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Greece Begins The Great Pivot Toward Russia
Ten days ago, before the smashing success of Greece's anti-austerity party, Syriza, we noted that Russia gave Greece a modest proposal: turn your back on Europe, whom you despise so much anyway, and we will assist your farmers by lifting the food import ban.
And, sure enough, Greece's new premier Tsipras did hint with his initial actions that Greece may indeed pivot quite aggressively away from Europe and toward Russia in general and the Eurasian Economic Union in particular (as a tangent recall "Russia's "Startling" Proposal To Europe: Dump The US, Join The Eurasian Economic Union").
Some recent examples of this dramatic shift in perspective were the following:
Tsipras's first meeting with a foreign ambassador since being elected Greek PM was with Russia's Andrey Maslov #Greece #ekloges2015
— Nick Malkoutzis (@NickMalkoutzis) January 26, 2015
First act as PM, #Tsipras visits Kaisariani rifle range where Nazis executed 200 Greeks on 1 May 1944 v/@dgatopoulos pic.twitter.com/a4CeNgsw66
— Damian Mac Con Uladh (@damomac) January 26, 2015
Today we got further evidence that Tsipras will substantially realign his country's national interest away from the west and toward... the east.
First, as Reuters reported, today the new premier halted the "blue light special" liquidation of Greece to those highest bidders who have the closest access to various printing presses and stopped the privatization of Greece's biggest port on Tuesday, "signaling he aims to stick to election pledges despite warning shots from the euro zone and financial markets."
One of the first decisions announced by the new government was stopping the planned sale of a 67 percent stake in the Piraeus Port Authority, agreed under its international bailout deal for which China's Cosco Group and four other suitors had been shortlisted.
"The Cosco deal will be reviewed to the benefit of the Greek people," Thodoris Dritsas, the deputy minister in charge of the shipping portfolio, told Reuters.
Europe, for one, will be most displeased that Greece has decided to put its people first in the chain of priority over offshore bidders of Greek assets. Most displeased, especially since the liquidation sale of Greece is part of the Greek bailout agreement: an agreement which as the Troika has repeatedly stated, is not up for renegotiation.
Syriza had announced before the election it would halt the sale of state assets, a plank of the 240 billion-euro bailout agreement. Stakes in the port of Thessaloniki, the country's second biggest, along with railway operator Trainose and rolling stock operator ROSCO are also slated to be sold.
And it wasn't just this open act of defiance that marked the new government's anti-European agenda:
In a separate step, the deputy minister in charge of administrative reform, George Katrougkalos said the government would reverse some layoffs of public sector workers, rolling back another key bailout measure. "It will be one of the first pieces of legislation that I will bring in as a minister," he told Mega TV.
The Germans were not happy: A German central banker warned of dire problems should the new government call the country's aid program into question, jeopardizing funding for the banks. "That would have fatal consequences for Greece’s financial system. Greek banks would then lose their access to central bank money," Bundesbank board member Joachim Nagel told Handelsblatt newspaper.
Well, maybe.... Unless of course Greece finds a new, alternative source of funding, one that has nothing to do with the establishmentarian IMF, whose "bailouts" are merely a smokescreen to implement pro-western policies and to allow the rapid liquidation of any "bailed out" society.
An alternative such as the BRIC Bank for example. Recall that the "BRICS Announce $100 Billion Reserve To Bypass Fed, Developed World Central Banks."
And yes, the BRIC are going through their own share of pain right now as a result of plunging crude prices, but remember: crude is only low as long as the US shale sector is still vibrant. Once this marginal producer of crude with a $80 cost-breakeven is out of the picture, watch as Saudi Arabia tightens the spigots and Crude surges to $100, $150 or more. The question is whether Saudi FX reserves can outlast the Fed's ZIRP, which is the only reason - think idiots junk bond investors desperate for any ounce of yield - why the bulk of unprofitable and cash flow-bleeding US shale can still operate with WTI at $45.
Which naturally means that now Russia (and China) are set to become critical allies for Greece, which would immediately explain the logical pivot toward Moscow.
But wait, there's more.
As Bloomberg further reports, "Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias is due in Brussels on Thursday to discuss possible additional sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine. Before the cabinet even meets for the first time tomorrow, the Greek government said that it disagreed with an EU statement in which President Donald Tusk raised the prospect of “further restrictive measures” on Russia."
The punchline:
In recent months, Kotzias wrote on Twitter that sanctions against Russia weren’t in Greece’s interests. He said in a blog that a new foreign policy for Greece should be focused on stopping the ongoing transformation of the EU “into an idiosyncratic empire, under the rule of Germany.”
And when it comes to the natural adversary of any German imperial ambitions in recent history, Europe has been able to produce only one answer...
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And here we all thought the Greeks were lazy - they certainly beat Spain or Italy to it.
Of course, we've all been humiliated by Iceland.
