[I will attempt to avoid my additional alternative commentary as this post is already lengthy with the simple display of News-media coverage of the current institutional activities. Yet, I caution readers that the News reports are deceptive. The BRICS are gathering in Ufa, Russia on 9 July 2015 for their seventh annual Summit.
Meanwhile, European summit has some reporters commenting that they will decide whether Greece gets another bailout or leaves the eurozone. I question if institutions move too rapidly and too forcefully the citizens could rebel.
My comments are in brackets. Read comments section. ~Ron]
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The Lesson for the World Coming from Greece
All mainstream news is painting the Greeks as the bad guys and the Troika as the savior of Europe. Quite frankly, it is really disgusting. Pictures of an elderly Greek pensioner have gone viral depicting what the Troika is deliberately doing to the Greek people trying to punish them for their own failed design of the Euro in a system that is just economically unsustainable.
The heartbreaking photographs of a 77-year-old retiree Giorgos Chatzifotiadis pensioner showing he has just collapsed on the ground openly in tears driven to despair outside a Greek bank with his savings book and identity card strewn next to him on the ground illustrates the horror the Troika is deliberately trying to inflict upon the Greek population.
This image illustrates the core of the issue of how ordinary Greeks are being tormented by EU politicians who pretend to care about people. This is not a Greek debt crisis, this is a Euro Crisis and they refuse to admit that what they designed was solely for the takeover of Europe at the cost of the future of everyone from pensioners to the youth.
Mr Chatzifotiadis had queued up at three banks in Greece’s second city of Thessaloniki on Friday in the hope of withdrawing a pension on behalf of his wife. When he went to a fourth bank and was told he could not withdraw his 120 euros ($180), the ordeal simply became too much as he fell down in tears in total desperation. His comments were simply that he “cannot stand to see my country in this distress”. “That’s why I feel so beaten, more than for my own personal problems,” he said.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. We are facing terrible times ahead because socialism is completely collapsing. Government employees have lined their pockets and this is precisely the end game how Rome collapsed. It was not the barbarians at the gate. It was the the Roman army was not paid and they began hailing their various generals as emperor and the attacked cities who did not support their choice sacking their own people. Only after weakening themselves, then the barbarians came in for easy pickings. If Russia really wants to take Europe, all they have to do is be patient. They will self-destruct for the Troika cannot see any change in thinking for that means they must admit that they were wrong from the outset.
Keep in mind, do not have all your money in one place. Keep a stock of cash outside the bank. Cash is recognizable for daily transactions for now.
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[07 July 2015 = 7, 7, 2015]
Greece Can Join BRICS as a Growing Economy – Official
Greece can join the BRICS if its economy starts growing fast, the head the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sergei Katyrin, said on Tuesday, adding that the Greeks’ desire to join in was an important factor.
The world’s four main emerging economic powers, known by the acronym BRIC, standing for Brazil, Russia, India and China, now refer to themselves as BRICS after South Africa joined the four on December 24, 2010.
According to the EU’s statistics office, Eurostat, Greece’s economy exited recession from the first quarter of 2014, recording a feeble 0.8 percent growth to reach 179 billion euros in the first such uptick in five years.
Meanwhile, the country’s sovereign debt stands at a whopping 300 billion.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called for the country’s creditors — a group that includes the European Central Bank, other European Union countries and the International Monetary Fund — to line up further financial support and to forgive about one-third of the nation’s debt.
The creditors are ready to help out but they demand the implementation of a string of hard-hitting austerity measures in exchange for rescue money.
The Greek government then put the matter to a nationwide referendum, but more than 61 percent of those who voted on Sunday said a resounding “no” to the creditors’ demands for more austerity to keep aid flowing.
Source: http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150707/1024309291.html
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Euro Summit on Greece Bailout: Statements – 07 July 2015
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Your moment has come, Mr Tsipras, take back control of your country -UKIP leader Nigel Farage
Video posted 08 July 2015
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Tsipras given standing ovation by supporters in European Parliament
Video posted 08 July 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras entered the European Parliament Plenary session in Strasbourg, Wednesday, to a round of applause and a standing ovation by his supporters and sympathisers.
