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Lifestyles Of The Not So Austere & Socialist: Greek FinMin Edition
As the Greek people live in perpetual fear of financial ruin and are subjected, on a near hourly basis, to rumors about just what kind of humiliation they may be forced to endure next in order to insure that Christine Lagarde gets the money she needs to prop up Ukraine for another couple of months, Yanis Varoufakis isn’t about to roll over and allow his people to drown in despair. On the contrary, the finance minister apparently believes the best way to restore the faith is to show the Greek people just how good life could be by staging a not very austere photoshoot…
Yanis enjoys the the piano…
...and modest lunches...
...and hanging out on the veranda with the (very happy) wife...
...and even though he occasionally has to slum it in economy class…
...overall life is very good…
So Greece, as you face the possibility that your salaries will be suspended and your pension funds plundered, take solace in the fact that you can live well vicariously through your elected officials.
Not all Greeks are particularly amused by the pictures. Here's one reaction via Keep Talking Greece:
“No, No, No! That was unacceptable!”
“What did he want to demonstrate? No, no, no… And the pictures with Danai? Holding her up with his arms?!!!”…
“At her age in a mini dress? I couldn’t believe what I saw this morning on the internet,” “What was the purpose of such photo shooting? Is he the minister of a life-style country?”
Predictably, Twitter is having a field day.
Greek finim #Varoufakis poses for @ParisMatch in an all but austere photo shoot. Pics go viral. Twitter laughs. pic.twitter.com/GbwlhdYKep
— Loukia Gyftopoulou (@loukia_g) March 13, 2015
????? ???? ???? ??? yanis #varoufakis #parismatch #litosvios #Syriza pic.twitter.com/sIj9HADPo6
— Tsaprrr News (@tsaprrr) March 13, 2015
#Varoufakis #parismatch pic.twitter.com/NNtqMW8nsJ
— g gprovopo (@gprovopo) March 13, 2015
#Varoufakes #Varoufakis #?????????? #????????? #MediaWhore pic.twitter.com/FBgHSss71I
— Hera (@theetikigoddess) March 13, 2015
“@Berlaymonster: Life's good!
#Varoufakis #parismatch pic.twitter.com/FmUv88wBTh”
— George Karmokolias (@TheKarmiDance) March 13, 2015
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Socialism.
Hm, no governments are working. Lets try another government...
I do not consent to be governed by ANYONE no matter how many idiots vote for them. I recognize no governments anywhere.
Now the Greeks will learn. "Don't vote. It only encourages them."
First you win the war, then you fight. And we are still in the information war phase. Until people know what it is they WANT (and therefore, what they do not want) nothing will change.
Debt jubilee, with an end to fractional reserve currency, and usury. Thats my prescription.
What's "scumbag" in Greek? Oh yeah I remember.....Varoufakis
His wife can't be Greek! Her arms and legs don't have 5 o'clock shadow.
And for our next photo shoot, we'll have senior 33rd degree Masonic Leaders of the Illuminati and Bilderberg Board Membership interviewed just after the Sacrifice of the Innocent Childhood Abductees but before the Drinking of Their Blood at last year's Bohemian Grove BBQ and Potluck
Hes a western educated banker, did you expect something different?
He's actually an economist (not a banker) who's best mates with Steve Keen and he subscribes to the post Keynesian school with a bit of Marx dialectic thrown in. He is trying to angle for a debt jubilee on the basis of Steve Keen's recommendations but the bankers have got the Greek nuts in a pair of pliers. The guy hates the banks and bankers. Needless to say they hate him too. The best option for Greece and the Eurozone is a one-sided sovereign debt jubilee a.k.a. default.
" The best option for Greece and the Eurozone is a one-sided sovereign debt jubilee a.k.a. default. "
Agreed. Not just for Greece.
Despite Mr. Varofakis' intentions this photo shoot is a massive public relations blunder and he should have damned well known better.
I just don't understand how his wife is suspended...it's not like she's a 97 pound Asian lady. Or even a 108 pound Ukranian woman. The angles look unnatural and he doesn't even look like he's squeezing to hold her up.....this is very perplexing. Maybe it's one of those cirque du solel thingy's.