And for good reason besides historical ties. NATO, the NWO, the Fed, Soros, Bank of England, ECB, etc. are getting their asses kicked:
01.27 Debaltseve Salient & Donbas War Update: Pro-Russian Forces Intensify the Siege (Video)
...Cuba becomes the next American State.
...Canada becomes the next American State.
Which one happens first?
Not a shocker. I asked this the other day on another thread when I brought up the aspect of Russia and China possibly moving in to protect Greece via the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
READ THIS ARTICLE:
http://thewealthwatchman.com/united-eurasia-pt-2-the-powerful-organization-that-no-ones-talking-about/
Will Russia and China extend protection to Greece? They may try to bring them into the BRICS and the Shanghai Cooperation Oranization as an "obersever" country. This might be a huge "coupe" for the SCO/BRICS.
Just you watch, wait and see. Ya never fucking know at this point. Anything is fucking possible now. It's seriously game on now that there's a massive move world-wide to extricate itself from King Petro-Dollar.
Who will win the Currency Wars???
I think phyzz stackers will always win in the end. As long as they also stack guns, ammo and other essential supplies. :-)
Greece will be offered Ruble/Yuan swap with Drachma.
Well..
“sanctions against Russia weren’t in Greece’s interests”
..or in Spain’s interests
..or in Italy’s interests
..or in Hungary’s interests
..or in Romania’s interests
..or in Bulgaria’s interests
etc.. etc.. etc..
That new Russian warm water port on the Black sea is going to come in real handy when EU/NATO attempt to isolate Greece by closing it's road access to europe...
New..
Since before Catherine the Great. :-)
Ever since 'Operation Gladio', Greece has been in the sway of the totalitarian/soft socialist manipulators (NAME the poison of your choosing; including the 'multinational corporatist banks').
Here's the South Koreans in a classic clip giving themselves to the bankster interests that held the MOST sway (back in 2006):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfAtqCTs39A
The Greeks simply want MOAR FREE SHIT (in the form of totalitarian socialist mafia welfare cradle-to-grave benefits; or ELSE)
Obama (may PEAS be upon His name) isn't delivering any more, so Vlad (the 'impaler') is the NEXT BEST CHOICE.
One country. One leader. One WORLD! ANYTHING to keep the WELFARE PAYMENTS flowing!
'Sing me a song; you're a singer... (aren't you?)':
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUjUIP2ugG4
Yeah. THIS fact will get a RISE out of the ZH community!
The Fed, IMF, Bankers who loaned Greece the entitlement money don't work for their free stuff either. So I can't side with one freeloader over another. Neither side works for what they have. At least the Greeek farmers want to work and trade goods.
y3,
uncertain about Cuba yet...but,
US-Canada may yet have something "bigger?" hidden.
Check out the clock in the parliament tower on CAD20 bill (use a magnifier)
Greece = Cuba
Tsipras= Castro
How did I know???
Bra ha ha ha !!!
I am Fidel Castro and we have come to liberate Cuba.
Fidel Castro
If you believe in justice, if you believe in democracy, if you believe in people's rights, if you believe in the harmony of all humankind - then you have no choice but to back Fidel Castro as long as it takes!
Harry Belafonte
Fuck castro and his tyranny.
How ironic I have a rack grade Greek return M1 Garand that probably shot a bunch of communists in it's lifetime. Just sayin.
Oh and a big pile of greek surplus 30-06 and Korean surplus 30-06 that had been destined for commies and didn't quite make it.
What ever the greeks want to do is their business.
Grimaldus
Yes they want to trade, they just don't want to pay their taxes which is why the government is broke in the first place.
which came 1st?
The tax dodger or the .gov worth dodging?
The true question is: How you can not be a tax dodger in a socialist paradise !?
Maybe the Greek government should lower its tax rates along with the number of things it chooses to tax, thereby bringing its books into balance.
I know, I know, thats some real never before heard of out-of-the-box thinking right there ;-)
nmewn, excellent thinking out of the box. though nearly all Eastern European countries - including Russia - had the same idea. a low, flat tax
and... it works. to put it more simply, they did not want the waste inherent in the effort of building up a huge, complicated tax code. they did not think they would be able to afford this kind of waste
Must watch indeed. The US-led coup in Ukraine was cooked up for years with the help of US embassy and already in 2013 some people knew about this and knew that 'civil war' was also prepared.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1422327029&v=y9hOl8TuBUM&x-yt-cl=8...
My thoughts on government and taxation have never changed, if a society chooses to have these things, they should be small so they don't become an impediment to that society. It needs to be simple, uncomplicated, as complexity breeds the desire to avoid it on the one hand (the people) and buffer/mitigate the damage created by its intricacies (the state) on the other.
I guess its why people don't understand me when I say "I offer you tax credits!" mocking our Dear Leader here.
Its not that I want people to pay more, its that the state should have never had it to begin with and is now offering it back to you if you do X like a good little serf.
