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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 04:39 PM
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Shock Doctrine Alert: Two Un-Elected Bankers are Now in-Charge of Italy and Greece
Are we in the middle of a bankers coup d'etat...?

The “Shock Doctrine” is clearly at work again. Look at Italy’s new leader’s credentials, Mario Monti
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Monti

Monti is the first chairman of Bruegel, a European think tank founded in 2005, and he is European Chairman of the Trilateral Commission, a think tank founded in 1973 by David Rockefeller.<4> He is also a leading member of the Bilderberg Group.<5> Monti is an international adviser to Goldman Sachs and The Coca-Cola Company.<6>

In Greece the new PM Lucas Papademos served on the Federal Reserve of Boston!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucas_Papademos

He has served as Senior Economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in 1980. He joined the Bank of Greece in 1985 as Chief Economist, rising to Deputy Governor in 1993 and Governor in 1994. During his time as Governor of the national bank, Papademos was involved in Greece’s transition from the drachma to the euro as its national currency.<4> After leaving the Bank of Greece in 2002, Papademos became the Vice President to Jean-Claude Trichet at the European Central Bank from 2002 to 2010. In 2010 he left that position to serve as an advisor to Prime Minister George Papandreou.<4> He has been a member of the Trilateral Commission since 1998.<5>

http://investmentwatchblog.com/shock-doctrine-in-europe/

(previously posted by JCMach1, Thank You for bringing it to our attention, this is the most imperative thing in the world right now!)
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tabatha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 04:40 PM
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1. The Greeks have been had by Goldman Sachs
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SixthSense Donating Member (251 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 04:57 PM
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6. Italy too
Monti was (still is?) a Goldman Sachs International Advisor
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tblue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 04:41 PM
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2. Oh that's just great.
We're not learning, are we?
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 04:42 PM
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3. Just wait for the results of the Spanish election
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-15809062
<snip>
Exit polls and partial results from Spain's general election suggest the opposition conservative Popular Party (PP) is headed for a decisive win.

The party, led by Mariano Rajoy, looks certain to secure an absolute majority in Spain's 350-seat lower chamber.

He will then be expected to devise moves to deal with Spain's huge debts, amid slow growth and high unemployment.
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More shock doctrine
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 04:44 PM
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4. Only as temporary caretakers
pending elections early 2012.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 04:45 PM
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5. I just do not care for the Trend.
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dipsydoodle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 05:00 PM
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7. In the case of Italy
Edited on Sun Nov-20-11 05:01 PM by dipsydoodle
any idea who appoints their Prime Minister ? Is it their own party / coalition or is by vote of the population as in the US but not in the UK which votes for a party ?

Some details here : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Italy If its the controlling party or coalition then its they who have currently appointed the banker by virtue of the fact they were democratically elected.
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Fire Walk With Me Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 06:45 PM
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9. They are still using disaster to place their people. Look at how they got Scharzenneger into office.
It is confirmed that Ahnold met with Enron prior to them creating the energy scam (same as was done to Carter to make him look weak) which got him into California office. Where he immediately went after nurses, firefighters, etc.

This is a trend. Perhaps people are voting for them, but they are in crisis situations, and are real alternative being presented? This is a stacked deck. This is purposeful.
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PETRUS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 05:43 PM
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8. K&R
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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:39 PM
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10. Just reading "boomerang" by Michael Lewis. He goes into what caused
the crash in Greece. It wasn't subprime mortgages there. Greeks were all on the take. They lied about their debt to get into the EU and then used the fact they were in the stable "EU" to get more loans. It was people run amok.
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JCMach1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-20-11 10:42 PM
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11. We are all being taken for a ride- Repugs are already talking about how they will get around the
'automatic' cuts to the military... just leaving the rest of the automatic Supercommittee cuts in-place.

Meaning, the people take the hit. :(
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