Inside the Debt Limit Talks

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Hola Y’all! Now that the big Fiscal Cliff fight is over, it’s time to move on to the Sequester and Debt Limit fights. This will run simultaneously with the fight over the nomination of Chuck Hagel to SecDef. Man, the republicans are pissed about this one. They can’t believe Obama has nominated a guy who had the temerity to stand up to Israel. ONCE! Monster!<br /><br />Man, that’s we ever do in this country anymore. Fight. Fight. Fight! Luckily though, IWS World Media News Division has gotten a sneak peak how the negotiations are going to go. Check it out…<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywoYOZEkB_hWbum0iQKHPquERmLaGcPwzSi6fcByXuRvEjMfCFLKKRQmZZhH6tOzJAuZrydAH4xrJsNQXZRdCFykNHhv_n2q4NktV6fL39bawwLg5aOrSgAj9PXp1XFZt4NyU9ul8JP8/s1600/Boehner+Crying+Pussy.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgywoYOZEkB_hWbum0iQKHPquERmLaGcPwzSi6fcByXuRvEjMfCFLKKRQmZZhH6tOzJAuZrydAH4xrJsNQXZRdCFykNHhv_n2q4NktV6fL39bawwLg5aOrSgAj9PXp1XFZt4NyU9ul8JP8/s320/Boehner+Crying+Pussy.jpeg" width="212" /></a></div><b>Obama:</b> Thanks for being here today Mr. Speaker<br /><b>Boehner: </b>SPENDING CUTS!!! SPENDING CUTS!!!<br /><b>Obama:</b> We’ll get to that, but let’s do this in a more formal manner.<br /><b>Boehner:</b> SPENDING CUTS!!!<br /><b>Obama:</b> Look, if you want to make the opening offer, go right ahead.<br /><b>Boehner: </b>WE DEMAND SPENDING CUTS!!<br /><b>Obama: </b>You’ll have to be more specific. What do you want to cut?<br /><b>Boehner:</b> No YOU be specific! YOU propose the cuts.<br /><b>Obama:</b> I don’t want to make any spending cuts, so you’ll have to do it.<br /><b>Boehner: </b>SPENDING CUTS!!!!<br /><b>Obama:</b> Okay, fine. We'll talk cuts. How 'bout we start with the Defense Budget?<br /><b>Boehner: </b>GO FUCK YOURSELF!<br /><br />*John Boehner goes off to have a good cry and a couple of drinks.*<br /><br /><b>Harry Reid:</b> Good afternoon Mr. Speaker.<br /><b>Boehner:</b> SPENDING CUTS!!! SPENDING CUTS!!!!<br /><b>Reid:</b> Stop screaming John. Let’s do this the right way.<br /><b>Boehner: </b>WE DEMAND SPENDING CUTS!<br /><b>Reid: </b>What would you like to cut? Which programs?<br /><b>Boehner: </b>FUCK YOU! You propose the cuts!<br /><b>Reid:</b> No. You want them, you have to propose them.<br /><b>Boehner:</b> This is bullshit! You should have to.<br /><b>Reid:</b> But we don’t want spending cuts, so we don’t have any to propose. Unless you want to make cuts in the Defense Budget?<br /><b>Boehner:</b> GO FUCK YOURSELF!<br /><br />*John Boehner goes off to cry and have a couple of drinks.*<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTXP-m5-3KMyVhazUb1Cq5Olhz6IGpC6L5609gBasA2d5U2DYUOxoDDqs2KW6n4Row951o9no5Div3oSAdEnkJizw_nOdrsLdcuHwvaVN4r36PHg35BsqtOiRd7HN8Hw2wlWkKgrHaIM/s1600/Joe+Biden+Aviator+Sunglasses+Cool+Rock+Star.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyTXP-m5-3KMyVhazUb1Cq5Olhz6IGpC6L5609gBasA2d5U2DYUOxoDDqs2KW6n4Row951o9no5Div3oSAdEnkJizw_nOdrsLdcuHwvaVN4r36PHg35BsqtOiRd7HN8Hw2wlWkKgrHaIM/s320/Joe+Biden+Aviator+Sunglasses+Cool+Rock+Star.jpg" width="290" /></a></div><b>Joe Biden:</b> Hola Johnny-Boy! Mr. Speakerino! What can I do for ya?<br /><b>Boehner: </b>Mr. Vice President, my caucus is demanding spending cuts.<br /><b>Joe: </b>Okay, I knew you guys would want that. What do you want to cut?<br /><b>Boehner:</b> SPENDING YOU STUPID IRISH BASTARD!<br /><b>Joe:</b> Calm down J.B. It’s gonna be okay.<br /><b>Boehner: </b>NOT IF WE DON’T GET ANY SPENDING CUTS!<br /><b>Joe: </b>Well, make a proposal.<br /><b>Boehner:</b> NO YOU MAKE THE PROPOSAL!<br /><b>Joe:</b> What do you want me to propose?<br /><b>Boehner: </b>GOD DAMN SPENDING CUTS!<br /><b>Joe: </b>We don’t want to cut spending so you have to make specific proposals. Let's start with the Defense Budget.<br /><b>Boehner:</b> GO FUCK YOURSELF!<br /><br />*John Boehner goes off to cry and have a couple of drinks.*<br /><br /><b>Mitch McConnell:</b> Yes, Mr. Speaker, what is it?<br /><b>Boehner:</b> I can’t get them to propose any spending cuts.<br /><b>Mitch:</b> Did you push hard for any?<br /><b>Boehner: </b>OF COURSE I DID TURTLE BOY!<br /><b>Mitch: </b>That was unnecessary.<br /><b>Boehner: </b>SO ARE YOU!<br /><b>Mitch: </b>Nice comeback Orange Man.<br /><b>Boehner: </b>*sniff* *sniff* We’re supposed to be on the same side.<br /><b>Mitch:</b> Okay, I’m sorry. What did you offer them.<br /><b>Boehner: </b>SPENDING CUTS!!<br /><b>Mitch:</b> Hmm … That should have worked.<br /><b>Boehner:</b> IKNOWRIGHT?<br /><b>Mitch:</b> I guess I could make some calls and see what I can do.<br /><b>Boehner: </b>*sniff* You don’t mind?<br /><b>Mitch: </b>Not at all. I love bailing you out all the time.<br /><b>Boehner:</b> GO FUCK YOURSELF!<br /><br />*John Boehner sobs uncontrollably while drinking Jim Beam straight from the bottle.*<br /><br />Looks like lots of very mature and serious discussions about very serious issues. It’s tough for Boehner and the republicans though. They desperately want Social Security and Medicare cuts, but they don’t want to be the ones proposing or even voting yes on them. This is gonna be a tricky maneuver to try and pull off. Best of luck to them.<br /><br />Jayman<br /><a href="mailto:Jayman3768@gmail.com">Jayman3768@gmail.com</a><br /><a href="http://www.twitter.com/jayman_iws" target="_blank">@Jayman_IWS </a><br /><br /></div>

