Tag Archives: Greece
News That’s Fit To Punt – 10/May/2012
The Greek Situation The elections held last weekend in France and Greece tell us a lot where things are going. Where they’re going is not to a better place but to more chaos and turmoil. The French have kicled Nicolas … Continue reading
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News That’s Fit To Punt – 08/March/2012
Thought We Were In The Clear Did We? One of the mysteries of the GFCs and the stupendous amount of mass that we as a civilization accrued, and brought down Lehman Brothers, Bears Stearns Northern Rock and all of Iceland … Continue reading
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News That’s Fit To Punt – 01/Feb/2012
Citizen Rinehart The richest woman in Australia, Gina Rinehart has set her mind on buying into Fairfax, the company that owns the Sydney Morning Herald, and the Age, amongst other mastheads. The response coming out of the Fairfax stables has … Continue reading
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Dreaming Of Greek Island Villas
Different Spin Just a weird, weird thought for today. Would you move to Greece? I don’t know if you’ve ever looked, but today Mrs. Pleiades showed me a bunch of photos of Real Estate available in Greek Islands. Hey, I’m … Continue reading
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What The Hell Are They Thinking In Athens?
More Drama Than Drachma I’m trying to get my head around the logic of why (oh why) the Prime Minister of Greece George Papendreou would propose a referendum on the rescue package. First Mr Papandreou had to confront a hostile … Continue reading
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China In The Spotlight
More Than Reading Tea Leaves Okay, non-movie related entry today. Sorry guys, but this stuff keeps being so interesting, so bear with me. Time Magazine had this article today, pondering the likelihood of China being able to help out Europe … Continue reading
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The Greek Mess
Euro-Sceptics Party On There’s probably no greater joy in a sceptic’s life than the ‘I Told You So’ moment, so one imagines there is a great deal of champagne corks going off in the private residences of Euro=Sceptics back in … Continue reading
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On The Eve Of The NSW Election
Vote Green I was at the usual shop picking up lunch when I ran into some people I always meet. One of them said he was thinking of voting for the Greens. The other was a gnarled mechanic in overalls … Continue reading
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News That’s Fit To Punt – 06/05/2010
More Chaos in Athens Overnight, the situation in Athens got ugly in a hurry. Greece stands on the ‘‘edge of the abyss,’’ President Carolos Papoulias has warned, after a day of often violent protests against brutal budget cuts and tax … Continue reading
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All Greek To You?
It’s All Greek To The Greeks Too This business of the Greek debt crisis is a bit disturbing. Markets are all lining up to kick Greece’s rear should it default on its debt. The markets around the world slid today … Continue reading
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