You have to admit it's a hell of a scam to pull off. The 'conditional' payments of the people's own money. Who let them get away with this carnival of horror?
I'm going with The Citizen's Committee for Naps and Recreation.
I never blame a thief for thieving. It's what he does. It's his job. Our job is to chop a few hands off so the word goes around and, in that respect, we have pretty much screwed the pooch.
Hand-chopping is overrated and frankly rather dangerous with the kicking and screaming and all.
I'm sticking with feet-first into the woodchipper. Slow enough that even the woodchipper feels bad about it.
+1 for the Flat Tax.
Progressive taxes will always lead to massive tax evasion, then middle class get crushed with higher rate since the wealthy flee away.
And will not be different in the Greek case.
In fact tax should be capped by constitution.
I'm astonished that no constitution in the world doesn't have a maximum rate in them (that would be real progress here), always vague terms like: "the government can take tax proportional to the living condition of the citizen."
Who define that "living condition". What's your fair share tax ? Who decide that ?
greece, could bring back secret bank accounts, which by law could not be reported to any taxing agency of other nations. make it rock solid, pay real rates of interest not our current zirp in the west.
give citizen status to those wealthy enough to provide x amount of assets and provide low taxation of these funds.
the swiss have plenty of expirenced bankers with little to do lately. to lend a hand.
if you are going to piss on the EU why not piss on IRS and go for it?
Greece think big.
You REALLY DON'T have ANY idea what you are talkin' 'bout and you re mixing your terms so bad, it's embarrassing. Greece has had at least 3 military coups from 1940s to 1980s when it was about to turn left; the military stepped in each time and prevented that to happen. Last time was in the mid 1960s.I know it cuz my mother was there and witnessed the riots in the early 1970s first hand.
Totalitarian has nothing to do with the real communist/socialist.
Exactly the same thing happened in Chile with Aliende and it happened over and over in Italy. Aldo Moro was assassinated in Italy in mid 1970s when he wanted to include the Communist party in the coalition.
Zero,
I’m sure YOU know that warm water port is not new, but most American plebes think Russia invaded Crimea and conquered Sevastopol just this last March.
Well it is newly reacquired by Russia....if acquired is the proper term.
Possession is 9/10 of the law..
They only didn't have it in custom after Khrushchev (Uke native) handed it over for administration to the Soviet State of Ukraine in 1956.
They did not get it back officially after the USSR dissolved, but Russia has always had it and ended up making lease payments until the US and Uke Nazis took over in Kiev.
In the confusion after the coup, the Crimean’s seized the moment and seceded (most certainly with a little help from the north).. Russia seized the moment and annexed Crimea.
Victoria Nuland and US State ended up with you know what on their face because one of the objectives of State was to deny Russia ita historical warm water port.
How F'n arrogant and clueless is that?
The US/State and Kiev Nazis won't get Crimea, Sevastopol or Donbass, but they do have a nice genocide and ethnic cleansing attempt on their report card and they will get even more so embarrassed.
BTW..
The Crimeans had their civic structure and pensions etc picked up by Russia.
Western Ukraine.. they are with the EU/US and are therefore screwed.
Eastern Ukraine,, well, if they succeed in their quest for self-determination and freedom from the tyranny and oppression of Kiev and their western sponsors, at least they have hope to rebuild their shattered homeland.
It will be difficult since the industrial base was obsolete to begin with but still better than the rest of the country. Plus they have gas.
If they (and we) are still around in 10 years, they will have the best, most modern infrastructure..
And somehow I don’t believe US contractors will have many business opportunities in the rebuilding.
Manthong
A pro-Ukrainian piece on the Crimea. Would be grateful for your comments.
http://www.rferl.org/contentlive/liveblog/26805126.html?liveshare=52559
Geez.. I have no dog in this hunt except for a desire for truth.
Read and heed..
http://www.globalresearch.ca/ukraine-the-corporate-annexation-for-cargill-chevron-monsanto-its-a-gold-mine-of-profits/5375170
http://www.thewire.com/global/2014/06/its-totally-normal-that-joe-bidens-son-works-for-a-ukrainian-energy-company/372385/
oh.. and I see much p.u. in that link.
And just a bit more to consider..
The west will never take Eastern Ukraine.
The stakes are way too high and it will not be allowed.
Maybe it’s a Stalingrad thing.
Manthong
I'm not going to hide my views on Ukraine, Putin or Crimea and I would
of wished that Ukraine could of stood on its own feet without the West or
East interfering. A bit difficult if you are a large 'Buffer' zone with a warm
sea port with the Russian navy in place. Disagree with your point of Crimea always
being Russian prior to the 1917 revolution, ask the Tatar and Ukrainian population
there at present whether they consider themselves russian.
I also hanker for the truth, that at least is something we can agree on.
