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European Crisis Explanation... For Dummies From Greeks
Pulling no punches and as irreverent as we can imagine, Mr. Panos - the Greek 'Borat' - explains (with a somewhat shocking sense of reality) just what the European crisis - most specifically the Greek 'angle' - is all about. From taxes, tourists, shadow economies, war retribution, and german-union realities - after watching this clip, everything about Greece will be henceforth clear...except perhaps whether Greece has higher exports of Potassium than Kazakhstan. Enjoy.
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I want a gyro.
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I had to lookup Malakas.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malakas
Hey, he even did a video on it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyWU-0ppug0&feature=relmfu
Goddamit, I thought I was the only one with that plan to make the international banking cartel bankrupt itself.
Spray Windex on it!
Spray Windex on it!
no plan needed. they will manage that just fine on their own, no amount of FRN printing will save them, just give it a couple of years.
There are reports of big offshore oil discoveries in Greece. So soon, the Greek Islands will be surrounded by drilling platforms, and Greeks will be driving Rolls Royces? It would be great if the other Euro countries had to kiss Greece's ass to get their gasoline! Twist of fate.
"Saved the world in the battle of Crete". Priceless.
We lazy? No, we resting.
Whoehahahahahahha!
We pay the tax for 400 years and now we on vacation.
it was something like, working for the turks for 400 years, now we on vacation.
Whew, it's not even happy hour yet and I thought that was some funny shit. I'll have to watch it again after a bottle of Ouzo.
That's right, it was work for the Turk's for 400 years. Turk's Taxes, whats the difference? and what happened to the edit button?
The argument for global trade and Foxconn $1.25/hr wages is that free trade leads to better lifes for the workers is the same thing said by the 1850 slave traders. AAPL lives up to its motto..."think different" (yea like a slave trader)
Uhhh, they didn't say that, and slaves weren't paid wages.
How fucking stupid can you get?
Take your ass over to China and try to buy a slave. I DARE YOU. You can't, because they aren't slaves, any more than the kids working at McDonalds are slaves.
I just wonder who started this meme, because every company in the tech industry contracts manufacturing out to the exact same Chinese factories. Jealous RIMM employees?
What's real and what's bullshit about the Foxconn stories?
http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/16/10720955-this-american-life-retracts-damning-report-on-apple-manufacturer-foxconn
I think the battle of crete in ww2 was first in which paratroopers were used; Goering wanted to show off. They landed all over the place (so did U.S. on d-day) ending up in big screw up by the Germans except the British then screwed it up even more, not realizing in fog of war they were winning, and really being stretched too thin. Still, I think the British and Greeks did delay Germany on moving forward on Barbarossa (russia attack) until Crete was secured, so I can see how the Greeks, who suffered horribly during the war from German reprisals for resistance, to say nothing of deliberate German destruction of economy through hyperinflation (there was a ZH thread on that), will take credit where they can.
speaking of careless whispers, I wonder what Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou is up to these days.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/music-news/9155529/George-Micha...
Oh F-Yea. That was awesome. "We know you Chinese people who fought with Germany, you used to call yourself Japaneese." That was awesome!
No, you need a gyro - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ap7m1CYzS6A&feature=related.
One thing that really gets me, is when people blame the boomers (in Greece and around the world) for loading up future unborn generations with debt. This is not their fault. "Personal responsibility" is just a term used by libertarians and ignorant right-wing interests to make us feel guilty. Well, I'm not falling for it. I am proud of supporting government debt as it boosts the economy through fiscal stimulus and assists with many vital government functions. It also helps employ many government employees that would otherwise have to compete in the dog-eat-dog free market. So, I'm not going to apologize, ever.
But you are sorry. BTW, no such thing as Greek 'Boomers'. It is strictly a Anglo phenomenon.
not true; after WWII everyone got down.
Better be careful MDB. I think you're funny but Tyler's been on a troll hunt. You might be in danger. Maybe we can get you put on the endangered species list.
I thought ZH hired MDB to keep the conversation 'frothy'. Please don't fire Mr. Bonus, because we need to keep the disscusion 'open minded', and 'fair and balanced'.
LOL Doc there is a difference between a troll and pure entertainment. I consider MDB pure entertainment on this site. Every now and then we all need good laughs.
I agree. I liked Robo too. It was funny watching everybody get their panties in a wad when he posted.
MDB is not funny.
Pretty good, MDB, ...pretty good. You are commended.
MDB (pause for yawning fit) is so predictable.
as are the responses of its fans.
as far as it goes, that was pretty lame...