Ok, so the first pic, he is at a nice piano and one which I would judge he can play well. So he has been doing this for year. Nice pianos can be picked up dirt cheap if one has the man power to move it at the right time.
The second photo he has a pretty wife sitting at a home made, but simple meal, fish, salad, bread, roasted veggies and a bottle of table wine.
Next pic he is in a small veranda in the midst of the city. Maybe its a rent or his home.
Then he is flying, "this fucking sux its so cramped" class.
And lastly he is smiling while holding a glass of white table wine.
WTF, I would call this well educated, worked hard, middle class. Maybe he didn't live a life of maxed out credit cards and save carefully and was able to buy nice thing that lasted. Note the lack if iphones, computers, 100 inch HDTVs, etc. All in all, he appears to be a fairly down to earth guy from these pictures.
Yes, I don't understand what the fuss is all about. Not exactly "rich politicians of instagram"-material. Nothing shocking to see in these pics. If anything, this should enhance the credibility of the man, not diminish it.
Agree. BFD. One more reason I never have and never will participate in Twitter. God Bless the man for having a nice wife and a nice life, didn't see anything there out of the ordinary for a middle class life.
He looks like that fucking greek traitor at Thermophylae that showed the troika from back then (Persia) the back door. Guess he is doing the same thing to Greece in his reincarnation. If only history could have eyes to show us his face it would prove to be this maggots.
Ephialtes of Trachis (Greek: ????????, Ephialt?s; although Herodotus spelled it as ????????, Epialtes) was the son of Eurydemus (Greek: ?????????) of Malis.[1] He betrayed his homeland, in hope of receiving some kind of reward from the Persians,[2] by showing the Persian forces a path around the allied Greek position at the pass of Thermopylae, which helped them win the Battle of Thermopylae in 480 BC.
You don't know for sure when those pictures were taken. That meal could have been his birthday; the day his party took power and was elected. The source images before paintshop all look like a very normal person. He has been on Keiser report for god sake, you won't get the likes of mario draghi, christine lagarde or even merkel come on talking about how crap things are.
He is not dumb, he will never show you pics of the gold in his Swiss account, or the Seaside villa in Spain, this guy was paid off by the troika handsomely. This is just PR.
His wife is rich and he has been married to her for a few decades now. He is himself above 50 and has been leading an international academic career for decades. He never lacked money, he is not buyable. This is why the press and elites wage a relentless war against him.
This is zerohedge I shouldn't have to explain this stuff.
Eats local, flies coach, happily married, knows how to play piano.
BFD, eh?
Not like he flies on separate 757's from his wife on the same day to the same place...
My toughts exactly - I really don't see anything shocking in those pics, execept maybe the smiling (yeah apparently you are not allowed to smile anymore when mentioning Greece).
And so it does!
Not able to respect a man that wouldnt't know how to live.
Nice view of the acropolis, cheers!
Am betting they don't buy it.
CNBC did thier part to let him know that the banksters were not happy with it.
I thought about that too. She jumped up and they caught the right moment so that he was not straining to hold her.
He does look like he takes care of himself, he may be able to hold her, but I think this is mid jump.
You forgot the hairy moles and skin tabs....
All you fucking trolls that want to sling mud at someone who has worked very hard and got himself a good education and now wishes to help his counrty..Get off your fat lazy bitching asses and DO SOMETHING rather than pointing the finger at people WHO DO!!! This article is the biggest load of shit I have seen on ZH. Doen't matter who puts their hand up to help they will get shit thrown at them by the likes of you and th rest of the asswipes who feel entitled to something for nothing...WAKE UP SHIT HEADS..And get a life!!!
YEAH!
I mean, LOOK at the guy! He's 'one of us'! He wears a T-shirt while drinking some $500.00 a bottle wine! OOPS, I mean, 'Chianti'!
