Popular Posts
- BRASIL: FIFA Ponders Guns Swap For World Cup Football Tickets; Lula's Tumor 75% Reduced.
- FRANCE: Angry Basque Force Sarkozy To Hide In Bar.
- MEXICO: Guapo But Bobo...PRI's Pena Nieto Still Leads To Succeed Prez Calderon.
- PERU: Chaos Reigns In Lima's Streets With Unregulated Taxis And Ancient Buses.
- SERBIA / LIBYA : Are Serbian Mercenary Pilots Bombing Protestors In Tripoli?
- Wall Street Journal Profiles Mexico's notorious "El Chapo."
- CHILE: 16 Jan. UPDATE: Camila Vallejo Interviewed; May Run For MP As Communist.
- SERBIA / KOSOVO / EU : President Nikolic Talks Tough About Pristina.
- CHILE / CANADA : Court Suspends Barrick Gold Pascua Lama Mine Production.
- ARGENTINA / RUSSIA / BELARUS/ UK : Olympics News...Sort Of.
20 March 2010
EUROZONE: Strauss-Kahn Elevates The IMF And Himself.
BASELINE SCENARIO/ Economist Simon Johnson/ OPINION/ Johnson calls the IMF’s Managing Director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the new Metternich because of his growing influence. Prince Metternich controlled countries before and after 1815, building a system that worked for his boss, the Austrian/Habsburg Emperor. DSK’s objective is to cast himself as the savior of Europe, starting with Greece.