Inside the Debt Limit Talks

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Activision Prize Pack

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cZEHzCXW_Lw/UOuFbk1T7VI/AAAAAAAAEk8/wFkmygfS0Tw/s1600/Activision.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-cZEHzCXW_Lw/UOuFbk1T7VI/AAAAAAAAEk8/wFkmygfS0Tw/s320/Activision.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't know about you but my nephew and I enjoy playing video games.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ever since I was a kid I would sit in front of the TV for hours and play tons of games and was content, never got bored either.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I still to this day love video games. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was beyond excited when the Activision family fun pack arrived at my door step!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I was amazed at all of the great stuff that was included in the box.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xwNV5QqbejI/UOuLe49gvlI/AAAAAAAAElk/11LCt-oTsJk/s1600/angrybird.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xwNV5QqbejI/UOuLe49gvlI/AAAAAAAAElk/11LCt-oTsJk/s320/angrybird.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Box included:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bratz Doll</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Angry Bird plush toy</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Moshi monsters game</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Transformers game</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wreck it Ralph game</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Soleil Moon Frye book</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Target gift card</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Transformers figurine </span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bratz game</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For Christmas I gave my niece and nephew the games.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">My niece and nephew were ecstatic, they played them all day long!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I loved seeing their smile on their faces Christmas morning.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I thought it was great that this box had something in it for everyone.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OqLEleu8VQo/UOuLqK3ZyiI/AAAAAAAAEls/tkIwKNWEZeA/s1600/transformer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OqLEleu8VQo/UOuLqK3ZyiI/AAAAAAAAEls/tkIwKNWEZeA/s320/transformer.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As a kid I was a huge fan of the show Punky Brewster.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So it was a surprise to see a book by Soleil Moon Frye which was Punky!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't wait to read it, just love reading books!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zG4fYlpdWTE/UOuMHGmafZI/AAAAAAAAEl0/TCPKF-eVPSg/s1600/punky+brewster.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zG4fYlpdWTE/UOuMHGmafZI/AAAAAAAAEl0/TCPKF-eVPSg/s320/punky+brewster.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Want to know more about their products?</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find them here.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://familygamesummit.com/live.php"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">http://familygamesummit.com/live.php</span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div>

