Pictures From A Cyprus ATM Line
For a few days, the people of Cyprus were calm, quietly and orderly accepting the unreality of the levy being imposed upon them - incredulous that it was even possible. As we reach the 4th day of bank closures, amid rolling rumors and ECB threats, it appears the people have reached a tipping point as this series of images from Cyprus ATM lines indicates - the bank-jog has arrived. When will it become a full blown sprint?
It appears the catalyst for this latest move is the ECB threat and EU concerns over the future of the two biggest insolvent banks: As AFP reports: EU calls on Cyprus to set capital controls and merge 2 biggest banks Laiki and Bank of Cyprus.
- *EU WANTS CYPRUS TO ADOPT MEASURES BEFORE BANKS RE-OPEN, ANSA
- *EU WANTS CYPRUS TO ADOPT MEASURES TO STOP DEPOSIT FLIGHT: ANSA
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it would make 'black friday' look like a tea party
I see what you did there
"I wonder what this would look like in 2013 America."
Same as it looks in Cyprus except 3 out of 5 in line will have an AR 15 or handgun, and a few will be selling t-shits that say: I trusted my fascist pig faced commie government and all I got was this stupid fucking helicopter Ben t-shirt.
We can all figure out where it goes from there when the paper stops flowing like the spice out of the ATM's...
Remember the IndyMac. The MF Global. The ........The list goes on and the people still stuff their labor in these frauds.
That would be 2 handguns and 4 spare magazines and a carry license tucked behind the driver's license. Minimum under those circumstances.
Programmers are working on the following printout as we speak:
Dear customer,
Your account has been debited by EUR 500.
Please accept this IOU in lieu of cash.
Have a nice day :)
They need some of those Gold gram ATMs over there!
This reminds me when stanford bank here in Antigua blew up. I was "working on 4 ATM's the whole night. Emtyed all of them....LOL
Would inner city nigs be as civilized?
Probably not .... they have trouble remembering their PINs !
BOSCO
"Oh, you may stray, but you'll always return to your dark master."
Or inner-city white English yobs?
I keep hoping your type will just die out; but I'm starting to fear you're some sort of ambulatory herpes and we'll be blessed with you for life.
He is absolutely correct.
I'll leave this here for your viewing pleasure. (Hope you like barnyard animals)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tV3Mpmbd0lk
Priceless .... that's when you don't pay .... I couldn't believe they didn't touch the watermelons ?
Look at all the down-arrows. Gimme a break. Do you think the riots at Walmart are called Black Friday for some other reason?
Sprint to the out house ! Check for leakage ! I couldn't wait to get this out there .... I hope it's original ! "Dear Piers Morgan ! The first amendment is your right to shoot your mouth off ! The second amendment is my right to SHOOT YOUR MOUTH OFF !" Monedas 1929 Comedy Jihad World Tour
Install an IOU machine. Comes with a free slurpy.
... and the slurpy sound comes from your wallet.
The queues look remarkably small. Despite the outrage at the weekend and the comments about the impact on southern Europe, there appear to be no reports in the press of large numbers of cash withdrawals etc.
the lines in the US would be small because NOBODY HAS ANY FUCKING $ IN THE BANK
You have to admit that the expression "bank RUN" doesn't sound very enticing. Now if they called it "bank drive-thru with free milkshake" maybe it would look nastier.
I've been doing a "Bank Walk" for the past 6 months: $200 dollars cash back for every debit transaction at my favorite grocery store. I get cash back even if I buy just one carton of milk. I slowly but surely drain all the fiat from that account.
If you're waiting in line, waiting for the ATM... after they've closed the banks.... you are way too late. They're stealing your money right now... because you are forced to keep it in fiat.
EU calls on Cyprus to set capital controls and merge 2 biggest banks Laiki and Bank of Cyprus.
