Brexit Light

Why do the Illumionated ones (Illuminati) try so hard to dim the light of civilization? It is because they glow better in the dark of course! If they were truly illuminated they would not feel the need for secrecy that so riddles their brotherhood. But what does that have to do with Brexit? Probably not much but at the same time everything. In the past few years it has become obvious on the mainland that the European Union is not united and that the European Parliament is not part of descision making or policy setting or legislating. It is mostly ornamental and bureaucrats along with secretive organizations like the Eurogroup have all the power. I can't blame the British for wanting to leave. I can't tell you what it feels like to have been threatened with a forced Grexit for so long just to see the Brits open the door and walk out. Feels kinda like Grexit takes revenge, that's what. Serves them right. Unfortunately the whole continent is about to spiral out of control along with the UK. Fortunately for them they may have a parachute to save their pink British derriere. Europe along with its mostly fascist or at best anti-democratic nomenclatura is in for a hard landing. That is what happens when somebody opens the door midflight. Sudden decompression and then a crash. This is going to prove to be the toughest pickle to get out of yet. I wonder if Gerxit will folow? Ah, to live in interesting times...

Mom - Queen backs Brexit

For the benefit of my mother I am writing a blog on the results of the crisis and 7 long years of austerity on the Greek people. We were a prosperous bunch even in 2008 and 2009. Our banking system as well as our pension system were on solid grounds and had not invested in the toxic products of the day that sent other economies spiraling into a crash. Regardless of the events that took place then and have been well hidden and obscured we would have recovered fully if not for a stubborn policy of austerity that has been set in stone here in Europe. The way that the monetary union runs its checks and balances on its nation memebers guarantees that a shrinking economy will shrink even more. The less money that pours into a nation the less money it is entitled to in transfer payments. Imagine Newfounland with its fisheries closed back in the nineties having an austerity program forced upon her and then as a result of her shrinking GDP having her transfer payments cut. After the referendum and its resounding no response Prime Minister Tsipras went back to the negotiating table in Brussels with a new resolve. Our German partners also strenthened their resolve against the only left wing government in the European Union and called a meeting of all 22 members in an attempt to exclude Greece from Europe altogether. Tsipras buckled under the threats of a forced bankruptcy that would include confiscation of all bank accounts and underwritten properties. Oland did not miss the opportunity to make a speech in favour of Greece stating that their could be no Europe without Greece. However no commitment beyond that very eloquent speech. Silly man.
   France is on fire these days and only the flooding momentarily stopped the riots, strikes and upheavels. Having the Eurocup hosted in France was probably the reason Oland and the ruling class decided to tinker with labour legislation now. The rules of the game are changing everywhere in the EU and France too has to tow the line. French trade unions and the public in general have a different and more defiant idea. The country has come to a full stop and only the riot police are not on strike. I wish there was an explanation for the riot police. I can find none. Maybe they feel that they share power with the elite. Maybe it is the bonus danger pay. Whatever the case they always seem to have endless energy to beat people with their batons and spray them with their tear gas like some kind of pest control professional.
In the meantime the Brits have found the most brilliant answer to all their European Union problems. Just leave. Brexit it is called and it is gaining momentum fast. I have a feeling it will reach the 60 percent mark, just like the Greek referendum did. After that European Union will be no more. People will have to get used to big changes. After so much tinkering with democracy I think that is the order of the day.

Putin Athens visit.

It is a strange thing to say the least. Putin visits Athens and the Greek people welcome him. Nothing unusual here. What is unusual is our leftwing Prime Minister along with his cabinet taking Putin on a royal tour of all things Greek Orthodox. At the same time the leader of the opposition is just as eager to meet with him in an after midnight press conference. The second day of Putins visit focuses on Mt. Athos (Άγιον Όρος) the holiest pilgrimmage in Greece. The President of Greece joins him. So the big deal is that Greeks are finaly united in something. That something is reestablishing our position as the bridge between east and west. This is a position shared by the left and right wing politicians alike. The extremists too. Putin has managed to persuade both the religious and the communist Greeks alike.
     This visit is not the highlight of the week for me though. In another suprise move Tsipras introduces legislation to allow MPs to aquire shares in offshore companies. The law says they must be in countries that have tax agreements with Greece and so on. This would lift the ban imposed on Members of Parliament and harmonize Greek law with the rest of the EU. The opposition and the press had a heyday with it. They pointed out the moral ramifications and the unfairness and demanded the new law be withdrawn. In a suprise move Tsipras rescinds the law introducing new legislation that extends the ban to all MPs and their families. The new law was voted today and as expected the opposition walked out. The ultimate trolling. Poor politicians will now have to sell their wives offshore shares and report the income.
 