Activision Prize Pack

I don't know about you but my nephew and I enjoy playing video games. Ever since I was a kid I would sit in front of the TV for hours an...

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CYPRUS UNDER THE CLAWS OF THE IMF

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Roman","serif";">  </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">DE FACTO LOSS OF SOVEREIGNTY<span style="font-size: x-large;">:</span> CYPRUS MAKES BIG CONCESSIONS FOR BAILOUT</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 2;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">By Christian Reiermann and Markus Dettmer via DS</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CYPRUS wants help from the EUROPEAN UNION'S bailout fund. But the price for the billions in emergency aid money is high. The country will effectively lose its sovereignty.</span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">WILL CYPRUS FACE THE SAME FATE AS ARGENTINA?</span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Dimitris Christofias had a serious look on his face as he turned to the cameras and spoke of what a "gut-wrenching" decision it was, but added that it was also a "necessary evil." The CYPRIOT president was not giving his people good news.</span></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">His staff realized how bad it would be when Christofias, in his televised address, reminded viewers of his country's darkest hour, the TURKISH invasion of northern CYPRUS in 1974.</span></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Although CYPRUS is not about to suffer the same fate, it is already clear that in return for billions of Euros for the debt-ridden country from the EUROPEAN bailout fund, the "troika," made up of the European Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), will essentially take control of the Mediterranean island.</span></span></b><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Could it be that the troika in reality focuses on taking control of Cyprus’s proclaimed hydrocarbon findings? </span></span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For further information on related topics see:</span></span></b></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcEehWAbWtDggt_4xQE-wPoM60j0JI98zAgl6YUhUQlkDUqx3kT9PpT5Hr7neBFy3liyaulnPawLJRKNbfPeWGVbHqzsGHqHUiD4jw7eSCixQHiIeR1L1B8McRDYJpP9lNe1QoWaamPKJ/s1600/Pytheas_Net_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcEehWAbWtDggt_4xQE-wPoM60j0JI98zAgl6YUhUQlkDUqx3kT9PpT5Hr7neBFy3liyaulnPawLJRKNbfPeWGVbHqzsGHqHUiD4jw7eSCixQHiIeR1L1B8McRDYJpP9lNe1QoWaamPKJ/s320/Pytheas_Net_2.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQI-TREp08jEAp6L_I-pDJT43ckqsQAE7zAF8WEmSUcdT3-I7iJKAkVRLFKi4Bc-kqE5gmsjIiS_qKI-kEpX4ZsUqRDHApUaqeQGG8aYDXY49nVOgtmKoSNv1bWi6M7unpZ4ss1rLtLww/s1600/Southeastern-Mediterranean-Energy-Developments-300x200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQI-TREp08jEAp6L_I-pDJT43ckqsQAE7zAF8WEmSUcdT3-I7iJKAkVRLFKi4Bc-kqE5gmsjIiS_qKI-kEpX4ZsUqRDHApUaqeQGG8aYDXY49nVOgtmKoSNv1bWi6M7unpZ4ss1rLtLww/s400/Southeastern-Mediterranean-Energy-Developments-300x200.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Background Information</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: </span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/12/energy-adventures-in-eastern.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/12/energy-adventures-in-eastern.html</a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/new-mediterranean-oil-and-gas-bonanza.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/new-mediterranean-oil-and-gas-bonanza.html</a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/complexity-of-eastern-med-energy-games.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/04/complexity-of-eastern-med-energy-games.html</a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/energy-games-in-eastern-mediterranean.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/12/energy-games-in-eastern-mediterranean.html</a></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times","serif";">European Union</span></i></b><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times","serif";"></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times","serif";"></span></i><i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times","serif";">The European Union is also supportive of the aforementioned, since it agonizes for its energy security and a potential discovery of new reserves by a Eurozone country such as Cyprus further strengthens its energy planning. French and German companies especially, being the dominant players in the European energy corporate environment, estimates they will be able to acquire concessions and strengthen their businesses worldwide. Europe will face an issue with natural gas imports sometime after 2020 due to rising consumption, decreasing North Sea reserves and increase in demand by the rest of the world.</span></i></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The CYPRIOT government and representatives of the troika negotiated for almost five months over the terms of a bailout package, worth at least €17.5 billion ($22.8 billion). The negotiations produced the draft version of a 30-page Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), in which the troika dictates to CYPRUS what steps it will have to take in the coming years, down to the smallest detail.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Under the deal, civil servants and politicians, including cabinet ministers, will have to fly in economy class when traveling within EUROPE in the future. Exceptions apply to the president of the country and the president of the parliament. Spending on foreign trips will be trimmed. The privilege senior bureaucrats have to buy cars duty-free will be eliminated. And the salaries of civil servants and lawmakers will be frozen until 2016.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">BLAMING THE BANKS</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">When representatives of the troika got down to the nitty-gritty of imposing rules, no detail seemed too small for them. For instance, they have prescribed new hours of operation for government offices. In the future, public offices will open punctually at 8 a.m. Starting Sept. 1, 2013, public servants and other government employees will work within a regulated flextime program. According to the MoU draft document, this will be "37 1/2 hours per week, 7 1/2 hours per day."</span></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The euro rescuers also addressed government revenues. The tax on fine-cut tobacco will go up drastically from €60 to €150 per kilogram, while the beer tax will increase to €6 per degree of alcohol and hectoliter. The troika also believes that a tax increase of 7 cents per liter is appropriate for diesel fuel and gasoline.