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The Troika went to bail out Europe's banks (for the nth time) and all we got was this postcard of night time Athens...
courtesy of Aris
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"the lamps are going out all over Europe, and we shall not see them relit in our time." Sir Edward Grey, 1914
Truly horrific to see them burning their own country down.
What a sad sight. The system is broke, but this burning of your city, your country?
I hope when or if our turn comes, we are smarter than this.
crazyjsmith said:
Agreed. The torching should start in the Hamptons and in the posh suburbs of Vichy DC.
brewing said....'burn baby, burn...'
Hope we hear from you brewing, you total & utter f...wit, when it's your town/city/trailer park/park bench burning. Then, you'll be sobbing in a corner somewhere saying ,"Please Dear God, LET ME SURVIVE THIS!'
And 48 other total f...wits gave you a tick. Un-Be-Liev-Able!!!
Reading ZH makes more convinced than ever that there is absolutely NO HOPE for the world. We will have to go through a shattering catharsis and many won’t emerge on the other side.
If there’s any justice in the world (and there is) brewer and his green tick dumbo mates won’t make it. Then, the rest of us have a chance of something better in the future.
Screw the DIP, let's burn it
Can't print tear gas.
I'm long tear gas
great trade, what exchange?
1000% Hehe, I go super long now and hedgeZero.
coming soon @ an exchange near you
Poor Greece.
But, we can learn a lesson from all of this. Getting into debt is BAD! Don't do it! Of course we here in America have EACH TAXPAYER owing $125,000 just to cover each ones share of the debt.
We are not too far from being Greece...
Buy physical gold now...
Mitt's good for my share.
Ron Paul 2012. Our only hope.
Seems that the powerelite have decided that the only way RP will make it to the WH is if he picks up as a running mate a certain fellow who goes by the name of Jeb.
That Beverley Hillbilly whose asshole buddy is the greedy banker?
Why not just elect the City of London as El Presidente?
Ooops - it's a prediction from 2008. Karl Rove was Jebby long ....
Lame.
I thought Jeb would take the nomination in '08... Made a bet to that effect back in '07; had never heard of Big O at that time!
The choice is clear. Unfortunately, the masses are as ignorant as ever on what matters.
Send Ron Paul to the white house - or send the country to hell!
Ron Paul 2012. Our only hope.
You are your own best hope, the buck stops with you. If that is discomforting, you still have a bit of time left to address the issue.
Excuse me? It's not "MY" debt. No way I would ever have allowed this s*** to happen.
Oh, but it IS your debt and mine. They will make us pay one way or the other. GREECE is Exhibit One.
Anyone who has ever used any "funny money" (like RP calls it) has allowed this SHIT to happen.
Drop that nickel, go, and sin no more
Ha ... courtesy of Ares. Nice touch.
You see that smoke? That's the vapor that makes our banana market go up.
The fumes will hit the jet stream and be in NY 3pm tomorrow, just in time for the last minute market prop!
And it's already working. Dow futures up more than 40 points right now.
Everything progressing nicely. Steady as she goes..
More slaves for the banksters bitches (MSFTBB)!
Clearly this is bullish. Probably good for 100 pts on the dow. After all there's a lot of broken windows to repair.
Sounds about right, can-kicking can go on indefinately after all.
Dow futures + 41
Gold up $4.30
C'mon Greeks, the banksters politicians lost the fake battle, you can win the real war...
..against the BANKSTERS CRIMINALS that are stealing your money to feed their sumptuous lifestyles
"Is Paris Burning"...too?
Soon enough would be my guess...
title of a book..."revolution of '68" i believe. that would be the tet offensive...and the student revolt. they were it of course. the entire Western World couldn't wait to pile on to that futile act! "this time is truly different" methinks. there will be no '68 in Paris--more like 1908 and "the Predator's Ball" it would seem. Of course while Rockefeller complained about the bill from that fiasco...he's be laughing his balls off about the bill coming due for this baby! sure--"there are the anointed one's"---and then of course..."there's governement"!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=y5nUQHRZsMc
and to think certain people think that what they're body's are going through is something new!
"part of the plan" people. move along.
greece fires are extra dangerous and spread fast
Drop and roll won't even work.
Time to drop a shitload of baking soda on downtown Athens...
Careful what you say...Donna Shalala's evil cousin Janet Napolitano is watching every word you utter...
Holy shit! Is anyone watching gold right now? Just spiked from about 1725 to 1755 and back down to 1730 all in the span of a few minutes.
http://www.kitco.com/images/live/gold.gif
And now it's 1706, LOL!
edit: And two minutes later it's 1726. Market manipulation by any chance?