Hard at work, 24/7, solving economic issues that asswipes everywhere have to live with (like photo-ops and flights on planes with photo-ops and eating lots of food with photo-ops and playing piano and photo-ops and getting some and photo-ops). Asswipes, of course, don't need to worry about the stuff HE does. They're too busy sitting on a park bench trying to keep warm with newspapers because they no longer have homes and pianos and food and sex and don't have money to fly on planes because there are no longer jobs or opportunities, because Mr 'Chianti' is doing a WONDERFUL JOB.
FUCK YOU, 'dooby'.
I don't see a 500 $ price tag anywhere, nobody in their right mind should be working 24/7, the plane's economy class and even politicians do have to travel, the food is home cooked, very nice, but nothing outrageous, and he knows how to play the piano and has a shiny one at home. So what? While I'm certainly not rich, I can send you a photo of myself next to my Cade, a 25 year old heavy duty touring bike with top case and saddle bags, cruise control, on board compressors for suspension and passenger seat when you're driving two up, the works. It looks like it came out of the show room only yesterday, I picked it up second hand for 2.500 euro, I service it myself, it's troublefree and an awesome ride.
I don't understand the hysterics here, this article is unworthy of ZH.
Me thinks that plane never left the ground. After the photo op he jumped on the Lear Jet
99.9% understand the imagery of T-Shirt, while 99% understand wine = 2 Buck Chuck or Chianti. For everything else, there's cheap Benny Bux
Complaining is always easier.
So is stabbing your country in the back you multiculturalism terrorist.
Not on this site, it isn't.
And by this I'm not implying he's stabbing his country in the back. I like people with guts and some sense of nuance in their thinking. In my book this Larssen character has both, though I don't go along with all his posts.
Welcome to the Internet! Don't worry the pols are working on fixing this for you.
Herd Redirectio...
Debt Jubilee in America?
Why would that be a problem? It’s a piece of cake.
After all, 79% of the US population are Christians.
It’s a piece of cake.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#Religion
Top ten stupidest crap you have submitted, you absurd ignoramus.
How can these fucks be so out of touch that they can't fathom what a bad idea this would turn out to be?!
"Think they prefer the evening gown or mini drees?"
"Oh, they'll love the mini dress as much as I do sweet pea!"
It could almost be taken as intentional...
Fuck you you fucking fucks!
"I could have danced all night" seinfeld
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EkhyJskl_tc
Damn, They were Banzi7'ed in Greece! William you naughty boy!
I think you just hit upon a new expression!
'What happened to that guy, dude?'
'Oh, DUDE! He was WB7'd!'
'COOL! He's a SKANK!'
'Yeah. they did him GOOD...'
The twitching thumbs that work the iPad phones all over the planet are now learning to hit the W, the B, and the 7... (LOL)...
ghengis86
How can these fucks be so out of touch?
Which nation are you talking about?
All of the above, now that you mention it.
It comes to my mind...
Bakunin: Then there will be no government and no state, but if there is a state, there will be both governors and slaves.
"I do not consent to be governed by ANYONE no matter how many idiots vote for them. I recognize no governments anywhere."
Right, because private fire departments were such a great idea. Hate to say it, but government is a necessary evil.
Where I live the fire stations are staffed by volunteers. Their equipment is funded by donations.
Where I used to live, all the lifeboats of that country were funded by donations.
Both of these places are "Western Democracies".
Amen. Demockracy is simply divine right of the Majority.
"I do not consent to be governed by ANYONE no matter how many idiots vote for them. I recognize no governments anywhere."
The consent of the governed...
What if the governed no longer give their consent? In a republic like the united States, should one NOT be able to withdraw consent individually, and no longer be governed by those who would call themselves governer?
I'm just glad his teeth are way worse than mine.
I'd fuck his wife. I'm not particular
"Not particular"? Hell, she's a lot hotter, slimmer and fitter than most of the women that ZHers are dating or married to.