</span></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Citizens will be especially hard-hit by the planned 2-percent increase in the value-added tax, bringing it up to 19 percent. <span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;">The troika (IMF, ECB and World Bank) is also calling for cuts in the healthcare sector, as well as reduced pensions.</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;"><br /></span></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Background Information</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: </span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">IMF</span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/08/imf-destroyer-of-nations.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/08/imf-destroyer-of-nations.html</a></span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/08/imf-on-trial.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/08/imf-on-trial.html</a></span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="266" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/rpkGhy7BxXw?feature=player_embedded" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="320"></iframe></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><br /></span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Christofias left no doubt as to who he blames for the disaster, saying: "It's true that the decisions of bank executives and the miserable control by the CYPRIOT CENTRAL bank have cost CYPRUS billions of EUR." The amount of the aid package corresponds almost to the country's entire economic output in a year. According to the troika's plan, by 2016 CYPRUS'S national budget will be cleaned up enough that the country can hopefully make do without new debt.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CREDITORS TO TAKE LOSSES FIRST</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CYPRIOT banks are also expected to make a contribution. Crisis-ridden institutions will no longer be supported solely by injections of cash from the EUROPEAN bailout fund. This time, the banks' creditors are also expected to pay up. "With the goal of minimizing the cost to taxpayers, bank shareholders and junior debt holders will take losses before state-aid measures are granted," the MoU draft reads. This means that creditors of CYPRIOT banks won't just be able to withdraw their money. Instead, their claims will be converted into bank shares.</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In taking this step, the troika is avoiding a potential embarrassment. Substantial sums of RUSSIAN capital are deposited into CYPRIOT banks, and some of it is probably of dubious origin. It would be difficult to explain to the EUROPEAN public why its taxes are being used to rescue wealthy oligarchs. Now, people who had previously invested their wealth into yachts, cars and football clubs will be forcibly turned into bank owners.</span></span></b></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Background Information</span></u></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">: <i>See <b>11 Feb 2012</b> article published by <b><span style="color: blue;">Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring,</span></b> <a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/eastern-mediterranean-sea.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/02/eastern-mediterranean-sea.html</a>:</i></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">MUCH NEEDED ECO- FINANCIAL BOOST FOR CYPRUS AFTER RUSSIA’S BAILOUT, BUT WITH GEO STRATEGIC IMPLICATIONS </span></b></i><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">During 2009 and 2010, CYPRUS and ISRAEL discovered enormous natural gas deposits off their shores in the Mediterranean Sea. And in late 2011 NOBLE ENERGY, the firm contracted by CYPRUS with exploring for gas in its waters, announced a discovery of gas estimated at 5-8 trillion cubic feet of natural gas there. <b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;">This discovery could not come at a better time for CYPRUS, which in 2011 endured a slippage in its fiscal ratings, was shut out of international capital markets, hit by a large munitions blast, and was finally forced to accept a RUSSIAN bailout.</span></b>All told, the discoveries by both countries amount to 33 trillion cubic feet of gas (ca. 1 trillion cubic meters). And the U.S. Geological Survey estimates that the Levant Basin, where most of these discoveries have occurred, may hold 122 TCF (3.4 tcm).</span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">And </span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">TURKISH THREATS DEEPLY DISTURB CYPRUS AND RUSSIA</span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">However, TURKEY’S threats against CYPRUS and ISRAEL due to their exploration and drilling for gas in the Eastern Mediterranean caused concern in RUSSIA. <b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow; color: blue;">Moscow recently organized a large loan for CYPRUS to sustain it against a crisis should GREECE default because so many RUSSIAN accounts are held in CYPRUS’ banks and then reinvested in RUSSIA or used to launder the elite’s money by cycling it out of RUSSIA into the global banking system</span></b><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow; color: blue;">.</span><span style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% yellow;"> <b><span style="color: blue;">Clearly, Moscow cannot allow CYPRUS to go under</span></b>.</span> Turkish threats therefore deeply disturb both CYPRUS and RUSSIA. </span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">CYPRUS FUNCTIONS AS AN OFFSHORE FINANCIAL CENTER FOR RUSSIA</span></b><span style="color: blue; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">, </span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><i> </i></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/05/russia-and-cyprus.html">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/05/russia-and-cyprus.html</a></span></i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">At the same time, CYPRUS will have to rebuild its financial sector in the coming years, along with drastically improving regulations and intensifying the fight against money laundering and tax evasion. </span></span></b></div><b><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The president wasn't willing to end his address without giving his fellow CYPRIOTS at least some words of comfort and hope. After the TURKISH invasion, he said, the country was rebuilt. And added, today Cyprus can hope for a new "economic miracle."</span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;"><br /></div><b><i> </i></b><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>

