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Evaporating Complacency: The Greece Fulcrum Is Forcing Rapid & Immediate Decisions
Posted on July 8, 2015 by RonMamita — 32 Comments
[I will attempt to avoid my additional alternative commentary as this post is already lengthy with the simple display of News-media coverage of the current institutional activities. Yet, I caution readers that the News reports are deceptive. The BRICS are gathering in Ufa, Russia on 9 July 2015 for their seventh annual Summit.
Meanwhile, European summit has some reporters commenting that they will decide whether Greece gets another bailout or leaves the eurozone. I question if institutions move too rapidly and too forcefully the citizens could rebel.
My comments are in brackets. Read comments section. ~Ron]
The Lesson for the World Coming from Greece
Posted on July 8, 2015 by Martin Armstrong
All mainstream news is painting the Greeks as the bad guys and the Troika as the savior of Europe. Quite frankly, it is really disgusting. Pictures of an elderly Greek pensioner have gone viral depicting what the Troika is deliberately doing to the Greek people trying to punish them for their own failed design of the Euro in a system that is just economically unsustainable.
The heartbreaking photographs of a 77-year-old retiree Giorgos Chatzifotiadis pensioner showing he has just collapsed on the ground openly in tears driven to despair outside a Greek bank with his savings book and identity card strewn next to him on the ground illustrates the horror the Troika is deliberately trying to inflict upon the Greek population.
This image illustrates the core of the issue of how ordinary Greeks are being tormented by EU politicians who pretend to care about people. This is not a Greek debt crisis, this is a Euro Crisis and they refuse to admit that what they designed was solely for the takeover of Europe at the cost of the future of everyone from pensioners to the youth.
Mr Chatzifotiadis had queued up at three banks in Greece's second city of Thessaloniki on Friday in the hope of withdrawing a pension on behalf of his wife. When he went to a fourth bank and was told he could not withdraw his 120 euros ($180), the ordeal simply became too much as he fell down in tears in total desperation. His comments were simply that he "cannot stand to see my country in this distress". "That's why I feel so beaten, more than for my own personal problems," he said.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. We are facing terrible times ahead because socialism is completely collapsing. Government employees have lined their pockets and this is precisely the end game how Rome collapsed. It was not the barbarians at the gate. It was the the Roman army was not paid and they began hailing their various generals as emperor and the attacked cities who did not support their choice sacking their own people. Only after weakening themselves, then the barbarians came in for easy pickings. If Russia really wants to take Europe, all they have to do is be patient. They will self-destruct for the Troika cannot see any change in thinking for that means they must admit that they were wrong from the outset.
Keep in mind, do not have all your money in one place. Keep a stock of cash outside the bank. Cash is recognizable for daily transactions for now.
[07 July 2015 = 7, 7, 2015]
Greece Can Join BRICS as a Growing Economy – Official
Greece can join the BRICS if its economy starts growing fast, the head the Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Sergei Katyrin, said on Tuesday, adding that the Greeks' desire to join in was an important factor.
The world's four main emerging economic powers, known by the acronym BRIC, standing for Brazil, Russia, India and China, now refer to themselves as BRICS after South Africa joined the four on December 24, 2010.
According to the EU's statistics office, Eurostat, Greece's economy exited recession from the first quarter of 2014, recording a feeble 0.8 percent growth to reach 179 billion euros in the first such uptick in five years.
Meanwhile, the country's sovereign debt stands at a whopping 300 billion.
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has called for the country's creditors — a group that includes the European Central Bank, other European Union countries and the International Monetary Fund — to line up further financial support and to forgive about one-third of the nation's debt.
The creditors are ready to help out but they demand the implementation of a string of hard-hitting austerity measures in exchange for rescue money.
The Greek government then put the matter to a nationwide referendum, but more than 61 percent of those who voted on Sunday said a resounding "no" to the creditors' demands for more austerity to keep aid flowing.
Source: http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150707/1024309291.html
Euro Summit on Greece Bailout: Statements – 07 July 2015
Your moment has come, Mr Tsipras, take back control of your country -UKIP leader Nigel Farage
Video posted 08 July 2015
Tsipras given standing ovation by supporters in European Parliament
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras entered the European Parliament Plenary session in Strasbourg, Wednesday, to a round of applause and a standing ovation by his supporters and sympathisers.
SOT, Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister (in Greek): "We have now been given a mandate to redouble our efforts in order to get a socially just and economically sustainable solution to the Greek problem without repeating the mistakes of the past, which condemned the Greek economy to a period of never ending and an impasse of austerity which trapped our economy in a recessionary vicious circle."
SOT, Alexis Tsipras, Greek Prime Minister (Greek): "Today we come with a strong mandate from the Greek people and we are determined not to clash with Europe, but to tackle head-on the establishment in our country and to change the mindset which have taken us and taken Europe down."
German MEP Weber booed after blasting Tsipras in European Parliament
SOT, Manfred Weber, German MEP (in German): "To be honest, I am grateful to the applause because it shows who is part of the extremist forces here and who wants to destroy Europe."
SOT, Manfred Weber, German MEP in (in German): "You, Mr Tsipras, like provocation, we like compromises. You like to fail, we like success. You divide Europe and we love Europe. I hope that you get back to reason and present a programme eventually. Thank you."
German MEP Manfred Weber attacked Greek leader Alexis Tsipras in Strasbourg on Wednesday, branding Syriza an "extremist" force that seeks to "destroy" Europe.
[Transiting to the New Multipolar World Order is a tricky and discreet operation…
The great challenge for the Hellenic (Greece) government is to coexist within the international monetary system of control…
Bluntly stated, that means Greece either remain within the E.U. or have the E.U. bless the Grexit with a new debt partner (Russian Federation or BRICS), and note the fallout with NATO/U.S. geopolitics. Shall we leave the discussions about the BRICS NDB for another time as the BRICS need to focus on opening their new development bank doors on a solid foundation of funds prior to making official loans to urgent cases such as Greece.
