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Musings: Greece Referendum: Defiance Aside, What's Next?
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Daily trivia; and faits divers. Tales from the daily wasteland (with or without thinking). Monday, 6 July 2015. Greece Referendum: Defiance Aside, What's Next? Nothing, it would seem. Greek were asked to vote yes or no to a 47 page document in English, unavailable within the country (and mostly incomprehensible). It was an expired bailout proposal from the Eurogroup. The country's government extolled voters to choose "no" to "oppression" and humiliation and for prosperity, growth, and dignity. While one ...
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Musings: Understanding Greeks: What is Going On-2 (The Enemy That Lurks On the Outside.)
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Daily trivia; and faits divers. Tales from the daily wasteland (with or without thinking). Monday, 22 June 2015. Understanding Greeks: What is Going On-2 (The Enemy That Lurks On the Outside.). To a large extent, the comfort for many Greeks contains a scapegoat; now it is the Eurogroup and the Germans. Of course Greek politicians, probably Europe's most corrupt and ineffectual, need "bad guys" to explain away the dismal situation of their country and its abysmal financial state. A) a drop in their viewer...
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Musings: Greece's Referendum: the David Syndrome
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Daily trivia; and faits divers. Tales from the daily wasteland (with or without thinking). Monday, 6 July 2015. Greece's Referendum: the David Syndrome. Reading about reactions to the results of the (sham) referendum in Greece, I asked myself why is it that Greeks voted the way they did? I don't mean to pay more than lip service to the political declarations bandied about - but the real why. Maybe it would be one of the political pronouncements, maybe not. It wasn't. No, the bullies are inside us. Eurogr...
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Musings: The Biggest Liability to the Viability of the Greek Economy
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Daily trivia; and faits divers. Tales from the daily wasteland (with or without thinking). Tuesday, 30 June 2015. The Biggest Liability to the Viability of the Greek Economy. The present PM of Greece, A Tsipras, sent a letter to the Eurogroup today asking for a new loan facility from the ECB. Words, and playing with words, as usual. Or the social cohesion in the country dictates: no repayment ". But don't worry, you're there somewhere in the lower priorities. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The truth...
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Musings: Paradoxical Collective Behaviour of Greeks Today -- or Why My Dutch Friend Was Wrong
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Daily trivia; and faits divers. Tales from the daily wasteland (with or without thinking). Friday, 8 May 2015. Paradoxical Collective Behaviour of Greeks Today - or Why My Dutch Friend Was Wrong. Also he is most polite and reserved and rarely judgemental. What are three strange traits that may confuse us if we travel or live in Greece today. A) being rude = being assertive. B) being antisocial and unhelpful = being free. C) being polite to a stranger = servility. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). If an...
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Musings: June 2015
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Daily trivia; and faits divers. Tales from the daily wasteland (with or without thinking). Tuesday, 30 June 2015. The Biggest Liability to the Viability of the Greek Economy. The present PM of Greece, A Tsipras, sent a letter to the Eurogroup today asking for a new loan facility from the ECB. Words, and playing with words, as usual. Or the social cohesion in the country dictates: no repayment ". But don't worry, you're there somewhere in the lower priorities. Monday, 29 June 2015. Greece seems to be suff...
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Musings: March 2015
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Daily trivia; and faits divers. Tales from the daily wasteland (with or without thinking). Monday, 30 March 2015. Small Cash-Flow Problem. Brother, can you spare a dime? Nothing the Germans cannot handle - or anyone else, for that matter; the Greek government aren't choosers. Loans are welcome from all sides. To the Chancellor of the Federal. Republic of Germany, Mrs Angela Merkel. I am writing to you to express my deep concern about developments since the 20th. Letter from our Minister. Based on the in-...
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Musings: Greeks Excel In the Face of Adversity...
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Daily trivia; and faits divers. Tales from the daily wasteland (with or without thinking). Tuesday, 14 July 2015. Greeks Excel In the Face of Adversity. This is what Dr C Constantinides, founder of Healthcare cybernetics ( HCC. Wrote in his recent answer to a comment in the IMTJ. Dr Constantinides is one of the world gurus n Health Tourism. Dr Constantinides' response is interesting but one point in particular stood out: "Greeks excel in the face of adversity". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Greeces...
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Musings: May 2015
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Daily trivia; and faits divers. Tales from the daily wasteland (with or without thinking). Tuesday, 19 May 2015. Be Introspective, then Reflective and then Understand. In one of the motivational posters I read "you are not where you come from, you are where you're going to.". Which, snazzy though it may be, raises a fundamental question: do I know where I am going to? One may argue, of course, that NOT knowing is, in and of itself, a kind of direction to whit, the pursuit of direction. A minister called ...
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Musings: Eurogroup marathon talks, early Monday morning, 13th July 2015: a tough, humiliating deal for Greece, says a German Newspaper (Bild) for Greece...
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Daily trivia; and faits divers. Tales from the daily wasteland (with or without thinking). Monday, 13 July 2015. Eurogroup marathon talks, early Monday morning, 13th July 2015: a tough, humiliating deal for Greece, says a German Newspaper (Bild) for Greece. The good news and the bad news. Reportedly. No doubt, 6 years of austerity are down the drain as Greece received and spent ±240 bn euro and is still, no further or perhaps even worse off than where it started. How bad is it? First is the usual fruit o...
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