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May 05, 2010

Greek Teabaggers Riot Over ObamaCare, Killing Three
— Ace

A riot cop falls in flame, hit by a Molotov cocktail

Video of these damn Teabaggers at the link.

They were protesting ObamaCare, illegal immigrants in Arizona, the impending loss of a white majority in the United States, and also, as a secondary matter, austerity measures forced upon the profligate nation as part of its bailout package.

Deadly riots over new austerity measures engulfed the streets of Athens on Wednesday, and three people were killed as angry protesters tried to storm parliament, hurled Molotov cocktails at police and torched buildings.
Tens of thousands of people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest new taxes and government spending cuts demanded by the International Monetary Fund and other European nations before heavily indebted Greece gets a euro110 billion ($141 billion) bailout package of loans to keep it from defaulting.
Three people died after being trapped in a burning bank along the main demonstration route in central AthensÂ—the first deaths during a protest in Greece since 1991, when four people trapped in a burning office building were killed. Another five were rescued.
Â“A demonstration is one thing and murder is quite another,Â” Prime Minister George Papandreou thundered in Parliament during a session to discuss the spending cuts he announced Sunday. "We need to get these lunatic right-wing Tea-Bags to stop using incendiary language, and also, possibly, incendiary bombs."

I may have added that last sentence.

Thanks to Dr. Spank.

Posted by: Ace at 11:34 AM | Comments (66)
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1 I TOLD YOU SO!!!

Posted by: Contessa Brewer at May 05, 2010 11:35 AM (mAhn3)

2 I wonder if the bombs were hurled by people who really think that's going to keep the checks flowing, or by people who like to bomb things and found the strike a convenient excuse. Like those "anarchists" in Santa Cruz.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 05, 2010 11:37 AM (mR7mk)

California's SEIU is taking notes......fuckers

Posted by: the Butcher at May 05, 2010 11:37 AM (8g9qq)

4 Damn pastitsio eating racists!

Posted by: Chris Mathews at May 05, 2010 11:37 AM (5aa4z)

5 That poor policeman. Jeebus.

Libtards of any nationality are a vicious, nasty lot. They're also cowards.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2010 11:38 AM (UOM48)

6 It's like a 2-year-old's temper tantrum over not getting the toy he wanted writ LARGE. Insanity. Is the entire world a giant playpen full of spoiled brats?

Posted by: AngelEm at May 05, 2010 11:38 AM (Aq93A)

7 I may have added that last sentence.

Ace, there is a chance that some idiot will think he really said that!

Posted by: Dianna at May 05, 2010 11:39 AM (qrFCz)

8 Oh stop they were just baking Baklava

Posted by: dagny at May 05, 2010 11:39 AM (+34Bx)

9 Greek Blues is the funniest shit you will ever hear. Do you know how painful it is to learn that because your uncle works for Olympic Airlines you will no longer receive free air travel all over the world?

Sully called to confirm this is indeed torture.

Posted by: wtfci at May 05, 2010 11:39 AM (+zo63)

10 Ooooh, baklava. Yum.

Posted by: AngelEm at May 05, 2010 11:40 AM (Aq93A)

11 I for one am glad to see the racist teabagger movement growing so quickly. Just yesterday they arrested the teabagger trying to blow up New York boarding a flight for, not Alabama, not Texas but Du fucking bai. That's right, teabaggers in the middle east. Now we have an action in Greece. Outstanding!

Posted by: robtr at May 05, 2010 11:40 AM (fwSHf)

12 OPA!

Posted by: Zorba the Anarchist at May 05, 2010 11:40 AM (5gk/t)

wow you'd think someone was forcing them to work a 35-hour workweek, or something

Posted by: Captain Leech at May 05, 2010 11:41 AM (uFokq)

14 Bring on the chaos .

Posted by: awkward davies at May 05, 2010 11:41 AM (B4e7Q)

15 Wow. The countless host of fleas and ticks riot against the host for running out of blood. Yeah, that's gonna work.

Posted by: maddogg at May 05, 2010 11:41 AM (OlN4e)

btw, Obama just called me and expressed resentment over these riots in Greece, "You'd think they'd be thanking us. That's what you'd think."