Tsipras and Putin in Athens

At the Byzantine museum

Athens LGBT community protests in front of Parliament

Russian Orthodox monastery at Mt. Athos.

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Elections USA - Trump vs. Hillary

I have been watching the US presidential primaries. What a race! Could be Trump vs Hillary, and they're off. Big questions are troubling Americans today as the debate begins and the possible presidential candidates crystallize. How do we define ourselves as the leading superpower in the world? What direction do we take in the future, what do we do about global warming? How does the rest of the world see us, are we still the benevolent US that fed the world after WW2 and upheld the rights of the weak? Are we ready for our first female president? Where is it safe to pee? What is fracking? These are some of the profound nation shaping question that are prevailing as the presidential race nears.
Wall street and the power elite is rubbing its hands accross America today. After years of terror the plan for plutocracy is nearing completion. Two candidates both from the same sphere of influence. The battle will be epic, the gloves are going to come off. No racist or sexist slur will go too far. No mud slinging unbiased accusation will be too heavy. No holds barred in the most emotional Presidential race ever! That is what is coming to our screens this fall. A massive navel gazing national extravaganza where common intelligence and independent thinking will be the first victims. No room for a cool head when Clinton and Trump take the gloves off. Blood will boil and tempers will flair as even respected seasoned reporters will begin to take sides. America will be changed forever and will have lost its innocence. Or so it thinks.
The ultimate scam is not about who gets to govern the most powerful nation on earth. It seems so on the surface but the two puppets having it out in the ring know what they are fighting for. It is not a brilliant page they want to write in history. It is not a moment in infamy they are after,. It is not a civilization of enlightment based on equality and human rights they want to establish. These things they have already inherited from America's forefathers. What their ultimate aim is, the reason for the relentless aggression and endless conflicts of the last twenty six years, is sinister at least. They want to saddle the USA with an unserviceable debt and found the largest debtocracy in history.
Americans are an arrogant people when it comes to their country. They love to chant "we're number one" and send the "dream team" to play basketball in the Olympics. Their government has been "intervening" in more and more places around the globe. It has been creating new wars in every consecutive administration since Jimmy Carter and it does not matter if the President is Republican or Democrat. Weapons become more expensive every year and more get used. The good ol' USA borrows vast sums of money to pay for the hundreds of thousands of bombs it drops on its "enemies". Each bomb costs as much as a college tuition, an open heart operation, a bridges' maintenance, a public building. Americans need to wake up quick! The reckless spending and aggression of its leaders is costly. It will not only wipe out the American dream but American liberties as well. It is time for a change.
Their cannot be a change in the world if there is not a change in the hearts of men. Henry Miller said that years ago and he was spot on. Compassion is the key to changing America as far as I can see. Are Americans ready to care for their fellow man? To love and embrace each other? To truly care and create a holistic, inclusive society? Deeply Christian ideals that many will reject in favor of hate mongering and stale rhetoric. I believe that Bernie Sanders may be the answer but it may already be too late. By the time a peoples' candidate becomes President the only thing left to govern may be debt and it will be his duty to dismantle and sell off the American Dream piece by piece. Then we will all feel the Bern!