SOT, Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister (in Greek): “We have now been given a mandate to redouble our efforts in order to get a socially just and economically sustainable solution to the Greek problem without repeating the mistakes of the past, which condemned the Greek economy to a period of never ending and an impasse of austerity which trapped our economy in a recessionary vicious circle.”
SOT, Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister (Greek): “Today we come with a strong mandate from the Greek people and we are determined not to clash with Europe, but to tackle head-on the establishment in our country and to change the mindset which have taken us and taken Europe down.”
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German MEP Weber booed after blasting Tsipras in European Parliament
Video posted 08 July 2015
SOT, Manfred Weber, German MEP (in German): “To be honest, I am grateful to the applause because it shows who is part of the extremist forces here and who wants to destroy Europe.”
SOT, Manfred Weber, German MEP in (in German): “You, Mr Tsipras, like provocation, we like compromises. You like to fail, we like success. You divide Europe and we love Europe. I hope that you get back to reason and present a programme eventually. Thank you.”
German MEP Manfred Weber attacked Greek leader Alexis Tsipras in Strasbourg on Wednesday, branding Syriza an “extremist” force that seeks to “destroy” Europe.
[Transiting to the New Multipolar World Order is a tricky and discreet operation…
The great challenge for the Hellenic (Greece) government is to coexist within the international monetary system of control…
Bluntly stated, that means Greece either remain within the E.U. or have the E.U. bless the Grexit with a new debt partner (Russian Federation or BRICS), and note the fallout with NATO/U.S. geopolitics. Shall we leave the discussions about the BRICS NDB for another time as the BRICS need to focus on opening their new development bank doors on a solid foundation of funds prior to making official loans to urgent cases such as Greece.
Some questions have already been answered, Tsipras is (publicly) seeking E.U. banking aid to remain in the E.U.; behind “closed doors” something is always discreetly taking place without the public knowledge. ~Ron]
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The Euro creditors are ruthless loan sharks!
Sadly, the Greek citizens took 5 years to understand that clear message…
It saddens me to tears to see that citizens believe in the deceptive institutions (governments, religions,banks, etc.) and refuse to research the institutional conspiracy evidence and factual documents to at least make more informed decisions and better emergency preparedness plans.
*Old men and women falling down in despair is not a pretty sight!
*Long lines to the ATM machines is not a pretty sight!
*Empty food shelves is not a pretty sight!
*Citizens demonstrating in front of government buildings to be attacked by police is not a pretty sight!
All of that could be avoided!
Every family and community should have a detailed discussion about crises and emergency preparedness.
Bank closings/holiday; “State of Emergency”; exchange market crashes all should be expected and no longer a reason to panic or be caught by surprise.
Indeed the politicians and executives often lie and deceive in front of your face, they are untrustworthy.
Question everything and be prepared.
Returning to my earliest comments in the blog-post, I stated “if institutions move too rapidly and too forcefully the citizens could rebel.” True, but let us not overlook a similar possibility, such as a staged coup, as in political assassination. One or two murders would collapse the Greek coalition government and the E.U. technocrats would swoop in to protect the Eurozone. Or that move could fail, remember we saw many versions of this, thus Russian sympathisers in the Greek coalition government could pre-empt the technocrats and call for emergency aid and assistance from the Russian federation and BRICS NDB…
– GEOPOLITICS –
The awareness and alertness I am asking of us all is to be not surprised by sudden emergencies as these institutional-gangs war over their turfs and implement their NWO multipolar international monetary reset system.
The public is now, sadly, aware of color revolutions.
Geopolitics is a institutional deadly game.
I foresee BRICS gaining additional power and members in my forecasts because currently BRICS are too weak and the plan is for their (BRICS) respective zones to be under more stable command. Russia plays the larger role in that shuffle, and Greece joining Russia appears to be the plan…
Ultimatum: Greece Has Until Sunday 12 July 2015 for GREXIT or Collapse!
Below is one gentleman’s video who has a critical eye and awareness that the officials and executives are deceiving the citizens. Even, if he draws some wrong conclusions he has one thing correct:
Take your assets out of the banks!
Below is Gerald Celente:
Tsipras and Syriza officials’ lives and families could have been threatened?