Hey MDB...I didn't know you had a Greek son!
Tell him thank you for me ;-)
His name was Robert Paulsonopoulous
MDB, you and Trav always bring a smile to my face!
Worse, the government employees would otherwise turn to unproductive crime... Do we want generations of crackheads and fly-tippers roaming the streets getting away with contributing nothing to the booming economy? Obviously if you're an anarchic nihilistic libertarian than you do. That Ron Paul's is as big a terrorist as that miscreant the Dalai Lama (the 14th Daily llama, not the 13th one).
How do you do it MDB? No, really, how do you do it?
I'd say an online creative writing course coupled with a wry sense of humour and too much spare time.
Devils and idle hands with all that that may entail ...
Funny shit though.
Soc. Sec. was (is) a mandatory tax.
When it is reimbursed to us, if your "married filing jointly" income is over $32,000/yr, you need to pay taxes on it....again!
Taxed on a tax.
Forced retirement savings, that post-baby boomers think we shouldn't receive.
And they call US the "me" generation.
taxed on a tax??eh where did the money come from? it aint the money you paid in pal, its stolen from the young
I wish I could vote you down more than once
duuuude
that's what I'm talking about
trollin with STYLE
thumbs up :D
gyro is worth more than the euro.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRWZoCqnDhE
I want a gyro.
NO GYRO FOR YOU!
Spot on. Good job Greek Borat.
http://jamesturkblog.blogspot.ca/
German food beats Greek food.
Not so; the spaghetti in Germany is much better than the spaghetti in Greece.
Hello Hans Hello Mrs. Schnitzel face!
Test 1 2 3 test
And on a possitive note:
Mr Pro Europe explains
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi65cwowBjs&sns=em
For your info'
Carry on up the khyber:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxX7YW_97QU&sns=em
It starts at 1 minute and 50 seconds
thank you. excellent tonics for a Friday afternoon. speaking of tonic ...
Gene-yoos. Gene-yoos.
That was Jean-yous I concur. Total comeback of Farcism. Farcists... everywhere I look. I'd be scared but I'm too busy laughing.
Snow monkeys vs Muppets
What exactly is a "snow monkey"?
Snow Monkey = Some blond haired blue eyed Aryan type that tries to conquer Europe and Asia only to freeze his floppy freckled penis ... like a moron.
(See also "Hitler never played Risk" by Eddie Izzard)
Jean-yous!!!
Speaking of tonic Nmewn, did u try the New Amsterdam yet?
Gangster
Don't worry, be happy. Fry your eggs on your iPad...SUNNY side up
That is the funniest damn video I've watched in a long time.
Damn you gotta hand it to those Greeks, I never would have thought of that.
Dis time dey use dehr brains.
Superior Greek intellect.
That reminds me of that great part in Catch-22:
"That is why Italy is winning WWII and why America is losing it..."
N: "You don't understand. It's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees."
OM: "No, you have it backwards. Its better to live on your feet than to die on your knees."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeVWupFBkA8
You gave Greece the money, you have the problem
You own the bank 100$, you've got a problem
You own the bank 100 billion $ the bank has a problem.
never a truer word spoken in jest
thats fucking funny
Haaahahaha
Fucking brilliant...
Hallo Mr. Hansel Schnitzelface! We dont have ze problem, YOU gave us ze money, YOU have ze problem now!
Didnt the Germans just relive Greece of all of their gold?
You have pictures?
Are you 100% sure the Greeks gave the Germans gold?
Could be some bauxite spray painted gold.
The real gold is in a matress in the basement someplace
If you owe the bank €100,000 you have a problem.
If you owe the bank €100,000,000,000 the bank has a problem.
This guy is trolling genius. He realizes that the key to the whole issue of the Euro lays with the German people.
The moment the German people pressure their own politicians to end the bailouts, the whole Euro house of cards comes tumbling down.
The more Germans who see this kind of video, the more they will begin pressuring their own politicians to end the bailout.
Its like psyops.
I'm just amazed the German people havent shoved a rod up that little fat troll Merkels ass and roasted her over an open pit yet.
Never threaten Angie with a good time.
Oh crud... Now I understand those "coffee warnings" people put on their postings sometimes...
Apparently, like democracy the Greeks invented psyops.
I guess Greeks asking for WWII repariations is like blacks in America asking for slavery repariations,like that is ever going to happen! Get off your asses the both of yous(Archie Bunker accent) and get to work!
Finally..