CYPRUS UNDER THE CLAWS OF THE IMF

  DE FACTO LOSS OF SOVEREIGNTY : CYPRUS MAKES BIG CONCESSIONS FOR BAILOUT By Christian Reiermann and Markus Dettmer via DS CYPRUS wants h...

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Senior Software Engineer (C#| C++| LINUX |GUI | Commercial Software Development| WxWidgets|CUDA) (#108868)

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="WordSection1"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Position:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Senior Software Engineer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Location:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Milpitas, CA<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Duration:</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> Full time<o:p></o:p></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Job description:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">The REBL program is developing a new-generation electron-beam lithography system for high-throughput maskless production of ICs.  Much of the technology employed in this system is novel, and the software to operate the system and supply data to it is likewise novel.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Help us complete the latest version of our "EDGE" software (an IC pattern processing program) and complete a port of it to Linux. Test and benchmark both the Windows and the Linux versions of the completed application. Ensure that the Linux GUI is equivalent to the Windows one. Support internal and external customer evaluation of this application. Ensure that the program is 'customer ready.'<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.Participate in our work to further improve the performance of EDGE, by introducing new programming constructs such as MPI and output-file format changes; enable user visualization of portions of an IC mask layer after it has been processed by EDGE. Ensure that EDGE can process test patterns needed to achieve program milestones and acceptance tests of REBL.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">3.Develop hardware and software architecture for the 'Distributor', a new module in the REBL data path. This module will be similar to an embedded system, but quite complex, with dedicated background and foreground software tasks, high-performance storage modules, high-performance computation elements (e.g., GPUs), specialized FPGA cards and multiple network cards. Participate in reviews and assessments of the hardware design. On the basis of the software architecture and hardware selected, design, code and test the software for the new module.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Education and Experience:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">1.Advanced degree (MS or PhD) in relevant branch of science or engineering. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">2.10+ years' experience, at least part of which should be in data preparation for semiconductor lithography and part in applications development under Linux. 3.In-depth knowledge of both Linux and Windows-based systems.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">4.Ability to program multi-threaded applications, particularly using 'Boost' libraries (for Linux application), will be needed. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">5.Ability to program for a quasi-real-time environment similar to an embedded system. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">6.Some familiarity with CUDA programming is helpful. Familiarity with WxWidgets (a tool for producing a Windows-like GUI in Linux) will be very helpful. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">7.Some familiarity with device drivers may be useful.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";">Minimum Qualification:<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Doctorate (Academic) with at least 5 years of experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Master's Level Degree with at least 6 years of experience. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">OR<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Bachelor's Level Degree with at least 7 years of experience.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: small;">Please send your resumes to</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"> sivaram.bose@kla-tencor.com</span></b><span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif";"><o:p><br /></o:p></span></span></div></div></div>

