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G-Pap Demands Referendum To Rescue Plan, Seems Set To Throw In The Towel

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It appears the Greek leader has had it, and is officially throwing in the towel, leaving his citizens to tell Europe to shove their perpetual bank rescue plan, via Bloomberg:

  • PAPANDREOU SAYS NEW GREEK PLAN MUST BE PUT TO REFERENDUM
  • PAPANDREOU SAYS GREEKS CALLED ON TO CHOOSE ON COUNTRY'S COURSE
  • PAPANDREOU SAYS CALLS FOR VOTE OF CONFIDENCE ON POLICIES
  • PAPANDREOU SAYS GREEK DECISION WILL BIND ALL POLITICAL PARTIES
  • PAPANDREOU SAYS REJECT ELECTIONS AT THIS TIME

Naturally, with scenes like this one from last week, don't expect a glowing Greek endorsement of abdicating national sovereignty to the European superstate. In fact, expect the opposite. And with that, preparations for a Greek exit from the Euro and Eurozone begin in earnest. Needless to say, Deutschland is not too happy.

 

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Mon, 10/31/2011 - 21:57 | 1830482 smiler03
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I used to be paranoid too but now I know the bastards are after me.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 14:48 | 1829306 ivars
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Mon, 10/31/2011 - 21:59 | 1830501 smiler03
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Very interesting. I think your Brent Crude is a bit bearish though. 

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 14:48 | 1829307 glide21
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Quite so, can't keep Deutchland waiting can we? after all 'Deutchland Uber Alles' . Small changes only.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 14:51 | 1829308 The Deleuzian
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Welcome to the "Bizarro dome" kids!!!  Everybody go to the library or order Bernay's Propaganda or Ellul's Propaganda...These two books are/were totally off the radar but!!??...Get ready to increase your IQ by atleast 10-20...If not more!!!!!!!!!!!

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 14:53 | 1829339 SheepDog-One
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I read Bernays many years ago, man I really believe if people have not digested such books theres no way they can see whats actually going on.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:00 | 1829358 The Deleuzian
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Sheep dog, Don't forget Ellul's...Both of those books are required reading on ZH...I would put the average ZHer's intelligence against any other demographic out there regardless...This would just be the cherry!!!  Round em' up Sheep dog!!!

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 14:48 | 1829309 the not so migh...
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you know they are fucked now when they allow a referendum

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 14:50 | 1829316 bnbdnb
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Good call pap. Now when the Greeks vote in austerity and bailouts, they can only blame themselves for the riots.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 14:51 | 1829326 Jimakos
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He asks for a referendum and the same time he will start negotiations with banks? Great plan!

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 14:56 | 1829350 Lord Welligton
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This wasn't part of the plan. Was it?

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 14:59 | 1829356 Sequitur
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Tylers once again, good work. One of the first sites out with this. Fuck CNBC and their cheerleading. Shit is starting to unravel for reals.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:25 | 1829442 srsly-wtf
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Greece can't afford to pay CNBC to cover this...

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 22:04 | 1830522 smiler03
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That's the problem, MF Global were paying CNBC to pimp the Greek economy but MF Global defaulted on CNBC so no more pimping. Interestingly I just heard the news on CNBC, presumably just the European one? 

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:03 | 1829363 Ponzi Unit
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G-Pap sees checkmate, tosses the ball to the people so they can take some of the responsibility.

The State knows all, provides all -- until the wheels come off and then the people are given the power to choose between the shit sandwich and the dung burger.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:02 | 1829367 Sudden Debt
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A Greek, Irish and a Portugese walk into a German bank.

Says the Greek to the others: I'M OUT! SEE YA!!

And the Irish and Portugese say:.....

 

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:04 | 1829369 Ponzi Unit
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...unless this is a prelude to the biggest shakedown yet.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 16:06 | 1829583 Problem Is
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Holy Freakin' Pope!

You can never trust a Greek Orthodox @#&**#@!...

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:11 | 1829387 catacl1sm
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The French invade the Rhine to make good on reparation payments... oh wait,, that was 1922. Maybe they'll invade Greece and TAKE their bonds worth.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 16:10 | 1829388 PaperBear
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IMF/EU say no to a referendum.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:12 | 1829389 Civil Shepard
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Even Comcast Bob Psiani correctly saying todays real story is Italy debt surpassing 6% and the impossibility for Italy to rollover its debt at those rates, and adding that G-Pap calling for a referendum, combines to the real market concerns.   

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:12 | 1829390 BobPaulson
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How do we press the fast forward button in this default? The tedium of watching the successive attempts by world leaders and bankers to writhe and wriggle out of the bonds of reality is becoming painfully repetitive.

Let's see some repricing of the junk bonds already and some differentiation in stocks.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:25 | 1829443 Ponzi Unit
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...crisis fatigue. 

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:16 | 1829403 YesWeKahn
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ok, folks, the only option left is the use of force.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:22 | 1829432 edotabin
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Let's see how may times it will take for the referendum to get the "right" vote.

I still say the full unification of Europe is a done deal. Look at the announcements.... 50% haircut is voluntary. You cannot make this stuff up. Yet, they constantly get away with it.  It is wrong, we all know that.  Until somebody actually stands up to the lies, that is all we will get. The rest is bits and bytes in cyberspace.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:32 | 1829467 cristo
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they will use new electronic voting machine that will be donated by goldman sachs .

votes results will be

52% for

48% against

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:35 | 1829480 Comay Mierda
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this is bullish

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:38 | 1829499 murdomcsponge
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Good heavens!! Europeans being asked to vote on something to do with the Euro! The system really is breaking down. If the people are allowed a vote who knows what may happen. We can't allow this.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:58 | 1829571 Problem Is
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Greeks should hold a referendum on Papandreou's treason trial...

