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Euro trash talk.
ATM's in greece? I always thought they went through the 'back door' to get things done...
Love the smell of dead jew banksters in the morning...
Yeah, and you just *know* there's a shit-ton of Jewish bankers in Geece, right?
Wow, you are so clever.
Too bad you do not know what an apostrophe is for.
Yes we do. An apostrophe is for when assholes like you bend over and we shove it up your arse.
Heh, you shur done show' him, dint you, Minimum Wage Warrior?
It's the crux of the biscuit ! Don't believe me, ask the dog. OR refer to Mr. Zappa
Oh, well since he wasn't using an apostrophe....
He was using what's called a "closing single quotation mark" and he used it because he wasn't actually quoting someone. In other words, he was correct and you're a moron....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostrophe
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark
I'm not usually one to back the grammar nazis, but since you called someone a moron unfairly, I feel the need to jump in.
He's talking about the apostrophe in "ATM's", which shouldn't be there. It should be ATMs. There is no apostrophe when pluralizing.
Non-morons know this.
i'm amazed someone wasn't smelling their armpit.
does the atm have a yiddish accent or a german one or both.
This is bullshit. In no way are any Greek people near as pretty as this cartoon suggests.
Clearly the noses in the cartoon belong to another race of people.
Only until they have their 1st kid.
Seems to be true for all those hot Mediterranean and ME places. Their growth, sex and aging hormones kick in early, I gather.
This world needs a lot less stereotypes.
Eirik, this the first thing you've said that I can totally agree with.
Tell us that when a bunch of CIA/Mossad mercenaries show up. You know, they'll all be dark skinned, bearded, and wearing black. If you don't poop your pants when you see that then I'll eat my hat, after I actually make one so I have one to eat, out of cheese.
At least you didn't say all stereotypes. They are a natural thing that we have programmed to help us survive and thrive. So yes, let us get rid of the ones that are not true. For example, the stereotype of Jewish bankers being smarter than than the rest of us and using that gift for our mutual benefit. Also, the ridiculous idea that people who went to university to be professional politicians (indoctrinated in socialist control methods that will be used to enrich the bankers) know what is best for each of us and will only pursue those ends. Finally, the idea that lawyers should be in charge of laws in any nation. Lawyers are trained to argue the law, not make it. It is almost as dumb as putting arms contractors in charge of foreign policy. If you want war, put the MIC in charge (financed, co-inki-dink, by...bankers). If you want a society where it is a criminal offense to fart in your general direction then go with lawyers.
What ZHers don't want to register, is that a massive majority of Greek want to stay in the €. Have a wild guess why.
They love Germans and French.
Gotta love the German vine and French bier.
No, No,... They want to fight in the Ukraine with NATO against Russia.
Because it is so hot in Greece most of the year they go home for lunch & a nap from 11:30 - 13:30 every day.
If they had to manage more of their country, currency & economic planning it would force them to work after dinner or into the night?
No, No, seriously... they want all the NATO Spies to Leave and they want to avoid another Military Coup d'etat like in 1967.
Because you said so?
Not so wild.
I'm going to give you an up vote, because it's (partly) true. Syriza won the election on the premise of staying within the EZ & changing the deals with their debts from within - a can kicking exercise but with blackmail and intrigue thrown in to get the creditors to write off some of it and leave them alone with fiscal control. But of course one could argue that the writing was always on the wall for a Grexit and reversion to the drachma from the outset considering that the debts were untenable and Syriza was biting at the bit to get the German/ECB/IMF mon(k)eys off their backs.
Greeks are, for better or worse, european. Many do want to keep the euro and the massive stability/support that come from their richer neighbours. They just don't want the nagging, controlling and debt collecting bastards telling them what to do with their 11 million people (That's just shy of the population of London on a busy weekday for contrast). The IMF/Goldman Sachs definitely wants Greece to stay in the Euro and they want the ECB to take the brunt of the debt relief (While they keep the tally on their greek debt, the sneaky bastards). The Germans/ECB on the other hand, seem to be schizoid at the moment - wanting to kick Greece out and wanting to embrace them at the same time.