Some questions have already been answered, Tsipras is (publicly) seeking E.U. banking aid to remain in the E.U.; behind "closed doors" something is always discreetly taking place without the public knowledge. ~Ron]
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2013/03/29/banking-high-finance-and-investment/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2015/02/09/eurogroup-to-hold-emergency-meeting-on-greece-imf-ecb-to-attend/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2015/02/11/keiser-report-hidden-truth-about-greece/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2015/02/16/eurogroup-and-greece-have-no-deal/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2015/06/21/2015-a-brief-recap-on-current-affairs/
https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2015/07/02/finance-minister-yanis-varoufakis-said-he-will-resign-if-there-is-a-yes-vote-in-sundays-referendum/
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32 comments on "Evaporating Complacency: The Greece Fulcrum Is Forcing Rapid & Immediate Decisions"
The Euro creditors are ruthless loan sharks!
Sadly, the Greek citizens took 5 years to understand that clear message…
It saddens me to tears to see that citizens believe in the deceptive institutions (governments, religions,banks, etc.) and refuse to research the institutional conspiracy evidence and factual documents to at least make more informed decisions and better emergency preparedness plans.
*Old men and women falling down in despair is not a pretty sight!
*Long lines to the ATM machines is not a pretty sight!
*Empty food shelves is not a pretty sight!
*Citizens demonstrating in front of government buildings to be attacked by police is not a pretty sight!
All of that could be avoided!
Every family and community should have a detailed discussion about crises and emergency preparedness.
Bank closings/holiday; "State of Emergency"; exchange market crashes all should be expected and no longer a reason to panic or be caught by surprise.
Indeed the politicians and executives often lie and deceive in front of your face, they are untrustworthy.
Question everything and be prepared.
Returning to my earliest comments in the blog-post, I stated "if institutions move too rapidly and too forcefully the citizens could rebel." True, but let us not overlook a similar possibility, such as a staged coup, as in political assassination. One or two murders would collapse the Greek coalition government and the E.U. technocrats would swoop in to protect the Eurozone. Or that move could fail, remember we saw many versions of this, thus Russian sympathisers in the Greek coalition government could pre-empt the technocrats and call for emergency aid and assistance from the Russian federation and BRICS NDB…
– GEOPOLITICS –
The awareness and alertness I am asking of us all is to be not surprised by sudden emergencies as these institutional-gangs war over their turfs and implement their NWO multipolar international monetary reset system.
The public is now, sadly, aware of color revolutions.
Geopolitics is a institutional deadly game.
I foresee BRICS gaining additional power and members in my forecasts because currently BRICS are too weak and the plan is for their (BRICS) respective zones to be under more stable command. Russia plays the larger role in that shuffle, and Greece joining Russia appears to be the plan…
Ultimatum: Greece Has Until Sunday 12 July 2015 for GREXIT or Collapse!
Below is one gentleman's video who has a critical eye and awareness that the officials and executives are deceiving the citizens. Even, if he draws some wrong conclusions he has one thing correct:
Take your assets out of the banks!
Below is Gerald Celente:
Tsipras and Syriza officials' lives and families could have been threatened?
PhD. Paul Craig Roberts says rumour is Tsipras and Greece were coerced and threatened to remain in the E.U….
Read: http://kingworldnews.com/paul-craig-roberts-a-shocking-behind-the-scenes-look-at-what-is-now-unfolding-in-greece/
and audio:
http://kingworldnews.com/dr-paul-craig-roberts-6-27-15/
My guess is that for the near term Greece will remain in the E.U. but citizens' unrest will continue to mount.
2016 and 2017 should reveal the full power and financial backing behind the rise of the BRICS and the Russian Federation – China Agreement for an Eastern-Europe-Asian free trade zone.
However, the solution is NOT to jump in bed with the eastern (Russian and Chinese) oligarchs! NOT to jump in bed with the BRICS oligarchs!
Collectively the central banks want to reset their international monetary system, and sure they offer a deceptively slight lift of a few burdens in a limited way for a limited time, but it is the same fraudulent debt bondage system that will keep children and future generations enslaved to institutional governance and subjugation to burdensome debt and suffering. The current system of fraud and abuse must be abolished.
Recall the support from the U.S. Federal Reserve [banking] system, the Bank of England, the Bank of Japan, the Swiss National Bank, and the ECB. I think I recall China promising support (does that mean the PBOC loaned money too?…
and still the E.U. face a crisis, a unstable economy, along with the rest of the world in the same situation.
The alternative solution is to implement alternative community currencies, to stop governments' authority and subjugation of citizens. Crimes and abuse from institutions and regulators is the reality that is enslaving the citizens and enriching the members of elite clubs and secret societies.
The ECB and Eurogroup Message is Clear: Greece Government Must Surrender and Meet Creditors Demands or Grexit!
Now, ask have the moles and traitors (or blackmailed and life threatened) politicians been identified?
If not, then do not be surprised if the government does surrender even against the will of the People!
Of course that would mean a collapse of the current coalition government, and wouldn't that make the creditors happy…
Syriza MP: It's Time to Take Over the Banks 1/2
Below are part one and two videos in a series that forecast an agreement will be reached.
[I think that is likely but it will not be a good solution for the citizens.]
Posted 06 July 2015
Paul Jay discusses the results of the Greek referendum with Costas Lapavitsas and asks whether Syria was prepared for this moment
New Greek Finance Minister a Change in Style, Not Substance
News Reports Claim Balkans At Risk of Collapse If Greece Falls
How financial contagion could begin tearing through the Balkans
There is a saying in the Balkans: "Indebted like Greece." The expression is believed to have originated in the 19th century, when the south-east of Europe was engulfed in wars and poverty. It has taken on new significance since Greece's financial crisis worsened.
Millions of people in Serbia, Albania, Bulgaria, Macedonia and Romania have their deposits in Greek bank subsidiaries in their own countries, putting the Balkans on the front line of the crisis.
