agree, a bit much to retire at 51 or 55 on govt. pension in these times. Austerity has to take hold. But save the European Mafia....for what purpose.
Exciting times.
Greeks are turks!! real greeks died a thousand years ago.
your knowledge needs some refreshing...
didn't you have math at school?...
you can't even count right to support your lies...
take it easy littly boy
for everyone on earth there is a place of birth
yours is albania or moggolia...
Greek, African whatever..... your comment dishonors countless generations of people that were forced to hide their true identity, heritage, language and very being while living in fear for their entire life. They endured and continued despite the overwhelming odds in hope that their children would one day be able to holds their heads high as free people.
You probably soil your pants when your computer makes a noise you weren't expecting you worthless, gutless, spineless excuse for a human being. You wouldn't be able to endure 1 day of what they have endured for generations. Your iphone, ipad and facebook will set you free dumbas$.
Before you open your big mouth shut read the criminality statistics in Greece
www.eglimatikotita.gr (meaning criminality)
and the police data, www.astynomia.gr
Groups of "foreign workers" rape German citizens, women, young children, beat and murder elder people for a fistful of euros
Nobody hides the identity, heritage, language etc.
You have no idea what are you talking about, moron.
Look at the context of my comment you moron. I am replying to a comment that stated that all Greeks are Turks.
In the past, Greek people did have to endure countless hardships in order to preserve their identity. Black slaves from Africa did have to endure countless generations of extremely poor conditions.
The fact that foreigners from poor countries have now been brought to Greece purposely to dilute the national character is an entirely different story. You appear to be incapable of grasping the difference......
Ok then.... you are Turkish. Happy now?
The greek idiots elected decade after decade the same assholes Papandreou's, it is laughable. They deserve what they get! And if i could choose, they would'nt get one fucking euro from me to pay there 'Fakelaki'.
The Central Planner's drama queens are in full force.
Pixies - I Bleed
I Bleed
as loud as hell
a ringing bell
behind my smile
it shakes my teeth
and all the while
as vampires feed
i bleed
prithee, my dear,
why are we here
nobody knows
we go to sleep
as breathing flows
my mind secedes
i bleed
there's a place
in the buried west
in a cave
with a house in it
in the clay
the holes of hands
you can place
a hand in hand
i bleed
Interesting fact of the day "Greek debt is now the worst in the world".
U need to refresh your historical knowledge...
opa opa! ellas hates america and begs for chinese intervntion. give them what they want, theyre are commie through and through.
Really? Tunnels? Expect to see helicopters on the roof. You actually think rats of this caliber are going out in a tunnel? Would be a good day for skeet shooting but I doubt any of the peasants have guns and no one can toss pitchforks that high...'Tunnel humor': Protologist is examining a patient and calls out to his nurse. A few minutes later she places a cold beer in his hand. He turns to the nurse and says "I said gimme a butt light!"...
The Greek govt is irrelevant and in fact does not exist. a corrupt govt cannot come into being without the support of a corrupt people. Indeed, it is the people of the world who are corrupt and it is they who must be overthrown.
could you hand me that Glock your holding? I'm ready....
For What_Me_Worry
This the other big problem of Greece nowadays, illegal immigration.
When in a population of 6 million active workmanship, the government imports 2 million foreigners, also promising to grant them the greek citizenship after 3 or 4 years, when these people do not speak the language, when they come from a totally different culture and environment, not compatible with the greek culture and religion, huge tenses emerge .
And here comes the dramatical reduction of the wages of the natives because of this illegal immigration.
PRACTICALLY, THIS GOVERNMENT IS BLACKMAILING THE GREEK PEOPLE HAVING AN ARMY OF FOREIGN WORKERS READY TO OCCUPY THE GREEK JOBS.
This government is HOSTILE WITH THE GREEK PEOPLE. We are talking about a "soft genocide" here.
They couldn't have hired greek workers for this job, because they would "speak" and because they are a little bit more expensive for the moment.
The typical greek mentality is why should I work if I can get an albanian to do it for peanuts. greeks are racists, i lived in athens for five years and seen em in action. im glad they are getting what they deserve!!!
greek style!!
Racists? No. They are AWARE of their ROOTS, they want to PROTECT their LANGUAGE, which is the Homerian language, spoken in this area for over 10.000 years, they want to keep their religion and their style.
Just like the people of all countries in the world.
I suggest you should research the amounts not only the Albanians, but also all other immigrants in Greece, send to their countries (before crisis)
The new Albania is built on greek money (besides other activities too...) the Albanians earned in Greece 20 years now
These are billions per year.
The Albanian workers in Greece have established a good status, they have bought homes on loans and now they're facing lots of problems.