It's a formula 1 weekend at Silverstone so my mind is elsewhere but the Greeks would have to be batshit crazy not to take this opportunity to say NO/OXI at the referendum. It's a huge leverage for Syriza to get a debt relief deal of historic proportions. It's also, to me, a grand opportunity to see the possible beginnings of a RESET that I've been looking forward to for years if they decide to give the fat middle finger to both their creditors. Possibly. Hopefully.
BTW, I've never dated a Greek but met a few gals married to colleagues. IMO, they're either incredibly good looking or they're like incredibly hairy fat dogs with noses that would shame an arab. Ratio of 1:5 or thereabouts so the cartoon is not that far off.
Debt based fiat. There was no other way for it to work out. The fact that they brought problems into the zone at the start only hastened what eventually had to happen.
Nothing to disagree here, just wonderering what makes my statement - partly - true.
The figures are shown on occasions and the result is overwhelming every time. Something like 80%+ want to stay in the €.
The conclusion as to the motive is conjecture, but in fairness a no-brainer. Would you want your assets exchanged into Drachma, when you have an existing currency that maintains "some" of its value through the labour of countries such as Germany, Finland, Austria, Luxembourg and Netherlands?
Every donkey knows where a Drachma would be heading, yet most struggle accepting WHY a Drachma would be in free fall. National responsibility is low on the list of possible causes - again conjecture - but considerering the amount of blame shifting on others, it seems a fair accusation.
There is an air of national delusion present, which in its current form doesn't give much hope that anything would ever change there.
TBH if it weren't for my hard labour going down the drain thanks to the likes of the ECB and peripheral governments, I wouldn't give a flying fuck. To each his own. But not in this case. It is my labour that is supporting delusionals and leeches and I am more than fed up.
Interesting post. You've almost put yourself in the position of a greek, but not quite. So my original post is vidicated somewhat.
I can't know what is on the mind of an average greek, I can only put myself in his position and apply the data present about the general environment and population. It would appear as though they want to stay with the euro, but a euro that has put them in a position with unpayable debts, huge rises in unemployment, social disorder and wealth inequality. A quick extrapolation would easily give them the bigger picture that the same applies to every developed country using fiat teetering on the brink of reality, so logically, staying with it merely buys them time. It does not make the inevitable avoidable. It is delusional to live beyond one's means but not delusional to fight for a better future. It's pragmatic.
Yes, they would rather stay with the euro to kick the can a little bit more, but only if they can be comfortable - not living hand to mouth, not having austerity imposed on them, not living through one crisis after another each month and most importantly not having their (rather massive) greek pride injured by this humiliating subjugation. At some point the pain of reverting to the drachma is equal to the pain of the status quo so that is why they fight to get a better deal for themselves. An OXI vote gives them exactly that opportunity to fight for a better life. A rational greek can see that there's virtually no difference between the short term pain of the drachma and the long term pain of the current situation so it's either a better deal or else. See what I mean about you being partly true? Hey, the Greeks may indeed all turn out to be morons and accept more of the same on Sunday so you could be right.
It is indeed your labour that is supporting the Greeks so I am not without sympathy for us in the North. But our labour mostly support the banksters - the irresponsible, conniving bastards who fudged the accounts to make the massive loans that in turn made money out of thin air (it's called fractional reserve) - whose loans and batshit crazy business model went sour and they stuck us with the bill. We're not exactly bailing out Greece. We're still bailing out the banks. Just look at the proportion that goes to servicing the debts and it's true.
YHC-FTSE,
"The IMF/Goldman Sachs definitely wants Greece to stay in the Euro", I would agree but you forgot one very important parasite, NATO. Greece will be very important strategically for the US's up coming wars in eastern Europe.
