1
Doom in the evenin, now?

2
quick, let's model our health care system after the Europeons!

3

Strapping yourself to drowning men is rarely a wise course to stay alive at sea.

 

Throw them a Life-Vest Cinder Block.

4
A society that squats over dribbling water to wet their poopers in lieu of bathing cannot last very long.

5 Europe is California with a 1500 year head-start.

6 I had thought we gave billions to european banks to hold them up?

7 Ireland didn't default because their currency was linked to the Anglisch until the 80s

By the time the 'punt' ( not punt like in football ) was de-linked to the Sassenach Pound there was only a decade or so until the Euro, and that decade was Good Times

Now the tend has folded, but at least a decent house south of Dublin no longer costs a half-million

8 anyway no worries, Soros, Gordon Brown, Volker, many american and european Businessmen hung out together this week-end to decide on our financial structure and currency

9 Lame. At least my doom comes with cool snake-people and The Tree of Woe.

10 TENT has folded. I can't even type a decent metaphor any more

11
We'll raise the debt limit 1/2 to what Obama wants in trade for cutting funds for Planned Abortion, the EPA, PBS, and NPR.

The final deal: Debt limit gets raised 75% of what Obama wants and all that shit stays in the budget.

Yay?

12 Actually some have argued that the Europhiles want this, so that they can dissolve the national governments and force a Euro-government. That way, monetary policy could be handled more like it is in the US.

13 Not that I am one of these ban-the-feds type, but if our fed is floating states by buying their debt, then we're in the same position as europe...and we need to ban the fed. no bailouts. These fuckers need to feel the pain after retiring at 35 with full pay.

14 The Euro was doomed from the beginning, to many nationalist interest. Old history can be made new again just by mentioning a name. The German, French, Spanish and English? Those cock-suckers can't agree on a toilet or a light socket much less a monetary measurement.

15 OOOPS the Brits never went to the Euro, But my point remains the same.

16 Can you buy baguettes with political will?

17 Were Portugal or Greece to acknowledge formally that they are bankrupt, the big banks would have to come clean with investors about the true value of these loans. As a result, massive sums would have to be written off on the balance sheets of many of European bankingÂ’s most famous names, sending some spiralling towards bankruptcy.

And I'm the fucking ignorant Cave-Woman because I thought that the Eurozone was a supremely silly idea?

God bless the UK!

You certainly have your problems with the NHS but at least you hung on to your own currency,

18

Oldsailor , well now they'll have to agree on designs of footbaths in every country

19 Germany should probably just start exchanging those EuroZone IOU's for land and property. They wouldn't even need to invade this time.

20 19, Damn, that sucks, you may be prescient on that one.

21 ""Now the tend has folded, but at least a decent house south of Dublin no longer costs a half-million ""


I was I Ireland last june, and a Brit who lives there told me Ireland was one of the most expensive places to live in the EU. I have no clue on that one, but the place was beautiful. Houses did seem to be pretty pricey compared to what you get in the US.

22

Strapping yourself to drowning men is rarely a wise course to stay alive at sea.

I remember reading about sunken lobster boats, where they find the bodies and discover cleat marks on the shoulders and heads of some of the victims. 

seems that as the men are swimming in the ocean after the boat goes down, some men end up trying to stay above water by standing on the heads of less fortunate mates.

Sooner or later, Germany is going to decide it can't go down with the PIGS and will walk away from the Euro, and the French will be surprised.

 

23 ace doublin down on the doom meister.

24 how do you say doom in french?

25 25 McDonalds

26 Damn, is there anything, anything at all, in the news that is not depressing as hell?

27 German and French banks got $36 billion from AIG Bailout ...  

AIG gave the American tax payers money to Banks around the world, pay us BACK! ..... The idea that we are having to pay off the European banks with American ...

http://www.businessweek

28

BTW: It will be the Frogs with cleat marks on their heads as the German banks try to stay afloat.

 

 

29 Strapping yourself to drowning men is rarely a wise course to stay alive at sea.

And yet, here we are, letting California stay in the union.

30 So, is the EU fini?

31 27, NEWSFLASH Olsailors Daughter goes 2 for 2 with one RBI and one run scored in her first evert organized sporting event, T-Ball.

32 Lame. At least my doom comes with cool snake-people and The Tree of Woe.

Yeah, where is Slublog when you need him?

Prolly busy on the Twitter thing, I bet.

This blog needs a graphic for "The Tree of Woe".

Flaming Skulls?

Check.

Flaming Honey Badgers?

Yeah, we gots that too! (Sometimes)

What about The Tree of Woe?

33 most expensive places to live in the EU. I have no clue on that one, but the place was beautiful. Houses did seem to be pretty pricey compared to what you get in the US.

Posted by: Berserker at April 11, 2011 06:52 PM (gWHrG)

House prices were Crazy by 2002, and got Much Worse until a few years ago. Dublin was worst, the counties south of Dublin ( especially Wicklow ) were nearly as bad, and the whole east was ridiculous.