"Greeks don't fight like heroes...heroes fight like Greeks"
brilliant!
& Germany can go fuck themselves
"We worked for the Turks for 400 years; so, now, we are taking vacation!"
Genius.
OOMPA!!!!
SchnitzelFace geenious :DDDDDDD
and they freeze in the snow, like morons :D LOL
BWAAHAAAAAAAA. Oh crap that was funny
The Greeks may have a secret plan against the Germans but they also appear to have a secret plan against themselves.
Euro Collapse Explained in 3 Minutes
Reflections on Europes financial woes. Special subject: the economies of the European Community. Which debt is owed by whom? Who will pay the bill?
More
http://www.webcompact.net/index.php/news/4795-euro-collapse-explained-in-3-minutes-
Thank you. This saved me from having a completely shitty day.
"running around with your freckle penis "
Lmao
I didn't need that visual.... lol
I hope Hitler doesn't see this :-)
i responded to the guy below, hell_4_whatever
he has a whole string of hitler quotes, praising the greeks for bravery
so i tried to respond to him on an upbeat, anyhow, and i think he junked me!
once you start quoting hitler on zH, who knows...?
nothing past "protecting women's honor" in the 20th century, post-WWII, but a nice quote from papaJoe, thanking the greeks for winning WWII, or some enclave of zve-keenz who are perhaps some tribe or racial group?
well, at least the world is no longer run by a buncha terminal syphilitics; maybe in another 50 or 100 years, we'll start seeing the improvements more clearly...
this guy is great! i think the boomers should be able to supply a heluva lotta nude grannies and maybe a tight virgin spinster or two; it's practically warm enuf right now to just go full everything, everywhere, BiCheZ! L0L!
don't #0ccupy! #Liberate!
While in france...
French PM: Country to pass tougher laws on hate speech after series of killings (DPA)
...awe man that's good stuff. I would have put him on the toilet in that setting though. Lol.
OPAAAAAA!
That was the best! I'm still crying from laughing so hard.
Ahhh...much needed comic relief. Thank you, Tyler!
Geneous, Geneous, thats damn funny. Germans gots a problem in the soft underbelly of Europe..
The Germans have other plans.
LOL! The Germans are gonna be plenty mad...
The American version of mad - upset/angry/perturbed - rather than the English version - crazy
though they may indeed go mad.
American version of 'mad'...increase Zoloft prescription bottle size.
Actually I'm a Kraut and I laughed my ass off watching this. Spot on!
EPIC video.
made me research this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Crete
Those Greeks have balls.
...civilians went into action armed only with what they could gather from their kitchens or barns, and several German parachutists were knifed or clubbed to death in the olive groves that dotted the island...
no doubt our naturally big balls are supplemented/enhanced by: http://www.sfakia-crete.com/sfakia-crete/raki.html ;-)
(i've got litres of some good homeade raki staring at me right now)
This is also hilarious:
Kazakh gold medallist is played Borat anthem in Kuwait
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-17491344
that's good stuff.
More Friday Humour...
Possibly the most disgusting cover of a major magazine ever (which is saying something considering Time is still published) and the smuggest look ever found on a Central Banker:
http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.ca/2012/03/atlantic-magazine-cover-proclaims-ben.html
I wouldn't worry about the smugness.
In the King James version of the Holy Bible, Proverbs 16:18 warns that "Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."
BTW King James was gay. Did you know that?
That reminds me of when Greenspan was widely considered a rockstar...
Meanwhile, only the dullest of the dull will be swayed by the Bernanke cover.
Too bad that's the same group that votes...
So.....Bernanke is Neo, correct?
Solvency in Our Time ....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf9Wa9M9V98&feature=relmfu
Well, we're all Zolofted up again neverminding all the mornings crashes and bad news and whatnots....DOW +100 all is well in the fuckin world again.
OMFG !!! That motherfucker didnt miss a thing !!!!!
Schnitzel face indeed...
Too funny ! All he needs are a baseball bat and a German monitor and it'd be Wall Street Pro, Greek style...
I miss Wall Street Pro! It would be great if he did some new vids
I love the Greeks they have attitude & not taking this shit lying down & they will still default no matter how many bailouts they get. On the other hand the Irish have rolled over & are doormats to the TROIKA...
See http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/2012/03/21/why-should-ecb-be-given-priority-over-our-families
uum but they are taking it lying down. What part of severe austerity for a bailout did you miss? The common Greek is taking it up the bum for the bankers and for their politicians.
that was hilarious. i played it while at work,...not suspecting the F bomb within 5 seconds. I quickly stopped it and one second later my phone rang...it was tough to answer choking back the laughter. Good stuff.