Senior Software Engineer (C#| C++| LINUX |GUI | Commercial Software Development| WxWidgets|CUDA) (#108868)

Position: Senior Software Engineer Location: Milpitas, CA Duration: Full time Job description: The REBL program is developing a new-gener...

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Monday, Monday

<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.archidose.org/wp/">A Weekly Dose of Architecture</a> Updates:</span><br /><br />This week's dose features the <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/01/07/parrish-art-museum/">Parrish Art Museum</a> in Water Mill, New York, by Herzog & de Meuron:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/01/07/parrish-art-museum/"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/SAM_5324.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />The featured past dose is the <a href="http://www.archidose.org/Apr09/20/dose.html">Espacio Goya</a> in Zaragoza, Spain by Herzog & de Meuron:<br /><a href="http://www.archidose.org/Apr09/20/dose.html"><img alt="this week's dose" src="http://www.archidose.org/Apr09/20/image01.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="featured past dose" width="640" /></a><br /><br />This week's book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/01/07/future-practice/"><i>Future Practice: Conversations from the Edge of Architecture</i></a> by Rory Hyde:<br /><a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2013/01/07/future-practice/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/hyde.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's book review" /></a>   <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2011/03/28/matter-in-the-floating-world/"><img alt="this week's book review" height="300" src="http://archidose.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/floating.jpg" style="cursor: move;" title="This week's book review" /></a><br />(R): The featured past book review is <a href="http://archidose.org/wp/2011/03/28/matter-in-the-floating-world/"><i>Matter in the Floating World: Conversations with Leading Japanese Architects and Designers</i></a> by Blaine Brownell.<br /><br />: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">World-Architects.com U.S. <a href="http://www.american-architects.com/projects/reviews/41">Building of the Week</a>:</span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.world-architects.com/projects/projects_detail/39424">Safe House Museum</a> in Greensboro, Alabama, by Rural Studio:<br /><a href="http://www.world-architects.com/projects/projects_detail/39424"><img alt="this week's Building of the Week" src="http://www.world-architects.com/images/resize_new/project_pictures/2010_SafeHouse_TH_P1_0058.jpg/39424/size:900:w" title="Current Building of the Week on american-architects.com" width="640" /></a>

Monday, Monday

A Weekly Dose of Architecture Updates: This week's dose features the Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York, by Herzog & de Me...

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EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY AT A CROSSROAD

