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Author Archives: Lawrence Person
Fragments of a Greek State
The self-inflicted destruction of Greece has been accomplished, but they’re still going to be picking up the pieces for years, if not decades. And there’s no guarantee the heavy manners Germany and the troika are imposing will actually be enough … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Foreign Policy, Welfare State
Tagged European Debt Crisis, Eurozone, Foreign Policy, Germany, Greece, Media Watch, Syriza, Yanis Varoufakis
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Greece Surrenders to Troika
After six months of jerking around European negotiators, Greece’s far left Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras finally reaped the fruits of his labors: caving in to austerity measures far worse than the ones Greek voters rejected a week ago in exchange … Continue reading
Mark Down One Other Thing Donald Trump is Good For
Looks like Berkeley Breathed is bringing back Bloom County. Obviously a Trump presidential campaign was too much for him to stay retired… Don’t get your hopes unreasonably high. It could be like Still the Beaver or Galactica 1980…
Posted in Elections, Media Watch
Tagged 2016 Presidential Race, Bloom County, Donald Trump, Media Watch
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Greece and the EU Compromise to…Kick The Can Further Down the Road
It looks like we have an actual, honest-to-God compromise, in that Greece, in exchange for not having their economy collapse and descend into anarchy and cannibalism, will pretend to implement real reforms, while the Troika, in exchange for those promises, … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, video, Welfare State
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Budget, Euro, European Central Bank, European Debt Crisis, European Stability Mechanism, Greece, video, Welfare State
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What It’s Like To Be an Honest Taxpayer in Greece
I came across this comment from a Slashdot thread on programmers leaving Greece (usual online source caveats apply), and thought it was meaty enough to be worth excerpting and highlighting on its own: Let me tell you what happens when … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Economics, Foreign Policy, Welfare State
Tagged Budget, Foreign Policy, Greece, tax evasion, Taxes, Welfare State
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Texas vs. California Update for July 9, 2015
Time for another Texas vs. California update! “Greece, Puerto Rico show California’s potential future.” (Hat tip: Pension Tsunami.) What’s remarkable (or not, depending on your worldview) about the huge disparity in poverty rates between California and Texas is that the … Continue reading
Posted in Border Control, Democrats, Texas, unions, Welfare State
Tagged Border Controls, California, Democrats, Ed Driscoll, Texas, unions
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China’s Stock Market Meltdown Continues, NYSE Offline
Maybe those are connected, maybe not. As Zero Hedge has been reporting for weeks, China’s stock market continues to slid with no end in sight, despite such measures as making it illegal for some people to sell stocks. In a … Continue reading
Greece Starts Reaping the Fruits of Its Choices
The problem with holding a gun to your own head is, sooner or later, someone is going to call your bluff. EU leaders have given Greece until Sunday to “Reach a new bailout agreement with its creditors” or “face bankruptcy … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Foreign Policy, Welfare State
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Budget, Euro, European Central Bank, European Debt Crisis, Foreign Policy, Greece, Mark Steyn, Welfare State
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LinkSwarm for July 7, 2015
It looks like the the riots in Athens aren’t quite ready to start yet, so let’s do a little LinkSwarm: Nixon drunk is better than Obama sober. Boko Haram/Islamic state burns 32 Christian churches in Nigeria. (Hat tip: Jihad Watch.) … Continue reading
Posted in Democrats, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad
Tagged 2016 Election, Bill Clinton, Bill De Blasio, Boko Haram, Bombing, Burning Man, Democrats, Donald Trump, Elections, Foreign Policy, Jihad, LinkSwarm, London, New York City, Nigeria, Rick Perry, Russia
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Greek Voters to Europe: Screw Your Objective Reality!
Greek voters have voted no on agreeing to austerity measures for additional bailouts. Since Greece is broke without additional bailouts, times in Greece are about to get very interesting indeed. Also, Greece’s finance minister Yanis Varoufakis has resigned. Germany says … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Foreign Policy, Welfare State
Tagged European Debt Crisis, Eurozone, Greece, Welfare State, Yanis Varoufakis
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