Spike up/down at the open is normal fleecing business. They just processed a few market buy orders at the open and made the sheeple pay the max price. Now when they drop the price to scare them and sell the MM will pocket the money. Spike down at the open is to grab the stop losses, then resell higher.
It's all a computerized game man in a casino rigged market. Physical metal will eventually decide the price, not an algorithm. I've been saying that for years and some year it will actually be true!
Are you the mythical "another"? You don't look like Saddam.
Stop loss hunting is their speciality.
Hopefully.
...
No, seriously, hopefully...
Phil Mickelson just shot a tremendous 64 at Pebble Beach.
A 64? Is that a Glock or a Colt?
+ 1
Didn't get it until I read it again. Well played sir!
Whitney Houstons daughter has been rushed to hospital. It's a real tragedy when a rich bitch, coke nosed, ex-talent mixes perscription pills and alcohol and manages to drown herself. That's fucking talent. Hahhaa. Fuck you Whitney and fuck your fucked up family, hopefully they follow your example. RIP
Mick Philson just shot 64 from Pebble Beach; tremendous!
$10 says the money never makes it to Greece...Watch and See!
Athens Goldman Sacked
I guess riots, tear gas clouds, burning buildings etc. are a sign of SUPPORT for the austerity package?
Perhaps the Greek people should have used stronger language when communicating with their elected officials.
So now that this round is over, how much more money will they need for the next round?
Haven't you heard.....their elected officials walked.....The country is being run by an "appointed", ex GS, Bankster!!
Sheeple become serfs and the banks get bailed out!!
Once upon the time in the ancient Greece, Europe got fucked by Zeus....
... and today has a stupid hoe nothing better to do than to warm a Lloyd's dick ?
Disgusting.
Greece is fixed hope rally 358 queued up..
http://www.ironsky.net/
The Future is The Past and The Past is The Future !
The future is tense.
The masses in North America don't care... its Grammy night.
TRENDING NOWHey there people I'm Bobby Brown. They say I'm the cutest boy around.......
+1 Zappa
City of Tiny Lights --> Athens By Night
...
Cocaine decisions...
You are a doctor or a lawyer
You got an office with a foyer
And the cocaine decisions that you make today
Will not be discovered till it's over 'n' done
By the customers you hold at bay
....
Cocaine decisions...
We must watch the stuff you make
You have let us eat the cake
While your accountants tell you Yes Yes Yes
You make EXPENSIVE UGLINESS
(How do you do it? -- Let me guess...)
Cocaine decisions...
In honor of the suspension of FASB 157:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgAlZFX1Rvw
Judging from those searches, I'd have to say it's being fueled by an over 18 crowd. Good representation of the voting demographic!
Tis sad. Coming soon to a country near you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IEemZ6-LZc
now that's what i call the light at the end of the tunnel.
Goldman Sachs told their clients their is "FIRE SALE"in Greek bonds
...Simple things happening all over Europe in exactly the same way. It was the same loansharking Goldman Sachs, that was financing the European Investment Bank and “connived" with Simitis the fiscal data of Greece, so that ECB would be justified to buy Greek bonds using Goldman Sachs money, so that Bobolas could undertake the overcost public works ...Bobolas, who was a Goldman Sachs’ partner ...it's a self-serving behavior ...and who pays for it? Fools of course! After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the loan sharks’ “trashes” have “flooded” Europe. This was the whole trick! Simple, quick and with minimum risk. They corrupted the political leaders of the European Union and they “flattened” everything. All these beasts –Pronti or Barroso- under the auspices of the loan sharks took important posts in the European mechanisms. Using the cheap borrowed dollars of Germany, they “printed” the cheap ECB Euro in Frankfurt. Using these cheap Euro they grasped the expensive Euro of the countries and turned it into debts. They eliminated the Euro securities and all that was left in the market was the Euro bonds. Euro value was stored in the ECB vaults and the countries were left with debts. That was the “game”!
http://eamb-ydrohoos.blogspot.com/2012/01/global-debt-crisis.html
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by PANAGIOTIS TRAIANOU
Greece is the start. Next postcard/s Paris, Berlin, London...New York.
So.. Who shall we topple next!
I vote Portugal
you?
Rome!
What year? As in 64 A.D.?
You mean not-topple? Look, despite the cheering, Greece has just averted complete meltdown. So will Portugal.