PhD. Paul Craig Roberts says rumour is Tsipras and Greece were coerced and threatened to remain in the E.U….
Read: http://kingworldnews.com/paul-craig-roberts-a-shocking-behind-the-scenes-look-at-what-is-now-unfolding-in-greece/
and audio:
http://kingworldnews.com/dr-paul-craig-roberts-6-27-15/
My guess is that for the near term Greece will remain in the E.U. but citizens’ unrest will continue to mount.
2016 and 2017 should reveal the full power and financial backing behind the rise of the BRICS and the Russian Federation – China Agreement for an Eastern-Europe-Asian free trade zone.
However, the solution is NOT to jump in bed with the eastern (Russian and Chinese) oligarchs! NOT to jump in bed with the BRICS oligarchs!
Collectively the central banks want to reset their international monetary system, and sure they offer a deceptively slight lift of a few burdens in a limited way for a limited time, but it is the same fraudulent debt bondage system that will keep children and future generations enslaved to institutional governance and subjugation to burdensome debt and suffering. The current system of fraud and abuse must be abolished.
Recall the support from the U.S. Federal Reserve [banking] system, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the Swiss National Bank, and the ECB. I think I recall China promising support (does that mean the PBOC loaned money too?…
and still the E.U. face a crisis, a unstable economy, along with the rest of the world in the same situation.
The alternative solution is to implement alternative community currencies, to stop governments’ authority and subjugation of citizens. Crimes and abuse from institutions and regulators is the reality that is enslaving the citizens and enriching the members of elite clubs and secret societies.
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The ECB and Eurogroup Message is Clear: Greece Government Must Surrender and Meet Creditors Demands or Grexit!
The Euro creditors are ruthless loan sharks!
Sadly, the Greek citizens took 5 years to understand that clear message…
Now, ask have the moles and traitors (or blackmailed and life threatened) politicians been identified?
If not, then do not be surprised if the government does surrender even against the will of the People!
Of course that would mean a collapse of the current coalition government, and wouldn’t that make the creditors happy…
Syriza MP: It’s Time to Take Over the Banks 1/2
Below are part one and two videos in a series that forecast an agreement will be reached.
[I think that is likely but it will not be a good solution for the citizens.]
Posted 06 July 2015
Paul Jay discusses the results of the Greek referendum with Costas Lapavitsas and asks whether Syria was prepared for this moment
Syriza MP: It’s Time to Take Over the Banks 2/2
New Greek Finance Minister a Change in Style, Not Substance
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News Reports Claim Balkans At Risk of Collapse If Greece Falls
How financial contagion could begin tearing through the Balkans
There is a saying in the Balkans: “Indebted like Greece.” The expression is believed to have originated in the 19th century, when the south-east of Europe was engulfed in wars and poverty. It has taken on new significance since Greece’s financial crisis worsened.
Millions of people in Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania have their deposits in Greek bank subsidiaries in their own countries, putting the Balkans on the front line of the crisis.
• BULGARIA – It is the most exposed to the Greek crisis, with Greek lenders accounting for about 23 per cent of its banking system. Should Greek banks collapse, they could take the deposits and savings of its customers with them. The Bulgarian government might also have to intervene to rescue them. Some 7 per cent of its exports go to Greece.
• MACEDONIA – It has introduced capital controls to stem outflows of money to Greece from subsidiaries in Macedonia. Two Greek banks in Macedonia represent 22 per cent of total bank assets in the country. The central bank has ordered Macedonian banks to withdraw all loans and deposits from banks based in Greece. The regulator also temporarily banned the country’s residents from investing in Greek securities.
• SERBIA – It has also limited the amount of money Greek banks can send back to their parent companies in Greece. The Serbian central bank said the Greek banks have adequate liquidity and reserves, which “can be used in situations where bad news can cause unnecessary negative consequences and psychological stress”. Serbia, however, has relatively high public debt and fiscal deficit, meaning it could run into trouble if it had to bail out Greek-owned banks in Serbia.
• ALBANIA – Three out of 16 commercial banks operating in Albania are Greek. Albanian authorities have assured depositors they should fear nothing from the Greek crisis. But it would also struggle to rescue any Greek bank subsidiaries and could suffer from weaker trade ties. Sherefedin Shehu, former deputy finance minister, warned more trouble in Greece would cause Albania’s economic growth to fall.