I guess you could argue with Catherine the Great who placed Crimea firmly in the hands of Russia in 1783.
Lets just hope you don't meet up with her too soon.
Could you imagine Catherine the Great in the same room with Nuland? She would shoot Vicky out of a cannon.
Cage match..
She's have Noodleman for breakfast and Hillary for lunch.
Is that a threat Shovel ?
Agree with manthong. Russia invading Crimea is like seeing a headline tomorrow of "US INVADES CUBA AND OCCUPIES GITMO". Crimea like Gitmo is under lease from Ukraine. American media thinks all Americans can be fooled. Unfortunately, there atre still too many fall for the bullshit. We thinking who understand history are doomed
..please keep in mind that Crimea was Russian even before JP Morgan and Jacob Schiff funded the Communist revolution.
read and heed... another fang of the Creature From Jekyll Island
"Greece Begins The Great Pivot Toward Russia"
"Greece Begins the Great Pivot away from ZWO Global Financial Oligarchy Enslavement"
Fixed
Turkey, being the blood-soaked whore that she is, will play a great role in that drama.
Look for her to back-stab Russia, followed by Russian missiles lighting up the turkish night.
Improbable but not entirely impossible.
Turkey, being the blood-soaked whore that she is
They're all blood-soaked whores.
That new Russian warm water port on the Black sea is going to come in real handy when EU/NATO attempt to isolate Greece by closing it's road access to europe
stop drinking you speak too much shit per minute, idiot...
you think EU will let a member go out to open gates of the 10-20 separatists movement all over europ ? you fucking morron.
this never gonna happen, and not a single country in eu is allow to make any deal with another block without EU consent.... greece is just a fart in the theater.
if they yell too much, no money, in the 30 days they are in insolvency, you understand nothing to nothing.
russia embargo over europ for agricultural goods INCLUDE GREECE, you stupid...
if they leave EU then it's possible .
It means europeans are sending mercenaries with EU consent in Ukraine ?
Who are you calling stupid, stupid?
Remember when Russia stated around januari 16 (not two weeks ago) they would lift their embargo on Hellenic agricultural products if Greece would leave the EU? Guess you don't.
In other news: never say never. I know there are many sides and players to this particular story but the ones performing the heist sure as hell have not had their way yet apart from a little fleecing here and there and the snatching of some prime real estate while at the moment there is at least a chance they won't ever succeed.
The Troika is threatening to cut the access to fresh loans (ie funding) while pushing Russia out of Swift. This is resulting in competing western and BRIC financial systems in which case the stick used to punish entities that do not comply with the Troika's wishes suddenly changes into a harmless little twig.
There will be two (funding) carrots being dangled and one of them does not entail giving your shirt to the oppressor. Guess which one will look like a wise choice.
The EU has nothing but big scary words, they won't be able to get way with going to war in Europe proper.
Hmmm. I wonder. Greece is a giant socialist clusterfuck. I imagine Russia would like to resume trade with them - they grow nice food - but bail them out?
If Greece were to quit the EU in favour of of Russia, now that their banks are part of the EZ it would be chaos.
I suspect most of this is posturing by Tsiparas to secure a better deal from the eurocrats. And Russia is making these offers to stir up division in Europe, which has become a Vichy regime for the US thanks to the Angloquisling Eurocrats.
If the Troika won't bend, then it'll be game on; if Greece were to resurrect the drachma, it could then exit the EU (relatively) easily.
Interesting times for those of us who are paying attention.
Joining Russia would be financially smart and culturally compatible. The sooner the better before the EU/NATO/IMF etc., weenies decide their next move.
Peak Soviet.
Run to mommy because daddy scolded you?
During the cold war there was a lot of wooing going on. As the world shifted to a uni-polar structure that vanished. It is now relevant once again.
They appear to be wooing Greece and I am not certain what that will entail. Naturally Tsipras thinks he can sit on the fence and use it as a bargaining chip. Although he may receive cheers from the masses, it is subjugation either way.
Where does this culturally compatible bit come from? The fact that they are both Orthodox Christians? That is overly simplistic.
Excepting that Syriza want to separate the Church and State, want to tax Orthodox Church properties, their leader is a convinced Atheist, want to implant pro-gay and pro-feminist laws, full immigration, open border to any guys who come here. Full of liberal progressive shit. In this sense Syriza is perfectly compatble with European Troika "values".
Syrisa is the most Christianophobic party that Greece ever has !
Praised by Western media (while Golden Dawn was constantly demonised).
I wouldn't be surprised that Syriza is controlled opposition !
Russia and Syriza aren't so compatible (they may have geo-strategic interest, but culturally they are diametrically opposed.)
I would want to see ZH pointing out those dissonances.
excellent points on those dissonances, though note that the coalition member party they picked is quite against full immigration and open borders
so when it comes to immigration, I presume they will find a compromise on being tough at the borders and lenient and integrating inside them
/
Sorry. I'm trying to respond to the previous comment and it keeps getting placed here.