+1 I did forget that important detail. Thanks.
So much for yer stereotypical Greek Womyn...
Best Laugh of the week.
I'll bet the Scots are rethinking their *caugh*caugh decision to stay interned to the UK model.
I've said this many times before. The engine that drives London is paper based. When the markets tank, so shall London.
Food for thought when the illiquid markets open on Sunday.
Any word on Flanders Separation movement?
Or Spanish Secessionist?
I don't read much as I should.
You should ask the Catalonians. They want Mariano Rajoys' head on a pike!
It's ironic that Catalonia produces, per capita 20-30% of Spains wealth.
When I say wealth, I'm being facetious.
Found a couple of links, but looks like wealth by household.
- Japan, Italy, France pg 26 on first link, pg 33 shows US Top percent similar to other nations holding 75% of all wealth
http://economics.uwo.ca/people/davies_docs/credit-suisse-global-wealth-r...
easier to read Wikipedia list: Belgium, Nederlands, Israel, Czech & Austria wealth is a surprise.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_wealth_per_adult
Yen, that there seems to be quite a statement. I've seen you gloat on success, after the fact, in the past but do not recall such firm predictions. This is getting interesting.
Yeah...it's funny. One hopes that one's sense of humor is still intact when this happens where we live.
One can only hope. Brace yourself for the $usd selloff next week.
Trader tip: short gbp/aud
Brace yourself for the $usd selloff next week.
remember yen, a broken record isn't correct twice a day like a broken clock. lulz
anyway, you're in good company. we've all been expecting a stock/currency/whatever crash for years around here.
BUzz the markets are so hyper~extended. Look at how long term yields dropped over the last 24 hours.
The risk premium is priced in the opposite direction. I'll stay long my carry trades, and collect the interest. ;-)
Here comes a Union Pacific FREIGHT TRAIN...
ya'w needs da uparraw mistah buzzsaw da man...look'n like you unnahstand d'plight o' d'blackman aw to weall...d'blackman gots no stawks fo' d'crash bruthah...only da EBT fo'd'crashin'...
Interesting. So whites who keep working are perpetuating the system while blacks who use EBT are fighting the system.
The funny thing about this cartoon is that it can also apply to the USA where only about half the people pay taxes and where an appreciable number of people still live with their parents. Not only that, public pension systems will also be haircutted one way or the other in the USA.
Yeah ZH did a story this year on how there is no Standard Accounting Practices for State Financial Reporting or Budgeting.
So each state is borrowing to make up for shortfalls, but also as TIA.com says they use the pensions as a credit card.
Thing is maybe we have to keep throwing meat to the bankers.
They will pick a country, US City, US State to Target... if they don't get to rape someone, then they go after smaller fish or turn over the whole cart.
Will they go after the whole EU & the USA to trigger a Depression & probably a war with Impressment?
Tick Tock. Question is when. They made our people stupid so that we would take on debt & consume & drive up Revenues for them. But why did they ruin the wage rates and open the borders?
They want to destroy the USA & it's Vision. EU & Scandinavia also. Now they say huge number of IS Recruits are from EU. oops. Unifying Europe had nothing to do with taking in Immigrate from every where, did it? US Constitution has nothing to do with taking in Immigrants from everywhere either.
Maybe Blacks and Hispanics have much lower debt levels, so they will come out looking okay.
And many of the half that PAY taxes work for the government or a government contractor?
Seems like the only folks with good pay, benefits and pension plans work for Uncle Sugar.
My guess, and it's only a guess based on personal experiences, 25% of the people working get their paycheck from the government.
Wouldn't be surprised if it's 25% right now. When I started out, working for a government agency was a sign of failure. Now it's the hot ticket just for the benefits and job security.
I never liked the idea of the EU, since it means gradual loss of sovereignty to the member nations, but Greece's problems are not due to the EU. They are due to Greeks voting for socialist leaders who promised them free lunches.
