I see that scumbag Nigel Pearson got the boot from Leicester.
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Greece are here now:
Investment grade
AAA : the best quality companies, reliable and stable
AA : quality companies, a bit higher risk than AAA
A : economic situation can affect finance
BBB : medium class companies, which are satisfactory at the moment
Non-investment grade
BB : more prone to changes in the economy
B : financial situation varies noticeably
CCC : currently vulnerable and dependent on favorable economic conditions to meet its commitments
CC : highly vulnerable, very speculative bonds
C : highly vulnerable, perhaps in bankruptcy or in arrears but still continuing to pay out on obligations
D : has defaulted on obligations and Fitch believes that it will generally default on most or all obligations"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Lol, for more than 20 years I thought 4'33'' was something by John Cale from the Velvet Underground. Just realised today that it was another person altogether
A performance by William Marx of John Cage's 4'33.Filmed at McCallum Theatre, Palm Desert, CA.Composer John Adams wrote the following in The New York Times r...
Gone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by CourierCollie View PostThis too shall pass.
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Originally posted by oleras View PostAh Jasus, thats bringing back memories ! Must be 20+ years since i listened to that.
When Billy Name was sick and locked up in his room
You asked me for some speed, I though it was for you
I'm sorry that I doubted your good heart
Things always seem to end before they startGone full 'Glinner' since June 2022.
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Originally posted by CourierCollie View PostSame here. I remember having it on cassette tape, for walkman usage.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMH0B4beksEThis too shall pass.
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Originally posted by rounders123 View PostBe careful what you wish for. Im having problems with glare. The glare is one thing but the heat is like sitting inside a stationary car on a hot day. Some makeshift cover so the place looks like a shanty town blocking out that sun
Actually only earlier today i got a quote for anti glare film for €350(why i took the pic to show them).
SPOILERI hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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I imagine that the vote goes ahead, they say they will stay and the govt
chooses to leave or a torn to shreds by an angry mob and the interim guys go back tomeurope take the terms and suck it up.
The whole thing will be back on track this time next week with a puppet govt of euorpes choosing in place until elections can be held ie. all the dirty work is done.
Those 2 clowns go on the lecture circuit where idiots will applaud their effort but hope fully they loose their lecturing jobs and every who went to a class they taught gets offered a free online course from a real lecturer to make up for it.
In reality I do think that a temporary govt will be appointed or basically an administrator from the bank to manage the transition. for the pr factor it will probably be a Greek head of state but a good back room of debt collectors, economists and stern Teutonic bankers put in place to pull the strings. Maybe some Swiss guys for impartiality either.
Actual default and falling out of the EU will probably be averted with Greece well and truely bent over and spanked in front of the world.
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Originally posted by Strewelpeter View PostI notice that POS devices have started offering people who are doing cross currency transactions if they want to settle in their own currency for a named amount or be charged in the local currency and leave your own bank to settle.
The other day in Heathrow I was offered a price of €82.88 for a purchase I was making but Google said the rate was €77.5 I just checked there now and my bank charged me 78.20. Thats 4.50 the cunce were trying to screw me for
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If you are asked to settle in € at a POS you will probably get a worse rate than you will if you let your own bank do the exchange.
Edit. See Hitch posted same.Last edited by Lazare; 30-06-15, 22:34.I hold silver in tit for tat, and I love you for that
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Aldo out, Mendes in.
Too slow chad.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by Lord Sir Business View PostAldo out, Mendes in.
Too slow chad.
Either wins the lol interim belt and it creates a bigger fight or he loses to a stupid dry humping wrestler and all the hype is gone. That would be so typically Irish.
Still think Conor knocks him out.
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Interim belt just sounds like a made up thing.X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by CHD View PostHe is 100% injured.
Bringing in a possible replacement is unheard of. Aldo and UFC stand to make millions off this fight so will do everything in their power to try make it happen.
They are talking up a possible interim title fight if Aldo can't fight. Interim title when the champ only has bruised ribs and will be back to 100% in no time. That is unheard of. Only reason they are doing that is to keep the PPV numbers up. Why go to all that trouble? Aldo is injured.