• ROMANIA – There are four Greek-owned banks in Romania and they own 12 per cent of the overall market. Two of them are among the top ten banks in terms of size. Romanian National Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu said the banks could weather unfavourable developments and had a high level of solvability.
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Read: http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/eurozone-anger-as-greece-arrives-without-plan-1-3824448
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The Inevitable Grexit and Banking Collapse
Video posted 09 July 2015
“Dimitri Lascaris Report: Credibility of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is hanging by a thread, in the meantime 15 out of 18 European governments support ousting Greece from the Eurozone”
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* OK, carry Mr. Dimitri Lascaris guesses further:
Former FinMin Yanis saw Tsipras’ deception, and left in disgust, now Syriza and Tsipras must carry out their deception. Something along the lines of accepting a watered down version of austerity and kicking the can down the road for a few more months?
Will the Greek citizens be outraged?
Will a coup or social unrest result?
I will not be surprised at anything, including if assassinations occur and the Syriza coalition government collapse… ~Ron
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It’s impossible to be a “leftist” in this day in age without putting your life on the line. Surely the Syriza leadership knew this when they accepted power. Being a leftist is always about dying on your feet rather than living on your knees. As Eugene Levine stated just before he was executed, “We communists are all dead men on leave.”
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There are likely some ideologues in the Syriza party, but Tsipras doesn’t appear to be one (if he is he successfully deceived many); how Tsipras gained the leadership of Syriza should be a interesting story!
However, more importantly are the wealthy supporters (gangsters aka oligarchs supporting) for Syriza political party – if as you say they are a few have put lives on the line – then can we expect some lives to be forfeited?
Again I will not be surprised by any eventuality.
Remain alert and share your information with everyone and hopefully the People become more aware and prepared to create local alternative solutions as the institutions continue down their destructive path in their geopolitical game.
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The Bank Closures Extends Until Monday…
The Tsipras government is a coalition, we are told, of moderates and radicals (those who want to issue Greek currency, those who want to join Russia, and what do you call those who wish to remain in the eurozone but without austerity?) This morning Tsipras has opened the cage-doors and released the snarling hounds…
By accepting the eurozone austerity demands, he surrendered to Brussels against the will of the Greek citizens, as we here are not surprised.
Now the conspiracy plot calls for a timeline or a event-line for Greece to not collapse the markets before September 2015 and then afterwards to join the Russian federation and BRICS zone structure. Will political assassinations be carried out?
I think assassinations (sudden deaths) are a high probability.
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Tsipras has just destroyed Greece
By Houses and Holes in European Economy
at 10:32 am on July 10, 2015
SOURCE: http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/07/tsipras-has-just-destroyed-greece/
Greek chaos has reached a whole new level this morning with the release of its proposed compromises with the Eurozone. Here is the text in full:
This is basically the same proposal as that was just rejected by the Greek people in the referendum. There are some headlines floating around about proposed debt restructuring as well but I can’t find them.
This makes absolutely no sense. The Tsipras Government has just:
If this deal gets through the Greek Parliament, and it could given everyone other than the ruling party and Golden Dawn are in favour of austerity, then Greece has just destroyed itself to no purpose.
Markets are drawing comfort from the roll over but how Tsipras can return home without being lynched by a mob is beyond me. And that raises the prospect of any deal being held immediately hostage to violence.
AND MORE BLUNTLY
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Too Bad Greek Pensioners and Taxpayers
Citizens still have not faced the reality that CROOKS are making policy!
When People decide to respond to criminals the solution will be reached.
That man said: “what they do in Athens… make People slaves by the money.”
Deadline Sunday for Greece:
Robert Johnson of INET says odious debt and the fear of a bank contagion that could richochet across the world, keeps the financial sector from writing down the Greek debt
Greece selling their valuable infrastructure to (crime lords) oligarchs
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According to the BBC analysis (whether it’s right or not) the backdown by Tsipras isn’t as big as it seems. Although he’s agreeing to austerity cuts the voters rejected last Sun, he asking for much more money ($53 as opposed to $2 billion euros), which means that Greece wouldn’t have to renegotiate until 2018. He’s also demanding debt restructuring and, most importantly, caused a spit between French and Italian and German creditors.