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Roman","serif";">DEPLETED EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><span class="hps"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Politicians are getting increasingly</span></b></span><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">tired</span>, citizens increasingly <span class="hps">frustrated</span>, <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">pace</span> <span class="hps">and action</span> <span class="hps">requirements</span> dictated by<span class="hps">the financial markets</span> increasingly <span class="hps">dominant</span> <span class="hps">– High time for</span> <span class="hps">a strategy</span> <span class="hps">of slowing down.</span></span></b></span></span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span class="hps"><span style="font-size: large;">Related topic: </span></span></span></b></span></span></i><br /><h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name"><i><span style="color: red;">REGIME CHANGE IN EUROPE, FROM DEMOCRACY TO FINANCE DICTATORSHIP? </span></i></h3><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span class="hps"><i><a href="http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/11/regime-change-in-europe-from-democracy.html"><span style="font-size: large;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2011/11/regime-change-in-europe-from-democracy.html</span></a></i></span></span></b></span></span><br /><br /><i><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: red;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">THERE ARE CURRENTLY 22 STATES IN THE WORLD WHICH EARN OVER 60% OF THEIR RESPECTIVE GDP FROM OIL (AND GAS), AND ARE RULED BY NON-DEMOCRATIC, AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES</span></b></span></span></i><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span class="hps"><i><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">http://news-these-days.blogspot.com.ar/2012/12/europe-and-arab-spring-that-never-sprung.html</span></span></i> </span></span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Democracy as a</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span class="hps">form of government,</span> <span class="hps">whose</span> <span class="hps">law</span> <span class="hps">emanates from the people</span>, has <span class="hps">ceased to exist, according to the perception</span> <span class="hps">of a growing</span> <span class="hps">number of EUROPEANS</span>. <span class="hps">The</span><span class="hps">law</span> <span class="hps">is no longer</span> <span class="hps">derived from the people</span>. People are<span class="hps"> just</span> <span class="hps">invited</span><span class="hps">to participate in elections</span>, <span class="hps">regardless of whether</span> this means to <span class="hps">have an actual choice on subject matter. </span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">A SPECTER IS HAUNTING EUROPE: THE SPECTER OF HETERONOMY – IMF, ECB AND THE WORLD BANK</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">After all, a specter is haunting EUROPE: the specter of heteronomy. The EUROPEANS, especially GREEKS, IRISH and PORTUGUESE, perceive their governments no longer as Governments per, but as a <b>lobbyist or even advocate of international organizations such as the IMF, the existence of which is not democratically legitimized</b>. Politicians, even in those European countries that are economically well off, follow obediently to the shouts of "financial markets" for fear of international rating agencies downgrading the credit rating of their country or increase the interest rate on government bonds.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">EVEN THOSE EUROPEAN COUNTRIES THAT ARE ECONOMICALLY WELL OFF, FOLLOW OBEDIENTLY TO THE SHOUTS OF "FINANCIAL MARKETS"</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Democracy</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">in the eyes</span> <span class="hps">of many EUROPEANS</span>, <span class="hps">not only in GREECE</span>, IRELAND and PORTUGAL and ITALY, <span class="hps">has become</span> <span class="hps">unfair.</span> <span class="hps">Docility</span> <span class="hps">is deemed appropriate</span>, otherwise and increase in <span class="hps">debt service coverage margin is imminent</span>.</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A political statement of the legendary Austrian Chancellor Bruno Kreisky (</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">22 January 1911 – 29 July 1990</span>)</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZ7m4ZufbFswhRmp3e1RBppxvAypwY-DiVgPxgk6PwOeqTDWdNInyxnS6-J_LmDhaXTWjR_Bo5PwflWpycHcBlVImYTCVotnStLUTpvaV0hajYXTwIYr9E_JIbFkMUnzj7gL4iiKN_eAA/s1600/16042_THUMB_IPAD.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJZ7m4ZufbFswhRmp3e1RBppxvAypwY-DiVgPxgk6PwOeqTDWdNInyxnS6-J_LmDhaXTWjR_Bo5PwflWpycHcBlVImYTCVotnStLUTpvaV0hajYXTwIYr9E_JIbFkMUnzj7gL4iiKN_eAA/s400/16042_THUMB_IPAD.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"> <span lang="EN"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">"I prefer dept of a couple of billion shillings rather than a few hundred thousand unemployed" is no longer conceivable. "Deficit spending" to support the welfare state to pay for a "New Deal" would be severely punished by the "markets". </span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For the markets don’t feel obliged to heed to demands by society, not even the ideas of the founder of “National Economics”, Adam Smith seems to prevail: "No society can flourish and be happy, if the vast majority of its members are poor and miserable."</span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">SOCIAL DEMOCRACY, CAPITALISM OR CLOSE ENCOUNTER OF THE THIRD KIND?</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Heteronomy equals loss of freedom.