Aldo does not make the fight 8 times out of 10. I wouldn't be surprised if he pulls out in the next few days but he stands to make the guts of $4M. That is probably more than his career earnings and sets him up for life. He'd want to fight with broken arms.
Still annoyed.
Also, kiss my feet and tell me I am King, Dobby.
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Aldo is some never turns up little rat bag cunt.
Disgusted.
Will still be a great fight but not the one we've been hyped up for the past 6 months over.
Mendes game plan will surely involve a lot more take downs than it did in his last Aldo fight.
If he keeps it on the feet Conor will knock him out, I hope.Originally posted by ArmaniJeansI like this heat - some proper music innit.
None of the 'black disabled lesbian warbling backwards' stuff that the other players inflicted on me.
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Originally posted by Starvin Marvin View PostAldo is some never turns up little rat bag cunt.
Disgusted.
Will still be a great fight but not the one we've been hyped up for the past 6 months over.
Mendes game plan will surely involve a lot more take downs than it did in his last Aldo fight.
If he keeps it on the feet Conor will knock him out, I hope.
He will be KO'd.
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Originally posted by Jam-Fly View PostIf McGregor wins, will the Aldo fight hype be even greater do you think?
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How long does Conor need to prepare for a fight against Aldo from here should he win on the 11th?X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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X can be anything, any number, that is what’s CRAZY about X.
Because X doesn’t roll like that, because X can’t be pinned down!
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Originally posted by LuckyLloyd View PostI think Pearse Doherty has fuck all in common with his Syrzia counterpart in terms of competency and realism and was probably internally cringing at the party decision to embrace them PR wise when they were elected (though you may disagree).
...Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostI don't think he has much of a clue but he'd be streets ahead of Varoufuckit (not a high bar).
..Originally posted by Emmet View PostWHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?
Originally posted by Pearse Doherty
Originally posted by Relevant QualificationsIn 1996, Doherty enrolled in a civil engineering degree course at Dublin Institute of Technology. He completed two years of the course, earning a national certificate that entitled him to work as a civil engineering technician. He then left third level education to pursue a job in that field. Doherty later resumed his studies by enrolling in another civil engineering course at Letterkenny Institute of Technology, but dropped out to run for the Dáil in the 2002 general election. (None)Originally posted by Relevant ExperienceAs Finance spokesperson, he is responsible for the preparation of the party’s annual alternative budget submission, which aims to promote a fairer and progressive economy.Originally posted by Yanis Varoufakis
Originally posted by Relevant QualificationsVaroufakis then decided to complete a MSc in Mathematical Statistics at the University of Birmingham and a PhD in Economics (Essex)Originally posted by Relevant Experience1989-2000 - Senior lecturer in economics at the Department of Economics of the University of Sydney.
2000-2008 - Professor of Economic Theory at the University of Athens.
2004-2006 - Economic Advisor to George Papandreou
2012-2013 - Economist-in-Residence at Valve Corporation
I wouldn't trust Doherty to be secretary at the golf club!Last edited by Emmet; 01-07-15, 07:34.
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Originally posted by Emmet View PostSeriously. Neither of you actually believe that Pearse Doherty would be a more able Minister for Finance than Varoufakis do you?
Tara linked to Varoufakis' blog yesterday, he's got some really good stuff on there. Obviously all left-leaning, but he does understand what he's talking about.
I wouldn't trust Doherty to be secretary at the golf club!"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostDoherty might be not very bright but I don't think he's actively dangerous. Varoufuckit has proven form in the 'highly dangerous and destructive' department.
Even on that point, I think Varoufakis understands Greek politics extremely well, but I don't think that translates into European politics in the slightest!
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Most of the Chinese politburo are engineers; meanwhile the only engineer we have in the Dáil has a national certificate ffs!
Obviously all left-leaning, but he thinks he understand what he's talking about.Last edited by Denny Crane; 01-07-15, 07:52.
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Originally posted by Emmet View PostI'd rather someone who understood Finance over someone who understood politics!
