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Greek Finance Minister Gets Bullet In The Mail
Now that Europe is clearly unfixed once more, it is time to shift attention back to broke Greece where as we showed yesterday things are certainly back to the "new normal" with 24 hour strikes again on the daily agenda. And just to keep it real, Greek police reported that the new Greek Finance Minister received a care package with just two contents earlier today: a bullet and a death threat.
From Reuters:
Greece's finance minister was sent a bullet and a death threat from a group protesting home foreclosures, police officials said on Monday, in the latest incident to raise fears of growing political violence.
The package was sent by a little-known group called "Cretan Revolution", which warned the minister against any efforts to seize homes and evict homeowners, police sources said. The group sent similar letters to tax offices in Crete last week.
Yannis Stournaras, a respected economist who became finance minister in June, has angered many Greeks by championing austerity policies demanded by the European Union and International Monetary Fund as the price for bailout aid.
It was unclear as of this posting how the mainstream media will spin the particular development in Greece as favorable for the economy, and supportive of all time highs in the S&P. We will provide an update once we know the answer.
One thing we do know is that it is becoming very possible that the next time a bullet is delivered to the Greek authorities, it could well be traveling faster than just at snail mail pace.
Finally, it is time Greece took a hint from the US and banned all bullets. That would surely eliminate all such fan mail in the future.
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Ban Bullets!
/sarc
"I'm gonna send you a love letter straight from my heart. You know what a love letter is fuck? It's a bullet, from a gun. You get a love letter from me, you're fucked forever!"
<I don't think I got the quote exactly right, but y'all get the point>
Look on the bright side, at least the mail is getting delivered!
Either they have too much, having afford to buy a bullet and mail it. Or they sent their last bullet. Both are good news.
that looks like the "pristine bullet" from the JFK assassination.
When the authorities tossed out the Rule of Law they did not think through the consequences of a system based on anarchy. Either the bankers and politicians follow the same laws as us or we will make up our own.
Lucky him... Where can I get me some bullets for free?
Anarchy != Chaos
This is not Anarchy. Anarchy is rules without rulers. This is rulers without rules.
With guidance chips and steerable trajectory. Tomahwak Bullets.
These Cretan Revolution idiots are doing more harm than good. Just shut up and show actions; otherwise shut up. Pulling these stunts will get you no where and give those in power an excuse to clamp down. This reeks of teenage pranks , nothing more.
You are mistaken. It's a good move.
1) It shows the Revolution is well under way and is armed.
2) The threat of escalation is on the authorities not vice versa. The authorities can de-escalate the tensions by declaring bankruptcy and walk away from the EU and the Euro.
3) Authorities may clamp down anyway. If you're an armed revolutionist you could care less. In fact it will only sway more citizens to join the revolutionary movement.
To really make the point, it should have come with instructions on self-actualization.
I think the Greek politicians will be more "constructive" like imposing a surcharge to shiping metal objects via mail.
kill em ALL!
Wake me up when Geithner takes one between the eyes
Bite it moneyboy.
You don't mail bullets to tyrants, they will just put it in their gun.
You didn't learn to send them trick bullets that ruin their gun. Stay home!
They disarm the Greeks one bullet at a time.
"It was unclear as of this posting how the mainstream media will spin the particular development in Greece as favorable for the economy, and supportive of all time highs in the S&P. We will provide an update once we know the answer."
LMAO....ONLY on Zero Hedge. Thank you!
It's only a matter of time before the ballon goes up in Europe.
I think the "elite" will want to escape a little quicker than that. In fact the Germans haven't used balloons since Nena exploded over New Jersey.
finally...some serfs maybe be starting to get it...
next?????
Steve Mcqueen? Nevermind
In the immortal words of about 80 ZH commenters:
"Nothing will change until bullets start entering brains."
When the first one does, it will be time to hunker down.
Not just any brain.
Most people who are the problems don't have brains. Except for Bunga Bunga Berlusconi. His brains are in his pants.