Unless you liked 'Cromwell Country', it was hopeless trying to find a decently-priced house in Ireland until recently.  But now it's worse, of course, because so many people are in Way over their heads

( Cromwell complained that the west country had "not a tree to hang a man from, enough water to drown him in, or enough dirt to bury him in" , or words to that Effect )

34 NEWSFLASH Olsailors Daughter goes 2 for 2 with one RBI and one run scored in her first evert organized sporting event, T-Ball.

Posted by: Oldsailor's poet at April 11, 2011 06:57 PM (cDRYC)

Well, that's some good news!   Go, baby girl, go!

35 25 how do you say doom in french?

le doom

36 Steph: "Damn, is there anything, anything at all, in the news that is not depressing as hell?"

I understand chocolate rations will be increased from 14 to 12gm/person.

37 I bet it's also expensive for these Euroweenies to subsidize importing and paying welfare for their new ruling muslim class to live there lawlessly.

38 Nous sommes condamnés!

39 how do you say doom in french?

Posted by: Guy Fawkes at April 11, 2011 06:55 PM (Z1jiu)

Royale with cheese--because of the metric system

40 And along with the spender in chief, France, England, and Italy join in the war spending fun.

41 but yes, Ireland is beautiful.    Go there, spend lotsa money, then leave

girls with freckles........

42 New York -(Dow Jones)- Among the heaviest and most frequent borrowers from the Federal Reserve's discount window during the financial crisis were two struggling European banks little known to American investors: Dexia SA (DEXB.BT) and Depfa Bank, a unit of German Hypo Real Estate Group
    Both borrowed tens of billions of dollars from the Fed on virtually a daily basis for months, well into 2009, Fed data revealed Thursday.  

When Fed discount window lending peaked at around $110 billion on Oct. 29, 2008, Dexia and Depfa took the biggest loans that day. Dexia borrowed $26.5 billion, and Depfa borrowed $24.6 billion.

43 President Barack ObamaÂ’s sister Maya Soetero-Ng sat down with Piers Morgan this afternoon for an interview that will air tomorrow night.

In her first prime time interview, Maya voices her opinion about the way Donald Trump has handled the Obama birthplace rant. “Well, I think it’s a shame,” she says. “And I think that my brother should definitely be president for a second term.”

“I think that it is time for people to put that to bed, to put it to rest completely.” She says there is a tremendous amount of proof Obama was born in Hawaii.

Sister?   Where the hell has she been?

44 that was dowjones Newswire on March 31 2011

45

Germany does not deserve an easy out on this.  They were the ones who really pushed the EU idea...because there was a little somethin' somethin' for them out of the deal, or so they thought (and they have pushed their weight around quite a bit).

It has to be noted, the other countries such as Ireland, Italy cannot back out of their fiscal issues as they used to, be devaluing their currency and thus encouraging trade and tourism; the EU makes that so.  And they cannot deal with their growing problem of immigrants on welfare (which drains their already weak economy) thanks to the EU (and by that, largely Germany and France). 

So the Germans deserve every bit of f**king they get over this imho.

46

coment talle vioux? le doom, a vu?

see i do even worse in french, be relieved!

 

47 Germany is going to dump the euro and say "fuck you" to all of this within a matter of months. The urge for nations formerly uber-socialist like Germany, Sweden, and The Netherlands to jump out of these silly agreements and save themselves will grow greater with every bankrupcy. Ireland Greece Portugal Spain Belgium (once it realizes it has no government and is literally sucking the rest of Europe dry as the butthole of the European Union government) It will be far too much.

48 So the Germans deserve every bit of f**king they get over this imho. Posted by: unknown jane at April 11, 2011 07:13 PM (5/yRG) The socialist germans who wanted this are far removed from Germany's government now. The Germans have realized they made a fucking massive series of mistakes and actually started electing people who didn't buy all that nonsense. Swedes have too. I think wishing them ill does no good. Let the rest of the socialist rats drown.

49 I understand chocolate rations will be increased from 14 to 12gm/person.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 11, 2011 07:01 PM (swuwV)

i thought chocolate was a controlled substance now.   Along with camomille and all those roots and things people who favor the "natural realm" shove down their throats on a daily basis?  Oh and isn't it now illegal to grow food and give it away?

50 I would strap myself to the drowned man who has filled with gas and resurfaced. Would make a useful flotation device.

51

49 Germany is still very much controlled by socialists, and if they really wanted out of this, then they need to allow other EU member countries to get out of the EU, or at least allow other member countries some autonomy in the conduct of their affairs.

I don't wish them ill so much as I don't give them any sympathy -- they are not innocent victims here, and still aren't.

52 Angela of the boobies will find a way out of this.....hey they are at least better off than us, keurig is made there and they still have manufacturing

53 angela

54 53 Their manufacturing is very much tied to the export market -- the bad part for us is that the Germans don't have one damn problem with selling to whomever (all the while sitting on their high and mighty arses telling the rest of the world how to behave).  They are presently, once again, the largest exporter of arms...and Iran is as good a customer as any.

55 55 Oops, third largest behind us and Russia, but the percentage is growing at a huge rate, so who knows.

56 55,53, Those Keurig machines make damn good coffee. You think they can process yellowcake? One cup at a time?