It is like a friend of mine with a great income, yet his credit is always maxed out and he's always complaining about being on the edge of bankruptcy.
And they set us up for civil war with immigrants.
Where do the rules say we have to have open borders?
And guess what I can't move to Eu if I wanted to, is that because we have account managers who consider me a profit center.
EU might have helped prevent internal wars and world wars, but now they have a new threat from CIA mujaheddin recruiting from immigrant families. But guess what you can capture, kidnap, and coerce people to be mujaheddin fighters.
That problem has a simple solution. Europe has used it before. Kill any non European and the problem is solved.
For those that are shocked by that statement read your history.
It happened before and when the SHTF it will happen again
Europe is not unique in this respect. Try living in some parts of Africa if you're white. Good luck to you.
When shit unwinds here, in the US, watch how many all of a sudden learn to speak English.
Say what you will about Trump, he is calling like he sees it. And he sees it good.
It's like somebody breaks into your house, and because they got in, now you have to make them part of the family, be nice, and feed them. WTF?
Really. You sneak into this country, ILLEAGALY, and then scream for rights and privileges, while waving a foreign flag. Are you fucking joking?
There are a LOT of people that can't wait to square that circle. A lot. And a whole lot are unemployed, getting more pissed by the day.
There is not a lot of meat on the bone anymore. And what is there needs to go to those born here, first. And don't feed me this crap " work Americans won't do".
We managed pretty well before the whole pay Paridigm got fucked up, and we lost our jobs to Mexico, China, illeagals and H1B visa holders ( thought I forgot about you fuckers, eh?).
You people not " in the trenches", have no idea how fucked up it is.
Let's take care of our own, first. And we have plenty. Then, we worry about third world shitholes and their problems.
And I'm not in the dark about Uncle Sam's escapades south of the border. But I'm all out of guilt. We where lucky enough to be born here, now let's save what's left.
We are working our way up to a list. We prioritize our biggest Problems & Threats for the US Presidential Election.
Fact.
I say there are like 40 Big problems/issues/threats.
So, Trump is nailing a few that other are not willing to talk about.
And maybe we need a separate list of contenders that are willing to talk about the problems: Rand Paul, Don Trump, Bernie Sanders, Jim Webb, O'Malley, Jesse Ventura did some good work ...then the third party candidates. Sometimes it is Pat Buchanan that talks about what need to be said. Sometimes it is Ann Coulter that says it.
- Free Speech can't be defended by RINOs who can't say what needs to be said.
- Fine I am in left and right field
- Immigration & Open Borders
- Crime & Criminals coming over the border, no Documentation, No Birth Certificate
- Documentation provided by US States or maybe Federal Authorities to people with no provable heritage or identity
- Federal Protection & Flights & Shelters & Coordination to break state laws, local laws, or federal laws, and paying for many services
- Money in Politics
- Lawyers Destroying US Constitution and other Federal Laws, enabling them to make a career out of the destruction of laws
- Corporations, States, Federal Govt, making up their own accounting, mucho flexible, hiding the liability & deficit spending, moving assets or Instruments off balance sheet, Financial Ratings worth two hoots, administrative spending like royalty, overhead like royalty, risk placed on depositor or taxpayers
- Loss of memory of Anti-Trust Law
- Loss of Memory of Racketeering Laws
- Loss of Memory of Conflict of Interest & Financial Conflict of Interest Laws
- Revolving door to industry & vice versa
- Gift Giving to Government Employees, Officials in Leadership & Congress
- Corporations, PACs, Foundations are not People, are not Patriots
- Prison Sentences for Consensual Crimes, Pot, possession of medication not prescribed... WTF. If I want spiritual experiences, drug experiences, sexual experiences, or to take over the counter drugs or plant herbs for health or healing it has little to do with drug companies or government or news reporters... It is not news if a man and woman commit adultery, it is consensual, the wives and husbands can be informed... I just say it should not be in the papers or a concern of Government
Simplify, Streamline, Standardize... courts, civil courts, liability, health care, taxes, regulations, rules, Laws... finance... make it so a 12 year old can understand.