I don't get it, what's so great about cheering for social unrest? It's NOT FUN if it happens near your house.
call me naive but shouldn't one of these so called politicians and leaders try speaking the truth to the people that they are supposed to represent? It would go something like this "we are close to a complete meltdown because of a, b and c and what it means for people is x, y and z". Then they could find a way forward...shit wait that sounds too much like democracy
Telling the truth really works here in the USA, doesn't it? Politicians in the House of Representatives who tell the truth tend to get their districts redrawn to their disadvantage. Telling the truth interferes with playing the game, and most seem interested in the game.
double post
You really think the Greek people will let their politicians live up to any austerity agreement with the Germans? They may have avoided meltdown for a week or two, a month at most. The collapse is coming, though, you can take it to the bank.
Jeez haven't you guys learned? They are going to keep bailing and bailing and keep punting the can down the road. The bureaucrats depend on the status quo for their survival so there is no way they are letting Greece go down without doing everything in their power to keep things together. They will lie, print, cajole and obfuscate in order to keep the EU going in its present form.
The ECB (or EFSF) will take a loss, they will somehow figure out how to get the least disruptive CAC in place and we'll be dealing with Greek fiscal irresponsibility six months and probably even a year from now.
Don't short equities or the Euro until the policy makers are out of ammo. They are idiots and corrupt but they can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent.
a true "Boat that wouldn't Float" moment. here's a solution for ya':
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=zBLuecb4Kfg
Okay, my blond hair is getting in the way. So does this mean they can make the payments on March 20? And if so what is the best guess on how long this money will lays until the next round of fear of default?
Already happened.
....and not just with Greece.
I don't know what the other poster is referring to (already happened?) but here is the rough sequence. The Greeks pass their next round of austerity, next they will agree to the PSI (probably already done).
Next the Troika will fund them, however its unclear whether they will do it all at once or in tranches. There is a thought that the IMF will want to do it in tranches to ensure that the Greeks don't falter or undo austerity after their April elections. Frankly, its almost a mortal lock that one or both will happen.
So its not entirely clear whether they will make their March 20th payments. Especially since they will still have to figure out what the PSI participation rate is and how the CACs (Collective Action Clauses) work.
There is still much that can go wrong here but as I said earlier, keeping Greece "alive" is in the best interests of those in power. As such, they will do anything in their power to do so, even if it means re-writing laws and steamrolling their own constituents.
There may not be anyone left in Greece to "sign."
Exactly right ME, they will do anything, no law, contract, CDS or dervitive will stand in their way.. Rule of law is over boys and girls prepare accordingly. At some point (hunger) how much of that you have done will be very important and to anyone who does not own multiple protective devices, ohh, never mind your too dumb to help.. Better for the chlorine to work in the gene pool.
Thank you for the clarification M E.
You forgot the part where the rest of Europe gets pissed that they're being asked to work until they're 70, so Greeks don't have to work at all.
From the Bureau of Benevolent Coddlers:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-17007761
We don't need no water!
That looks like a bad tick.
http://www.bullionvault.com/gold-price-chart.do
Does not show the spike.
Greece. The beginning of Western Civilization.
Greece. the beginning of the end of Western Civilization.
(OK, OK, less cynicism here. How about the beginning of the decline of Western Civilization? Notice the gas can in my avatar's hand?)
The greatest private fraud of human history.
Who are the great fraudsters who are becoming the murderers of the human kind? How does the economy "illness" threaten Democracy and the freedom of people?
http://eamb-ydrohoos.blogspot.com/2012/01/global-debt-crisis.html
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By knowing what happened in indebted Greece, where loan sharks created “bubbles” and the current inhuman debt, one can understand the inhuman plan in total ...understand where this plan started just to bring all states at the same end ...understand how this type of plans are established...
Anonymous hacked in again...
Ummm, errr, ahhh, they should errr ahhh, tax everyone netting over 250k a year to fix this!!!
What?...not enough Greeks make 250k to fill this gaping hole? Hmmm...
Well, pick a fight with those Greek Orthodox guys in the funny hats and let me think it through some more...get me Commissar Sebelius on the phone!
Webcam Athens:
http://www.greeka.com/members/greeka/athens-webcam/13.htm
I've been to Athens and I can tell you those people know how to take it easy.
Believe me, this has nothing to do with the Greek people or the indebtedness of the nation. This is just the politicos and other insiders sucking the marrow out of the already bleached bones of the nation.
Somewhere that jackass Krugman thinks those fires are great for the economic development of Greece.
Apparently the banksters feel there's still a few worthwhile organs left harvesting. Please be patient Zorba; they'll soon be gone.