@edotaban, the Russians adopted the Greek religion and Cyrillic language a thousand years ago, making them naturally familiar. Over the years the NWO/EU has done everything possible to turn Russians into Soviets and Europeans into socialists because they recognized the power of cultural cohesion, and still do. How much of that remains is anyone's guess, but there is enough for the populations who are sick of being treated like galley slaves.
@GSBB, what choice did the Greeks have? These people are watching everything they have ever known disintegrate, who else could they elect? They are in siege mentality--food clothing shelter defense. Priories change as threats increase, and they saw him as the answer. As for him, maybe he is a rabid atheist but he never got where he did without NWO/EU approval anyway, maybe he served a purpose.
It remains to be seen what happens if/when Greece aligns with Russia, and expect the NWO to pull out the checkbooks to control/plant anyone they need if they intend to rope in the escaped prisoners. The Russians have figured out the scam so they can alert the Greeks to the traps.
So many things wrong with this paragraph. Retarded.
A succint and methodical rebuttal. Most impressive.
I agree. I think a swap is coming ...soon too
Jan 28 (Reuters) - China's yuan broke into the top five as a world payment currency in November, overtaking the Canadian dollar and the Australian dollar, global transaction services organisation SWIFT said on Wednesday. After nearly a year firmly positioned at seventh spot, the yuan reached a record high share of 2.17 percent in global payments by value and is in sight of the Japanese yen, which has a share of 2.69 percent. The U.S. dollar, euro and British pound remain the top three world payment currencies.
"It is a great testimony to the internationalisation of the RMB and confirms its transition from an 'emerging' to a 'business as usual' payment currency," Wim Raymaekers, Head of Banking Markets at SWIFT said in a statement. The rise of various offshore yuan clearing centres around the world, including eight new agreements signed with the People's Bank of China last year, was an important driver fuelling this growth. Global yuan payments increased by 20.3 percent in value in December compared to a year earlier, while the growth for payments across all currencies was 14.9 percent for the same period, SWIFT said."
Amazing. Thank you. Just caught a chill. Feels so close now.
Reset = Melt-in.
Bet
Greece melts-in...defaults on all Euro debt...and then squeezes out to Russia, China, and Turkey.
Then Turkey and Greece become a warm port natty hub to Italy and Europe, probably put up some LNG terminals built by China and Italy.
Cyprus falls completely under Turkish/Russian rule.
Interesting, and sad times.
RISKTM on.
fells so close with only 2% ? lol.....
pathetic
I agree. People are desperate for ZATO to fall and are putting far too much weight on trivialities.
I'm sure ZATO will fall. But we're a ways off yet.
this shit is getting sooooooooo good.......
maybe there is a God afterall...
and as always - DEATH TO THE MONEYCHANGERS.
Yes, there is a God, yet I am not so sure you are ready to meet Him.
thanks for ur prayers...
now move on...
. . . . and you are ???????
Fuck I would laugh if god turned out to be a giant lobster or dust mite or something equally unpalatable to the human eye.
Fuck would I laugh as I was burning in hell.
How can you say things like that BringOnTheAsteroid . . . . don't you know if you say things it increases their chances of happening.
THE GREAT INVISIBLE GREY BEARDED SKYMAN.
Just keep repeating that to yourself until it sinks in just how absurd it is.
obviously he's an apostle...
Just think how absurd it is to criticize someone for claiming to know something that is unprovable while taking the opposite stance which is just as unprovable as the opposite position.
Plus, you were a real dick about it.
It is called faith because you have to believe in something you cannot prove. You believe in, apparently, nothing. Other than faith in nothing, there really isn't much to your point.
Belief is fine when kept to oneself, perfectly fine. God botherers have this horrible propensity to keep talking about their invisible fairy in the sky while passing judgement on others. Been going on for centuries. Eventually one just gets a bit pissed off and has a rant about it.
The words "I believe" can be followed by an infinite number of words so long as the result is grammatically correct. The fact that human civilisation has had the concept of invisible fairies could just mean we're collectively still a bit stupid..
Come on, a benevolent God. Have you witnessed the suffering in this world. Did it occur to you how callous the food chain is. I could do a better job at making a world than the great invisible skyman. How about nothing with a central nervous system gets eaten alive.
God, pppffftttt.
All evil is Satan's fault! Or man's. And animals don't feel pain like we do, so it's ok to eat them. Yum!
If there is a God He sure does move in mysterious ways. But let's worship him anyways! And let's imagine Him to be exactly as described by the collection of racist sociopaths and schizophrenics detailed in the Old Testament.
Phew, I thought you were being serious for a moment.
Well, if we were made in God's image, then there would be no chance of a giant lobster or dust mite being God.