They are also expensive, before the crisis you could not find an Albanian for less than 70 euro per day.
im greek are you? ive lived their have u? their modern greek language is comprised of turkish, i.e pastisho. i seen it i lived it they are barbaric and cruel.
alexander the greats mother was albanian and they still frown upon this fact!!!!
na pana gamthi
illiterate hybrid of the third degree
you are greek sure... lol
now just walk around the corner to see if i'm there...
you are probably a greek nazi just like them, guess what im around the corner and im waitin for ya. u fckin bigot bring it
you'll never be a Greek albane albane...
whatever turk
i knew u were a bigot, idiot! lol !!
i really dont think there is anything wrong with albanians, john belushi was one. im not a racist like u. all men are created equal and all men die equally..... u will get yours im sure
you'll get what u deserve from the grave ...
yeah when i buy greece for pennys on the dollar mofo!!!!!!
maybe ill buy your grandfathers grave pig!
you'll find your self decapitulated before you get on the plane to get there...
you'll see the grass from downunder ...
decapitulated? thats new, look who needs some schooling. you are a fool and i know your type. harmless totally harmless...
by the way, not much grass in greece only in calamata and u probably dont even know what im talkin about cause you are a fool.
hmm... you may try to see how harmful... fagot!!!
again with bigotry. we will demoralize you and all those like you. your kind has lost the battle and the war.
"we"? who are the "we"?
who sells moral for you to buy?
the only thing you may do well is to grow some grass from Kalamata... and give your mother to sell... if she hasn't anything else worth to be selled...
in the wastes of astaroth the goblin hoards prepared for battle...
Do not reply to the certified thread idiot. Let him be, thinking pastichio is a turkish word.
I love pistachios in any language.
Everyone loves pistachios in any language...
........................ Pastichio, not so much unless you have tasted it.
Is that photo in the post headline a pic of Merkels vagina?
ginas do change over time.younger they look like a half a peach with the seed out,over time they look more like a cow pile with a wagon track through them.
video of Prof. Dimitri Kazakis speaking in Syntagma Sq. (he is Prof. in Finance Studies) explaining the "GREEK ISSUE".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCje_A8lyBA&feature=player_embedded#at=77
Translation (not machine, free)
* Τhe Greek people have no other choice, than to overthrow the Second Austerity Plan - the Loan Contract - Memorandum 2, which, if applied, establishes a law also for all the other countries of the world to introduce such a Bankster Slavery. This is why the IMF and all the cooperating institutions and organizations push Greece so hard to adopt it.
* By overthrawing the Memorandum 2, the perpetuum debt circle brakes.
* The Greek Debt must be announced as AN ODIOUS DEBT
* Greece is now like the small bird in the tunnel which stops singing and dies because of lack of air, thus warning the men in the tunnel not to go further into it
(DOMINO EFFECT).
* GREECE'S HISTORY SINCE IT BECAME A STATE (AFTER THE GREEK NATIONAL REVOLUTION AGAINST OTTOMANS 1821) IS A HISTORY OF PERPETUAL DEBT AND WARS BECAUSE OF THIS PERPETUAL DEBT, ALWAYS TO FOREIGN OCCUPANTS.
* In 1964 the Debt of 1898 was paid off.
* The First Memorandum of 2010 was imposed to pay off a bond of 1984-1987.
* Only a War can destroy an economy like the Memorandum 1 destroyed the greek economy.
* The Banksters and the Corporatocracy want the "yard" but not the 11 million people living on it ...
* If Greece accepts the Memorandum 2 it will be the Somalia of Europe.
* The Germans never paid for the gold and the loan they have stolen from the Greek government during WW II.
They know it will be a matter of time before even the police will say F it and just allow the people to do what they want. Even they know that they are getting screwed on this.
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How could they have been so slothful as to let their escape tunnel fall into disrepair? Unforgivable. A politician always has an escape plan!
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Oh hell,just get a bazook and hide at the other end of the tunnel and blow their fucking asses away when the come out of it. Jesus, do we have to make everything 1000x as hard as it needs to be? It's really quit simple to waste motherfukers, it's all mental. The physical aspect of turning someone into a pile of putrid ash is the easy part.
A few good Greek engineers could divert the main Athens sewer line into the tunnel at just the right time.
Isn't that the plan? Sewage = Politician. Or am I missing something?
Back in the Nam they used to send in the "tunnel rats".
run like hell - pink floyd
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Turns out you too have reported the Greek tunnels story... check again here. Alphaville has pulled it already www.lolgreece.blogspot.com/2011/06/alphafail.html
The criminals are already showing their intents to sell the Greek people out to the bankers, Dear Greeks have your boats ready and be ready for them at the port.
Get your ropes ready for these traitors, dont show them mercy, as they are not merciful to the Greek people.
And make sure you hang that Finance capital puppet Pop Andreau, when you get the chance.
game changer as in prolonging the agony till thanksgiving.
So, while we have a country ready to be ripped part by violence and EU backlash I would ask everyone to read the childrens' version of the story. It is called "The Cookie Jar"
They all had their hands in the cookie jar. Mommy can't keep baking cookies for free, the politicians can't keep handing them out for free and the children can't keep eating them for free.
agree with taraxias above. Besides hell imposed internaly and externaly on poor greeks, there might just be a slightly bigger "challenge" imposed by NWO.