Shame about his teeth. Yuk! So much for Greek dental care.
varoufakis is still just another POS politician, but this is not really anywhere near extravagant or excess if thats what someone is trying to wail about.. (besides, leftists tend to be more excited by power than by money).. if you want to see how a greek oligarch lives, here is how:
http://taxalia.blogspot.ch/2013/10/o_15.html
-that's the house of kopeloyzos, one of the miserably corrupt oligarchs who are strangling the country, an profiting handsomely from this EU nonsense to boot..
youll never hear me claiming the state, especially the greek state, is not a nest of parasites and robbers, but if one wants to build up some righteous indignation one should also take a look at their symbiotic species..
He does quite well for a socialist. Most of the ones I know are dead broke.
Not sure what he was going for in that, but I think it might have fallen short.
You are obviously running in the wrong circles. Real Capitalism is just for the proles, while socialised loses but privatised profits are for the rich. Just ask Dimon or Blankfien.
In Socialist societies every one is equal.
It's just that some are more equal than others!
In Socialist societies every one is equal.
It's just that some are more equal than others!
Equal in poverty and misery.
The be correct:
Salon Bolsheviks.
I'm making over $7k a month working part time. I kept hearing other people tell me how much money they can make online so I decided to look into it. Well, it was all true and has totally changed my life. This is what I do... www.globe-report.com
Fuck ... They are all corrupt.
Welllllll, someone has to live. Right?
Hate to pop 'Merican or ZHer bubbles, but George Washington lived in a nice stone house with his family in the winter at Valley Forge, while his officers lived in tents.
http://www.nps.gov/vafo/learn/historyculture/washingtonhq.htm
No wonder Gen. Arnold defected. I suspect that real history is rather more 'complicated' and less flattering that history books make it out to be, especially if written by the guys who won their revolution.
"George Washington lived in a nice stone house with his family in the winter at Valley Forge, while his officers lived in tents. "
+1 for the reality check.
Throxx out.
Yeah, you stupid fucks are why we are here. Let the leader of a nation sleep in a tent in the winter so he becomes ill and dies, leaving his soldiers leaderless. What kind of sense does that make?
How often do we come upon a George Washington or John F. Kennedy? Once in a lifetime. At this point, I'd suggest of a man of honor and integrity who would step up to the plate today and save the world from the bankers should be in a place that is hidden from all of us, contacted only through internet and anyone who knows his/her where abouts should be treated accordingly.
If JFK had lived, we would not be here today. But he was sent into a city street, in a state that was not democrat and allowed drive without any safety measures other than a few secret service police obviously working for the other side and killed in a fashion that was more than assassination, it was a messaget to any president or politician who tried to break away from t h e f u c k i n g b a n k s .
It is time the "nice" guys played their game - Calling all Assassins. Go get the men behind the red shield and everyone who shares his DNA, and end this fucking circus once and for all. What are we waiting for is my only question. How hard can it be to find a man who lives in a castle?
Im just curious if politicians seek the same oracle as proctologists when making a career choice?
The reason that plumbers and proctologists are rich is that no one wants to do their jobs. But 99% of us deal with shit and work with assholes; frequently for less money.
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so the guy is wearing a tshirt, playing a piano, flying coach, eating bread, salad and fish with his wife... How is this a news scandal?
Imagine we applied these standards whenever our congressmen/women and presidents go on vacation on the airforce one, private jets and bring the whole entourage of people with them on taxpayer money.
It's the envy bug my friend.
Which is a complication of the idiot bug.
Too many people on this planet are miserable, bitter, twisted sacks of shit with nothing positive to contribute...not just on ZH, but anywhere. Idiots through and through.
It is disappointing to see this article on ZH. I expected better.
"Imagine we applied these standards whenever our congressmen/women and presidents go on vacation on the airforce one, private jets and bring the whole entourage of people with them on taxpayer money."
Pretty sure we do, its always been way over the top, throw in a ribbon cutting and or a speech its on the taxpayers dime.
But it doesn't appear Yanis will suffer any ill effects from the deals he's cutting to enslave his nation to Brussels. If the situation is so dire, why is this man even smiling?
If he wore a hairshirt during these activities, would that change your mind?
How do you know he isn't wearing one under his T-shirt? ;-)
You didn't notice the background?