Meanwhile, I've got the popcorn at the ready and am watching the pretty lights in the southeastern sky tonite.
The greatest private fraud of human history.
Who are the great fraudsters who are becoming the murderers of the human kind? How does the economy "illness" threaten Democracy and the freedom of people?
http://eamb-ydrohoos.blogspot.com/2012/01/global-debt-crisis.html
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By knowing what happened in indebted Greece, where loan sharks created “bubbles” and the current inhuman debt, one can understand the inhuman plan in total ...understand where this plan started just to bring all states at the same end ...understand how this type of plans are established...
A beautiful post card pic that is:
We'll all be there soon enough, God willing.
It's sad, but it is what it is.
May you live in interesting times.
As a Greek-American, I hope all Ahmurrikans are watching this. Coming soon to a theater near you : My Big Fat American Debt riots.
Is it me or you people are encouraging and cheering these violent protestors?
It's you.
There's a terrorist in every crowd.
Definitely canned Polish ham encourages violence. Look it up.
That Ham above is about as Polish as a Polish United Workers' Party Politburo member in 1949 (that is, not at all).
Free ham, the ultimate Jewish dilemma.
I really hope they catch some IMF bankster types in the country and put them in prison for life, or better.
I love the smell of napalm in the morning.
I'm surprised they are not madder. Its a terible thing that their government has done, bailed out the banks and heaped the burden of repayment on the working class of Greece. Ireland's people accepted the same treatment, look what they started. This is a shame, people should wake up- same thing is happening in US, nobody cares but ZH.
The greatest private fraud of human history.
Who are the great fraudsters who are becoming the murderers of the human kind? How does the economy "illness" threaten Democracy and the freedom of people?
http://eamb-ydrohoos.blogspot.com/2012/01/global-debt-crisis.html
---------------------------------
By knowing what happened in indebted Greece, where loan sharks created “bubbles” and the current inhuman debt, one can understand the inhuman plan in total ...understand where this plan started just to bring all states at the same end ...understand how this type of plans are established...
Tyler(s),
Please deactivate Olympia's account. Total spammer.
Worse than a troll.
The US is better. We have loads of guns and ammo baby! Using the police drones as expensive target skeets will keep the masses in practice.
Yes, the drones. That really bothers me. Hard to shoot down with small arms. Maybe we can get some Iranian dweeb to show us how to bring em down with an iPhone?
Try to remember the Persians helped Eurowhitey to start the end of the dark ages. We called it the renaissance, the Persians thought we might be simple.
SKYNET BABY.
Greek austerity passed tonight -- jesus h-fucking christ! what next? magical hopium fueled solvency for PIIGS?
Fucking EURO...no matter how many times we flush, we cant keep this turd from floating back up!
You have to degas it, maybe fracking technology would help.
haha...so f*cking true. But, it's time is due.
We get a contagion of riots next few weeks, sympathy for Greece and Greek violence going cross boarder, the EUR is done. No problems. ECB will just print into the bond markets as Portugal yields blow to hell.
EUR is going under 1.20. That and Asia blows up too, namely China.
This whole thing is coming down. It's set for self destruction.
Tiger Woods was defeated today by 11 strokes by Phil Mickelson. He needs a bailout, ahem, package.
This is what happens when a country with a weak economy links in a currency union with a country with a strong economy. It's purely the polititions fault. The bankers just facilitated it. The whole Euro adventure was always political, it never made economic sense. Now the chickens come home to roost!
Just wait until the new austerity measures imposed by the Troika kick in the place will burn
Wow, amazing .In the USSA, folks are getting ready for the Grammy's. Nothing can stop the sheeples from thinking . DHS has everything under control, just shoot and all be taken care off.
Go greeks go......
Fuck'm {the banker} UP THE a$$ LIKE THEY FUCK YOUS..
PS
off topic but have a look at the manipulation that just went on in gold.
Up $30 dollars at opening,and knocked back down $30 all in 15 minutes....
.....FUCK YOU BEN AND TIMMY...
fuck you's ppt
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE1fNvUtHU8&feature=BFa&list=PL03DE993CC2532873&lf=results_main
That package they approved is AWESOME!
Where do I sign to get me some of that austerity?
Prime Minister Lucas Papademos denounced the worst breakdown of order since 2008 when violence gripped Greece for weeks after police shot a 15-year-old schoolboy.
"Vandalism, violence and destruction have no place in a democratic country and won't be tolerated," he told parliament as it prepared to vote on the new 130 billion euro bailout to save Greece from a chaotic bankruptcy.