Wonder who has the biggest military budget in EU for years now?
Don't go any further... the same Greece loted by corupt politicians, banksters, GS etc!
Having in mind that Turkey tries to play hard ball, resists all external pressures well, has a heroic president & VIP position etc ...... are we going to see new bloodshed in case NWO actions loose steam in MENA?
So let me get this straight.
Greek people refuse to pay taxes
Greek people refuse to pay property taxes
Greek people refuse to pay VAT-types of taxes
Greek government parties like a hooker on Friday, expands public sector 100 fold.
Greek Government issues T-Bills and borrows abroad in perpetuity.
Goldman Sachs is involved
What part of idiots do you not understand, You are broke plain and simple
Exchange the word "greek" for "american" and you have a winner.
Hmm, to me it looks like the Greeks are already flirting with communism.
Russian aircraft carriers in the mediterranean sea, next ?
Naval incidents with NATO units in the Suez ?
Crude spiking at 200 $ ?
At some point the greek militairy is going to be involved. That could be fun.
Ah, the greek military ! They ordered german "Leopard 2" tanks and - guess what - never paid for them. They claimed there were malfunctions with the aircondition of those tanks.
Since I do work in the defense industry and DO KNOW the facts 1st hand... Guess what...
You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about! Especially when military-anything from Germany is concerned. Including the Leopards.
Sincerely, the idiot that PAID for Leopards with a 95% (!!!) structural failure rate in the turrets and main gun.
Wow ! You mean the Germans tricked the Greeks with faulty tanks ?!
(or is it sort of a stealth peace initiative by the German govt, or Turkish immigrants doin undercover sabotage in the german defense industry ?)
Do you know weather they paid for these German submarines, already ?
(hopefully, them subs aren´t "dive-only" models)
Normally I would not respond to this because it would need pages and pages to bring you to any level of knowledge necessary for intelligent conversation. Just once though...
1. I mean the Leopards we bought, PAID for and had delivered, presented some unusual traits.
First:
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1466/strv122033bk3.gif
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/1466/strv122033bk3.gif
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/4543/769345997376fa165fod3hrik2.jpg
What you are seeing is a slight design oversight in all turret armour that would guarantee anyone in there would get killed in any confrontation. This was acknowledged and fixed retroactively by the manufacturer without arguments.
2. After that, a nice trend developed (this is 2009 info so it is old already): 27 of 146 Leopardws developed CRACKS on the rings that hold the turret on the tank. This is still not resolved because it is happening in every single one of them and it is a major fault. K-M said here something like "we will look into it but in the meantime, the turrets do turn, don't they? Where is the problem?"
The problem is that shooting the main gun on a turret supported by cracked rings is a rather iffy proposition!
3. And about this gun... it seems that there is some isue with the treatment inside it that allows it to display some visible signs of corrosion! "We will look into it but it is probazbly the sub-contractor's fault, not ours".But this is Item #3 and we are way past your education.
As for the SUBMARINE (singular, NOT plural).
The major issue in the "contract" our then Minister signed was that the manufacturer got 70 of the total cost UP FRONT. Total cost for FOUR submarines. 70% as a down payment! Well, we actually have already received the ONE that is by now well known as the "troublesome one that was fixed"! I will not venture into details of the situation but you may as well look it up, it is public information.
Greece paid a DOWN PAYMENT equal to 70% of the entire contract!!!Back in 2001 !!! It is 2011 and we do have ONE of the four that were in the order. Now, what else would you like to know about "submarine payments"?
Any clever comments?
Put some Greek people to work designing and manufacturing their own weapon systems! Or buy from someone besides the Germans! Plenty of options: France, UK, US, Israel, even China might be a more reliable source than what you present regarding these German products.
Speaking of carbon copies-- we are not in a situation that is too different from previous world wars-- the only difference being of course is how the war is played. People all over the world are having to fight an enemy that have become the very government and state they find themselves in. The enemy of course is easy to spot-- like any central banker or official from an institution that seeks to perpetuate the slavery of debt and economic genocidal policies the obvious villains present themselves with their remarks, commentary, and blatant disregard for the masses.
Every man, woman, and child will have to face their enemy or otherwise succumb to the slavery of masters that seek to extract every bit of livelihood and crush any hope for a better life. Mass graves of people who have lost individual right and the abillity to pursue prosperity will be covered up with the aid of MSM and government stats that only serve to hide and distort the truth: there is no global recovery, policymakers are looking to benefit their crony capitalists circles and split the spoils of raping, pillaging and plundering the taxpayer, and perpetuating an unworthy system where winners and losers are not chosen on merit, but on how much one is willing to sell their soul.
Now even CoveringDelta have issued a correction.
http://coveringdelta.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/the-greek-government-has-h...
Perhaps ZH would like to keep up?