Random Politics & Religion #00

It's MAD magazine they are only slightly more credible than Huff Post !

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is prepared to let Greece leave the eurozone if Greeks elect a government that jettisons the country's current austerity course, Germany's Der Spiegel news weekly reported Saturday.

The report, which cited sources close to the German government, comes as polls show a radical leftist party leading the field three weeks ahead of a snap election in Greece.

The Syriza party of Alexis Tsipras has pledged to reverse reforms imposed by Greece's international creditors and renegotiate its bailout deal.

"The German government considers a eurozone exit (by Greece) to be almost inevitable if opposition leader Alexis Tsipras leads the government after the election and abandons budgetary discipline and does not repay the country's debts," Der Spiegel reported on its website.

Both Merkel and Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble had come to view a potential Greek exit from the 19-currency eurozone in a less dramatic light, the report explained.

They both now felt such an outcome would be "bearable", Der Spiegel quoted unnamed sources as saying.

The recovery underway in other formerly problem economies such as Ireland and Portugal, establishment of a permanent eurozone bailout fund and creation of a banking union all bolstered Berlin's belief that the contagion from a fresh Greek crisis would be limited, the report added.

Greece's parliament was dissolved Wednesday after the assembly failed to agree on a successor to outgoing President Karolos Papoulias in three successive votes.

The dissolution of parliament triggered a snap election that will take place on January 25.

In August 2012, during a visit to Canada, German Chancellor Angela Merkel swept aside doubts about her support for Mario Draghi and his promise, weeks before, to do whatever it takes to preserve the euro.

The pledge by the Italian president of the European Central Bank met a storm of criticism in Germany. Yet Merkel told reporters gathered in the Canadian parliament in Ottawa that Draghi's remarks were "completely in line" with her own approach to the crisis.

Her comments helped convince markets that Draghi had the political support to back up his bold words with action, calming fears of a catastrophic euro breakup.

Two and a half years on, the crisis in Europe's single currency bloc has shifted from acute to chronic and once again it has fallen to Draghi to come to the rescue.

As Europe stumbles into 2015, dogged by weak growth and the prospect of deflation, Draghi is on the verge of launching mass purchases of government bonds with new money - also known as quantitative easing (QE) - in the hopes of jolting Europe's economy into life.

But this time, it is unclear whether he can count on the same clear support from Berlin.

Without it, the effectiveness of any QE program could be undermined. More fundamentally, a rift between Germany and the ECB would herald a dangerous new phase for Europe in which the bloc's two most important shapers of policy are at odds.

In a rare four-page interview with German daily Handelsblatt on Friday, Draghi appeared to go out of his way to reach out and avert such a clash, saying the risk of the ECB failing to preserve price stability had risen and it may need to act to meet its mandate.

"Germany's position on the QE program is arguably the single most important issue for the ECB right now," said Marcel Fratzscher, head of the DIW economic institute in Berlin and a former official at the ECB. "Support from both Merkel and (Finance Minister Wolfgang) Schaeuble will be absolutely vital."

Want to influence a casino bid? Polish your corporate image? Not be labeled a racist?

Then you need to pay Al Sharpton.

For more than a decade, corporations have shelled out thousands of dollars in donations and consulting fees to Sharpton’s National Action Network. What they get in return is the reverend’s supposed sway in the black community or, more often, his silence.

Sony Pictures co-chair Amy Pascal met with the activist preacher after leaked e-mails showed her making racially charged comments about President Obama. Pascal was under siege after a suspected North Korean cyber attack pressured the studio to cancel its release of “The Interview,” which depicts the assassination of dictator Kim Jong-un.

Pascal and her team were said to be “shaking in their boots” and “afraid of the Rev,” The Post reported.

No payments to NAN have been announced, but Sharpton and Pascal agreed to form a “working group” to focus on racial bias in Hollywood.

Sharpton notably did not publicly assert his support for Pascal after the meeting — what observers say seems like a typical Sharpton “shakedown” in the making. Pay him in cash or power, critics say, and you buy his support or silence.

“Al Sharpton has enriched himself and NAN for years by threatening companies with bad publicity if they didn’t come to terms with him. Put simply, Sharpton specializes in shakedowns,” said Ken Boehm, chairman of the National Legal & Policy Center, a Virginia-based watchdog group that has produced a book on Sharpton.

And Sharpton, who now boasts a close relationship with Obama and Mayor de Blasio, is in a stronger negotiating position than ever.

“Once Sharpton’s on board, he plays the race card all the way through,” said a source who has worked with the Harlem preacher. “He just keeps asking for more and more money.”

Sharpton is also known to not pay taxes as well too.

But in regards to Greece I encourage them to leave the euro zone and all others nations sharing that practice. Perhaps they will all abolish central banking practice as well in there nations. Most of the world is swimming in central banking debt that is fact. What does Germany or any other nation for that matter have a right to say about the way the people live in Greece. I support Greece for wanting to be free from that if they chose. Nothing wrong with gaining your nations identity back. There can still be peace in the world and no need to have wars over monetary policy.

that being said, I feel like the american debt to china is infringing in my lifestyle so I am going to disregard it, and any other debt!

Don't like that? YOU MUST BE RACIST! feel the wrath of my sharpton shakedown.

that being said, I feel like the american debt to china is infringing in my lifestyle so I am going to disregard it, and any other debt!

Don't like that? YOU MUST BE RACIST! feel the wrath of my sharpton shakedown.

But in regards to Greece I encourage them to leave the euro zone and all others nations sharing that practice. Perhaps they will all abolish central banking practice as well in there nations. Most of the world is swimming in central banking debt that is fact. What does Germany or any other nation for that matter have a right to say about the way the people live in Greece. I support Greece for wanting to be free from that if they chose. Nothing wrong with gaining your nations identity back. There can still be peace in the world and no need to have wars over monetary policy

I have presented evidence my friend i'm not sorry i am for freedom.

Remember, if Lordgrim says so, it must be for Truth and Justice!

Never mind evidence contrary to his beliefs, and also his beliefs in mythical creatures.

I never once said mythical creature when Hydra was mentioned nor was i referring to it.

Hydra is historically real.

Hydra i was referring to Nazism support in America from major corporations who funded Germany and well known families is very true and no conspiracy . Two of those families who bore 2 U.S Presidents, Bush, and Hoover is real and fact.

I love my country that can not be denied.

life is not a comic book

Not to mention there would be no centralized or government funding for necessary infrastructure or repairs, no funding for medicines to prevent epidemic spreads of viruses, infections, or other diseases, preventative care that would keep people working longer and at a greater benefit to society as a whole.

Not to mention there would be no centralized or government funding for necessary infrastructure or repairs, no funding for medicines to prevent epidemic spreads of viruses, infections, or other diseases, preventative care that would keep people working longer and at a greater benefit to society as a whole.