Last line nails it chap.
IF the rule book is too large and complicated for Mr IQ90 to understand it, it is fundamentally irrelevant..
Not sure if you heard about CAFTA-DR.
It is supposed to be very much the same as a Caribbean basin agreement which was very old.
But thing is an investor from Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras can come to the USA and set up a business and bring in all employees from his home country.
With all of the unknowns in Free Trade, we can't audit the labor rights or labor practices which we compete with, ... well sweat shops can be set up in the USA... at part time wages, temporary wages, no benefits, lower wages than our minimum wage... and on and on.
This will be rapped up in TPP, TTIP, TISA, TAA, TAP or a future agreement or Treaty.
Open Border. Slave Labor.
My, soon to be, ex-wife is Chinese, went to Peking U then got a free ride at Missouri, a PhD and no debt.
I fucking live here all my life and I am in debt up to my eyebrows in nondischargeable debt to get what they gave her for free!
It is just wrong.
Mom inherited a house. Tries to keep it in good shape, rents it to a couple with kids.
Next door, is what WAS a nice two story brick house. The daughter inherited it. Hooked up with a Hispanic. The house is now a hovel. There is a forty foot container at the end of the driveway. There are tarps set up between the house and the container. People are living in the container and the house. I use the term loosely. The mailbox has a sheet of paper taped to it, with about 25 names on it. I could not fucking believe what I saw.
Zero. Absolutely zero response from authorities.
Be white, and try to pull this shit off.
Maryland, where politicians will climb over each other to extend rights and benefits to "undocumented " immigrants. What in the fuck is going on.
This country is going backwards.
All part of the protocols man. They've have literally wrecked every country they get control of.
Divide and conquer
Divide who?
Conquer who?
I think most average Americans want the border closed, English as the only language, marriage between one man and one women ( the woman NOT being Bruce/ Kaitlen Jenner), sensible drug laws, a reasonable speed limit ( say 75) , shall issue carry, etc.
But you would not know it listening to the media.
mebbe try to live in dah hawaii if'n you white boy...
Now lets see an artists impression of Sunday’s voting booth, with both “Yes” and “No” levers connected to a double barrel shotgun aimed at their heads.
Think of Homer Simpson's voting experience
U never understood how a One Europe Currency could ever work accross different countries with different cultures and differnet climate conditions. There is no way every country could be treated equal, it really is the survival of the biggest and richest. A One World Currency would be exactly the same, might be good at first but once the honeymoon wore off, life just goes to pot. This is where the Euro is right now, the Honeymoon is over, and now it's time to pay the bill, you can't pay the bill so you'll be cleaning dishs for the rest of your life.
Never understood how any of us New Yorkers got out of the Stone Age either...still, World War II wizened up a few...
WWII did affect a huge part of the population. And it did ground them solidly in the ways of reality. It created a special generation, and Russia and other countries experienced that to an even larger degree, as their population was directly immersed in it. The problem is, humans seem to have memories that last just a bit shorter than four years. And all the people that learned the invaluable lessons from WWII are dying off. We are set up now to repeat it all again. That's how weak humans are. They can learn valuable lessons, but they don't. They can improve, but they don't. They are nearly exclusively interested only in their own welfare. The dinosaurs hold the record for sticking around. About 60 million years. Chances for long term survival of our species? (Try to imagine 60 million years, don't laugh too loud.)
Is that the Riot Dog?
No he died from a vaccine reaction.
How to spot Psychopaths: Writing Patterns Give them Away...
What distinguishes all of these Humanoids from the rest of us (Human) is an utterly empty hole.
Inside the Mind of a ZEROHEDGE Psychopath.WTF?
And the voice is of Angela Merkel