• BULGARIA – It is the most exposed to the Greek crisis, with Greek lenders accounting for about 23 per cent of its banking system. Should Greek banks collapse, they could take the deposits and savings of its customers with them. The Bulgarian government might also have to intervene to rescue them. Some 7 per cent of its exports go to Greece.
• MACEDONIA – It has introduced capital controls to stem outflows of money to Greece from subsidiaries in Macedonia. Two Greek banks in Macedonia represent 22 per cent of total bank assets in the country. The central bank has ordered Macedonian banks to withdraw all loans and deposits from banks based in Greece. The regulator also temporarily banned the country's residents from investing in Greek securities.
• SERBIA – It has also limited the amount of money Greek banks can send back to their parent companies in Greece. The Serbian central bank said the Greek banks have adequate liquidity and reserves, which "can be used in situations where bad news can cause unnecessary negative consequences and psychological stress". Serbia, however, has relatively high public debt and fiscal deficit, meaning it could run into trouble if it had to bail out Greek-owned banks in Serbia.
• ALBANIA – Three out of 16 commercial banks operating in Albania are Greek. Albanian authorities have assured depositors they should fear nothing from the Greek crisis. But it would also struggle to rescue any Greek bank subsidiaries and could suffer from weaker trade ties. Sherefedin Shehu, former deputy finance minister, warned more trouble in Greece would cause Albania's economic growth to fall.
• ROMANIA – There are four Greek-owned banks in Romania and they own 12 per cent of the overall market. Two of them are among the top ten banks in terms of size. Romanian National Bank Governor Mugur Isarescu said the banks could weather unfavourable developments and had a high level of solvability.
Read: http://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/top-stories/eurozone-anger-as-greece-arrives-without-plan-1-3824448
The Inevitable Grexit and Banking Collapse
"Dimitri Lascaris Report: Credibility of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is hanging by a thread, in the meantime 15 out of 18 European governments support ousting Greece from the Eurozone"
* OK, carry Mr. Dimitri Lascaris guesses further:
Former FinMin Yanis saw Tsipras' deception, and left in disgust, now Syriza and Tsipras must carry out their deception. Something along the lines of accepting a watered down version of austerity and kicking the can down the road for a few more months?
Will the Greek citizens be outraged?
Will a coup or social unrest result?
I will not be surprised at anything, including if assassinations occur and the Syriza coalition government collapse… ~Ron
stuartbramhall says:
It's impossible to be a "leftist" in this day in age without putting your life on the line. Surely the Syriza leadership knew this when they accepted power. Being a leftist is always about dying on your feet rather than living on your knees. As Eugene Levine stated just before he was executed, "We communists are all dead men on leave."
There are likely some ideologues in the Syriza party, but Tsipras doesn't appear to be one (if he is he successfully deceived many); how Tsipras gained the leadership of Syriza should be a interesting story!
However, more importantly are the wealthy supporters (gangsters aka oligarchs supporting) for Syriza political party – if as you say they are a few have put lives on the line – then can we expect some lives to be forfeited?
Again I will not be surprised by any eventuality.
Remain alert and share your information with everyone and hopefully the People become more aware and prepared to create local alternative solutions as the institutions continue down their destructive path in their geopolitical game.
The Bank Closures Extends Until Monday…
The Tsipras government is a coalition, we are told, of moderates and radicals (those who want to issue Greek currency, those who want to join Russia, and what do you call those who wish to remain in the eurozone but without austerity?) This morning Tsipras has opened the cage-doors and released the snarling hounds…
By accepting the eurozone austerity demands, he surrendered to Brussels against the will of the Greek citizens, as we here are not surprised.
Now the conspiracy plot calls for a timeline or a event-line for Greece to not collapse the markets before September 2015 and then afterwards to join the Russian federation and BRICS zone structure. Will political assassinations be carried out?
I think assassinations (sudden deaths) are a high probability.
Tsipras has just destroyed Greece
By Houses and Holes in European Economy
at 10:32 am on July 10, 2015
SOURCE: http://www.macrobusiness.com.au/2015/07/tsipras-has-just-destroyed-greece/
Greek chaos has reached a whole new level this morning with the release of its proposed compromises with the Eurozone. Here is the text in full:
Policy Commitments and Actions to be taken in consultation with EC/ECB/IMF staff:
1. 2015 supplementary budget and 2016-19 MTFS
Adopt effective as of July 1, 2015 a supplementary 2015 budget and a 2016–19 medium-term fiscal strategy, supported by a sizable and credible package of measures. The new fiscal path is premised on a primary surplus target of (1, 2, 3), and 3.5 percent of GDP in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. The package includes VAT reforms (¶2), other tax policy measures (¶3), pension reforms (¶4), public administration reforms (¶5), reforms addressing shortfalls in tax collection enforcement (¶6), and other parametric measures as specified below.
2. VAT reform
Adopt legislation to reform the VAT system that will be effective as of July 1, 2015. The reform will target a net revenue gain of 1 percent of GDP on an annual basis from parametric changes. The new VAT system will: (i) unify the rates at a standard 23 percent rate, which will include restaurants and catering, and a reduced 13 percent rate for basic food, energy, hotels, and water (excluding sewage), and a super-reduced rate of 6 percent for pharmaceuticals, books, and theater; (ii) streamline exemptions to broaden the base and raise the tax on insurance; and (iii) Eliminate discounts on islands, starting with the islands with higher incomes and which are the most popular tourist destinations, except the most remote ones. This will be completed by end-2016, as appropriate and targeted fiscally neutral measures to compensate those inhabitants that are most in need are determined. The new VAT rates on hotels and islands will be implemented from October 2015.
The increase of the VAT rate described above may be reviewed at the end of 2016, provided that equivalent additional revenues are collected through measures taken against tax evasion and to improve collectability of VAT. Any decision to review and revise shall take place in consultation with the institutions.
