This is really good. This is the only thing that can sour the Russians on Putin. They hate it when anybody gets handouts. Anybody but them, that is. Let Putin keep handing out cash to every freeloader on the planet. And let’s see Russians finally awaken from their crush on Putin.
I’m hearing that the supporters of Spain ‘ s new party Podemos have been celebrating the election of Syriza. I’m really hoping Podemos doesn’t decide to become one of Putin ‘ s ass-lickers. Spain really deserves better than that even if Greece doesn’t. And Spain’s economy is improving.
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I propose we just give Greece back to Turkey. 😎
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That is just mean 😉 Especially after Syriza just promised to do away with the horrible TTIP.
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And the forex market registered almost no reaction whatsoever to this news …
Let this be another object lesson to the Russian central bank: you’re not in the position of the Fed Reserve or the ECB, because when you make “provocative announcements”, everyone has ceased to give a crap. 🙂
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Interesting article on Greece with lots of end-of-nation-state stuff (mostly not labelled as such).
Money quote (at the very end)
“It has debts too large to pay. What usually keeps countries from welshing on their obligations is a concern for their reputation and their national honor. Yet Greece has incurred these debts as a way of staying in a union that aims, whether its promoters admit it or not, to do away with national feeling altogether. Greece, it would seem, is ephemeral. But Greece’s debt payments are meant to echo through the ages. ”
whole thing:
http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/flag-waving-greek-left_831338.html?page=3
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Great article, thank you! !
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