</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">And thus</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">central achievement</span> <span class="hps">of liberal societies</span> is at stake<span class="hps">:</span> liberty<span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">Liberty, of being able to</span> choose over one’s own future and that of future generations: T<span class="hps">o</span> <span class="hps">preserve a social</span>N<span class="hps">ational-State</span>, or <span class="hps">submit ourselves</span><span class="hps">to the system of</span> <span class="hps">free-market</span> <span class="hps">world trade</span>? <span class="hps">Or is there</span> <span class="hps">a third option?</span> The option which is never up for <span class="hps">discussions?</span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">EUROPEAN DEMOCRACY RECEIVED SERIOUS COMPETITION BY AUTOCRATIC REGIMES</span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The exhausted democracy is represented by a growing number of politicians who have reached the point of </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">fatigue</span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">. "Actually, politics is in need to reduce its pace and relax, enter a “reflection loop” in order to think about fundamental topics," says the president of the GERMAN Federal Constitutional Court, Andreas Voßkuhle. And he's right. Democracy takes time, needs - as the former SPD leader Franz Müntefering once put it - a "humanly possible" pace. "Democracy can only survive by not destroying the patterns of action by the speed of events."</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWF7KCMYqO3HSvKGGLMyncNmhZyCwU5NeF68fDjrM84kKVRXlriH4JLT8ZRuy9tBbktXcALPfnVjDHCPh3TKi4ud0sUsEMl3Ikwa0arthBCfsk2WL-hDtPhBzzLCTA6SwgTRiB-hl4xMM/s1600/a6da270f226bca5264797536b7fe8253.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSWF7KCMYqO3HSvKGGLMyncNmhZyCwU5NeF68fDjrM84kKVRXlriH4JLT8ZRuy9tBbktXcALPfnVjDHCPh3TKi4ud0sUsEMl3Ikwa0arthBCfsk2WL-hDtPhBzzLCTA6SwgTRiB-hl4xMM/s200/a6da270f226bca5264797536b7fe8253.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">The fact is that democracy, in the early stages of the modern epoch and through election processes and dynamic legislation had the reputation for being able to respond promptly to the needs of society, nowadays received serious competition by autocratic regimes. The main criticisms addressed towards the democratic system: democracy is slow in response; produce too much variability - for example, in economic decision-making processes – thus is in the medium terms, politically difficult to evaluate. Which in part explains the attractiveness of RUSSIAN and CHINESE financial markets - the predictability of these political systems promises safe returns.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: blue;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">ALWAYS IN THE LIMELIGHT </span></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Democracy</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">has</span> evolved of being a <span class="hps">"24/7</span>" <span class="hps">show.</span> P<span class="hps">oliticians</span> nowadays are committed 24 hours, <span class="hps">seven days</span> <span class="hps">a week and</span> are <span class="hps">constantly</span>exposed to t<span class="hps">he “media – democracy”</span> limelight<span class="hps">.</span> <span class="hps">For</span> <span class="hps">reflections</span><span class="hps">between cause and effect remain</span> <span class="hps">little</span><span class="hps">or no time</span>. T<span class="hps">ime</span> <span class="hps">pressure</span><span class="hps">and responsibility</span>, <span class="hps">workload</span> <span class="hps">and</span> <span class="hps">the</span> <span class="hps">comparatively</span><span class="hps">low</span> salaries are seldom highlighted in general public debates. <span class="hps">This</span> <span class="hps">may</span> <span class="hps">the reason</span> <span class="hps">for lack of potential</span> young successor politicians in the current worldwide democratic political landscape.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6vagJ2NVpDO08oscKxfNcWIJZjxJYzCltRATRvhT6EDb8aCDemFCk7wJh8lqI7zaY-EQmtHgP6FW8cF0eQNSh7Q2Fizv8t0T2EWCywdCedz3u9mukNj1TX9Do4yIfALbGatdl5ik7k9M/s1600/eurozone_2255355b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA6vagJ2NVpDO08oscKxfNcWIJZjxJYzCltRATRvhT6EDb8aCDemFCk7wJh8lqI7zaY-EQmtHgP6FW8cF0eQNSh7Q2Fizv8t0T2EWCywdCedz3u9mukNj1TX9Do4yIfALbGatdl5ik7k9M/s320/eurozone_2255355b.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"><span class="hps"></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">A successful WESTERN EUROPEAN style democratic system will only sustain by bethinking its strengths and roots: the equal rights debate and participation by all Democrats in the design of "res publica", our public affairs. This requires dialogue which cannot be done between power napping, speed dating and multitasking. Rejecting "Hurry Sickness" also means to give politicians the chance to cancel two or three not so important appointments without the fear of political repercussions, in order to focus on people and content, rather than heed to the pressures and demands enforced upon politicians by lobbyists.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";"></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><span class="hps"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Such approach in most likelihood will open up</span></span><span lang="EN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;"> <span class="hps">new strategies,</span> to oppose the <span class="hps">threats of loss of liberty through</span> heteronomy, in order to regain s<span class="hps">overeignty, and thus</span> preserve <span class="hps">democracy.</span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="DE-AT" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">By Michael Kerbler, via DER STANDARD</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="hps"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; line-height: 115%;">Original article published in German. Translated by Geopolitical Analysis and Monitoring </span></span></span></div>

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