3. Fiscal structural measures
Adopt legislation to:
close possibilities for income tax avoidance (e.g., tighten the definition of farmers), take measures to increase the corporate income tax in 2015 and require 100 percent advance payments for corporate income and gradually for individual business income tax by 2017; phase out the preferential tax treatment of farmers in the income tax code by 2017; raise the solidarity surcharge;
abolish subsidies for excise on diesel oil for farmers and better target eligibility to halve heating oil subsidies expenditure in the budget 2016;
in view of any revision of the zonal property values, adjust the property tax rates if necessary to safeguard the 2015 and 2016 property tax revenues at €2.65 billion and adjust the alternative minimum personal income taxation.
eliminate the cross-border withholding tax introduced by the installments act (law XXXX/2015) and reverse the recent amendments to the ITC in the public administration act (law XXXX/2015), including the special treatment of agricultural income.
adopt outstanding reforms on the codes on income tax, and tax procedures: introduce a new Criminal Law on Tax Evasion and Fraud to amend the Special Penal Law 2523/1997 and any other relevant legislation, and replace Article 55, ¶s 1 and 2, of the TPC, with a view, inter alia, to modernize and broaden the definition of tax fraud and evasion to all taxes; abolish all Code of Book and Records fines, including those levied under law 2523/1997 develop the tax framework for collective investment vehicles and their participants consistently with the ITC and in line with best practices in the EU.
adopt legislation to upgrade the organic budget law to: (i) introduce a framework for independent agencies; (ii) phase out ex-ante audits of the Hellenic Court of Auditors and account officers (ypologos); (iii) give GDFSs exclusive financial service capacity and GAO powers to oversee public sector finances; and (iv) phase out fiscal audit offices by January 2017.
increase the rate of the tonnage tax and phase out special tax treatments of the shipping industry.
By September 2015, (i) simplify the personal income tax credit schedule; (ii) re-design and integrate into the ITC the solidarity surcharge for income of 2016 to more effectively achieve progressivity in the income tax system; (iii) issue a circular on fines to ensure the comprehensive and consistent application of the TPC; (iv) and other remaining reforms as specified in ¶9 of the IMF Country Report No. 14/151.
On health care, effective as of July 1, 2015, (i) re-establish full INN prescription, without exceptions, (ii) reduce as a first step the price of all off-patent drugs to 50 percent and all generics to 32.5 percent of the patent price, by repealing the grandfathering clause for medicines already in the market in 2012, and (iii)) review and limit the prices of diagnostic tests to bring structural spending in line with claw back targets; and (iv) collect in the full the 2014 clawback for private clinics, diagnostics and pharmaceuticals, and extend their 2015 clawback ceilings to 2016.
Launch the Social Welfare Review under the agreed terms of reference with the technical assistance of the World Bank to target savings of ½ percent of GDP which can help finance a fiscally neutral gradual roll-out of the GMI in January 2016.
reduce the expenditure ceiling for military spending by €100 million in 2015 and by €200 million in 2016 with a targeted set of actions, including a reduction in headcount and procurement;
introduce reform of the income tax code, [inter alia covering capital taxation], investment vehicles, farmers and the self- employed, etc.;
raise the corporate tax rate from 26% to 28%;
introduce tax on television advertisements;
announce international public tender for the acquisition of television licenses and usage related fees of relevant frequencies; and
extend implementation of luxury tax on recreational vessels in excess of 5 meters and increase the rate from 10% to 13%, coming into effect from the collection of 2014 income taxes and beyond;
extend Gross Gaming Revenues (GGR) taxation of 30% on VLT games expected to be installed at second half of 2015 and 2016;
generate revenues through the issuance of 4G and 5G licenses.
We will consider some compensating measures, in case of fiscal shortfalls: (i) Increase the tax rate to income for rents, for annual incomes below €12,000 to 15% (from 11%) with an additional revenue of €160 million and for annual incomes above €12,000 to 35% (from 33%) with an additional revenue of €40 million; (ii) the corporate income tax will increase by an additional percentage point (i.e. from 28% to 29%) that will result in additional revenues of €130 million.
4. Pension reform
The Authorities recognise that the pension system is unsustainable and needs fundamental reforms. This is why they will implement in full the 2010 pension reform law (3863/2010), and implement in full or replace/adjust the sustainability factors for supplementary and lump-sum pensions from the 2012 reform as a part of the new pension reform in October 2015 to achieve equivalent savings and take further steps to improve the pension system.
Effective from July 1, 2015 the authorities will phase-in reforms that would deliver estimated permanent savings of ¼-½ percent of GDP in 2015 and 1 percent of GDP on a full year basis in 2016 and thereafter by adopting legislation to:
create strong disincentives to early retirement, including the adjustment of early retirement penalties, and through a gradual elimination of grandfathering to statutory retirement age and early retirement pathways progressively adapting to the limit of statutory retirement age of 67 years, or 62 and 40 years of contributions by 2022, applicable for all those retiring (except arduous professions, and mothers with children with disability) with immediate application;
adopt legislation so that withdrawals from the Social Insurance Fund will incur an annual penalty, for those affected by the extension of the retirement age period, equivalent to 10 percent on top of the current penalty of 6 percent;
integrate into ETEA all supplementary pension funds and ensure that, starting January 1, 2015, all supplementary pension funds are only financed by own contributions;
better target social pensions by increasing OGA uninsured pension;
Gradually phase out the solidarity grant (EKAS) for all pensioners by end-December 2019. This shall be legislated immediately and shall start as regards the top 20% of beneficiaries in March 2016 with the modalities of the phase out to be agreed with the institutions;
freeze monthly guaranteed contributory pension limits in nominal terms until 2021;
provide to people retiring after 30 June 2015 the basic, guaranteed contributory, and means tested pensions only at the attainment of the statutory normal retirement age of currently 67 years;
increase the health contributions for pensioners from 4% to 6% on average and extend it to supplementary pensions;
phase out all state-financed exemptions and harmonize contribution rules for all pension funds with the structure of contributions to IKA from 1 July 2015;
Moreover, in order to restore the sustainability of the pension system, the authorities will by 31 October 2015, legislate further reforms to take effect from 1 January 2016; (i) specific design and parametric improvements to establish a closer link between contributions and benefits; (ii) broaden and modernize the contribution and pension base for all self-employed, including by switching from notional to actual income, subject to minimum required contribution rules; (iii) revise and rationalize all different systems of basic, guaranteed contributory and means tested pension components, taking into account incentives to work and contribute; (iv) the main elements of a comprehensive SSFs consolidation, including any remaining harmonization of contribution and benefit payment rules and procedures across all funds; (v) abolish all nuisance charges financing pensions and offset by reducing benefits or increasing contributions in specific funds to take effect from 31 October 2015; and (vi) harmonize pension benefit rules of the agricultural fund (OGA) with the rest of the pension system in a pro rata manner, unless OGA is merged into other funds. The consolidation of social insurance funds will take place by end 2017. In 2015, the process will be activated through legislation to consolidate the social insurance funds under a single entity and the operational consolidation will have been completed by 31 December 2016. Further reductions in the operating costs and a more effective management of fund resources including improved balancing of needs between better-off and poorer-off funds will be actively encouraged.
