Just a quick post with a YouTube video (more…)
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There is talk about a complete private sector strike tomorrow in Greece as a protest at further tax increases. But...
Banks are getting a bad press at the moment and it appears governments are people are powerless without them, but...
The man who is so popular he can hold his own convetion is banned from speaking at the Republican Party Convention in...
Live video coverage of the GOP convention in the Tampa Convention Centre 2012 (more…)
No suprise to Ron Paul supporters, even his own party is trying to ignore him, this could get ugly, I...
The Republican party needs to start facing facts, there is no way Mitt Romney would beat Barrack Obama to the...
In a word choice. Giving people a simple choice will cut the social security budget massively. (more…)
Mitt Romney is facing numerous law suits regarding vote rigging in the caucuses, I'm hoping they are successful. If they...
I was watching this video and it was talking about the number of visitors expected to Paul Fest, apparently the...
This article outlines how the UK can eliminate the value reduction tax called VAT. VAT can be cut completely with...
It is a common line by liberals that a Gold standard would be manipulated by the mega rich. The thinking...
ekathimerini.com came out with this editorial today (see bottom) and it is just the type of nonsense you would expect...
Did Paul Tucker let the cat out of the bag during his testimony? Let me first repeat the them of...
This article is on James Petras's blog. There are some many contradictions in this one article I seriously doubt if...
To establish the fundamentals. The British Labour Party is socialist, therefore their broad mission is to protect the working class...
The EU summit on the weekend has announced that banks could now get direct access to a country's tax revenue...
In a word a draw. I don't see anyway for there to be a clear winner in the June elections....
An analogy that sums up the Greek government crisis perfectly. The movie Casino and the dynamic between Sharon Stone/Ginger, Robert...
The mayor of Volos is the most forward thinking poltician I know of in Europe. He is encouraging something which...
This is a quote from Athens News today "If Greece unilaterally rejects the bailout deal it will be isolated for...
"I .... think about all those people who are trying to escape tax all the time. All these people in...
Even I cannot believe it. This is the Editorial in Athens news today. (more…)
If there was party that had these political beliefs, would you vote for them? (more…)
The political pantomime continues. The leader of the Syriza communist party, Tsipras, has come out and claimed that the management...
Found a blog that agrees with independence4wales on most things. (more…)
If you want to bypass the costs & complications of the legal system in your country or a foreign country,...
I knew they were converging on their views, but today confirmed that they have finally melded into the same entity...
I wrote an article back on the 4th of February outlining what a communist takeover of Greece would look like...
Listening to American talk radio it seems Americans have the idea that Europeans are unhappy because governments are cutting back....
I saw this video on YouTube. I'm not sure if Romney could mention Obama any more times if he tried....
So you have the 3 biggest parties at the last election refusing to speak to each other, even though their...
So the parties can't come to an agreement. I say so what? The problem seems to be they cannot elect...
So the 3 main players are ND/Samaras, PASOK/Venizelos & Syriza/Tsipras. ND & Syriza want to renegotiate the memorandum. PASOK does...
As usual Athens News carries an excellent article which I have included at the bottom. They break down the procedure...
So the French 2012 presidential second round runoff is happening this weekend. I know France has had this system for...
Alexis Tsipras, the leader of Syriza as usual has defined the Greek crisis perfectly in an interview with Reuters. "It's...
I forget the website now, but it was basically a page of funny photos with a funny comment to go...
Bailouts say banks can borrow as much money as they want, if the government can't pay the loans back directly...
Samaras had a nice piece in the Wall Street Journal today which has been reproduced by Athens News. (Included below)...
For a bit of background on my thinking check on this post on the political manoeuvring behind the Greek election date. Getting back to this...
Seriously, why does voluntary taxation not get 100% support from the population? (more…)
Is America under attack by foreign governments is America under attack by multinational corporations and why is the police assisting...
To be fair, it is not only the BBC. You have Bloomberg, Fox, MSNBC, AlJazeera and all the mainstream media...
They might actually be Mitt Romney supporters. (more…)
Let me set the scene for the Charlie Rose the movie (more…)
I was watching the preparations for a parade in Athens today. I think a parade to celebrate the war of...
I have written before about the constant stalling on the holding of general elections in Greece. The news today is...
Time and time again I see Greek media telling the half the story. Today it is Kathimerini stating how it...
Are Greek politicians being unwittingly used to manipulate Greeks into accepting the surrender of their countries sovereignty to Europe? Greek...
The ECB is currently influenced by German politicians (Bear with me, it takes a while for me to get to...
The BBC had a little piece on how Goldman Sachs had cooked the books to allow Greece to join the...
Athens News covers an intelligencesquared debate held in Greece yesterday. Roubini is one of the most respected economists on the...
The only resistance and I do me only resistance to the Greek government bailout is coming from the left to...
It does not matter what the politicians or bankers believe is the "right" thing to do. The polticians have open...
German finance minister Schaeuble is quoted today by Reuters as saying; "The promises from Greece aren't enough for us anymore,"...
There are 2 fundamental issues in Greece which could completely dissolve the Troika's control. 2 things that if they are exploited by...
All these politicians have room in a Ron Paul administration. On one condition. (more…)
In case anyone was under the impression that just because Romney was allegedly successful in business that must mean he is for...
The public show that is being put on by the mainstream media this year is the most obvious yet. (more…)
Links to site offering live video coverage of the South Carolina primary in 2012 (more…)
The political and media establishment are really going to work on the people of South Carolina Surprise surprise, Gingrich is...
The political and media establishment are playing a dangerous game. On the one hand they want Romney to be the...
Video & Text - Drinking With Bob You Tube httpv://youtu.be/xKTaEEfOJvY (more…)
As if it was not obvious enough why Wales should be independent, the English government has put forward proposals to...
It seemed like the first thing the coalition government of the Conservatives and the Lib Dems announced is that they...
Before talking about the new Drachma, we first have to identify the problem with the current Euro currency system and...
Mitt Romney was the governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. Here are some key facts about his time as governor, did he...
The more I see of Gingrich the more I believe he is simply a tool of the Republican party. The...
Is democracy a process where the government gets permission by the majority to restrict the freedoms of the minority? Why do we need...
Links to site offering live video coverage of the New Hampshire primaries in 2012 (more…)
Charlie Rose did a short show reviewing the recent Iowa GOP Caucuses. Here is the video, just count how many...
Live video and radio coverage of the Iowa Caucasus on 3rd January 2011. (more…)
Today the Iranian government is widely reported as firing many missiles in their naval maneuvers in the Strait of Hormuz. Is this excerise carefully...
Paris Ayiomamitis is featured in article today in Athens News. This is the paragraph that is attributed to Paris Ayiomamitis. Loser 2011...
A proposal for the currency of an independent Wales. Money is simply people's labour and property in an easy to trade form....
Since Papademos took over the country as an unlected Prime Minster the talk of a general election has been clouded...
That is the only explanation I have for an article I read online today at MSNBC. An article that was...