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Category Archives: Foreign Policy
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
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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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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Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before…
Greece’s leftwing Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras wants more negotiations. Because, you know, Europe just hasn’t had enough of those over Greek debt. Mr. Tsipras said Greece was “prepared to accept” a deal set out publicly over the weekend by the … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Foreign Policy, Welfare State
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Budget, European Central Bank, European Debt Crisis, Foreign Policy, Greece, grexit, Welfare State
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Greece Officially Defaults on IMF Payment
And verily it came to pass. Greece lost its financial lifelines Tuesday, as the country missed a crucial payment to the International Monetary Fund amid growing questions about whether it would be able to remain in the euro zone. Greek … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Foreign Policy, Welfare State
Tagged Budget, default, European Central Bank, European Debt Crisis, Foreign Policy, Greece, IMF, Welfare State
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Judgment Day for Greece
Today is the day Greece defaults: “Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis confirms Greece will not pay the International Monetary Fund debt due today. The European part of Greece’s international bailout expires Tuesday and with it any possible access to the … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Foreign Policy, Welfare State
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, European Central Bank, European Debt Crisis, Eurozone, Greece, grexit, Welfare State
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Greece Slides Toward Default
Looks like that optimism over Greece caving in to reality was a bit premature, since Alexis Tsipras is back to his old tricks again, proclaiming loudly that he won’t be “blackmailed.” Because we all know that agreeing to cuts in … Continue reading
Posted in Budget, Foreign Policy, Welfare State
Tagged Alexis Tsipras, Budget, European Central Bank, European Debt Crisis, Foreign Policy, Greece, IMF, Welfare State
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