Greek financial markets were in turmoil on Wednesday with investors fearing the new anti-bailout government was determined to defy its international creditors.
I understand where the Greeks are with this. The extreme left and the extreme right oppose the Euro and the EU for different reasons and they object to being told how to run their country by the Germans. Maybe things would be different if it were the Swiss orchestrating things in the Eurozone but it's the Germans and the Greeks have sore feelings left from Germany's European Tour.
"BartSimpson" said Poland is such a .....tenuous concept/construct
Something you might appreciate:
A friend asked me what the meaning of was.
I told him that in German it means elbow room but that in Polish it means company's coming.
Actually it means living room. I guess company's coming into your living room. Or settlements, as the Israelis call them. Maybe that's just a corruption of shtetl. Shtetlments?
"DanSC" said Funny....once upon a time the Polish Lithuanians were masters of large swathes of what is now Russia and Ukraine
And God willing they will be again.
He's too busy helping football teams to win to concern himself with the Polish question. Course he's covered either way, since somebody on either team that wins will thank him for the victory.
and...
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31016261
Greece will not default - PM Tsipras
Which means the Greeks will have to be kicked out, because like a parasite, they won't leave on thier own.
Not saying I agree, just that I understand.
if it were the Swiss orchestrating things in the Eurozone
Swiss=Germans that say please
if it were the Swiss orchestrating things in the Eurozone
Swiss=Germans that say please
The Swiss are also the people who know WTF a 'border' is.
Poland is such a .....tenuous concept/construct
Something you might appreciate:
A friend asked me what the meaning of was.
I told him that in German it means elbow room but that in Polish it means company's coming.
Poland is such a .....tenuous concept/construct
There is no 'Poland', it has always been a territory of Russia.
And yea, the Greeks want a debt 'haircut'. Wish I could do that!
Funny....once upon a time the Polish Lithuanians were masters of large swathes of what is now Russia and Ukraine
And God willing they will be again.
Poland is such a .....tenuous concept/construct
Something you might appreciate:
A friend asked me what the meaning of was.
I told him that in German it means elbow room but that in Polish it means company's coming.
Actually it means living room. I guess company's coming into your living room. Or settlements, as the Israelis call them. Maybe that's just a corruption of shtetl. Shtetlments?
Funny....once upon a time the Polish Lithuanians were masters of large swathes of what is now Russia and Ukraine
And God willing they will be again.
He's too busy helping football teams to win to concern himself with the Polish question. Course he's covered either way, since somebody on either team that wins will thank him for the victory.
Greek minister says Athens against sanctions on Russia
http://www.todayonline.com/world/greek- ... ons-russia
So evidently the angle is: If we are going to piss off the EU, then the enemy of my enemy is my friend.