The New Borgias
There's always been three Europes - The Europe of the con-men, the Borgias, the conquistadores, the sun Kings, the head-loppers, the Gilles de Rais and the Europe of genius and sanctity - Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Fra Filippo Lippi - and in wing three, a small cell of anarchic free-thinking Europe - Rabelais, Rimbaud, Mata Hari, Céline - lone free thinkers with their own take on things and not conned in the least.
One of the great current scams of the current Europe - con-man wing - is temporarily convincing the world that it is a viable enterprise, when it's nothing more than a multi-tribal Ponzi scheme that makes Madoff et al look like backyard marble players. Between the collapse of German industry and employment, the impending bankruptcy of Central European homeowners and businesses; and the threat of government debt defaults from loss of monetary control by the Irish Republic, Greece and Portugal, the relocation of every con artist and their dog to Strasbourg and Brussels, and the jabberwocky 800 page piece of tripe called a constitution which contains secret bailout schemes, the destruction of the nation state and 798 pages of smoke and mirrors, now it is the perfect time to bet short against the euro.
There's always been three Europes - The Europe of the con-men, the Borgias, the conquistadores, the sun Kings, the head-loppers, the Gilles de Rais and the Europe of genius and sanctity - Beethoven, Joan of Arc, Fra Filippo Lippi - and in wing three, a small cell of anarchic free-thinking Europe - Rabelais, Rimbaud, Mata Hari, Céline - lone free thinkers with their own take on things and not conned in the least.
One of the great current scams of the current Europe - con-man wing - is temporarily convincing the world that it is a viable enterprise, when it's nothing more than a multi-tribal Ponzi scheme that makes Madoff et al look like backyard marble players. Between the collapse of German industry and employment, the impending bankruptcy of Central European homeowners and businesses; and the threat of government debt defaults from loss of monetary control by the Irish Republic, Greece and Portugal, the relocation of every con artist and their dog to Strasbourg and Brussels, and the jabberwocky 800 page piece of tripe called a constitution which contains secret bailout schemes, the destruction of the nation state and 798 pages of smoke and mirrors, now it is the perfect time to bet short against the euro.
While the Americans clean up the shop, the Europeans are going the old road - conceal, cover up, subvert, and where necessary slur, poison, neutralize. Sticking with the devils they know.
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