And the GREAT INVISIBLE GREY BEARDED SKYMAN isn't an absurd notion by any means. Thousands of cultures believe in invisible gods. Atheism is a relative newcomer to the scene of human existence in comparison...which is why it seems like it always has to remind people that it exists. That reminds me of a joke:
A vegan, an atheist, and a crossfitter walk into a bar. How do I know? They all told me within 2 minutes what they were.
A vegan, an atheist, and a crossfitter walk into a bar. How do I know? They all told me within 2 minutes what they were.
A Rabbi, a Muslim Prophet, and a Christian fundamentalist walk into a bar. The bartender looks with some trepidation as the Christian takes the wrappings off of his fellow travelers and hangs them up by the door. The Jew and the Muslim help each other to the bar; obviously inebriated themselves, as the Christian smiles and helps them both saddle up to the stools.
Bewildered, the bartender says, 'What'll it be, gentlemen?'
The Rabbi speaks up first, saying 'I'm buying the FIRST ROUND!'
The bartender looks at them all, his mind in a haze.
He exclaims, "What is this, some kind of JOKE?"
WTF is a 'crossfitter'? Is this like a person who sells ladies' garments to a 'crossdresser' (and makes fiat currency by "performing this service")?
A muslim, a socialist, and a communist walk into a bar. The bartender says, "What'll it be, Mr. President?"
(My apologies but when you guys started the congo line I had to join up.)
Thanks, Renfield... Now I can ROFLMAO, literally.
Obama isn't "muslim", "socialist", or "communist".
Obama is an Obamaist. He worships at his own shrine.
obuma is a construct of media and security state. it is obvious he has nothing to ground him. they wined him up and he follows the days programing. he is not the man behind the curtain, he is a manchurian candidate .
approaching the sale by date
Made in gods image. That;s just bloody silly. Did it occur to you that a stupid human being came up with that little gem because he had a bit a problem with EGO?
Come on, enough with the invisible fairies. Believe what you will in the realms of the internal universe of your mind but it's best to keep these fantasies private. It's slowly all unravelling, the big story is getting found out for what it is. Just watch this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cf1QNUO4wg. It's sort of all you need to know about the GREAT GREY BEARDED INVISIBLE SKYMAN. It's all made up. Story heaped upon story heaped upon story. Our modern version of the dreamtime is every bit as absurd as the Australian aborigine's dreamtime stories, theirs is just backed up a few thousand years earlier and relegated by US to fables and mythology. Just as the Jesus and Mohammed centuries will be looked upon by our descendents as pretty dumb fables amd mythology.
It's harsh to adjust to the reality of such a gigantic deception, harder still because it undermines our very ego, our very intelligence. How could we have bee so gullible. How could we adult human beings believed such utter tripe. Not only believed it but defended it with absolute passion.
Reality can be a stinging slap in the face on a bitterly cold day.
Really?
So prove it...Shouldn't be hard to do.
Hehe.
Infantile response
There is God. Lloyd Blankfein told us so.
Praise the Lloyd!
GS the God of FinanceTM for 100 years, since Jekyll Island. Dey praise da fiat!
* the height of oxymoronic thought *
Keynesianism is a disease...ZH is the cure.
It's getting very intense lately
Continual vilification of Putin on MSM 24/7... like Saddam in Iraq... Gadaffi in Lybia... Assad in Syria.
Now Hillary says Putin is Hitler yet Kerry insisted Assad is Hitler dispite the fact they already killed Hitler when they executed Saddam who everyone who watched MSM knew was the real Hitler.
Now we are providing lethal aid, training and mercenaries apparently to a country whose PM claims Russia attacked Ukraine and Germany in WW2.
There is going to be war.
MIC's gotta have a massive boner - they love this shit.
Problem is, thermonuclear warheads have a tendency to diminish the capacity of MIC factories to produce things on a permanent basis.
CVN 74 sail soon?
You should catch the Frontline profile of Putin playing on PBS. They paint Putin nearly as badly as Saddam when WE have people like Soros, Rothchild, and PeacePrize in the west.
I didn't miss that propaganda piece.
What was hilarious was that they attributed the Chechen attacks on the Russian apartment buildings to a FSB false flag operation (which it probably was) because it was disclosed that they were running a terrorist attack training exercise at the same time. I agree... no such thing as a coincidences
PBS never mentioned the same 'training' exercises that were happening on 9/11 and on 7/7 in London.
That's the thing, Putin was in the KGB, which means that he was probably balls deep into some dirty shit. Finding hard evidence of that may be kind of difficult, but none the less, the KGB was the KGB. That makes the fact that the US is resorting to pure propaganda while, in light of what we know, Putin is acting rationally even more frustrating. Just fucking tell me the truth, I can handle it. Otherwise, I go searching for every tidbit of information I can, and then fill in the gaps as best as I can. Right now, based on what I know, Putin is not the aggressor in Ukraine. The US is. To the State Dept: If there is some back story that would justify your heinous actions, just fucking tell us. Quote "National Security," and I'll say "Fuck you, you've lied to us too goddamned many times."