I did. The place is in ruins I tell ya, ruins!
In all seriousness I would need more background information to interpret what it means, but I do see your drift.
Edit: To be clear, what is in the background is actual ancient ruins which would imply a reeeeal good neighborhood, in Greece.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yanis_Varoufakis
We all come from somewhere...he had/has some money, then did his own works, and has family connections.
Interesting times.
If you go by the photos, his life IS austere compared to any of the parasites in our government, and yes you don't see anything like equal outrage here. In fact we have (or had) TV shows honoring "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous."
As said by someone above:
"so the guy is wearing a tshirt, playing a piano, flying coach, eating bread, salad and fish with his wife... How is this a news scandal?"
Soooooooo . . . Does this guy look anything like Mr. Trump, Mr. Corzine, Mr. Blankfein, Mr. Buffet, Ms. Clinton . . . . or any other of the hundreds of Private Jet, Private Yacht ASSHOLES that run the Oligarchic Plutocracy of the USA???
Really?
He looks like maybe average upper middle class American to me. What exactly wrong with that?
Total sell out! Goldman Sacks wins, heads or tails.....
Zerohedge I hope they're paying you well for an obvious besmirching article. What exactly is EU-Fakkis guilty of? Having a meal with his family? Yes, that might be "lavish" when compared to those that rummage through the garbage bins, but I'm sure that many others in Greece are also having meals with their families. I don't see any wealth or lavishness on display, but an ordinary man. Could it be, that the apartment with a nice view of the Acropolis is government provided? And even if it isn't, so what?
The fact that you published this drivel shows me that you either want to appeal to the populist [manipulatable] idiot (ads are also good), or you don't have an appreciation for the dynamics in Greece. Fact - most of the funds that the EU spent to "bail out" Greece actually went directly into the pockets of the big EU banks. The Greeks assumed all of the additional debt and effectively indentured their kids and their kids' kids to pay off that debt so that the equity holders of these large non-Greek institutions can continue to misallocate capital instead of being punished for the obvious malinvestment. Zerohedge, why don't you publish an article that tells us who exactly is the equity holder and who exactly sits on the boards of these banks? Yes, I thought so.
In an unrelated observation, the quality of your content has dropped over the years. It used to be that there'd be at least one great story a day on your web site. These days we get more populist drivel which attracts the lower IQ crowd (judging by some of the wag the dog responses to this article) and on average, the count of quality stories these days is about one a week. The rest of the noise is made up of "articles" that have no data substantiation, or analytics of any sort -- the junk you find in the shitty newspapers that we came to Zerohedge to get away from in the first place. I'd recommend reducing the article count (quality is always better than quantity). If there's no data-driven analysis in the story, or opinions that are substantiated by data and/or years of experience (you know, the kind of stuff that one can learn from and trade on), then please don't post it. What exactly is the value-added from articles like "Spot the Odd One Out", "What Americans Think" and the rest of the BS?
+1 to you CBM. Was refraining from posting in this article, but had to reply to your post.
Doubt his authenticity in standing for the Greek people and not the Troika - valid doubt, and my own stance in this game. Call him a traitor based on these pictures? For fuck's sake - I am sure many ZHers, let alone 'leaders' and 'important' rich people, lead similarly 'lavish' lives. Since when did having a decent (not extravagant) meal become a crime?
Another ZHer whose comments I generally enjoyed reading over the years, americanspirit, took his departure last year, due to the reasons you state in the third text block of your post. All good things come to an end. This place was sold down the river the day the old Tylers up and left after cashing out, and most of the independent researchers that added immeasureable value to the comments section also left. The quantity of articles is a function of featured guest posters. The quality is a function of Tylerian caliber and discretion.
If the primary source for an article is WSJ, I guess I didn't need to cancel my subscription after all.
Yanis wife's thighs would not look out of place in a rugby match. Still he's smiling because her puffy cheeks indicate great BJ material.
Just for kicks: Anyone who disparages someone's physical features should replace the paper bag avatar with an actual picture of the poster.