It’s important to remember that the austerity cuts he agrees to in the bailout agreement don’t automatically become law. Each has to be debated and approved individually by the Greek government.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-33473779
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I am anticipating “Hidden hands” to activate their plan, remain alert for more drama that some may claim as unexpected.
See the privatization plan in the proposal details above or click: https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2015/07/08/evaporating-complacency-the-greece-fulcrum-is-forcing-rapid-immediate-decisions/#comment-17397
I can imagine some oligarchs not happy about the transfer of ownership of key Greek assets and higher taxes will devastate some businesses…
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The Funny Money ‘Crisis’
Nicely summarized:
China BANS All Major Stock Sales for 6 Months!
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Greek Govt Counts its Losses After Getting Vote of Approval on Proposals
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/07/11/greek-govt-counts-its-losses-after-getting-vote-of-approval-on-proposals/
by Philip Chrysopoulos – Jul 11, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is assessing his political damages after “losing” 17 coalition Ministers and MPs who voted against or abstained in the crucial parliament vote on the Greek proposals to international creditors.
It was no surprise that prominent extreme leftists in SYRIZA voted against or “present” when they had publicly announced prior to the vote that they do not approve the austerity measures that Tsipras proposed in order to achieve a new bailout agreement.
The party’s Left Platform rejected pension cuts, spending cuts and tax hikes, claiming that the Greek people had already rejected them in last week’s referendum.
Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, Deputy Labor Minister Dimitris Stratoulis as well as Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou, all called “present,” in effect abstaining from the vote and withholding their support to the government.
“The government is being totally blackmailed to acquiesce to something that does not reflect what it represents,” Konstantopoulou said and also refused to allow the plenary to vote before 12:01 am on Saturday, citing a parliament regulation that does not allow a plenary vote on a subject the same day it was approved by the appropriate committees.
Five more SYRIZA lawmakers voted “present” while two others voted “no.” Seven other party MPs were absent, and in essence showed they disapprove the proposal. Among the absent MPs was former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis who went to his holiday home on the island of Aegina claiming “family obligations.”
Five Left Platform members signed a letter saying it would be better to return to the drachma than return to austerity with no debt writeoff.
At the same time, several SYRIZA MPs stated that they may have voted in favor of the proposal but they did so heavy-hearted.
Analysts expect major developments after European partners and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) grant Greece a bailout package. It is uncertain if Tsipras will get his party’s approval when the new bailout agreement measures come to parliament to become laws. It is also uncertain how he would react to his party’s “defectors.” Will there be a major cabinet reshuffle? Or an expulsion of certain party “rebels”? Or will Tsipras call for snap elections?
All these questions will be answered after the government secures a deal. Tsipras said: “What matters now is the positive outcome in the negotiations. Everything else will be dealt with in time.”
Source: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/07/11/greek-govt-counts-its-losses-after-getting-vote-of-approval-on-proposals/
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To be fair to Tsipras, it’s hard to say which looks in terms of human misery. Returning to the drachma will cause a lot of short term suffering and it seems impossible to say how long it will last.
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Whatever Tsipras deserves for his role in the ongoing institutional crimes I wish for him to receive fully.
I wish fairness for the People; to be aware and prepared for the coming crises (Sept/Oct 2015 and the following years) as “volatility” results from restructuring the international monetary system (“RESET”) for technocrats/officials to manage (force onto the People) with mandatory compliance penalties.
They are attempting to engineer a permanent world wide debt-money slavery system…
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*current event:
At this moment Police clash with protestors…
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Syriza “Punked Out”
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Ellen Brown wrote a particularly illuminating article yesterday about the ECB shedding a little of their quantitative easing on Greece – that’s what they did with US bank debt: https://lozzafun1.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/grexit-or-jubilee-how-greek-debt-can-be-annulled/
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There are no shortages of ways to solve Greece’s debt, sadly that is not the REAL issue…
(Conspicuous absence is Mario Draghi,President of the European Central Bank, who famously said “we think the euro is irreversible” and said on July 26, 2012 that he would do “whatever it takes” to save the Euro.)
