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Why The Greek "Bailout" Failed... Explained With Cats

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While we expained in great detail exactly what "good" the previous bailouts for Greece did for the Greek people, we thought the following gif was easier for many to digest.

 

 

Please note these are cats: we have not stooped to abusing kittens for our own personal gain.

Here is the somewhat more sophisticated explanation why the bailout (of European banks) failed:

Which it is clear Greek officials understand all too well:

  • GREECE OFFL: PROPOSAL LEADS TO WORSE BAIL-OUT DEAL AT YEAR-END
  • GREECE OFFL: CREDITORS LIQUIDITY PROPOSAL HAS FUNDING GAP
  • GREECE OFFICIAL: CREDITORS PROPOSAL ADDS TO AUSTERITY
 

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Fri, 06/26/2015 - 12:54 | 6238323 nuubee
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Wow, Goldman's hand is almost quicker than the eye, almost.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 12:57 | 6238335 nuclearsquid
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This is why I come to ZH - for the simplified summarization of complex financial topics.  

Tylers, can you give the treasury auction recaps the 'cat treatment' as well?

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:00 | 6238349 gmrpeabody
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+1

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:02 | 6238357 Buckaroo Banzai
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Everything makes sense when it's explained by cats!

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:10 | 6238387 nink
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At least the cat got to sniff it

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:18 | 6238425 Timmay
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Let's not forget the importance of the grey cat, he is the "collatoral" in that "transaction". 

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 15:18 | 6238886 Temporalist
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I believe this is a video showing how Mario Draghi treats Greeks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEs6O2NGdrs

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:01 | 6238354 Tenshin Headache
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Cats would also be helpful for some of those NANEX plots.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:37 | 6238510 Freddie
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Maybe the Greeks could dump that Wolfgang Schnable (Germany's Finance Minister) out of his wheelchair and let cats spray him (aka piss all over him).

That would be worth a few laughs.   Do the same thing to LaGarde.  Her tan might fall off.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:56 | 6238584 Winston Churchill
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Spraying is not pissing Freddie.

At least they don't mark territory the same way hippos do.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 12:54 | 6238326 Elliott Eldrich
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So in this example, the hand dropping the treat is the central bankers, and the paw swiping the treat is their bankster cronies? Do I have this right?

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:21 | 6238448 Catalonia
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In reality the passive cat (Greece) is asked to do some tricks (raise taxes, etc) before the hand drops the treat

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 12:55 | 6238329 Dr. Engali
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Okay, this is fucking stupid. Am I on Farcebook now?

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:00 | 6238346 Big Corked Boots
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But they're kittens!

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:02 | 6238356 Dr. Engali
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CNBS simplified everything when they got rid of the tickers..... just sayin.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:21 | 6238447 Big Corked Boots
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CNBS stopped broadcasting meaningful business news when they got boobs on the screen.

(double entendre intended)

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:30 | 6238483 Toolshed
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There is only one absolute when it comes to the MSM: if it's on TV/Cable........it's ENTERTAINMENT. Period. The boobs, pun intended, make much more sense now, don't they?

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:22 | 6238457 Blythes Master
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Nobody here watches CNBS.......just sayin'

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:40 | 6238494 Dr. Engali
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Exactly, nobody watches CNBS because it's become a dumbed down entertainment channel, just like the Hedge continues it's slide with dumbed down bait click articles.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:00 | 6238347 KnuckleDragger-X
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It's Friday and they hit the bar early and started on the tequila......

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:16 | 6238413 pods
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I've got hooked on some nice Mezcal.  It is Scotch's Mexican cousin.

pods

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:12 | 6238397 l8apex
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Sorry that Tyler has momentarily interrupted the 24/7 doom and gloom.  

Lighten up Francis.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:25 | 6238472 Toolshed
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Has Dr. Engali's account been hacked?

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:35 | 6238485 Dr. Engali
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It's a gif about fucking cats to "explain" the fucking obvious. If I wanted to see a gif about cats I'd go to Facebook. I come to the Hedge for decent financial analysis.....or I used to.  

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 15:42 | 6238956 Implied Violins
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But...but...but cat videos are good for your health!

http://www.sott.net/article/298106-To-be-happy-watch-more-cat-videos-on-...

Watch that 14 minute video and you can't help but go, 'aaawwwwwww...'

/half sarc

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:30 | 6238482 shovelhead
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This ain't nothing.

Wait until you see "Greece- Russian dash-cam edition".

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:55 | 6238583 rejected
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Doc, you seem somewhat anti social today?

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 14:21 | 6238677 Dr. Engali
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No not anti-social. It's just the cat gif rubs me the wrong way. I expect more from the Hedge.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 14:59 | 6238817 DollarMenu
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Maybe you should ask for a refund of your subscription.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 14:10 | 6238648 Totentänzerlied
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In reality the grey-white cat is continuously begging for treats, nonstop, for THIRTY FIVE years, to this very day. This cat produces nothing, can't do any tricks, can't catch mice, sleeps all the time, only wants to play with cat toys it hasn't earned, etc. etc. etc., but expects to be treated like a prince. In the beginning, the treat was stolen about 1 time in 5, now it's about 4.5 in 5, the grey-white cat continues to beg, in fact has increased begging with every passing year.