Ok Hohum
I'm a handsome motherfucker too shy to DISPLAY MYSELF IN THE MSM SHYLOCK ARENA. If you choose to do so at least cover up your non-assets.
If a man loves his wife, and she loves him, then they are wealthy beyond measure. Most people are poverty stricken in this regard.
To criticize a man based on the physical appearance of his wife is the mark of a true loser; and in the Great State of Alabama, is a wonderful way to earn an ass whipping of epic proportions.
I see nothing wrong with her whatsoever.
A hat tip and +1 from me to a true gentleman. I wish I lived in Alabama where true honor and character don't seem in short supply.
Miffed
Agreed. The anonymous comments posted here are an interesting glimpse upon the soul of the poster.
Obviously TMT is a decent man...while WTFUD is a worthless piece of shit.
If you are angry because I question your disparagement of another's physical features, you are a very small man (or woman). Remember, I am not disparging another's physical features, so the rule doesn't apply.
And people still won't do anything.
I bet that these criminals would think twice before stealing from the plebs if some good citizens would take out some every month.
They don't have any other thing to fear in the current framework.
"Call it the stupidity of the Greek voter or whatever." - Yanis Gruberkis...lol.
He and Bono should get together for the 2016 Global Poverty Pimp Tour.
Looks like a good life.
Fine place to take your honey apparently.
Two thumbs up in my book.
"There's always war with Russia" of course.
Does this guy own a suit?
He dresses like a gay hair dresser.
A gay hair dresser down-voted you.
One of the 2 straight hairdressers voted him down
That is redundant
Shall we compare the glitter of these shots with Obama's latest multi million dollar vacation?
Still waiting for those photo's
A case of bad timing.
I am sure that when he or she went to the fish market to buy fresh vis for lunch and of course a nice wine they past some really poor jobless Greek beggars.
I hope he or she did not pretent to see something interesting on the other side of the street and looked the other way.
They talk like Marx.....
Rule like Stalin.....
And live like Rockefellers......
While the people suffer.
wow. Eating fish and bread and drinking a glass of wine at home is now considered living like a rockefeller? don't you know that a bottle of wine starts under 3 euro in europe, this probably isn't one of the $10,000 bottles wall street bankers buy to impress each other.
Even if I thought I could change things I dont think I could ever be a politician. Even eating your dinner and smiling can be misconstrued. Even the good guys if they exist would have to do so much second guessing and theatre to keep it simple for people.
Are these photos even recent?
In 2050, eating fish and bread and drinking a glass of wine will be considered "living like a Rockefeller."
Except for places like Australia. And if ZH is still around by then, rest assured that I will be posting pics of me eating bread and fish so that the Amerikans can dream of something better while they eat their soylent green.
If only the feeble Amerikans had half the nutsack that their great-great grandmothers had when they left Europe for America. Then they could make the move to a first world country (I.e. Australia) with abundant resources and infrastructure to start a new life. But it seems that the Amerikan mind has become cretinuous and weak through years of impoverishment. The bird cage is open but the bird has grown affectionate of the cage, and besides who would sing to Master once I'm gone?
In that shithole of an island? I can live better off my back lot than most of the world can with commercial assistance, land of milk and honey pissant and don't you ever forget it.
Yeah, you guys have balls--wait! you let The Man take your gunz!
Nope.
You fucked over your niggers, too.
Sorry, Aussies, you are just like us, only we both speak with different accents.
You mean for those 2 mil Americans left in 2050? Sure. That's why -- get some babe with solid tights, fish with bread and wine tonight. Have some fun...
Banzai Intern potential
Fourth Reich Prince Phil Pol Pot i hear is at death's door. May he suffer extreme bowel irritation on his way out.
"Hey Honey, the Central Bankster Life is Alright!"
This is ATHENS !!
Austerity is for the peasant class.
Always was, always will be.
Get used to it.
His motto: Let them eat cake.
Seriously? It's pretty tame compared to most politicians. Dumb, but tame.
Somebody is paying for this media attention. That dinner and house is pretty austere.
Oh wait, we are the oligarchs.