Appease the Rulers or Exit the Empire (and survive their wrath)
Did you read Tsipras’ “I Don’t Support What I’m Doing” Comment?
http://ift.tt/1J00YUK
* “GREEK PM TSIPRAS SAYS LENDERS GIVE A MESSAGE THAT IN COUNTRIES UNDER A BAILOUT THERE IS NO POINT IN HOLDING ELECTIONS”
Every observer, looking at the Youthful Empire known as the European Union, should be aware that the EU are in a ruthless phase of consolidating their empire.
Thus, I do not see the point in writing about debt solutions for Greece, as it is a futile effort in that empire arena. (I find it interesting to scrutinize the officials who are aware of the empires and either want to remain in or exit!) After becoming aware of this subtext (empire) the negotiating dialogue and proposals became more meaningful and comprehensible with rewards and harsh/lighter punishments (citizens are always the cash-cow and revenue stream guarantor for empire).
A fruitful effort is sharing how the citizens of Greece will survive by jumping outside (while not being naive and overlooking being attacked by empires)…
– Piecing The Puzzle –
I want you to know that I was not using hyperbole speaking of “Empire”, after scrutinizing the IMF published structural reforms of the world’s financial system (multipolar zones and SDR implementation) and the “public-side” of the Eurozone bosses such as Jeroen Dijsselbloem the Eurogroup President, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble :
EU President M Schulz Agrees Banking System Is a Fraud:
And below is a Very Interesting discussion report, by AIG banque:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-15/shocking-2008-aig-report-laying-out-motives-behind-europes-perpetual-crisis-and-deat
What Europe Wants?
To use global issues as excuses to extend its power:
*environmental issues: increase control over member countries; advance idea of global governance
*terrorism: use excuse for greater control over police and judicial issues; increase extent of surveillance
*global financial crisis: kill two birds (free market; Anglo-Saxon economies) with one stone (Europe-wide regulator; attempts at global financial governance)
*EMU: create a crisis to force introduction of “European economic government”
**Again that was bankers/financiers talking!
PLEASE read the PDF file.
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Talking about illuminating:
Yanis Varoufakis (YV) blows the Whistle!
HL: What is the greatest problem with the general way the Eurogroup functions?
YV: [To exemplify…] There was a moment when the President of the Eurogroup decided to move against us and effectively shut us out, and made it known that Greece was essentially on its way out of the Eurozone. … There is a convention that communiqués must be unanimous, and the President can’t just convene a meeting of the Eurozone and exclude a member state. And he said, “Oh I’m sure I can do that.” So I asked for a legal opinion. It created a bit of a kerfuffle. For about 5-10 minutes the meeting stopped, clerks, officials were talking to one another, on their phone, and eventually some official, some legal expert addressed me, and said the following words, that “Well, the Eurogroup does not exist in law, there is no treaty which has convened this group.”
So what we have is a non-existent group that has the greatest power to determine the lives of Europeans. It’s not answerable to anyone, given it doesn’t exist in law; no minutes are kept; and it’s confidential. So no citizen ever knows what is said within. … These are decisions of almost life and death, and no member has to answer to anybody.
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Yep. Bankers need to lend the money they create, and they’re not too fussy when it comes to lending it. When they get it wrong, governments bail them out – and it’s not even tax-payers’ money, since most governments run deficit budgets already. Then out come the ‘belt-tighteners’ intent on turning the 99% into indentured servants. The next stage after ‘out-sourcing’ industry to the 3rd World is bringing the factories back because you’ve driven wages and salaries in your own country down to ‘competitive’ levels.
I’m cheering for Tsipras, but, unfortunately, too many deluded people find it easy and comfortable to blame the Greeks for their ‘profligacy.’ ‘Then when they came for me, there was no one left to help.’ Heard that one before?
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Perhaps more Greek citizens will wake up as the nation’s assets are sold to oligarchs, taxes are hiked, pensions and wages are cut, small businesses are closed…
When the pom poms are put away and the cheering stops the stark impact of current policies will be devastatingly clear, Tsipras new proposal and the euro are not doing the individual Greek citizens any good.