Posted by: Captain Leech at May 05, 2010 11:42 AM (uFokq)

17 I am literally going to get a Gyro. This seals it.

Posted by: garrett at May 05, 2010 11:42 AM (5gk/t)

18 California's SEIU is taking notes......fuckers

Let 'em. Have you ever seen a Calif SEIU member? The minimum weight on the SEIU entrance physical is around 300 lbs.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2010 11:44 AM (ZSVyF)

Where do these bozo's think their paycheck comes from? Their govt is out of money.

Posted by: d_Utah at May 05, 2010 11:45 AM (9Jzri)

20 The Euro is falling like Barry's approval ratings. Might be a good time to make a run to Europe for a vacay before things get too fucked up.

Posted by: Jane D'oh at May 05, 2010 11:45 AM (UOM48)

21 The Greeks are very talented. They are now able to screw their entire nation in the ass.

Posted by: sifty at May 05, 2010 11:45 AM (rp/pp)

22 Greek teabaggers. There's a joke here about Alexander the Great, but I don't know enough Greek history to make it.

Posted by: HeatherRadish at May 05, 2010 11:46 AM (mR7mk)

23 This is what the dailykos wants for America? He is Greek you know. Some people never learn.

Posted by: d_Utah at May 05, 2010 11:46 AM (9Jzri)

24 Fucking disgusting barbarians...

Posted by: fb at May 05, 2010 11:46 AM (G60Nl)

25 This is only a preview of California, Michigan, New York, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, (insert state with overgenerous and underfunded pensions/welfare cases/large number of crimmigrants here) in a few years months.

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at May 05, 2010 11:48 AM (ijjAe)

26 16 Wow. The countless host of fleas and ticks riot against the host for running out of blood. Yeah, that's gonna work. Posted by: maddogg at May 05, 2010 03:41 PM (OlN4e) Well said. And they'll kill the host out of spite too.

Posted by: joncelli at May 05, 2010 11:49 AM (RD7QR)

27 When this thing starts, each other is all we're gonna have." - Lt. Col. Hal Moore

Posted by: sifty at May 05, 2010 11:51 AM (rp/pp)

_{Well said. And they'll kill the host out of spite too.}

There is no spite. We're Parasites.

Posted by: the Fleas and Ticks at May 05, 2010 11:52 AM (5gk/t)

29 I have never understood why Molotov cocktails are not met with machine gun fire, or artillery.

They do this in S.Korea all the time, and nary a whiff of the grape.

Posted by: damian at May 05, 2010 11:52 AM (4WbTI)

30 These people don't believe in facts or logic, only feelings and a sense of what is perceived to be 'fair'. The same idiots have been turning "truth" and "justice" into abstract concepts over the years and no longer have any kind of sold grip on reality. Thank heavens these people don't run the education/political/legal syst....aw shit.

Posted by: Blue Falcon in Boston at May 05, 2010 11:53 AM (ijjAe)

31 That cop had it coming. Makes up for all the power tripping.

Posted by: s'maroon at May 05, 2010 11:59 AM (LlaBi)

Government workers and public teachers...Greece' finest.

Posted by: dananjcon at May 05, 2010 12:02 PM (pr+up)

33 Given that "Greek" is sexual shorthand for rear entry, I do not want to contemplate what type of perverse sexual activity is known as "Greek Teabagging" - except to say that I assume Keith Olbermann does it in a bathtub.

Seriously, never use that phrase again.

Posted by: wooga at May 05, 2010 12:04 PM (2p0e3)

Holy crap!

(both in response to pic of Greek situation, and in anticipation of what we all may have to look forward to here once those pillars of society: teachers, social services workers, etc. don't get paid the way they want)

Posted by: unknown jane at May 05, 2010 12:07 PM (5/yRG)

I have never understood why Molotov cocktails are not met with machine gun fire, or artillery.