Na malakia!
3 bourbons and you fuckers are freaking me out with avatar changes. Skateboarder and now u
Update:
I think I saw a crack in the matrix. Avatars were mixed up or something for a brief time. Everything seems to be back to normal
The Obama's christmas holiday cost taxpayers more than many Americans will earn in a lifetime.
Most Americans probably don't even know who the president even is.
You could run around with a questionnaire asking people who the president currently is and atleast 1/3rd of them will probably answer wrong.
There needs to be a culling, the majority of the population probably isn't even sentient at this point with all the drugs and medication . . . so they wont feel anything anyway.
http://blog.urbanoutfitters.com/files/tumblr_mkhp30fvdt1r88je2o1_500.jpg
@ D4wolf"Most Americans probably don't even know who the president even is."
Is it still Cheney?
Way, way off topic, but-- Did you look into phoenixtears.ca ?
More directly, search youtube for 'The Rick Simpson Story'
Johnny Depp?
Peak-Houmous.
Kinda too bad. I thought this guy might have been the real deal. I Ass-u-me-d wrong.
Ha ha...if he was living out of a shopping trolley under a bridge you'd think he was 'the real deal' ?
The photo shoot is dopey simply because of the number of dumbasses that will criticise no matter what.
His Twitter account wouldn't be the first Twitter account to be hacked.
I'd hit it.
His teeth are off but he is kinda cute for his age.
Bad teeth add character (in my opinion. I'm probably one of the few who don't like Kennedy style perfect teeth).
Nah, I know what you mean, perfect teeth can be creepy. Ken and Barbie creepy. Throw in a nice tanning bed tan and I am uber creeped.
Says a lot about a man's character when his countrymen are choking in debt and he is rubbing their noses in it.
His countrymen are working off the books to avoid taxes not sitting in some hovel starving. Nice try comrade...
“Debt you don’t pay, you keep negotiating”
Delfim Neto, Brazilian Finance Minister
As Mae West used to say, "If ya got it, flaunt it!"
Work'n it...game theory.
Enjoy it while you can Varoufakis et al the rest of you worldwide elitists mother fuckers The reset is coming SOON ...soon.
JFC, the guy is having a simple clean meal, with his wife no less. I ate Quinoa and sweet potato last night with an avacado. That meal looks good, I think I will have salad tonight with our Cod.
This doesn't look like those 25-100k per plate fiesta's, at one of our political fundraising dinners. Do you expect him to eat out of a dumpster?
These guys could be Greece's last best hope for awhile. Did Varoufakis ever work for GS?
What a bunch of asslick whiners... his meal and piano and crib are all lower middle class. You maoists are a real drag... get a card and smoke a fuckin' bowl or three... then CHILL
Tell it to the middle class that are starving in Greece.
It's all relative I guess the one eyed jack in the land of the blind and all that.
I definitely am not a Maoist however I can recognize grand standing or a narcissistic asshole when I see one, but then again I did not pull a snow job on my fellow country men to get elected just to fuck them over either.
I guess I can't blame a POS politician for doing that which POS politicians do.
I wonder how big his smile will be when he's eating out of dumpster and his wife's turning tricks.
What a bunch politician and banker jiz guzzlers go smoke your own shit dope head
He cannot post anything about his life without you howling. I do agree it is bad judgement given the poverty so many in Greece are facing.
But do you want someone with few or no resources at all representing Greece? Really?
And if he staged something austere, would that not make him a manipulative lying sack of shit?
I live as well as he does, no doubt. I would not have the bread on the table, so I live better.
It is okay for him to be content, happy, and well off in his own life. It is okay for him to be in love with his wife.
Maybe he is getting hit on a lot and this is his way of trying to head that off. Show himself happy, with his wife.
Not have bread on the table? That's no way to live.
How do you expect folks to get the gravy off the plates?
I don't eat wheat. Helps with mood stuff, bloating, and I don't gain weight.
I like the bread, but I hurt maybe 15 minutes after eating it. I think more folks are like me than we realize. It took me a long time to figure out bread was hurting me.