I love the Greeks they have attitude & not taking this shit lying down & they will still default no matter how many bailouts they get. On the other hand the Irish have rolled over & are doormats to the TROIKA...
See http://www.davidmcwilliams.ie/2012/03/21/why-should-ecb-be-given-priority-over-our-families
Tyler...you need to tone down on all of these comedy pieces your posting. My sides are hurting.
/sarc
ROTFLMAO
Hilarious, thx Tyler
Funny :)
Although he does neglect to mention whether or not the disappearance of their gold, when they default again, is taken into account.
Anyone know where the supposed Greek gold is? If in London or New York, agree they are screwed. But if it is in Greece, why do you think Greece will just turn it over? Is Germany going to invade again to get it? With what military? Most of their conscripts opt out of being in the military and do meals on wheels for old people. Plus there is this little complication that they are both NATO members....
I have a hard time believing the fiat machine would be willing to let Greece continue borrowing without actually having a realistic way of snatching the Gold when they default again. My guess is that it's being held abroad.
Now that they have the greek Gold written into the language of the future tranches they can allow Greece to go tits up.
Just musing, but interesting nonetheless.
Their gold will be handed over to germany in a wooden horse.
This will do wonders for the tourist business in Crete and Santorini.
Just don't order the Schnitzel and you'll be fine.
The fact of the matter is that you are dead broke, without any production capacity even to service your basic needs, and signed away control of your sovereignty in exchange for a loan designed to bail out the German and French banks, which you have no chance in hell of ever repaying and that you will not see a penny of in your economy. Now, let the Greek smartassery and bravado, that put you in this position in the first place, continue. I didn't mean to piss on your party.
You are missed somethimg. The government is broke. The money is with the people. Very few people are broke and all the have to do is go to their villages and resume work.
what work? government is the biggest employer in Greece and they're broke.
From the looks of things over there, the government is the only employer, using borrowed money to pay its employees to... Wait what kind of work do all these government workers do anyway? The only work available in Greece is a a job with the state, where you do nothing. Great!!! Mr. Panos should be crying, not laughing at this situation.
Never forget. That area of Greece is the only area of Greece that has never been under foreign occupation. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Kreipe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sfakia
Sfakiá is notorious for the harshness of the environment and the warlike people. Sfakians themselves are still considered somewhat beyond the reach of the lawmakers and tax collectors of Athens, with vendettas over stolen sheep and women's honour still fought late into the 20th century, with a whole village abandoned.
In a speech made at the Reichstag in 1941, Hitler expressed his admiration for the Greek resistance,h[›] saying of the campaign: "Historical justice obliges me to state that of the enemies who took up positions against us, the Greek soldier particularly fought with the highest courage. He capitulated only when further resistance had become impossible and useless." The Führer also ordered the release and repatriation of all Greek prisoners of war, as soon as they had been disarmed, "because of their gallant bearing."[133] According to Hitler's Chief of Staff, Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel, the Führer "wanted to give the Greeks an honorable settlement in recognition of their brave struggle, and of their blamelessness for this war: after all the Italians had started it."i[›] Inspired by the Greek resistance during the Italian and German invasions, Churchill said, "Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but that heroes fight like Greeks".[134] In response to a letter from George VI dated 3 December 1940, American President Franklin D. Roosevelt stated that "all free peoples are deeply impressed by the courage and steadfastness of the Greek nation",k[›] and in a letter to the Greek ambassador dated 29 October 1942, he wrote that "Greece has set the example which every one of us must follow until the despoilers of freedom everywhere have been brought to their just doom."
Greece was eventually forced to confront four different armies: Albania, Bulgaria, Germany, and Italy.
Greece resisted the Axis powers for over 185 days from Oct 28, 1940 – April 31, 1941
The Greek victory over the initial Italian offensive of October 1940 was the first Allied land victory of the Second World War, and helped raise morale in occupied Europe.
The Greek resistance influenced the course of the entire war by forcing Germany to postpone the invasion of the Soviet Union in order to assist Italy.
By one estimate 311,000 people, or 4.3% of the Greek population, were killed (reference). Among them 140,000 died from starvation during occupation.
Other estimates put the death toll much higher. For example claims that “over 300,000 civilians died from starvation, thousands more through reprisals”.
