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All Twerked Out
All Twerked Out Bruce Jenner’s journey to transgender sainthood was interrupted Saturday on the road to Malibu, and with it perhaps the Kardashian Klan’s hopes and dreams for achieving supremacy of the known universe. All of America was twerking at the news because that is what we do and who we are now. The […]
Europe’s Greek Showdown: The Sum Of All Statist Errors
Europe’s Greek Showdown: The Sum Of All Statist Errors The politicians of Europe are plunging into a form of ideological fratricide as they battle over Greece. And “fratricide” is precisely the right descriptor because in this battle there are no white hats or black hits—-just statists. Accordingly, all the combatants—the German, Greek and other national politicians and the apparatchiks […]
Behind The Global – Game Of – Thrones
Behind The Global – Game Of – Thrones Greek PM Alexis Tsipras yesterday laid out Syriza’s stance, and from what I saw he didn’t pull even one punch. Despite all the suggestions from the financial press throughout the past week that Tsipras and Varoufakis reneged on campaign promises to seek debt write-downs, they didn’t, and […]
Europe, US Risk Off After Greece Rejects European Ultimatum, Ukraine Peace Talks Falter
Europe, US Risk Off After Greece Rejects European Ultimatum, Ukraine Peace Talks Falter In the absence of any notable developments overnight, the market remains focused on the rapidly moving situation in Greece, which as detailed over the weekend, responded to Europe’s Friday ultimatum very vocally and belligerently, crushing any speculation that Syriza would back down or compromise, […]
Crunch Time as Greece’s Terrible Deadlines Loom
Crunch Time as Greece’s Terrible Deadlines Loom Since the election of Syriza, the pressure on Greece has been cranked up to almost unbearable levels. The first shot across the bow came from the European Central Bank’s Master of Ceremonies, Mario Draghi, who warned that if Greece didn’t start behaving itself (i.e. stop all this silly […]
UK Begins Preparations For Grexit
UK Begins Preparations For Grexit As recently as two years ago, even the merest hint that any entity was preparing for what then was unthinkable, namely the Greek exit from the Eurozone, was enough to get one burned at the stake. After all, recall what happened when none other than the head of the ECB lied on the record to […]
War and Default in Europe Pose Merkel’s Biggest Challenge
War and Default in Europe Pose Merkel’s Biggest Challenge (Bloomberg) — After almost a decade as German chancellor, Angela Merkel faces a moment of truth as a resurgent Russia and fed-up Greeks challenge her blueprint for Europe’s future. As bloodshed in eastern Ukraine escalates and the new Greek government rejects austerity championed by Merkel, her […]
Sarkozy: Crimea cannot be blamed for joining Russia
Sarkozy: Crimea cannot be blamed for joining Russia Crimea cannot be blamed for seceding from Ukraine – a country in turmoil – and choosing to join Russia, said former president of France, Nicolas Sarkozy. He also added that Ukraine “is not destined to join the EU.” READ MORE: French President Hollande calls for broader autonomy […]
Greece Gambles On “Catastrophic Armageddon” For Europe, Warns It “Only Has Weeks Of Cash Left”
Greece Gambles On “Catastrophic Armageddon” For Europe, Warns It “Only Has Weeks Of Cash Left” One of the bigger problems facing the new, upstart Greek government, which has set before itself the lofty goal of overturning 6 years of oppressive European policies and countless generations of Greek cronyism, corruption and tax-evasion is not so much […]
‘The Communist Manifesto’ (2015 edition)
‘The Communist Manifesto’ (2015 edition) In the Communist Manifesto, Karl Marx wrote that “a specter is haunting Europe — the specter of communism.” That image has been much adapted. The specters that have been held to haunt the Europe of today include Americanization, privatization, the far right, and the breakup of the euro, among others. Mark […]
Defiance and Charm: A Measured First Week for New Greek Leader
Defiance and Charm: A Measured First Week for New Greek Leader Minister of Administrative Reform Georgios Katrougalos sits cheerfully in his new office and rejoices about his little revolution. He has just announced that soon the first 3,500 public-sector employees can return to work, including the famous cleaning ladies who led the protest against job cuts. […]
Greece: Are You Finally Ready to Do the Right Thing and Leave the Euro?
Greece: Are You Finally Ready to Do the Right Thing and Leave the Euro? The era of living off borrowed money is over in Greece, and the Greek people now have a choice. Almost four years ago I wrote Greece, Please Do The Right Thing: Default Now(June 1, 2011). Default remains the only real way forward […]
Greece Exposes The Global Economy’s Achilles Heel
Greece Exposes The Global Economy’s Achilles Heel Countries that can’t repay their debts — won’t The new Greek political party, known as Syriza, the Coalition of the Radical Left, has done the unthinkable: they’ve dared to speak the truth. In this case, the truth is perfectly captured by the blunt assessment by the new Greek […]
ECB Pulls The Trigger: Blocks Funding To Greece Via Debt Collateral – Full Statement
ECB Pulls The Trigger: Blocks Funding To Greece Via Debt Collateral – Full Statement Just what the market had hoped would not happen… *ECB SAYS IT LIFTS WAIVER ON GREEK GOVERNMENT DEBT AS COLLATERAL *ECB SAYS IT CAN’T ASSUME SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF GREECE REVIEW What this means simply is that since Greek banks are now […]
Is It Socialism or Just Failure?
Is It Socialism or Just Failure? It’s all still about Greece, and that makes sense, if nothing else Syriza is a breath if not a tornado of fresh air. But those too pass. The question at the end remains: did anything really change? It’s quite possible, don’t get me wrong, but Tsipras and Vanoufakis are […]