Bear in mind that in Greece (as here), the cops are unionized and are largely in sympathy with the rioters. The riot cops aren't happy being pelted with gas-bombs, I'm sure, but they're not likely to open fire. Given a small push, lots of them would probably be marching on the other side (and may well be before this crisis is over).

I expect that you're going to see the same kind of exodus from Greece that you saw in Lebanon: the merchant class and the ambitious youngsters will simply uproot and move elsewhere. Then Greece will become mainly a land of tourists and aged pensioners.

Posted by: Monty at May 05, 2010 12:10 PM (4Pleu)

36 The Greek mess may help bring the collapse of the European Union and the Euro. Good for the dollar and the stock market here, not so good news for the socialists in Europe. Also not good for that Greek cop. That's gonna leave a mark. Gotta be tough on the Empty Suit as well: he loves socialists but seems to have a strong dislike of white folk. Hope this does not take away from his golf game.

Posted by: KilltheHippies at May 05, 2010 12:16 PM (VKfXw)

37 36 ...and disaffected, n'erdowell youts given to violence; you forgot a group there Monty.

Posted by: unknown jane at May 05, 2010 12:16 PM (5/yRG)

38 A quick bit of spookiness: On this day in 1789, the Estates-General met in Versailles. The reason: fiscal crisis. It was the first in the chain of events that led to the French Revolution.

Posted by: DarkLordOfTheIntarWebs at May 05, 2010 12:16 PM (Xu5Z7)

39 19 California's SEIU is taking notes......fuckers

Let 'em. Have you ever seen a Calif SEIU member? The minimum weight on the SEIU entrance physical is around 300 lbs.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at May 05, 2010 03:44 PM (ZSVyF)

What? Being huge fuckers makes them less scary? You ever seen where Spiderman tried to punch the Blob?

Posted by: fozzy at May 05, 2010 12:16 PM (ccEuN)

I don't have all the facts, but it's pretty clear that the police officer acted stupidly.

Posted by: President Wee Wee at May 05, 2010 12:18 PM (VMPZa)

41 37 I don't know if it's all that good for our dollar right now -- making the dollar stronger against the euro isn't exactly going to help with boosting manufacturing (or employment) here.

Posted by: unknown jane at May 05, 2010 12:18 PM (5/yRG)

42 Greek Teabaggers, I think it's something having to do with Aces pudding practices, only they use a thick Be'chamel sauce

Posted by: Say What? at May 05, 2010 12:29 PM (vwh8M)

43 Riots should be met with live bullets. When the glass starts breaking and cars start burning, it's time to take them out.

If you're squeamish, shoot low. But shoot.

Posted by: someone out there at May 05, 2010 12:29 PM (QrzsQ)

44 Since this a lefty riot the headline will most likely read "Mostly peaceful protest today in Athens, 3 people killed"

Posted by: Matt at May 05, 2010 12:30 PM (K4kR2)

45 Thank goodness the Greek riots were mostly peaceful. Mostly.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2010 12:34 PM (2g2ex)

So what is the charge for tossing a molotov cocktail onto a police officer?

Disorderly conduct, Disturbing the peace, Reckless endangerment? Shirley there is a misdemeanor Class C charge, or even a civil citation that covers this.

Oh, wait, how about Attempted Murder, Capital Offense on a police officer? Oh noes, Greece abolished the death penalty in 1993. Pity.

Posted by: Count de Monet at May 05, 2010 12:46 PM (2g2ex)

47 If the cops would have tasered that cocktail thrower, this all could have been avoided.

Posted by: Phillies Field Runner at May 05, 2010 12:52 PM (YmPwQ)

48 I must have missed the memo: re MFM, is it just the middle initial that's changed?

I predicted in 1992 that the Euro would be gone by 2010. Maybe some fortune telling company can hire me if I'm proven right?

