(Pittsburgh) A few days ago I was in Rome, now I'm in Pittsburgh. My serotonin level is in freefall. No, Pittsburgh's nice, really! The frutti di mare is good here. It's the jet lag and the hemorrhoidal bonfire in my ass that make me want to die. And my VISA bill.
So the EU banks screwed people over, will escape any penalties, and the Euro citizens will pay by leading lives of lowered expectations and less-than-quiet desperation. I&#039;m beginning to think Naomi Klein&#039;s <i>The Shock Doctrine</i> may actually describe the situation pretty well. Profligate counties such as Greece can be penalized or forced out of the EU, social programs can be eliminated in the name of austerity, and the financial industry will strengthen its stranglehold on societies there. Sounds like America isn&#039;t so &#039;exceptional&#039; after all.
hang in there man. i was out for nearly two years. and you are obv of superior abilities as you hang here.
and with misstaken.
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So the EU banks screwed people over, will escape any penalties, and the Euro citizens will pay by leading lives of lowered expectations and less-than-quiet desperation. I&#039;m beginning to think Naomi Klein&#039;s <i>The Shock Doctrine</i> may actually describe the situation pretty well. Profligate counties such as Greece can be penalized or forced out of the EU, social programs can be eliminated in the name of austerity, and the financial industry will strengthen its stranglehold on societies there. Sounds like America isn&#039;t so &#039;exceptional&#039; after all.
What did you do during the class warfare, daddy?
And make the trains run on time.
Patty pate&#039;