The authorities will adopt legislation to fully offset the fiscal effects of the implementation of court rulings on the 2012 pension reform.
In parallel to the reform of the pension system, a Social Welfare Review will be carried out to ensure fairness of the various reforms.
The institutions are prepared to take into account other parametric measures within the pension system of equivalent effect to replace some of the measures mentioned above, taking into account their impact on growth, and provided that such measures are presented to the institutions during the design phase and are sufficiently concrete and quantifiable, and in the absence of this the default option is what is specified above.
5. Public Administration, Justice and Anti Corruption
reform the unified wage grid, effective 1 January, 2016, setting the key parameters in a fiscally neutral manner and consistent with the agreed wage bill targets and with comprehensive application across the public sector, including decompressing the wage distribution across the wage spectrumin connection with the skill, performance and responsibility of staff. (The authorities will also adopt legislation to rationalise the specialised wage grids, by end-November 2015);
align non-wage benefits such as leave arrangements, per diems, travel allowances and perks, with best practices in the EU, effective 1 January 2016;
establish within the new MTFS ceilings for the wage bill and the level of public employment consistent with achieving the fiscal targets and ensuring a declining path of the wage bill relative to GDP until 2019;
hire managers and assess performance of all employees (with the aim to complete the hiring of new managers by 31 December 2015 subsequent to a review process)
introduce a new permanent mobility scheme applied by Q4 2015. The scheme will promote the use of job description and will be linked with an online database that will include all current vacancies. Final decision on employee mobility will be taken by each service concerned. This will rationalize the allocation of resources as well as the staffing across the General Government.
reform the Civil Procedure Code, in line with previous agreements; introduce measures to reduce the backlog of cases in administrative courts; work closely with European institutions and technical assistance on e-justice, mediation and judicial statistics
strengthen the governance of ELSTAT. It shall cover (i) the role and structure of the Advisory bodies of the Hellenic Statistical System, including the recasting of the Council of ELSS to an advisory Committee of the ELSS, and the role of the Good Practice Advisory Committee (GPAC); (ii) the recruitment procedure for the President of ELSTAT, to ensure that a President of the highest professional calibre is recruited, following transparent procedures and selection criteria; (iii) the involvement of ELSTAT as appropriate in any legislative or other legal proposal pertaining to any statistical matter; (iv) other issues that impact the independence of ELSTAT, including financial autonomy, the empowerment of ELSTAT to reallocate existing permanent posts and to hire staff where it is needed and to hire specialised scientific personnel, and the classification of the institution as a fiscal policy body in the recent law 4270/2014; role and powers of Bank of Greece in statistics in line with European legislation.
Publish a revised Strategic Plan against Corruption by 31 July 2015. Amend and implement the legal framework for the declaration of assets and financing of the political parties and adopt legislation insulating financial crime and anti-corruption investigations from political intervention in individual cases.
Moreover, in collaboration with the OECD, the Authorities will:
Strengthen controls in public entities and especially SOEs. Empower the Line Ministries to perform robust audit and control inspections to supervised entities including SOEs.
Strengthen controls and internal audit processes in high spending Local Government Institutions and their supervised legal entities.
Strengthen controls in public and private investment cases funded either by national or co-funded by other sources, public works and public procurement (e.g. in health sector, SDIT).
Strengthen transparency and control processes and skills in tax and customs authorities.
Assess major risks in the public procurement cycle, taking in consideration the recent developments (Central Purchasing and e-Procurement: KHMDHS and ESHDHS) and the need to have a clear governance framework. Develop strategy according to the assessment(Q4 2015)
Implement strategy to mitigate public procurement risks.(Q1 2016)
Assess 2 specific sectors, Health and Public Works in order to understand the existing constrains related to corruption and waste risks and propose measures to address them. Develop and implement strategy. (Q4 2015)
6. Tax administration
Take the following actions to:
Adopt legislation to establish an autonomous revenue agency, that specifies: (i) the agency's legal form, organization, status, and scope; (ii) the powers and functions of the CEO and the independent Board of Governors; (iii) the relationship to the Minister of Finance and other government entities; (iv) the agency's human resource flexibility and relationship to the civil service; (v) budget autonomy, with own GDFS and a new funding formula to align incentives with revenue collection and guarantee budget predictability and flexibility; (vi) reporting to the government and parliament; and (vii) the immediate transfer of all tax- and customs-related capacities and duties and all tax- and customs-related staff in SDOE and other entities to the agency.