If found guilty...

Guillotine or rope for the City of London / MI-6 / Goldmanite Suchs agent and treasonous worm...

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 15:57 | 1829573 terryfuckwit
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it is great to see europe finalise a thorough set of proposals for the euro and speaking with one loud and clear voice. THE importance of a clear message to the markets being absolutely critical...LOL

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 16:00 | 1829585 terryfuckwit
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BEWARE YEE WHO FUCKS WITH THE PAPS OWN PERSONAL CDS BASED BILLION DOLLAR RETIREMENT DEAL..

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 16:05 | 1829607 Problem Is
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Crony Capitalism at Its Best

Managed by G-Paps brother... who bought it off of Greek tax payers unknowingly for pennies on the dollar... er uh euro... er uh drachma...

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 16:09 | 1829630 PaperBear
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The NO vote will be 99%

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 16:30 | 1829695 ricocyb13
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USA, Germany and France should just start a war in Greece. They have made it in Libya, so why not Greece? GDP will rise enormously with all that weapon production.

There is lots of oil in Greece as well.... olive there is.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 20:06 | 1830170 MS7
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Natural gas in Crete. 

http://www.greeknewsonline.com/?p=16884

Of course, a US company is already exploring natural gas or oil (I forgot) in Cyprus. Cyprus is independent but most of its citizens are Greek. (It used to be Greek.. long story).

Greece has natural resources but there are tricky issues surrounding the exploration, especially because Turkey is none too pleased with these attempts.

I don't know why people make jokes about Greece not having natural resources. It's such a gorgeous country, how could it not have natural resources?

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 21:58 | 1830497 Ponzi Unit
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The Mouse that Roared w Peter Sellers, 1959

 

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053084/plotsummary

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 16:36 | 1829708 Augustus
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The Greek Referendum:

 

Would You Rather Repay Less Than 50% of the Outstanding Debt?                                 Yes                               No

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 17:08 | 1829785 RoadKill
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Ok - time for some math.  What does the haircut on foriegn held debt - including ECB, IMF and ESFS - need to be to get to 60% debt to GDP in 2012 - with NO HAIRCUT to debt held by Greek banks, mutual funds or retirement plans?

Im going with 100% - since 120% isnt an option.

Sorry EU.  You tightend the screw too much.  On the bright side, its good that Germany forced this to happen now, rather then after another E100bbn had been frittered away.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 17:27 | 1829820 ambrosiac
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G-Pap insiders are having a shorter's party.

 

Incidentally, the earliest possible referendum date is in February.

 

But -- there will be NO referendum.  It's just tactical maneuvering to

handle a precarious political situation.  He'll find a pretext and cancel it.

 

 

No referendum.  You heard it here first.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 17:30 | 1829822 walküre
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G-Pap is clearly washing his hands as he puts this vote before the public.

No sane political leader would want to decide this on his/her own and live (emphasis) by that decision.

Public will vote against it as they don't understand that being a citizen of a nation comes with certain privileges and liabilities.

Yes, most people like to forget the fact that they're born into a citizenship and unless they move and join elsewhere, they are bound by that citizenship. The Greeks probably think that by voting against the plan, they can keep their status quo somewhat intact.

It's all failing of course. There's no backstop for what is coming. It's all bullshit, all bogus and it will all be exposed for the fraud that it was.

Put your money under the mattresses, stock up as long as you can still buy something of value with money and make sure nobody knows what you have and where you have it. Don't trust anyone and if you have kids, for God's sake teach them to keep their mouths shut. Better yet, don't even share with them how your family is able to survive and live to see another day when the rest of the community around you is starving and dying.

Hunker down time.

 

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 17:31 | 1829823 Fix It Again Timmy
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One World Government?  OK, how about we start with Afghanistan?  Oh, that's right, we seem to be experiencing technical difficulties, please stand by....

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 19:15 | 1830053 Terminus C
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Those 'technical difficulties' are merely training exercizes by the jackboots.  Not to mention perpetual war is a bankster's wet dream.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 17:36 | 1829830 lotusblue
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Seems to me,GPap ankling for bond haircut of %100 by putting up for refferendum.They realy have nothing more to lose.No more bailout funds from EU and he's off the hook with citizenry.Sarcozys' banks must be shitting.Slow motion multi car pile-up in action.

 

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 17:47 | 1829844 terryfuckwit
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who the fuck would watch telly when you can read this stuff....wow..

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 18:00 | 1829869 Bazza McKenzie
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Typical political spin.

Greece won't be offered a referendum to get out of the euro.  They'll be asked "do you want to keep getting billions from the EU and make those nasty bankers lose a lot of money."  Naturally people will vote yes.  Then Papawhatever will continue dismantling Greece, using force to do it, and claiming he has a mandate due to the referendum, even though no one was ever asked to vote on what he is actually doing.

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 19:08 | 1830031 midiangr
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If it takes place, it is clearly a win-win for GPap...

Yes -> given the right to continue
No -> "Angela, people, it's not my fault" as one previously said...

Mon, 10/31/2011 - 22:06 | 1830520 Ponzi Unit
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Here comes the River card.

Either Europe goes all-in with full on gonzo ponzi QE and political-economic union or the NWO agenda is moot. 

Tue, 11/01/2011 - 06:16 | 1831053 Hedge Fund of One
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I wonder what would be the result of a GERMAN referendum on ruining their own debt-ratio to bail out everybody else?

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