A truly excellent illusion taking full advantage of the workings of the eye and brain :
The Merkel-Sarkozy dog and pony show.
Ist das eine waffe in der tasche oder du bist einfach freut mich zu sehen? Seeing the announcement over the weekend of yet another agreement between Merkel and Sarkozy to cure all Europes ill's with a cunningly secret grand plan had a distinct feeling of deja-vu as it...
Slovakia’s politicians actually get the idea that more and more debt is bad news.
Following on from yesterday's post about Slovakia looking likely to vote no to the expanded ESFS and in turn derailing the EU "rescue", the following snippet from ZeroHedge of an interview conducted between German Spiegel and Slovakia party head Richard Sulik has some...
Tiny Slovakia says up yours to the whole EU while Dexia gets dismantled – fun times ahead.
Euro Scream (after Munch) A couple of interesting developments this weekend which could finally be the trigger for an all out shit storm in the markets as traders realise that all the promises and plans amount to the square root of bugger all. Firstly, from Bloomberg,...
Kids books that never made it into print …
Peurile humour at it's best ... H/T - Rain
The life of a sperm …
Now this is what I call an election broadcast …
Aspiring to a political career in Poland, Katarzyna Lenart decided to ditch the manifesto and policy statements and just whip off her clothes instead : The video begins with the sexy 23-year-old sitting in a chair wearing a tight black suit. She then uncrosses her...
Why do people say “Grow some balls”?
I think she has a point : H/T - Rain
US fiscal year end result – 1.228 trillion Dollars in new debt
As the US finally closes the 2010-11 fiscal year with a whopping $1.228 trillion in new debt including an additional $95 billion overnight, one wonders how much longer this surreal fiat currency game of kick the can down the road will continue? From Zerohedge :...
Why Germany cannot leave the Euro.
Gonzalo Lira has an excellent piece up explaning why Germany is screwed when it comes to the choice of leaving or staying in the Euro. The following snippet is a good demonstration of why I like reading his articles : Nobody likes getting screwed unless its by a...