Brilliant, just merge everything into TBTF! Because this time it's different...
what - did you Cypriots think the bankers were just kidding around with ya'lll????
bout time you waked the fuck up...now after you find you aint gonna get your shit back i'll b expecting to see you bust some politician/banker ass...if not .........................
NO EMPATHY.............................................................
Beep Beep through a Bullhorn: Move the excavators are coming to extract the gold...you guys keep the cash, peace!
Give it a little time, wait until the 26th when the banks still don't open. That is when the fun really starts. This is just the warm up.
In the US, they could just attach the ATM to one of Bernanke's printing presses.
I already got my crisis ATM picked out. It's at a little country gas store on a state route. Do you have your crisis ATM picked out?
Yeah, it's at the 1st Bank of Mattress.
Sealy Posturpedic Trust and Loan is the Savings Account.
The back yard branch of Under The Tomato Plant savings bank.
LONG BULLDOZERS!
Beat you to it Croesus. Great minds think alike
CAT should have a good 1st Q!
There is no real panic yet because the people still have access to thier money through ATMs and the credit cards still mostly work. Most probably believe that thier government will never allow the ECB to take 10% of thier money. As long as they can still access their account and the balance shows full, all is well. Cyprus is also a test of a faith in government. People normally don't act until it is already too late. The false faith that government will be there to save you, is pervasive around the globe.
Some might be using the opportunity to purchase a ton of things on credit, believing the banks will blow up and they won't ever have to pay back the debt. If you knew Bank of America was going to blow up next week, and you had a $30k credit limit, what would you do?
Once the ATMs run dry, you'll see some panic. Which is probably why the ECB is doing everything they can to keep the machines stocked.
I'd charger er up to the limit. Question tho will vendors keep taking CC's b cuz they can't clear the charges with the banks right now...
That's not what I was told on the MSM. They didn't show any lines.
Hey, if people were really all that upset, they wouldn't be waiting in line. They'd be throwing rocks through the bank windows.
Somethins' not right.
U R right. http://www.24hgold.com/english/news-gold-silver-savers-beware-confession...
While we were getting 0% on savings, the Russian Mafia was paying 31% yield since 2008 until, last Friday. Oh, the humanity.
You won't see the man with the plan in the basement that's getting a taste for it in the lines.
One more week of this and they'll send in the helicopters to rescue people from their roofs.
Similar to our lines outside of gunshops.
Could be a line at any Best Buy here in the USA waiting for the 3 dollar discount on the new and improved iShit device.
Could be North Koreans waiting for a bowl of rice ?
Bernanke's laying low .... he's sleeping on a cot .... in the Gold Supression War Room !
Never should have given up your guns. Lesson learned.
There are a huge number of home firearms in Cyprus, and in Greece too, typically at least a family shotgun
Perhaps about 100 million privately owned civilian European guns
Funny that Americans think they are the only ones with 'guns' ... we Europeans don't bluster about them so much, but we know it is the last resort against the Nazis and fascists, with whom we have some very valuable experience ...
Facts of gun ownership and policies in countries around the world:
http://www.gunpolicy.org/
The 300 million firearms in the USA do not seem to have prevented America from going fascist ... with 2.3 million prisoners in the US concentration camp gulag, and constant theft of assets via corrupt US courts and lawyers, and things like MF Global, Peregrine and Sentinel bank confiscations ... and now guns getting confiscated in California etc.
In fact we Europeans seem much better and effective at street demonstrations, political general strikes shutting down an entire country, and political rioting ... in the USA people fear the 20-year prison sentence for 'terra-rism' so Americans stay at home with their guns no matter how bad it gets
The problem with street demos and riots across Europe is that they're carried out by people who want more socialism, not less. Take a look at their banners, listen to them being interviewed by TV news etc.
These people blame what's happened and still happening onto "capitalism". When any thinking person with an IQ bigger than a shoe size knows darned well it isn't. It is crony capitalism-corporatism, all manipulated by statist governments and their crony corporatist banksters.