Papademos told lawmakers shortly before they voted that they would be gravely mistaken if they rejected the package that demands deep pay, pension and job cuts, as this would threaten Greece's place in the European mainstream.
"It would be a huge historical injustice if the country from which European culture sprang ... reached bankruptcy and was led, due to one more mistake, to national isolation and national despair," he said.
Am I the only one who finds it totally insane to here someone preaching about democracy breaking down who was not elected but appointed by the EU?
Vandalism is Greek "policing" tactic...
The Greek's also love to dance. SOPA! Na, na - nah, nah. Hey, hey, hey, Goodbye!
Coming soon to a neighborhood near you. Could be yours!
The lighting is beautiful. Is the smoke from suvlaki vendors' brisk business?
Divide and rule
Big man, pig man,
ha ha charade you are.
You well heeled big wheel,
ha ha charade you are.
And when your hand is on your heart,
You're nearly a good laugh,
Almost a joker,
With your head down in the pig bin,
Saying "Keep on digging."
pink floyd
+ 1 Very apropos
"you radiate cold shafts of broken glass"
Ok, this is wayyyy off topic but man it was funny.
The article is about facebook and isn't funny but poses some risks to the social media sphere that I had never thought of. Anyway, that article is here: http://stock.ly/65f7xu
The funny part is a father who found his daughter being disrespectful on facebook and she thought she had blocked him. He didn't take kindly to it with exploding hollow point rounds from his .45.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUpOABtY_nE
I like how he concluded the article. "Over time we all become better trained." Lol BAAAAAAAAAAAAA
Some more imagery
http://twitpic.com/8j2csm
http://twitpic.com/8j25mc
We had that in Los Angeles in '92 riots. Every night, we called it the festival of lights as the natives burned their city.
Some Talking Heads " Burning down the House " to listen to as we watch the Wienny Roast!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNnAvTTaJjM
Imagine all the stimulus from the rebuilding!! Bullish bitchez
Yes let's blame the bankers. They FORCED the politicians to buy votes by hiring 51% of the population to sit around and do nothing 30 hours a day In return for wages 2x those in the pirate sector, full free health care and the right to retire at 45 with an annual pension 200% of your final salary because you worked overtime for 1 year.
Yes and those evil "banksters" are now demanding the 1st born child of every innocent and honest Greek. I heard each Goldman analyst is getting a slave as part of their bonus this year.
Horseshit. How the hell did the OWS hippies takeover this site? Where did the investors and Tea Party crowd go?
Austerity is the problem not the solution? The parasites are the victims not the problem. Capitalists and the rich are vampires? When did Paul Krugman buy this site?
Its entitled parasites that are killing Greece AND the US. You idiots are going to get Commrade O re-elected by throwing a temper tantrum when Ron Paul doesnt get the nomination.
Ive already seen a number of communist idiots bashing Romney as a bankster on this site. Just goes to show how stupid you are. You have no idea what a bank actually does and how it's different then PE. You also know NOTHING of what Romney has done in his life. One idiot attacked him about a deal Bain did in 2008, while Romney left the firm back in the 90s. But you don't care. You are just envious of people that work hard and make lots of money so you attack them with 0 understanding of what they do or who they are.
The Rothchild's, the Illuminati, the Rockerfellers, JP Morgan (the man), Carnegie, the railroad barrons etc... have always been demonized for having the audacity to try and build something that wouldn't have existed without them.
In the 90s it was Bill Gates....
Now it's Jamie Dimon, Blankfein and all those evil Goldmanites.
Seriously this site used to be people trying to make $ investing counter trend. Now it's been taken over by survivalists and OWS anarchists.
hold on a second... nobody FORCED the bankers to make loans to deadbeats. Nobody FORCED GS to hide the extent of Greek debt with currency swaps. The bankers arent much good at being bankers, and they should go broke to make room for more competent operatives, its called capitalism, look it up.
Oh, and Mittens = BamBam, they work for the same people, here comes the new boss same as the old boss.
Birds of a feather
stick together!
Roadkill,
Nicely said. Problem is; how do the productive make the unproductive take ownership of their situation. NONE of us are entitled to ANYTHING, except life, liberty, and the pursuit (note, not attainment) of happiness. If the devil offers you a free lunch, he's just doing his job. If you take it, you are the problem. These unproductive people are not victims. They chose, even if all they did was choose to be ignorant of the situation and their responsibilities...
Why should we bail them out against our will (voluntarily is a moral judgment for each of us, and a question for another day)?
WTF