In the end, the State Dept is probably lying to us. Again. If we go to war with Russia, just know that you're getting nuked for a fucking lie, BITCHEZ!
"Balls deep" is right. He actually knocked on the KGB's door and tried to apply at age 16-17. Very few, if any, would do that and I'm not mentioning it as a positive.
The liars are way passed starting to believe their lies. They have based their facts on countless layers of lies and that's impossible to unwind. The lie is about 800 levels deep at this point. That's why I have a few core beliefs and largely ignore the rest unless it is virtually indisputable.
Don't forget the nearby training exercise during the Sandy Hook deal. Maybe the coincident nature of false flags with nearby training exercses is so the media is already mobilized and vetted (at planned training exercise) ready to quickly be deployed to nearby catastrophy (false flag event).
Petroleum Broadcasting System.
Soros (the kind hearted philantropist - ahem) is probably a big donor for PBS. They'll never criticise him or other j-mafia members/minions.
There is already global war. Information war, trade war, propaganda war, and limited kinetic war. The only thing missing is all out kinetic war.... and the big players know that if they shift to that ... then it is MAD ... Mutual Assured Destruction for the benefit of young readers who may not be familiar with the term.
BTW... I come from a long line of pedigree chickens.
I come from a short line of apathy. I don't give a rat's behind anymore.
If (and it won't) this comes to a nuclear exchange, be very close or very far.
No worries. General Buck Turgidson and all the neocons in the State Department are confident a nuclear war is winnable if we strike first.
I'd like to be collecting Hitler's residuals.
"Want to compare someone with Hitler?
Talk to my agent."
Misleading question, since Canada IS already (for all practical purposes) an American state ...
...which IS already a Chinese state if you're honest...
I'm Canadian....
Fuck!
Ukrainian-Canadian ?
Mexico first.......
Can you be more american that americans? We're now the world's biggest ally of isreal. Period. Our troops are in closer contact with ISIL that all other NATO countries. What's next? Canadian troops doing commando raids into DPRK?
What's next is Canadian federal elections, in October this year. If that doesn't work, there's always a Donbass available for all the Canucks holding an unbearable death wish...
America is an 'ally' of Israel. Israel is not an 'ally' of America. IS 'ally' the right word?
There is a Specail Law that says that the YOU ASS-A can invade Canada any old time it pleases, and they cant do a thing about it
They can temporarily take the Windsor to Montreal corridor, the Niagara Peninsula, the St. Lawrence river and a few ports on either coast. They will never take the Canadian Shield!!!
Texas becomes the next Mexican state.
Texas blows
I'm not sure what to think about Texas anymore. I used to think of it as the last bastion of freedom in the US, but literally about 50% of the time I have driven through Texas I have been stopped and harrassed by interdiction teams. That doesn't happen in a bastion of freedom...
Cuba. China already owns 1/3 of Canada
As a Canadian, I am thinking of retiring in Cuba
live large on five hun a mo.
@y3maxx:
I see the US being Balkanized before EITHER of those occurances.
CUba is already a Chinese outpost in the Carribeans, that is the only reason why Obama is moving.
Are they kidding? who the hell do Greece think they are? Russia? those guys need a bailout bigger more than Greece. What is wrong with the crazies in this world?
What reality are you living in? Russia had severely miscalculated their play here, is like all the permabears who can are getting crushed in the markets. Reality is, Russia fucked up and so has Greece to the point where they may never be taken seriously as a country again in our lifetimes.
Are you so sure? Or your lifetime is not expected to be very long? I lived to see USSR collapse, China from nothing becoming #1 economy and now sitting with popcorn watching impending USA empire collapse. EU collapse might happen 1st or at the same time when the entire financial house of cards comes crushing down. Interesting times ahead. Brainwashed sheeple like you will be bleating "why me?, but they said..., but they promised...". People with supreriority complex disorder will get it worse then those of us able to see through the smokescreen and prepare. See you on the other side (if you survive).
Kossacs hard work:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmslsI-WYlo
Time for you guys to learn some useful skills
Scary Russians coming to your neihborhood:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcuM6Tcj6YM
And after the fools in Washington are done away with, it'll be time to dance with these not-so-scary Russians!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cqDXlfASMM
Givi has some moves also :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=307LgGe1kz0
Cheeki Breeki!
who is who?
english sub titles
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FD15bxM3mTc
kazzura youtube channel - good source with lots of eng translated vids
https://www.youtube.com/user/wintersodomy
The caption for the first video should say 'Psycho Nazi treated much kinder than he would treat any Novorossian POW'
The bald guy is pure unadulterated psycho.
Sorry but that was not impressive.
The real deal about the Greek Economy with Baby Socrates. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvl9N9GdraQ&spfreload=10
Mr. Panos tells the truth.
