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November 30, 2012

Great Moments In Socialism

Reuters;

For hours the leader of the Greek journalists' social security fund had been chairing a meeting about disastrous losses on retirement savings caused by the country's economic collapse. "She tried to present herself as the fund's savior and asked (members) to double contributions to 6 percent of salaries," said one of those present that night at the Titania hotel. Spanopoulou, 58, did not succeed.

When she rose to leave around midnight, enraged fund members first swore, then waded in punching, kicking and tearing at her clothes, according to witnesses. A bodyguard managed to bustle her out of the room, but another group caught her just outside the hotel and gave her a second beating. She spent the night in hospital.

Via.

Posted by Kate at November 30, 2012 9:34 AM
Comments

The irony is as delicious as chicken souvlaki. The jounalists who supported every big government, massive debt creating, socialist scheme now can't fathom why the economy has tanked.

They should look in the mirror.

Posted by: Rick at November 30, 2012 11:09 AM

Beating up an old woman (twice) because she told the truth.

Stay classy, journalists.

Posted by: Al_in_Ottawa at November 30, 2012 11:15 AM

What Rick said.

Posted by: Gord Tulk at November 30, 2012 11:16 AM

How does beating up this woman help deal with the financial situation in Greece?

Posted by: ET at November 30, 2012 11:17 AM

I'm looking forward to more of the same when the BBC green pension investments rot.

Posted by: WalterF at November 30, 2012 11:17 AM

OMG the journalists are angry nobody told their pension fund that they're a bunch of lying scumbags.

Posted by: richfisher at November 30, 2012 11:19 AM

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

@ Rick: Precisely...


Obviously, the journalists think that funds will just fall from the sky like pixie dust and all their 'self-inflicted' problems will disappear.

Its a little bit like the drunk exclaiming his surprise that he has lost his home and family.
Then loudly declaring:

"But every day drunk is also a disciplined life!!"


Cheers

Hans Rupprecht, Commander in Chief


1st Saint Nicolaas Army
Army Group “True North”

Posted by: Hans at November 30, 2012 11:22 AM

Greek fiscal calamities are a separate issue.

It would appear that a critical mass of Greeks harbour a mysogyny, probably from centuries of Ottoman occupation. This public mugging of a woman seems too much a parallel to the Tahir Square assaults upon women.

But then considering ET's model of democratic/economic relationships perhaps this violent mysogyny and the fiscal irresponsibility may be related.

Posted by: sasquatch at November 30, 2012 11:22 AM

Snivel servants take heed! In all these socialist economic melt downs the first thing clawed back by the government or the banks is public subsidized pensions.

As a matter of fact If Canada were ever to hit the debt wall, anyone with savings in a Canadian chartered bank could wake one day to find their savings commandeered by the government to shore up the dollar and a fed "IOU" in place of your cash. Few people were aware of bill 204 snuck through a holiday prorogued parliament by the Chretien Junta which gives the feds the right to appropriate all monies in private accounts "in times of national crisis".

What you don't know about the criminal scum who run government and central banking can impoverish you.

Posted by: Occam at November 30, 2012 11:31 AM

No,they shoudnt have beaten her up,Europe needs to bring back the guillotine.There are two many people in places of trust that think that their actions have no personal consequences.They think that they are immune from backlash.

Posted by: spike 1 at November 30, 2012 11:34 AM

Entitled to their entitlements.

Posted by: capt_bob at November 30, 2012 11:48 AM

When there is no money left, people start snapping under pressures which they were told never existed.

All talk of brotherhood, social contract, love thy neighbor, collective responsibility, etc... gets silenced by the mad frenzy to get whatever scraps are still left.

And it'll probably just get worse.

Posted by: Eagle at November 30, 2012 11:55 AM

I am beginning to think govenment is nothing more than a trillions upon trillions of dollars ponzi scheme. The fortunate few at the top and the wretches at the bottom. So you think 6% is a problem - don't worry, be happy - the Americans are beginning to float the idea of taking over the 401K's. So, I am with the "peons" - Let. It. Burn. Cheers.

Posted by: fernstalbert at November 30, 2012 12:18 PM

I am beginning to think govenment is nothing more than a trillions upon trillions of dollars ponzi scheme. The fortunate few at the top and the wretches at the bottom. So you think 6% is a problem - don't worry, be happy - the Americans are beginning to float the idea of taking over the 401K's. So, I am with the "peons" - Let. It. Burn. Cheers.

Posted by: fernstalbert at November 30, 2012 12:18 PM

fernstalbert, and that is why the governments are so happy when inflation is ever present, so the scheme goes undetected by the masses, and so long as they can hide the printing press which makes the money.

The charade is being exposed, and the chicken consequences of the fractional banking system are coming home to roost.

Posted by: glacierman at November 30, 2012 12:27 PM

All money lent government is waste, it goes on bureaucrats, booze, broads and boys.

Posted by: oldfart at November 30, 2012 12:45 PM

Me I enjoy the sight of bolshie journalists getting the kick in the teeth they so richly deserve as much as anyone here. Thanks to the Golden Dawn, too, their troubles are just beginning---and by all accounts the Golden Dawn are somewhat harder to take in a fight than an old woman even a cowardly limp-wristed hack can take down.

Unfortunately, the journalists weren't the only ones to be wiped out.

Apparently all Greek pension funds were forced to leave their surplus cash with the Bank of Greece, who "invested" it in Greek government bonds---which they knew very well, or should have, could not possibly be repaid in full.