Do not speak badly of Il Cavalieri. The only politician that exhibits normal human traits.
Seems the only thing that's fixed in Europe is the football!
Very droll.
Wow. Breaking my heart.
Free ammo! ;-)
Why doesn't anyone send me some free bullets...?
Hell yeah! If you get lemons make lemonade, right?
The dude should start taking MORE homes and push more austerity and then open an ammo store!
lol/ just kidding
The people of Europe have my sympathies, but why do they keep electing these thjieves and grifters?
Probably for the same reasons we keep re-electing ours.
ill send you bullets based on your age :)
The government will soon return the favor and send free bullets to the citizenry...at about 3000 fps.
What caliber? I want to buy it.
The ones pictured in the lead in looked a bit odd to me. I'm thinking maybe, .38 Super?
I doubt it. With all that austerity it was probably a 22 short
It is Europe. .177 Cal?
Dude, your avatar is epic... LOL!
nope...not a rimfire...rim would be larger and extend past casing...yet with no cf primer i'd say it's just a bad cg image
False flag mail?
Quite possibly. There is a heap of "terrorist"-related incidents (plus the obligatory propaganda) the last few weeks in Greece. Easy to get the masses scared.
One more point: The bullet came from Crete, a part of Greece where guns (legal and illegal) and weed abound. They don't pay taxes either (well, nobody does anymore, we just can't) and they have a strong sentiment of independence. As far as I know them, they wouldn't bother "sending messages". They are one of the few places in Greece where people can live and prosper without the Athens-controlled state, when it will come to that.
So, Operation Gladio has a velvet touch, too?
An excellent book summarizing Gladio and a lot more...
"Gladio, NATO's Dagger at the Heart of Europe: The Pentagon-Nazi-Mafia Terror Axis"
http://www.amazon.com/Gladio-NATOs-Dagger-Heart-Europe/dp/1615776877
The 5 Star review is well deserved, IMHO.
Debt Money Tyranny
http://www.keepandshare.com/doc/4768883/debtmoneytyranny-6-1-pdf-60k?tr=...
Talk about a sub sonic bullet...it will take forever to hit its mark through snail mail.
LOL
Beat me to it, Doc. Was going to observe that the sender will have to make the bullet move much faster than the government mail service in order to achieve the objective.
In the words of Raylon Givens, the next one might be coming faster.
It's like the postman getting off his bike and saying: "Now dodge this..."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggFKLxAQBbc
And record firearms and ammunition sales in the U.S. are not for hunting four-legged animals.
Snakes no doubt.
Well they just gave a huge boost to the Greek guns & ammo industry!
+1 for nick + avatar. Very fitting.
And people wonder why the state never seems to shrink ? Political minarchism is literal suicide.
The only difference when this eventually happens in the US -
The note will be signed "Cretin Revolution".
"The price tags on the things I need are getting bigger by the day. I got a bullet with a name on it, bullet with a name." - Nonpoint, 2005
I dont understand why in greece they dont just go kill the dictators / bankers.
They are outnumbered and out-gunned by the citizens 10 fold.
My grandma sleeps with 3 shotguns under her bed, all the greeks are armed to the teeth from when the nazi snow monkeys tried to invade.
world police.
You're not supposed to send them (threat and bullet) at the same time.
In Chicago, he would have only recieved the envelope. sometime next year. Maybe.
Indeed. If you're a Greek Finance Minister, the threatening letter is unnecessary.
He should be happy it wasn't a bullet in his ass.
Damn Greeks can't get anything right. They are supposed to put the round in the gun to send it to him.
Assassination attempt from an insider during this time of austerity.
The actual weapon is on layaway, and arrives in a couple weeks.
Also interesting were the following pictures released by the Greek police today:
"
SYRIZA and Democratic Left issued statements expressing concern about the possibility the alleged bank robbers had been tortured after the police released photos of the suspects which showed them with heavy bruises.