57 57 Ask the Iranians.  For all I know, ask the Turks -- they do a lot of arms business with them.

58 President Barack ObamaÂ’s sister Maya Soetero-Ng sat down with Piers Morgan this afternoon for an interview that will air tomorrow night.

In her first prime time interview, Maya voices her opinion about the way Donald Trump has handled the Obama birthplace rant. “Well, I think it’s a shame,” she says. “And I think that my brother should definitely be president for a second term.”

Sister?   Where the hell has she been?

No shit.

I can't believe that it takes this much fucking effort not to be a birther!

59 Ask the Iranians.  For all I know, ask the Turks -- they do a lot of arms business with them.

Posted by: unknown jane at April 11, 2011 07:38 PM (5/yRG)

 

Can't blame these countries from wanting these weapons.  Germans make some good shit.

60

60 I didn't say anything about "blame" -- what I am saying is that I have no tender feelings for poor wittle Germany.

I do not trust that country at all -- there is a difference between that and liking some of its citizens; my husband is German and some of my friends from back in the day are as well.  But the country as a whole, I do not trust.

61

At some point, the wealthy can't cover for the poor.

Poppycock!

xoxo

62

I do not trust that country at all -- there is a difference between that and liking some of its citizens; my husband is German and some of my friends from back in the day are as well.  But the country as a whole, I do not trust.

Posted by: unknown jane at April 11, 2011 07:51 PM (5/yRG)

 

I lived there for five years and I know what you're saying.  They can sometimes have a very strange outlook on the rest of the world.

63

A hell of a lot of DOOM today. Felt like a Monday all around.

64 44 Sister? Where the hell has she been?
________

Well, to hear a certain faction of the birthers tell it, she was born elsewhere, yet has a Hawaiian birth certificate, which was used as the basis for the factcheck.org forgery.

65

63 it isn't strange at all, just not what a lot of Americans would like to think about

66 She says there is a tremendous amount of proof Obama was born in Hawaii.

Did she provide any of it?

67 Strapping yourself to drowning men is rarely a wise course to stay alive at sea. Words of wisdom. When do we start discussing how that axiom applies here in the USA?

68 The Hun is either at your knees or at your throat.

69 30 Strapping yourself to drowning men is rarely a wise course to stay alive at sea.

And yet, here we are, letting California stay in the union.

Posted by: huerfano at April 11, 2011 06:57 PM (6zFxS)

Kahleefornia only gets back 78cents on the buck it sends to washington. If we could walk, we would be close to at least even. If we could kick out the illegals too we would be in the black for sure.

DiFi and that scrunt Boxer are just DemocRATick party hacks who enslave my state to the DC welfare machine.

70 "[M]assive sums would have to be written off on the balance sheets of many of European bankingÂ’s most famous names, sending some spiralling towards bankruptcy."

Well, hell, isn't that what we want our banks to do here in the US?  Write down their damn loans ans such, go bankrupt, lose their shirts / pensions / asses, tie up the credit markets, and what not.  That's called "building a firm foundation".  After all that crap has come and gone, we'll have a financial system that has some faith and credence and that we can believe in.  Stop pretending that the banking assets and portfolios are performing. 

I'm sick and tired of bailing out their sorry asses every 10 years or so.  'Financial genius' is the new oxymoron.

71 I told you dumbasses the Euro crap was a bad idea. Did you listen? Nein. Du ist dochetools.

72 hi plz gav my bb

73 Special note on the Germans:
People canÂ’t seem to figure out exactly what the Germans are up to.  Some say they are still trying to find themselves 65 years after the last world war.  I think itÂ’s something else Â…
When I was in college, we had this guy who would come around during the evening soliciting for answers to homework.  He had the very hillbillie style so all my friends called him “Goober”.  Goober would show up and ask about the worst problems on the homework, and of course, we would try to help the “poor fellow” out.  Well, after a few months of this we found out that “Goober” was on the “deanÂ’s list”.
I think the Germans are doing their imitation of “Goober” Â… letÂ’s call it .. “Deiter”.  Deiter always has problems, except when you check his balance sheet, he makes you look like a “poor cousin.”  The US has pretty much picked up all the heavy lifting for Europe, but most especially for Deiter, who canÂ’t do any heavy lifting or he might revert to some manifestation of the “Incredible Hulk.”

Well, tell me another fairy tale.

74 Evening doom?
Shouldn't there be a kitty picture?
We don't mind you horning in on Monty's gig, but we got rules.

75 Doom in the mornin',
Doom in the evening,
Doom at suppertime...

76

Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of dicks. They spit at the US for decades as 'stupid', 'overly committed to capitalism', 'insensitive to the needs of others', etc., etc., etc. They then went whole hog socialist/Marxist redistributionist. Schaden Freude tastes so sweet.

Oh yeah, BTW, for those trolls out there that like to put some of the scandi countries up as 'success' stories of socialist BS... the few that are not currently bankrupt have 'free money' in the form of North Sea oil profits that have been socialized into the general funds of those countries. Without that cash flow they'd have been in the tank much earlier already.

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