Even on that point, I think Varoufakis understands Greek politics extremely well, but I don't think that translates into European politics in the slightest!
I think you're being a bit dazzled by degrees here. He's incompetent, dangerous, erratic and also ideologically opposed to the 'system' (man). He also has no idea of negotiating tactically or strategically. Everything he's done has deepened Greece's isolation and made a bad situation worse.
What could possibly go wrong?"We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Emmet View PostSimple test. You're the Greek PM today. You need a Finance Minister.
Do you pick Varoufakis or Doherty?
You seem to be under the illusion that government ministers should be knowledgable about their ministerial area. Not so."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostI can't be the only one that thinks Krugman talks bollix most of the time? "But Nobel laureate x says..."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostNo contest. Doherty. He'll do what he's told.
You seem to be under the illusion that government ministers should be knowledgable about their ministerial area. Not so.
In a technocracy, Doherty doesn't even do janitor service. Varaoufakis is an advisor to represent the Paul Murphy side of the room though.
Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostI can't be the only one that thinks Krugman talks bollix most of the time? "But Nobel laureate x says..."
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Originally posted by Raoul Duke III View PostNo contest. Doherty. He'll do what he's told.
You seem to be under the illusion that government ministers should be knowledgable about their ministerial area. Not so.
All the power will be with the recievers I mean troika if a yes vote kicks the govt out as part of the renegotiated and even harsher than the first set of bail out terms.
If it's a no vote than I don't really see how anyone can do much as minister for finance. Good chance of assassination if you make the cuts needed to stay afloat and a good chance of Assination if you let nature take its course and it all goes to shit when the currency collapses and the rest of the economy with it.
Military coup is the only way to justify the spending on the army so they should probably just go with that. Either that or start selling the ancient artefacts to museums. I would say China or Vegas would love to buy the real Acropolis
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Originally posted by Denny Crane View PostI can't be the only one that thinks Krugman talks bollix most of the time? "But Nobel laureate x says..."
Mark Weisbrot has been arguing, for some time now, that Greece must try to emulate Argentina; that is, to default on its debts not as a bargaining strategy that yields a New Deal within the Eurozone but, rather, in the context of exiting the Eurozone altogether and going it alone. Recently, Paul Krugman has endorsed […]
Even when not agreeing with parts of his blog I find it very interesting.
Mark Weisbrot has been arguing, for some time now, that Greece must try to emulate Argentina; that is, to default on its debts not as a bargaining strategy that yields a New Deal within the Eurozone but, rather, in the context of exiting the Eurozone altogether and going it alone. Recently, Paul Krugman has endorsed this position (see here and here). I think they are profoundly wrong.Last edited by Tar.Aldarion; 01-07-15, 08:57.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post
The schooling system itself though does seem very good. The school is free, but they've loads of extra options. School day is similar to Ireland; but to be able to drop her off at 7:30am, pick her up at 6:45pm, have her fed, brought to sports clubs every Wednesday afternoon and taught how to swim / gym / etc, and taken care of during holidays - the whole thing ends up costing about €200 a month.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post"liberalise the market for gyms" ...wtf? and they were initially attempting not to do that?
The definition of farmer thing was a personal highlight.
Knock it down and start again imo.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View Post"liberalise the market for gyms" ...wtf? and they were initially attempting not to do that?
I presume it is some crazy money laundering loophole set up 2000bc after the Persians threatened Athens or similarly crazy reason.
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Originally posted by Hitchhiker's Guide To... View PostAu contraire, mon ami. Teachers work just 8:45am-12pm, 2pm-4:15pm, and get Wednesday afternoons off. The difference is they hire childcare assistants to look after the kids 7:30-8:45am, 12-2pm, 4:15-6:45pm. and ship them off to a leisure centre on Wednesdays.
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Originally posted by Emmet View PostThey're not.
They've refused the removal of the island tax exemption for a start.
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Can't see them not having to make the final steps tbh.
Syriza are going to end up telling people to vote Yes.
He's also said Tsipiras is not a trustworthy partner (which is a statement of the obvious but still unusually undiplomatic)."We are not Europeans. Those people on the continent are freaks."
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