*PS:
I am now checking the most recent news-feeds (negotiations fail) from Greece, the events are so very dynamic and fluid that my comments may not reflect the current news-media sound bites. What matters most, are the preparations that aware individuals are currently making and alternative solutions they are implementing. The institutions are on a separate destructive path.
This is not isolated to Greece, all of us can prepare.
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Next 48 hours- Pain in Euroland/DOW
Posted 12 Jul 2015
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Greek control handed to Europe – Paul Mason
posted 13 July 2015
Syriza’s climbdown: Greek control handed to Europe – Paul Mason (Episode 16)
Greece will have to implement the tough austerity measures demanded by its lenders, plus hand €50bn of assets to a privatisation fund, where sales will be used to pay down debt.
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Greece wins euro debt deal – but democracy is the loser – See more at: http://blogs.channel4.com/paul-mason-blog/greece-wins-euro-debt-deal-democracy-loser/4155
After an all-night negotiation during which Greek prime minister was subjected, according to one observer, to “mental waterboarding”, there is the basis of a deal to keep Greece in the euro. As I write, the Greek side do not have a document, but we have some details.
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The only way I see the Greek people acceding to this is via martial law.
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there certainly has been great drama as Greek citizens are cash starved…
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You recall the information I shared on your blog about the creditor’s control of the Greek banking infrastructure, making it necessary to take it by force with government armed agents if Greece decided to challenge the monetary union?
Interestingly now the forces that are charging “Treason” against Yanis Varoufakis have let the cat out of the bag, that the Greek tax system is controlled (with secret codes) by the creditors as well. Of course the creditors are denying this…
I always thought Yanis’ life was threatened, and now his career and freedom is threatened with imprisonment for treason.
New video are included near the bottom of this thread.
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What If A Computer Glitch Withdrew All Your Bank Assets!
Be Prepared, Take Your Savings Out of The Bank
U.S. Stock Market Shut Down Due to Software Glitch as Investors Panic!
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Ms. Fattorelli, a former official of the Ministry of Finance of Brazil
Exposes the institutional criminality and the fraud, the debt is a Lie chained to the People by force.
περπαταμε μαζι, 13/5/2015
οι Μωυσής Λίτσης και Σταμάτης Στεφανάκος φιλοξενούν στην εκπομπή του Vmedia(www.vmedia.gr) “Περπατάμε Μαζί”, τη Μαρία Λουσία Φαττορέλλι. Η κ. Φαττορέλλι, πρώην υπάλληλος του υπουργείου Οικονομικών της Βραζιλίας με πολυετή πείρα σε επιτροπές λογιστικού ελέγχου του δημόσιου χρέους στη χώρα της και τον Ισημερινό, μετέχει στην Επιτροπή Αλήθειας για το Δημόσιο Χρέος που έχει συστήσει η πρόεδρος της ελληνικής Βουλής Ζωή Κωνσταντοπούλου.
Η κ. Φαττορέλλι θα μιλήσει για την εμπειρία της από άλλους λογιστικούς ελέγχους, τις δυσκολίες και τις προσδοκίες ενός τέτοιου εγχειρήματος και την απόφασή της να μετάσχει με άλλους ειδικούς στην ελληνική επιτροπή. – Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/xorisfm
That above contract is the act of mafia style loan sharking, agree or die, pay up or else!
Thus what we witness as public utilities and assets are given to corporate moguls, oligarchs, multinational mega-businesses:
Alexis Tsipras’ problems: privatisation and protest – Paul Mason (Episode 17)
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Greece Torture Continues From The Money Mafia (Creditors)
Posted 13 July 2015
Dimitri Lascaris says the deal is a collective punishment of the Greek people for supporting a party that attempted to moderate neoliberalism in Europe.
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Yanis Varoufakis full transcript: our battle to save Greece
The full transcript of the former Greek Finance Minister’s first interview since resigning.
http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2015/07/yanis-varoufakis-full-transcript-our-battle-save-greece
This conversation took place before the deal.
Yanis Varoufakis = YV
Harry Lambert = HL
HL: What was it like? Did you like any aspect of it?
YV: Oh well a lot of it. But the inside information one gets… to have your worst fears confirmed … To have “the powers that be” speak to you directly, and it be as you feared – the situation was worse than you imagined! So that was fun, to have the front row seat.