This is awful, but I see his pretty wife, slightly plump, and I know she could knock the extra weight off in a month or even two weeks if she laid off bread and sugar.
You are right with each your points above, especially the one about not enough people realizing the need to drastically reduce wheat intake in their diet. I know full well, as I live in a part of the country where obesity is prevalent.
My own experience years ago led me to eliminate all wheat, including products with wheat fillers, from my diet. The first week I suffered withdrawals as severe as any from quitting nicotine. However, over the course of several months, I quickly lost 35 lbs.
The results were drastic, nearly immediate, and have improved my quality of life overall.
Now I am just careful with what I eat.
Today I passed on a doughnut from the box of doughnuts brought into the office by a coworker. A fresh-baked loaf of homemade bread, though, still gets the better of me.
I was not on top of it, to detect your sarcasm! I should have.
Sugar is my drug I detox from. The bread is wonderful, but I make the stupid mistakes with sugar, unfortunately.
Meat, veg, good quality fats, some fruit, maybe rice or potato once or twice a week, is best for me. Some do poorly with steak, for me, my engine runs perfectly and I am really happy with a good steak. Tell me bad news or give me a problem to solve, after steak, I am your rock. After a candy bar? Oh GOd. I have been judged negatively for eating steak before, this is one reason I might have some sympathy for this guy. Yeah I eat steak, but I don't buy a bunch of useless stuff and I don't have processed foods in the house, so I spend less on food and luxury than others.
Every body is really different. I did awful as a vegetarian. Others swear by it. Congrats on getting off the wheat.
I am currently experimenting with sprouting, then dehydrating Montana hard red winter wheat before grinding it into flour for my family.
I have given up wheat, which is a major deal for a prepper such as myself. I feel better and have more energy.
If anyone reading this has never tried white sweet potatoes - you owe yourself the pleasure. They are to die for. A small pat of butter is all that is needed.
http://www.southernexposure.com/ohenry-sweet-potato-6-slips-p-1509.html
Personally like msC I don't eat wheat for the same reasons she has cited. I'm on vacation and have loosened up my rule a little and really don't feel too well. Lack of energy and brain fog.
The whole issue of wheat and gluten intolerance has bothered me because it has been a staple for human history. Rome was built on wheat. Some research I have read recently has suggested it may be in fact roundup and its heavy use in wheat farming that may be the culprit. Glyphosate specifically.
Have you tried ancient sources such as farro or emmer?
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Judgement is a funny thing. I suppose one might want a finance minister with good judgement.
It's funny to see people here defend this guy and attack McCain, and Graham and Diamond or Yellen what's the difference?
How about him keeping his private life private? I guess that is a fore gone conclusion.
Anyway you're right you've convinced me he's an awesome fellow. I'm glad he's doing well.
I don't think he is awesome, I don't disagree with what you have said. I take the other side of the coin. I think McCain, Graham, and certainly Dimon have been shown to live quite high on the hog. Their lifestyles deserve our mockery. Jamie has let us know in no uncertain terms he deserves it.
The Fin Min's pictures are bad because he is supposed to be representing people who are in financial trouble, not because the house or the food is unreasonable.
The private life private is a great solution to this, which does point up some out of touch narcissism.
Thank you Ms. I agree. Also my apologies. I get pissed at the foolishness that politicians incite with their side shows for public consumption. Thank you for the correction Dimon vs Diamond.
Wealth funded by Schäuble
Okay. That smug face is begging to have a battalion's worth of patriotic Greek soldiers emptying their balls all over it before emptying their guns into it, and hanging Danae's corpse up in Constitution Square, so every Greek mother who has had to send her child to bed hungry these last seven years can take a crack at Varoufakis' whore.
And to think there was a time when I feared for her safety.
Danae Stratou will live to curse Yanis Varoufakis and the day and hour she first met him. With any luck, not much longer afterwards.
Now, now , don't attack the saint of the middle class with poor judgement! Why would any mother want to hurt this vaunted Titan of the poor?
Big legged woman ain't got no soul