on garnishments, adopt legislation to eliminate the 25 percent ceiling on wages and pensions and lower all thresholds of €1,500 while ensuring in all cases reasonable living conditions; accelerate procurement of IT infrastructure to automatize e-garnishment; improve tax debt write-off rules; remove tax officers' personal liabilities for not pursuing old debt; remove restrictions on conducting audits of tax returns from 2012 subject to the external tax certificate scheme; and enforce if legally possible upfront payment collection in tax disputes.
amend (i) the 2014–15 tax and SSC debt instalment schemes to exclude those who fail to pay current obligations and introduce a requirement for the tax and social security administrations to shorten the duration for those with the capacity to pay earlier and introduce market-based interest rates; the LDU and KEAO will assess by September 2015 the large debtors with tax and SSC debt exceeding €1 million (e.g. verify their capacity to pay and take corrective action) and (ii) the basic instalment scheme/TPC to adjust the market-based interest rates and suspend until end-2017 third-party verification and bank guarantee requirements.
adopt legislation to accelerate de-registration procedures and limit VAT re-registration to protect VAT revenues and accelerate procurement of network analysis software; and provide the Presidential Decree needed for the significantly strengthening the reorganisation of the VAT enforcement section in order to strengthen VAT enforcement and combat VAT carousel fraud. The authorities will submit an application to the EU VAT Committee and prepare an assessment of the implication of an increase in the VAT threshold to €25.000.
combat fuel smuggling, via legislative measures for locating storage tanks (fixed or mobile);
Produce a comprehensive plan with technical assistance for combating tax evasion which includes (i) identification of undeclared deposits by checking bank transactions in banking institutions in Greece or abroad, (ii) introduction of a voluntary disclosure program with appropriate sanctions, incentives and verification procedures, consistent with international best practice, and without any amnesty provisions (iii) request from EU member states to provide data on asset ownership and acquisition by Greek citizens, (iv) renew the request for technical assistance in tax administration and make full use of the resource in capacity building, (v) establish a wealth registry to improve monitoring.
develop a costed plan for the promotion of the use of electronic payments, making use of the EU Structural and Investment Fund;
Create a time series database to monitor the balance sheets of parent-subsisdiary companies to improve risk analysis criteria for transfer pricing
7. Financial sector
Adopt: (i) amendments to the corporate and household insolvency laws including to cover all debtors and bring the corporate insolvency law in line with the OCW law; (ii) amendments to the household insolvency law to introduce a mechanism to separate strategic defaulters from good faith debtors as well as simplify and strengthen the procedures and introduce measures to address the large backlog of cases; (iii) amendments to improve immediately the judicial framework for corporate and household insolvency matters; (iv) legislation to establish a regulated profession of insolvency administrators, not restricted to any specific profession and in line with good cross-country experience; (v) a comprehensive strategy for the financial system: this strategy will build on the strategy document from 2013, taking into account the new environment and conditions of the financial system and with a view of returning the banks in private ownership by attracting international strategic investors and to achieve a sustainable funding model over the medium term; and (vi) a holistic NPL resolution strategy, prepared with the help of a strategic consultant.
8. Labour market
Launch a consultation process to review the whole range of existing labour market arrangements, taking into account best practices elsewhere in Europe. Further input to the consultation process described above will be provided by international organisations, including the ILO. The organization and timelines shall be drawn up in consultation with the institutions. In this context, legislation on a new system of collective bargaining should be ready by Q4 2015. The authorities will take actions to fight undeclared work in order to strengthen the competitiveness of legal companies and protect workers as well as tax and social security revenues.
9. Product market
Adopt legislation to
implement all pending recommendations of the OECD competition toolkit I, except OTC pharmaceutical products, starting with: tourist buses, truck licenses, code of conduct for traditional foodstuff, eurocodes on building materials, and all the OECD toolkit II recommendations on beverages and petroleum products;
In order to foster competition and increase consumer welfare immediately launch a new competition assessment, in collaboration and with the technical support of the OECD, on wholesale trade, construction, e-commerce and media. The assessment will be concluded by Q1 2016.The recommendations will be adopted by Q2 2016.
open the restricted professions of engineers, notaries, actuaries, and bailiffs and liberalize the market for tourist rentals ;
eliminate non-reciprocal nuisance charges and align the reciprocal nuisance charges to the services provided;
reduce red tape, including on horizontal licensing requirements of investments and on low-risk activities as recommended by the World Bank, and administrative burden of companies based on the OECD recommendations, and (ii) establish a committee for the inter-ministerial preparation of legislation. Technical assistance of the World Bank will be sought to implement the easing of licensing requirements.
design electronic one-stop shops for businesses through analysing information obligations businesses have to comply with, structuring them accordingly and helping to design a project on developing the necessary ICT tools and infrastructure (Q3 2015). Setting up the institutional & co-ordination structure, identification of the business life events to be included, identification and mapping of information obligations & administrative procedures and training of officials (Q4 2015). Launch (Q1 2016)
adopt the reform of the gas market and its specific roadmap, and implementation should follow suit.
take irreversible steps (including announcement of date for submission of binding offers) to privatize the electricity transmission company, ADMIE, or provide by October 2015 an alternative scheme, with equivalent results in terms of competition, in line with the best European practices to provide full ownership unbundling from PPC, while ensuring independence.
On electricity markets, the authorities will reform the capacity payments system and other electricity market rules to avoid that some plants are forced to operate below their variable cost, and to prevent the netting of the arrears between PPC and market operator; set PPC tariffs based on costs, including replacement of the 20% discount for HV users with cost based tariffs; and notify NOME products to the European Commission. The authorities will also continue the implementation of the roadmap to the EU target model prepare a new framework for the support of renewable energies and for the implementation of energy efficiency and review energy taxation; the authorities will strengthen the electricity regulator's financial and operational independence;
10. Privatization
The Board of Directors of the Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund will approve its Asset Development Plan which will include for privatisation all the assets under HRDAF as of 31/12/2014; and the Cabinet will endorse the plan.