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EU on the freedom to violence

Just a few thoughts, no more than a short note really but longer than a tweet. Here in Greece the right wing opposition New Denmocracy party is demanding the intervention of police to clear out Idomeni of refugees and immigrants. Seems they (ND) are getting their directives straight from the right wing dominated EU. They  (EU) would like some news images of Storm Trooper attired riot police beating regugees with their billy bats while they scramble to collect their tents and protect their children and babies. FYROM police are very good at this kind of thing. The Greek government has taken a more passive aproach trying to convince refugees to leave Idomeni for one of the many organized camps around the country. Refugees and said camps remain unguarded and unhindered in their movements throughout Greece. This ires our European counterparts to no end as they try their best to deconstruct the Schegen treaty. At the same time the borders between Belgium and her neighbours shut down in violation of said treaty as a response to the terrorist attacks yesterday. Attacks perpetrated by European born muslims. Natives with Belgian passports that did not need to travel the Aegean in a homemade rubber dhingy. So if you are the victim of war trying to escape with your family Europe wants to send the message that coming here is a risk. It is a risk to cross the borders, to get trapped in Greece, to get seperated from your family, to lose your children. 10000 unescorted minors, recorded in Greece by police at refugee centers, are missing in Europe. If however you want to be part of a hard right organization and partake in violent acts there is little to stop you. If you are a native European muslim you can blow things up or if you are a native European christian you can beat refugees up. The new European morality is violence and Greece resists. Who is with us...leave a comment if you like.

NATO operating in the Aegean?

Times are changing, and rapidly. Try and bear with me as I give a short run down of the problems facing Greece and the EU as they are multilevel and intertwined like a Gordian knot. The summary goes like this:
1. Germany has an open border policy.
2. Turkey has an open border policy.
3. FYROM has shut her borders and refugees are trapped in Greece.
4. Austria spearheads group of Balkan states refusing to open borders even for transit refugees.
5. Germany is energy dependant on Russia for natural gas.
6. Germany wants access to middle east natural gas from Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
7. Syria had refused to alow a pipeline to cross her territory to expediate point 6.
8. Austria is close ally to Germany.
9. Turkey is close ally to Germany.
10. Merkel sees threat to both Schengen zone and Euro zone from unilater Austrian actions.
Now taking into account point 1 and 2 consider point 10 to be realistic. Taking into account points 8 and 9 in combination with 5,6,7 suddenly point 10 is weakened. Countries become allies when they have common interests, I am not talking about hobbies and music, of economic, millitary and other such nature. Germany played hardball in the Ukraine supporting all kinds of pro-Nazi groups in order to tip the balance away from Russia. Failed miserably there. Germany went on to try and tip the balance by supporting ISIS in the middle east through Turkey. That episode ended with the shooting down of a Russian warplane that spent a few seconds in Turkish airspace. Turkey has been violating Greek airspace for years. Waterspace too. Now NATO warships are in the Aegean in an apparent attempt to stem the flow of refugees. The plan was that these warships would save refugees from their dinghies and then return them to TURKISH shores. Turkey has refused. The president of Turkey, Tagip Erdogan, went on a trip to west Africa to promote Turkish Airways service from Ghana and other countries with added daily flights to Istanbul at 50 euros a ticket and NO VISA REQUIRED. Turkey has an open border policy for anyone who wants to climb into a dhingy and attempt to cross the Aegean into Greece. Mekel claims to have an open border policy for any refugee that land on EU soil but NOT BY AIRPLANE. NATO has an anti-Russian mandate historicaly and is now operating in the Aegean. Russia of course has been sailing her warships down to Syria from the Black Sea through the Aegean. I think the conspiracy theory here has been proven. The only question that remains is what will the US public vote. If they vote either Clinton or Trump they will be voting for a Kissinger fan that will certainly increase the level of tension here.

Photo is from Idomeni at the Greek-FYROM border. 

Greek Referendum = Direct Democracy

The mood in Greece is calm and collected even after a week of closed banks and fiscal uncertainty. The sirens of the western world still beckon us to turn our backs on Ithaca but we sail on to the proverbial shore.

Inspite of a camapaign of terror and threats to the Greek people that many times violated ethics and even the law the Greek people answered with a resounding NO to austerity. The massive 62% majority of the plebiscite cannot and must not be ignored. Please assist me in petitioning the president of the Eurogroup to respect direct democracy. Just click on the linjk below:

Mr. Jeroen René Victor Anton Dijsselbloem president of the Eurogroup: Respect the outcome of the Greek referendum!

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