Politics

Greek election could end so-called austerity.

"Yet he also wants to keep Greece in the euro. Despite the trauma of the past five years, a solid majority of about 70 per cent of Greeks wants to stay in the euro. If Mr Tsipras wins this election, he will have triumphed by the simple device of telling the voters exactly what they want to hear, namely that Greece can have the euro without austerity.
“We call for the restructuring of the debt so that it can be serviced in a socially viable way,” said Mr Tsipras on television last Monday. Syriza’s plan “includes erasing most of the debt”, he added.
But the rest of the EU will have other ideas. The “troika” of lenders – the EU, the European Central Bank and the IMF – will be deeply reluctant to go back to the drawing board and renegotiate the Greek bail-out package yet again, particularly as they have already stumped up no less than £190 billion for the country’s benefit."

The PIIGS haven't gone away.

Feinstein's husband gets giant payday from corrupt USPS plan.

"Ever wonder how lowly paid lawmakers leave office filthy rich?
Sen. Dianne Feinstein is showing how it’s done.
The US Postal Service plans to sell 56 buildings — so it can lease space more expensively — and the real estate company of the California senator’s husband, Richard Blum, is set to pocket about $1 billion in commissions."

This is how it's done.

The Charlie Hebdo attack boosted socialist president Hollande.

"Hollande and the National Assembly lost no time in announcing that France would increase and intensify its military operations in Mali, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, East Africa, Abu Dhabi, Iraq, Afghanistan (from where French troops have been withdrawing, as well as covert operations in Syria, Lebanon and Somalia."

Warmonger benefited from the attack, but terrorists probably benefited too.