To facilitate the completion of the tenders, the authorities will complete all government pending actions including those needed for the regional airports, TRAINOSE, Egnatia, the ports of Pireaus and Thessaloniki and Hellinikon (precise list in Technical Memorandum). This list of actions is updated regularly and the Government will ensure that all pending actions are timely implemented.
The government and HRADF will announce binding bid dates for Piraeus and Thessaloniki ports of no later than end-October 2015, and for TRAINOSE ROSCO, with no material changes in the terms of the tenders.
The government will transfer the state's shares in OTE to the HRADF.
Take irreversible steps for the sale of the regional airports at the current terms with the winning bidder already selected."
This is basically the same proposal as that was just rejected by the Greek people in the referendum. There are some headlines floating around about proposed debt restructuring as well but I can't find them.
This makes absolutely no sense. The Tsipras Government has just:
renegotiated itself into the same position it was in two months ago;
set massively false expectations with the Greek public;
destroyed the Greek banking system, and
destroyed what was left of Greek political capital in EU.
If this deal gets through the Greek Parliament, and it could given everyone other than the ruling party and Golden Dawn are in favour of austerity, then Greece has just destroyed itself to no purpose.
Markets are drawing comfort from the roll over but how Tsipras can return home without being lynched by a mob is beyond me. And that raises the prospect of any deal being held immediately hostage to violence.
AND MORE BLUNTLY
Too Bad Greek Pensioners and Taxpayers
Citizens still have not faced the reality that CROOKS are making policy!
When People decide to respond to criminals the solution will be reached.
That man said: "what they do in Athens… make People slaves by the money."
Deadline Sunday for Greece:
Robert Johnson of INET says odious debt and the fear of a bank contagion that could richochet across the world, keeps the financial sector from writing down the Greek debt
Greece selling their valuable infrastructure to (crime lords) oligarchs
According to the BBC analysis (whether it's right or not) the backdown by Tsipras isn't as big as it seems. Although he's agreeing to austerity cuts the voters rejected last Sun, he asking for much more money ($53 as opposed to $2 billion euros), which means that Greece wouldn't have to renegotiate until 2018. He's also demanding debt restructuring and, most importantly, caused a spit between French and Italian and German creditors.
It's important to remember that the austerity cuts he agrees to in the bailout agreement don't automatically become law. Each has to be debated and approved individually by the Greek government.
I am anticipating "Hidden hands" to activate their plan, remain alert for more drama that some may claim as unexpected.
See the privatization plan in the proposal details above or click: https://ronmamita.wordpress.com/2015/07/08/evaporating-complacency-the-greece-fulcrum-is-forcing-rapid-immediate-decisions/#comment-17397
I can imagine some oligarchs not happy about the transfer of ownership of key Greek assets and higher taxes will devastate some businesses…
The Funny Money 'Crisis'
Nicely summarized:
China BANS All Major Stock Sales for 6 Months!
Greek Govt Counts its Losses After Getting Vote of Approval on Proposals
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/07/11/greek-govt-counts-its-losses-after-getting-vote-of-approval-on-proposals/
by Philip Chrysopoulos – Jul 11, 2015
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is assessing his political damages after "losing" 17 coalition Ministers and MPs who voted against or abstained in the crucial parliament vote on the Greek proposals to international creditors.
It was no surprise that prominent extreme leftists in SYRIZA voted against or "present" when they had publicly announced prior to the vote that they do not approve the austerity measures that Tsipras proposed in order to achieve a new bailout agreement.
The party's Left Platform rejected pension cuts, spending cuts and tax hikes, claiming that the Greek people had already rejected them in last week's referendum.
Productive Reconstruction, Environment and Energy Minister Panagiotis Lafazanis, Deputy Labor Minister Dimitris Stratoulis as well as Parliament President Zoe Konstantopoulou, all called "present," in effect abstaining from the vote and withholding their support to the government.
"The government is being totally blackmailed to acquiesce to something that does not reflect what it represents," Konstantopoulou said and also refused to allow the plenary to vote before 12:01 am on Saturday, citing a parliament regulation that does not allow a plenary vote on a subject the same day it was approved by the appropriate committees.
Five more SYRIZA lawmakers voted "present" while two others voted "no." Seven other party MPs were absent, and in essence showed they disapprove the proposal. Among the absent MPs was former Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis who went to his holiday home on the island of Aegina claiming "family obligations."
Five Left Platform members signed a letter saying it would be better to return to the drachma than return to austerity with no debt writeoff.
At the same time, several SYRIZA MPs stated that they may have voted in favor of the proposal but they did so heavy-hearted.
Analysts expect major developments after European partners and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) grant Greece a bailout package. It is uncertain if Tsipras will get his party's approval when the new bailout agreement measures come to parliament to become laws. It is also uncertain how he would react to his party's "defectors." Will there be a major cabinet reshuffle? Or an expulsion of certain party "rebels"? Or will Tsipras call for snap elections?
All these questions will be answered after the government secures a deal. Tsipras said: "What matters now is the positive outcome in the negotiations. Everything else will be dealt with in time."
Source: http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/07/11/greek-govt-counts-its-losses-after-getting-vote-of-approval-on-proposals/
To be fair to Tsipras, it's hard to say which looks in terms of human misery. Returning to the drachma will cause a lot of short term suffering and it seems impossible to say how long it will last.
Whatever Tsipras deserves for his role in the ongoing institutional crimes I wish for him to receive fully.
I wish fairness for the People; to be aware and prepared for the coming crises (Sept/Oct 2015 and the following years) as "volatility" results from restructuring the international monetary system ("RESET") for technocrats/officials to manage (force onto the People) with mandatory compliance penalties.