HL: What are you referring to?
YV: The complete lack of any democratic scruples, on behalf of the supposed defenders of Europe’s democracy. The quite clear understanding on the other side that we are on the same page analytically – of course it will never come out at present. [And yet] To have very powerful figures look at you in the eye and say “You’re right in what you’re saying, but we’re going to crunch you anyway.”
HL: You’ve said creditors objected to you because “I try and talk economics in the Eurogroup, which nobody does.” What happened when you did?
YV: It’s not that it didn’t go down well – it’s that there was point blank refusal to engage in economic arguments. Point blank. … You put forward an argument that you’ve really worked on – to make sure it’s logically coherent – and you’re just faced with blank stares. It is as if you haven’t spoken. What you say is independent of what they say. You might as well have sung the Swedish national anthem – you’d have got the same reply. And that’s startling, for somebody who’s used to academic debate. … The other side always engages. Well there was no engagement at all. It was not even annoyance, it was as if one had not spoken.
HL: When you first arrived, in early February, this can’t have been a unified position?
YV: Well there were people who were sympathetic at a personal level – so, you know, behind closed doors, on an informal basis, especially from the IMF. [HL: “From the highest levels?” YV: “From the highest levels, from the highest levels.”] But then inside the Eurogroup, a few kind words and that’s it, back behind the parapet of the official version.
[But] Schäuble was consistent throughout. His view was “I’m not discussing the programme – this was accepted by the previous government and we can’t possibly allow an election to change anything. Because we have elections all the time, there are 19 of us, if every time there was an election and something changed, the contracts between us wouldn’t mean anything.”
So at that point I had to get up and say “Well perhaps we should simply not hold elections anymore for indebted countries”, and there was no answer. The only interpretation I can give [of their view] is “Yes, that would be a good idea, but it would be difficult to do. So you either sign on the dotted line or you are out.”
HL: And Merkel?
YV: You have to understand I never had anything to do with Merkel, finance ministers talk to finance ministers, prime ministers talk to Chancellors. From my understanding, she was very different. She tried to placate the Prime Minister [Tsipras] – she said “We’ll find a solution, don’t worry about it, I won’t let anything awful happen, just do your homework and work with the institutions, work with the Troika; there can be no dead end here.”
This is not what I heard from my counterpart – both from the head of the Eurogroup and Dr Schäuble, they were very clear. At some point it was put to me very unequivocally: “This is a horse and either you get on it or it is dead.”
HL: Right so when was that?
YV: From the beginning, from the very beginning. [They first met in early February.]
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…Read more:
http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2015/07/yanis-varoufakis-full-transcript-our-battle-save-greece
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Deadlines Used To Pressure Greece into Compliance
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Germany Replacing Bank Cards and Eliminating Cash Withdrawals
The game is afoot to eliminate CASH. According to reliable sources, Maestro is seriously under attack. In Germany, Maestro was a multi-national debit card service owned by MasterCard and founded in 1992. Maestro cards obtained from associate banks and can be linked to the cardholder’s current account, or they can be used as prepaid cards. Already we see the cancellation of such cards and the issuing of new debit cards. Why? The new cards cannot be used at an ATM outside of Germany to obtain cash. Any attempt to get cash can only be an advance on a credit card.
Little by little, these people are destroying everything that held the world economy together. Their hunt for spare change for tax purposes is undermining every aspect of civilization. This will NEVER END NICELY for they can only think about their immediate needs with no comprehension of the future they are creating. Indeed, somebody better pray for us, for those in charge truly do not know what they are doing.
We seriously need to hit the Ctrl-Alt-Delete button on government. This is total insanity and we are losing absolutely everything that makes society function.
Once they eliminate CASH, they will have total control over who can buy or sell anything.
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Interview Yanis Varoufakis
Posted July 28, 2015
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Tsipras Defends Varoufakis Preparation for Grexit (1/2)
Posted 01 Aug 2015
James K. Galbraith a member of the working group advising the former finance minister Varoufakis on ‘Plan B’ says there were great impositions imposed on the Greek government including certain procedures that removed control from the government and placed them in the hands of creditor institutions
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