The Greek Resistance, one of the most effective resistance movements in Occupied Europe, was formed. These resistance groups launched guerrilla attacks against the occupying powers and set up large espionage networks.
Hundreds of villages were systematically torched and almost one million Greeks left homeless.
German Flag Raised on AcropolisOne of the most touching episodes of the early resistance took place just after the Germans reached the Acropolis on April 27. The Germans ordered the flag guard, Evzone Konstandinos Koukidis, to retire the Greek flag. The Greek soldier obeyed, but when he was done, he wrapped himself in the flag and threw himself off of the plateau where he met death.
“I am sorry because I am getting old and I shall not live long to thank the Greek people whose resistance decided WW2.”– Joseph Stalin (From speech broadcast over radio after victory of Stalingrad January 31 1943) You fought unarmed and won, small against big. We owe you gratitude because you gave us time to defend ourselves. As Russians and as people we thank you.
- Joseph Stalin
“The war with Greece proved that nothing is firm in the military and that surprises always await us.”
-Benito Mussolini 10/5/1941
“Until now we used to say that Greeks fight like heroes. Now we shall say heroes fight like Greeks.”
-Winston Churchill 1941)
Germany's armies were fighting the bulk of WW2 battles across Europe. The Italians lost Greece and therefore, decided the end of German's winning streak. Germany has a term for the Italians who later turned on Germany and joined the other group.
Can we estimate how many Iraqis died during the US engagement? So many numbers, so little evidence. Unless it's yourself doing the counting, be assured that your enemy is using his numbers for their own propaganda. Same as it ever was.
is he smoking TRUEs? (just kidding)
but thank you for the history, hell_4 about where this guy is coming in from, here! the zva-keenz are most weclome, and i am giving them extra z's already!
400 years goes by like nothing with the fabulousFurryFreakBrothers!
peace or whatever else you folks decide, at this point
as long as it begins with fukYOU it's got a fighting chance!
Genius when HIV infections among Greeks are up 1200% yoy?
What this guy is missing is the fact that his own kleptocratic corrupt government filth has stolen money from his people time and time again. You thought the US was a bad oligarchy? Greece has invented and refined oligarchy. The oligarchy never intended to quit the EU and get serious about the Eurobusiness.
Maybe this assclown is part of the oligarchy, but I doubt that very much. He's an assclown who focuses on the hand that fed his people as opposed to the hand that stole from his people.
At best, I hope this was a Turk trying to derail the rebuilding of Greek's tourism efforts.
What an assclown.
Hmmm, your post is a wonderful example of the famous "German sense of humor".
Don't feel particularly humorous when people wasting away in the streets, fathers don't have jobs to feed their families, kids left on church's doorsteps and so on. The assclown would have been alot more effective if he had a) addressed the Goldman Sachs angle and fudging of the Greeks accounting and b) the kleptocratic crony government that has stolen massively over the last 10 years.
If I was Greek, I'd be organizing the revolution to oust the bloody Papas.
Yes, few Greeks have lots of cash in their houses and "under their mattresses". Most don't. Outflows of capital into Switzerland and Germany (!) from private citizens over the last 2 years was an obvious sign. Lots of politicians on the gravy train with offshore accounts.
Greece is primarily the destination for the loverboys of Greek style. Maybe assclown should stop looking at freckled penises. They could come too close for his comfort! But assclown probably likes sausage better than schnitzel anyway.
You are 100% right, but come on,
it was so damn funny!
Save your tears, worse, much worse is coming to our old continent.
If you bothered to check the numbers on Germany, you realize we are fucked!
think of it that way, kalevi.
Zerohedge exists so that we don't grab our guns and kill one another.
Humour is great that way.
However, humour should not disuade us from taking action to stop being victimised by oligarchs.
Mr Panos is simply reminding us to see things another way, and it should encourage the Germans
writing on these pages with their horrible bitchiness that the future of their country is in their hands.
If you think Greece is corrupt, Merkel is working for your corrupt banks. So, if you Germs think
that you live in a democracy, then take power and cut Greece off. Destroy the Euro, and
while you're at it, kick that sanctimonious Barosso out on his ass.
It's Germany's fault, way more than it's Greece's fault.
Germany has an export policy, like China. They do vendor financing. The problem is that they loaned so much money to Greece in order to buy German products that they lost control of their loans, since the other option would have been high german unemployment.
Agree, he's a person living an alternative lifestyle from new York trying to get his 15 minutes of fame by selling out his race by playing to stereotypes to rebel against his father who was disgusted by his lifestyle choices.