Some of the photos also appeared to have been doctored to disguise injuries to the suspects, two of whom have been linked to the Conspiracy of the Cells of Fire urban guerrilla group."
http://www.ekathimerini.com/4dcgi/_w_articles_wsite1_1_04/02/2013_481961
and for a better look at the pictures:
http://tablet.ethnos.gr/article.asp?catid=24041&subid=2&pubid=63776643#
(just scroll down a bit).
Now whoever is in charge of the Photoshop department at the Greek police station should maybe consider hiring Banzai in the future.
Bullet in the mail is so 19th century. There is no military-grade US manufactured anthrax to go around?
Besides, we could then kill Osama bin-Laden for the 3rd time. Or would that be the 4th time?
He didn't work at nor have any contacts working inside Ft. Detrick......
and the mailer wasn't trying to put a point on getting the Patriot Act approved there.....
A string of dead bankers throughout the world will be the first sign of a true recovery in the making. Anything less will be mere window dressing.
Not to nitpick, but a bullet, in and of itself is useless and I highly doubt a bullet, solely, was sent in the mail... rather, what was sent in the mail and what is placed into firearms is a cartridge, which is the unification of a case/shell, primer, propellant, and bullet. The bullet is only a component of a cartridge.
It's fitting, because a Greek Finance Minister, in and of itself, is also useless.
Oh! CreTAN not Cretin.....I read that wrong.
.32acp no doubt. It worked for Mr. Bond.
Better a bullet in the mail than one in the head.
Cretin Revolution? How apt.
Also a great name for a band.
I say the story is BS. Politicians and leftist always claim death threats and it is always a lie.
Cretin Hop - The Ramones
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ymeuOz0hZU
There's no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin'
You gotta keep it beatin'
For all the hoppin' cretins
Cretin! Cretin!
I'm gonna go for a whirl with my cretin girl
My feet won't stop
Doin' the Cretin Hop
Cretin! Cretin!
1, 2, 3, 4,
Cretins wanna hop some more!
4, 5, 6, 7,
All good cretins go to heaven!
There's no stoppin' the cretins from hoppin'
You gotta keep it beatin'
For all the hoppin' cretins
Cretin! Cretin!
I'm gonna go for a whirl with my cretin girl
My feet won't stop
Doin' the Cretin Hop
Cretin! Cretin!
1, 2, 3, 4,
Cretins wanna hop some more!
4, 5, 6, 7,
All good cretins go to heaven!
better a bullet in the mail than a horse head in the bed
Spent the first week of 79' on Crete. Went to the student hostel in Agios Nikolaos and after scanning the town moved to a 1st. class hotel for the same price. Didn't figure it out til dinner time.
On afternoon walk on the harbor we found an amazing restaurant, closed and still destroyed from the New Year’s blow-out three days previous. Empty bottles, carcasses, glasses & plates everywhere!
Just for kicks returned at 7PM and the place was immaculate, the matre d' slightly hung-over and the food out-of-this-world!!!!
Matre d' told us Greeks charge the moon for the party, but drop to reality the next day.
I bet on the Greeks when it comes to them vs. anyone who tries to tell them what to do, much less force them to do it.
Time to go back there and drop some serious coin.
Regards,
PFO
We shouldn't murder any of them, we should arrest them, "shake" them to make them cough all their dirty secrets (we need to udnerstand how that rotten really worked) then we should trial them and hang them.
Why do you think Greeks are forbidden by law to carry any kind of weapon including,and i'm serious about this,a bow and arrow even for traditional hunting.Imagine if the people suddenly pointed their guns,collectively, against the corrupt goverment.I'm sure things would be very different in Greece.
This is why the people must be allowed to bear arms: To protect their dignity,family and above all else their country from internal as well as external threats.Do you know that in Greece if someone breaks into your home and by reacting you injure him,he can sue you?.Don't let them take away your constitutional rights.If people are responsible enough to vote they are responsible enough to bear arms.I live in Greece and let me tell you,this bullet made my day.
Don't lose your time threatening banksters & politicians.
Directly HANG THEM.