Posted by: ParisParamus at May 05, 2010 12:53 PM (lf/rr)

49 I approve of this omelette-making technique.

Posted by: Iron Chef Joe Stalin at May 05, 2010 12:54 PM (4OL2Z)

50 En fuego!

Really, it had to be said.

Posted by: They guy who shouts en fuego when the guy who shouts en fuego isn't shouting en fuego at May 05, 2010 12:56 PM (wTawr)

51 Greeks. Meh. It's a shitty country to live in, half the food is good, the other half-tepid, swimming in olive oil, and strangely tasteless. If you want good Greek food, go to Baltimore. (No way am I sending anyone to Chicago.) But these people will riot for any reason, at the drop of a hat. I was in the middle of a teacher's riot, and one of the bastards took my glasses off my face and smashed them. I beat the hell out of the guy with my radio-strangely, they left me alone after that. The Spartan warriors ALL died at Thermopylae. Nothing left of them. Malakas.

Posted by: mokimoki at May 05, 2010 01:08 PM (IrV7s)

Do they even drink tea? Them Greeks? Only Greeks I ever knew wer at college and they only drank beer.....lots of beer.

Delta Melta Moo

Posted by: rightzilla at May 05, 2010 01:11 PM (rVJH4)

"I hope they were hurling ethanol and not gasoline."

Brazil's been lighting cops on fire with solar for, like, 30 years...

Posted by: Bill Mahr at May 05, 2010 01:14 PM (q/kmn)

"Delta Melta Moo"

I Phelta Thi

Posted by: reason at May 05, 2010 01:18 PM (q/kmn)

55 Wow it's like looking into the future of the US. But how far into the future? Maybe 6 months, a year on the outside I think.

Posted by: RobD at May 05, 2010 01:26 PM (sV3Dv)

56 I don't know about the rest of those Greeks, but us Pontonian Greeks drink tea & then read the tea leave in the bottom of the cup.

Posted by: Say What? at May 05, 2010 01:30 PM (vwh8M)

57 You remember us Pontos Greeks from Asia Minor, the ones who lived by the Black Sea for over 3000 years, the Turkish Muslims marched us out of the country on a slow death march. Another ethnic cleansing brought to you in the name of religion.

Posted by: Say What? at May 05, 2010 01:36 PM (vwh8M)

58 The photo of that cop looks altered. There is a square box of shading to the left of the cop. Is it possible that more flames were added?

Posted by: tommylotto at May 05, 2010 01:36 PM (oHIHU)

59 THEY SHOULD START SHOOTING THOSE FUCKING COMMUNISTS!
But then, that might upset The Obamassiah!

Posted by: GarandFan at May 05, 2010 02:15 PM (6mwMs)

60 Tens of thousands of people took to the streets as part of nationwide strikes to protest new taxes and government spending cuts demanded by the International Monetary Fund and other European nations before heavily indebted Greece gets a euro110 billion ($141 billion) bailout package of loans to keep it from defaulting.
They're aggressively supporting a jobless recovery I see.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 05, 2010 03:04 PM (snlsw)

61 Dadburnd teabaggers dagnabbit!

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at May 05, 2010 03:06 PM (snlsw)

62 Obama giving his Invesco speech in front of those styrofoam Greek columns seems oddly prophetic now.

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at May 05, 2010 03:51 PM (mHQ7T)

63 52

Posted by: Tattoo De Plane at May 05, 2010 03:52 PM (mHQ7T)

"Delta Melta Moo"

"I Phelta Thi"

I Tappa Keg

Posted by: Pelayo at May 05, 2010 05:41 PM (C8qIl)

65 Why is it that half the population of the world takes any opportunity they can to torch and blow up their own neighborhoods? The stupid is overwhelming.

Posted by: Laura Castellano at May 05, 2010 06:51 PM (fuw6p)

66 binary clocks binary led watch led digital watch led digital watches

Posted by: dfcvbcb at May 18, 2010 09:37 PM (eU/Oa)

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