To put it another way, when they weren't picking the pockets of French and German pensioners, Greece's kleptocrats were picking the pockets of their own, with the open collaboration of the Bank of Greece. Having helped themselves to the contents of everyone's pension fund, private and public, they are currently sitting in fancy London clubs drinking the money, watching the plain people of Greece who are unable to flee alternate between starving to death and tearing each other apart, and having a good laugh at the old country with their drinking buddies and their latest Russian trollops.

What do they care? When Athens fell into communist hands they planned to be well clear of the place, and so they shall. The reason elites of all nations never seem to learn from their mistakes is that they never have to face the consequences of their actions. The moment trouble really begins, they can and do scatter like cockroaches, leaving the plain people to face the music. (Ask any Rhodesian.)

The report goes on to detail how lieutenant-generals who served Greece in good times and bad, and are not famed for their communist sympathies, are reduced to living on $2200 a month. More typical is $1100 a month, which doesn't go far in civilized nations---especially if unemployed children who can't emigrate or find work and have nowhere else to go are taking shelter with you.

Yes, the young should care for the old. Thanks to the banksters, the hardest-working people in Europe (when they have work) can't honour their fathers and mothers no matter how much they want to.

No pension and no work for their sons amounts to signing the death warrant of Greece's elderly, signed by the kleptocrats and banksters, may they burn in hell for all eternity. I could easily name many other nations well stocked with worthless old fools who deserve this misery far more. (The spoiled, lazy generation of French separatists and traitors who were whelped in Lower Canada and now live on Albertan oil money in Florida come to mind at once.)

God bless and keep the plain people of the first Christian nation, young and old, and pray that He delivers them from their plight and lays their enemies low, as He did their neighbours in Romania.

Posted by: Dick Slater at November 30, 2012 12:50 PM

Don't shoot the messenger? ... oh it's an expression from another era.

Posted by: marc in calgary at November 30, 2012 1:00 PM

Canada can do it's part to help with the Greek pension crisis by raising our retirement age to 75 and placing a 2% bailout tax on every Canadian taxpayer's earnings.

I'll run this by the NDP and Liberals, and see if they're game for it.

As "Rick" said....

Posted by: dmorris at November 30, 2012 1:47 PM

No, no, no. Not "disastrous losses", but "successful wealth distribution".

Posted by: grok at November 30, 2012 1:52 PM

Of course the Greek investigative journalists were all over the coming demise of their economy, prior to the collapse .
So why are these "opinion leaders" so violently surprised?
The current media seem to be attacking every aspect of civil society. Property ownership is a sin? Self defence a crime? Pedophilia the next sexual norm?
Who funds the MSM? Who watches the watchdogs?
Your opinion of your govt and its minions, will never be higher than it is today.
Defund CBC , better yet lets make that retroactive from 2006 and seize the personal assets of all employees.
Give them a taste of what they promote for taxpayers.

Posted by: John Robertson at November 30, 2012 3:00 PM

Maggie said that the trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

She didn't mention what happens then. So now we know.

Posted by: rabbit at November 30, 2012 3:06 PM

Socialists stupid enough to believe themselves are nothing more than thugs controlled by socialists who aren't stupid enough to believe any of it but enjoy the power it gives them over others.

Posted by: Philanthropist at November 30, 2012 3:13 PM

Useless idiots.

Posted by: Rizwan at November 30, 2012 3:16 PM

The perversity is that Obama is no doubt well aware of what's happening in Greece. He might even read the Reuter's item above.

And then he'll promptly go back to negotiating away America's debt ceiling.

Posted by: rabbit at November 30, 2012 3:20 PM

Wow!
Three per cent contribution for a gilt edge government pension?
Quick, where do I sign?
Unmentioned of course, is that all the Greek governments used plenty
of the pseudo / fake civil service positions to buy off Communist and
even more assorted patronage whoring malcontents with sharp elbows.
.

Posted by: Sgt Lejaune at November 30, 2012 5:01 PM

The worst part of this Greek tragedy is that they are actually trying to do something about it although far too late to fix anything. That makes them at least conscious beings as opposed to the French and US electorates, for example.

Posted by: John Chittick at November 30, 2012 6:38 PM

Too right Sarge, and the issue is increasing the contribution from 3% to 6% of salary, oh, the humanity.

Posted by: Dana at November 30, 2012 8:00 PM

What Rick said.

The chickens coming home to roost, and it looks good on them, especially the journalists who have fostered and pushed this socialist sh*t for decades.

Posted by: Ken (Kulak) at November 30, 2012 8:45 PM

I dunno. The Greek situation looks damned good compared to the USA.


http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/americas-debt-greater-entire-eurozones-and-uks-combined-debt_636847.html

Posted by: peterj at November 30, 2012 9:22 PM

too damn funny


sounds like a typical union strike, lots of violence for having been stupid

Posted by: NME666 at November 30, 2012 9:42 PM

What's going on in Greece is ugly and is warning to the US. I predict in a few months, we'll see how "Greek" the Americans will become to their fellow man.

Posted by: Osumashi Kinyobe at December 1, 2012 12:41 AM

This is reality avenging itself.

Posted by: nv53 at December 1, 2012 2:29 AM

JUst watch as economies collapse. The so called tolerant will be shooting each others for scraps, in the streets like the mob they are.

Posted by: Revnant Dream at December 1, 2012 3:00 AM

Chickens coming home to roost doesn't translate to a chicken in every pot. Apologies for the mixed metaphor.

Posted by: NeoLuddite at December 1, 2012 1:38 PM
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