Purveyor (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-16-10 07:49 PM
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Bomb Goes Off At JP Morgan Offices In Athens
ATHENS (Reuters) - A bomb exploded outside the JP Morgan offices in Athens on Tuesday, causing minor damage to the building, police said.
There were no immediate reports of injuries. Police had cordoned off the area after a local newspaper received a warning call.
Police cars, ambulances and fire engines have blocked streets in the upmarket central district of Kolonaki, where JP Morgan's Greek offices are situated, a Reuters witness said.
"It was a time-bomb at JP Morgan's offices," a police official who declined to be named said. "The explosion damaged the outside door and smashed some windows."
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http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61F4JS20100216 Mari333 (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-16-10 07:49 PM
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1. not the least bit surprised. knr
hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-16-10 07:51 PM
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2. Me either. I don't condone it, but I'm not at all surprised...
There will be repercussions for the total corporate disregard for so many millions-- the corruption--the greed.
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malaise (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-16-10 07:58 PM
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3. Caribbean proverb
Every day carry bucket go a well
One day di bucket bottom muss drop out.
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You cannot expect to loot and suffer no consequences. All these criminal banks will soon be on the run with their staff in hiding.
truedelphi (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-16-10 08:02 PM
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5. In Europe, some CEO's have been kidnapped.
Not saying I condone it, but a small, wicked part of me cheers up when I hear things like that.
If Obama truly wanted a just war, he might have turned his eyes back to the homeland and declared war on the corporate entities that kill Americans right here at home.(from Debbierlus)
malaise (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-16-10 08:06 PM
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9. It's called a normal response
to crimes against a country's economy. Not all people will sit by and watch robber barons plunder their national economies. Like you there's that wicked sparkle, but it's really not my approach.
chromotone (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-16-10 08:04 PM
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7. "All these criminal banks will soon be on the run with their staff in hiding."
That what worries me...the staff. While the CEOs can afford top-notch security, the staff will be vunerable...
Is this it? Is this all there is? Man, was I ever misinformed!
malaise (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-16-10 08:07 PM
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10. Hang out with dogs and
you catch fleas.
piratefish08 (662 posts) Tue Feb-16-10 08:00 PM
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4. I don't condone the violence, but Europeans seem to take much LESS shit from their
governments before fighting back than we do here in the US........
T Wolf (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-16-10 08:03 PM
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6. Not surprised, nor condemning either. The banksters (hopefully) willl start to need
armed guards to walk out their god-damned door.
Though the wealthy have the military and law enforcement at their disposal, even a police state will not be able to protect these cretins.
Institutions are invulnerable. Individuals cannot be made so. There is the weak point to be targeted.
I'm less like I am now than I was when I came in.
ChickMagic (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-16-10 08:04 PM
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8. Too bad, so sad.
Not that I condone violence, but yanno...
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janet118 (782 posts) Tue Feb-16-10 08:11 PM
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12. Love sniper kitty . . .
C'mon out, Rover. I've taken enough from you and your doggie friends.
So let us not talk falsely now . . . the hour is getting late
- Bob Dylan
chromotone (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-16-10 08:10 PM
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11. I'm reminded of BoA, Isla Vista, and 1970...
I wondered how long we could go this time with the robber barons ripping us off right and left, and not retaliate.
No Longer a Joke
After attending Kunstler’s speech, Doug Hewitt returned to his fraternity house. Hewitt, now 53, was a freshman at UCSB during the 1969-70 academic year. His 20-year-old son currently attends Santa Barbara City College and lives on Del Playa Drive in Isla Vista.
Later that night, Hewitt said he heard rioters were trying to burn down the bank. Around 10 p.m., he went outside to see what was happening. Across the street from the bank, on the sidewalk that now fronts Woodstock’s Pizza and Javan’s Sandwiches, Hewitt said he watched as fire engulfed the structure.
“The flames were just shooting up the arch of the two-story brick building, three-story, whatever it was,†Hewitt said. “It was like your worst nightmare. This is really happening. People would talk about it before. You heard about ‘oh, let’s go burn a bank,’ but it actually happened. I don’t remember if people were happy about it. There were some students who got really wrapped-up in the whole thing - it became their reason for being here.â€
Hewitt said he and his friends who were watching looked at each other in disbelief, realizing the situation in Isla Vista was “no longer a joke.â€
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http://www.dailynexus.com/article.php?a=9084 There was much student unrest, aimed primarily at the VietNam War. But this time around, I wondered how long before another "SDS" emerged to confront the growing fascism in this country. So far, it seems, such confrontation has been restricted to Europe and other parts of the world...