Interesting how he says in that satire that the Greeks won WW2 because they delayed the Germans attack on Soviet Union. Good point, Barbarossa was delayed by Greece, otherwise Germans would have entered Moscow and won the war.
Rule #1...Don't play poker with Greeks
Quite interesting thing in there. Do you suppose the Germans were more upset about the NSA spying on Merkel because they already knew about it and the tapped phone was just a decoy?
The number one reason I think the NWO will fail is greed in the form of multiple factions.
Greece and Russia have a LONG LONG history. Guess who gave Russia their alphabet?
I am from Eastern Europe and I for the life of me never understood when the whole "Euro" unification started, how do you get all these people who hate each other with a passion under the same umbrealla, without conflict. It will never work in the long term. NEVER!
There is too much history and too much BS in Europe for any kind of union, that hate is at the DNA level,LOL. You would have to have some kind of genetic reorganization of everyone in Europe for them to agree on anything.
all about centralization and control. the architects dont care about viability, only controlling the printing press (specifically germany's). tragedy of the euro is a great read. what's happening is the logical outcome of creating the euro in the first place.
"And then when the time is right...
SHAKING THEM DOWN FOR EVERY LAST DRACHMA!."
I agree these political consequences are far from surprising.
Cyprus will not easily forget what happened to them either though.
"I am from Eastern Europe and I for the life of me never understood when the whole "Euro" unification started, how do you get all these people who hate each other with a passion under the same umbrella, without conflict. It will never work in the long term. NEVER"
The key instruments used by Zion in their plundering of the world is fraudulent-reserve banking, and division. Sort of the Yin and Yang of Zionism.
So the EU is PERFECT for them. As they add victims under the EU, but especially under the euro fiat, they also add to the divisions that make it difficult for the sheeple of Europe to resist, or remove them.
Always about money, power, and division.
The banksters need to repay us.
Note: Zion/Zionism is not about ethnicity, but about power, and plunder.
"I for the life of me never understood when the whole "Euro" unification started"
Short Term Payoffs, Compensation, Bonus Money, Insider Deals, Lobbying Windfalls, Political Support.
WTF. It's Politics. Politics takes money to win & keep winning. Legislation requires Bribes to swing votes toward corruption each politician can deal with. WTF.
- Racketeering
- Treason
- Bribery
- Systemic Corruption of all Government & Banking Systems
You Can't Handle the Truth.
+ 1 RazorForex
Greece was only allowed into the euro once 'Gold in Sacks' had faked the financial figures, which purely by coincidence allowed Greece to serve as a perfect short to do a controlled demolition of the euro when the time was right. 'Gold in Sacks' made an packet on the entry and another on the exit, and now has its alumni everywhere as central banksters. It seems an eternity ago that the euro was once promoted as a serious alternative to the USD (and we know what happens next).
'Islam belongs to Germany'. Things change.
We are all Islam!
Merkel got lost on this one.
"I am from Eastern Europe and I for the life of me never understood when the whole "Euro" unification started... "
methinks that "understood" is the key term, here. what exactly did you understand? or... not?
unification? of what? I usually ignore those "up-down-votes", but I note that 56 people just "liked" your comment... and have probably no clue at all
what has been "united"? your national... army, navy, airforce, police, secret services, taxes, debt, justice system, and so on? no
the EU - for all it's faults, and they are many - is about treaties among sovereign nations. about freedoms:
freedom of travel, work and residence. freedom to move your money with you. freedom to trade and for services
particularly someone from Eastern Europe should have a moment of pause, at this moment, and remember how many freedoms Eastern Europeans used to have
tell me, which Peoples do you "hate with a passion"? where "the hate is at the DNA level, LOL"?
Let me tell you, Western Europeans see Eastern europeans as lazy scumbags (which most of them are LOL), Eastern Europeans see Western Europeans as snobby and love to steal from them any chance they get. So you can try and create all kinds of agreements, frameworks, treaties etc... it will all fall apart in the end!
RazorForex, I am one of those Western Europeans, and I helped, in my youth, quite a few Eastern Europeans to get across the Iron Curtain. And I am for sure "snobby", though I don't remember having ever stolen anything, while I don't see Eastern Europeans as lazy scumbags
now, again, what is this... strange thing you have about agreements, frameworks and treaties? I have to confess that I'm more used to American neo-con propaganda victims using this kind of talk
nihilism? isn't that more an American & Russian thing? what is your problem with the treaties? how would you prefer the whole thing?
I would prefer the whole thing where everybody stays where they are and talks and communicates with their neighbours without getting too cozy, when you start getting too cozy is where the issues start. A united Europe is a wonderfull idea, but Europeans are too immature for such a thing, maybe someday, but not now. They reason you don't see them is because you don't know them!!!
"central banker warned of dire problems should the new government call the country's aid program into question, jeopardizing funding for the banks"
I love the jeopardy show