"Fucking stupid" doesn't even begin to describe the average assessment of the situation in Greece. If you can't figure out, after THIRTY FIVE years, that you are being played for a fool, taken to the woodshed, shook-down for everything you've got, then VOTE FOR IT ALL OVER AGAIN in EVERY SINGLE ELECTION, then it is well past time to admit that you are quite certainly not up to the challenge of democratic republicanism and self-government in any form. Rewarding stupidity promotes stupidity.

How many times can people pretend to be shocked that sheep get fleeced?

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 14:52 | 6238785 MsCreant
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Hey Doc,

I respectfully disagree.

It's goofy funny which looks stupid on its face.

It is also deeply zen, a koan. Extra funny that it is a gif that plays over and over and...

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 12:56 | 6238334 BandGap
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Best fucking post so far today. We all know what is going to happen, the humor will smooth some of the edges.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:16 | 6238417 Winston Churchill
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John ward's post over at The Slog today is probably right in whats about

to happen.a good read.Spot on with what is really going on IMO.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 14:03 | 6238607 cro_maat
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Good read. I guess this is the EU version of an Economic Hitman.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 12:57 | 6238336 jay28elle
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Meow!  Meow, meow, meow!!!  Damn it, meow.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 12:58 | 6238339 computer_america
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NO COMMENT

THis explains more then a thousand words about Greece situation (bail out)

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 12:58 | 6238340 Condor96
Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:03 | 6238360 falak pema
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ZH is jumping the gun. It makes this thingie out as a FINAL offer by the TROIKA.

Whereas MUTTI has said : On Saturday we do or die.

So don't take the foreplay for FORE ! 

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:03 | 6238361 imbrbing
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So debt money given by banks goes to pay debt money given by banks? With interest of course.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:11 | 6238392 fxpmtrader
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interest 40 bn ... not bad

inquiring minds would like to know who is on the other side of those 40 bn

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:04 | 6238363 Oldwood
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Anyone who has ever defaulted (or non payment as the IMF prefers to put it)on their debt understands that the bulk of the "costs" are not the principle but interest and penalties. Hell, just get a little sideways with the IRS and see how quickly you can become a pauper.

Credit card companies aren't getting rich of those who pay their bills timely, it is those who roll it over and over and especially those who can make the minimums. Glory be to usury fees.

Greece would have done better to put it on VISA that get hooked up with these sharks....but then again, it ain't their money or their debt. Like financial advisers, they get "paid" win, lose or draw. The most important thing is that they seem so determined to do right by their folks.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:10 | 6238385 Miss Expectations
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“Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are god. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are gods.”   Christopher Hitchens
Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:18 | 6238426 Big Corked Boots
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The only way to keep a cat is at the farm. I provide them with an all-you-can-catch buffet of mice, and they manage the rodent population. They are named Sarcu-4 thru 7. (Semi- Autonomous Rodent Control Units).

On Chrismas they get a couple of tins of sardines; they have to fight the possum for it, though.

I believe the coyotes got 1, 2, 3, and 5.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:43 | 6238527 Winston Churchill
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My barn cat seems to kill a rat a day.He and the gelding seem to have teamed up. the cat corners them

and the horse finishes them off.Them dumps them in a water bucket for disposal.

Got a plague of them this year, too hot and dry

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 14:07 | 6238633 Freddie
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Send them down to Wall Street with nail guns.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:25 | 6238467 shovelhead
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The bailouts aren't to help the Greek people.

The bailouts are for European banks.

C'mon Greek people...Get with the program.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:31 | 6238488 Smegley Wanxalot
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That blonde tabby cat is a fucking racist. 

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 13:57 | 6238589 Miss Expectations
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Those Greeks could learn something from this Russian Cat (:39)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za5ZU7K5cQA

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 14:08 | 6238640 MarxFelix
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Guys, you haven't figured out the situation yet. Greeks WANT to stay inside the euro-zone !! So, there are no other solutions; they MUST pay back their debt up to the last euro !! No more room for ignorance!!

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 16:04 | 6239016 bid the soldier...
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So you saw that movie too

When Vlady met Alexi

That scene in the in Borscht Bar when Alexi tells the waiter, pointing at at Vlady, "I'll have what he's having."  I thought I'd bust a gut.

 

What are you? Long the euro and short the ruble?

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 15:28 | 6238920 Keyboard Kommando
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Doing it Greek style, OUCH!

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 16:17 | 6239062 SmittyinLA
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The red tabby is OK voting for more debt dumped on the black cat.

 

You are the black cat.

Fri, 06/26/2015 - 16:33 | 6239121 prymythirdeye
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Hahahahaha!  Friday funnies!

Sat, 06/27/2015 - 21:40 | 6243102 VW Nerd
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And.....IT'S GONE!

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