They are attempting to engineer a permanent world wide debt-money slavery system…
*current event:
At this moment Police clash with protestors…
Syriza "Punked Out"
Ellen Brown wrote a particularly illuminating article yesterday about the ECB shedding a little of their quantitative easing on Greece – that's what they did with US bank debt: https://lozzafun1.wordpress.com/2015/07/15/grexit-or-jubilee-how-greek-debt-can-be-annulled/
There are no shortages of ways to solve Greece's debt, sadly that is not the REAL issue…
(Conspicuous absence is Mario Draghi,President of the European Central Bank, who famously said "we think the euro is irreversible" and said on July 26, 2012 that he would do "whatever it takes" to save the Euro.)
Appease the Rulers or Exit the Empire (and survive their wrath)
Did you read Tsipras' "I Don't Support What I'm Doing" Comment?
http://ift.tt/1J00YUK
* "GREEK PM TSIPRAS SAYS LENDERS GIVE A MESSAGE THAT IN COUNTRIES UNDER A BAILOUT THERE IS NO POINT IN HOLDING ELECTIONS"
Every observer, looking at the Youthful Empire known as the European Union, should be aware that the EU are in a ruthless phase of consolidating their empire.
Thus, I do not see the point in writing about debt solutions for Greece, as it is a futile effort in that empire arena. (I find it interesting to scrutinize the officials who are aware of the empires and either want to remain in or exit!) After becoming aware of this subtext (empire) the negotiating dialogue and proposals became more meaningful and comprehensible with rewards and harsh/lighter punishments (citizens are always the cash-cow and revenue stream guarantor for empire).
A fruitful effort is sharing how the citizens of Greece will survive by jumping outside (while not being naive and overlooking being attacked by empires)…
– Piecing The Puzzle –
I want you to know that I was not using hyperbole speaking of "Empire", after scrutinizing the IMF published structural reforms of the world's financial system (multipolar zones and SDR implementation) and the "public-side" of the Eurozone bosses such as Jeroen Dijsselbloem the Eurogroup President, and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble :
EU President M Schulz Agrees Banking System Is a Fraud:
And below is a Very Interesting discussion report, by AIG banque:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-07-15/shocking-2008-aig-report-laying-out-motives-behind-europes-perpetual-crisis-and-deat
What Europe Wants?
To use global issues as excuses to extend its power:
*environmental issues: increase control over member countries; advance idea of global governance
*terrorism: use excuse for greater control over police and judicial issues; increase extent of surveillance
*global financial crisis: kill two birds (free market; Anglo-Saxon economies) with one stone (Europe-wide regulator; attempts at global financial governance)
*EMU: create a crisis to force introduction of "European economic government"
**Again that was bankers/financiers talking!
PLEASE read the PDF file.
Talking about illuminating:
Yanis Varoufakis (YV) blows the Whistle!
HL: What is the greatest problem with the general way the Eurogroup functions?
YV: [To exemplify…] There was a moment when the President of the Eurogroup decided to move against us and effectively shut us out, and made it known that Greece was essentially on its way out of the Eurozone. … There is a convention that communiqués must be unanimous, and the President can't just convene a meeting of the Eurozone and exclude a member state. And he said, "Oh I'm sure I can do that." So I asked for a legal opinion. It created a bit of a kerfuffle. For about 5-10 minutes the meeting stopped, clerks, officials were talking to one another, on their phone, and eventually some official, some legal expert addressed me, and said the following words, that "Well, the Eurogroup does not exist in law, there is no treaty which has convened this group."
So what we have is a non-existent group that has the greatest power to determine the lives of Europeans. It's not answerable to anyone, given it doesn't exist in law; no minutes are kept; and it's confidential. So no citizen ever knows what is said within. … These are decisions of almost life and death, and no member has to answer to anybody.
Alan Scott says:
Yep. Bankers need to lend the money they create, and they're not too fussy when it comes to lending it. When they get it wrong, governments bail them out – and it's not even tax-payers' money, since most governments run deficit budgets already. Then out come the 'belt-tighteners' intent on turning the 99% into indentured servants. The next stage after 'out-sourcing' industry to the 3rd World is bringing the factories back because you've driven wages and salaries in your own country down to 'competitive' levels.
I'm cheering for Tsipras, but, unfortunately, too many deluded people find it easy and comfortable to blame the Greeks for their 'profligacy.' 'Then when they came for me, there was no one left to help.' Heard that one before?
Perhaps more Greek citizens will wake up as the nation's assets are sold to oligarchs, taxes are hiked, pensions and wages are cut, small businesses are closed…
When the pom poms are put away and the cheering stops the stark impact of current policies will be devastatingly clear, Tsipras new proposal and the euro are not doing the individual Greek citizens any good.
*PS:
I am now checking the most recent news-feeds (negotiations fail) from Greece, the events are so very dynamic and fluid that my comments may not reflect the current news-media sound bites. What matters most, are the preparations that aware individuals are currently making and alternative solutions they are implementing. The institutions are on a separate destructive path.
This is not isolated to Greece, all of us can prepare.
Next 48 hours- Pain in Euroland/DOW
Greek control handed to Europe – Paul Mason
Syriza's climbdown: Greek control handed to Europe – Paul Mason (Episode 16)
Greece will have to implement the tough austerity measures demanded by its lenders, plus hand €50bn of assets to a privatisation fund, where sales will be used to pay down debt.
Greece wins euro debt deal – but democracy is the loser – See more at: http://blogs.channel4.com/paul-mason-blog/greece-wins-euro-debt-deal-democracy-loser/4155
After an all-night negotiation during which Greek prime minister was subjected, according to one observer, to "mental waterboarding", there is the basis of a deal to keep Greece in the euro. As I write, the Greek side do not have a document, but we have some details.
If you doubt how it might play on the Greek streets, consider the headline of Dimokratia, a conservative tabloid: "Greece in Auschwitz: Schauble attempts eurozone holocaust".
The only way I see the Greek people acceding to this is via martial law.
there certainly has been great drama as Greek citizens are cash starved…
You recall the information I shared on your blog about the creditor's control of the Greek banking infrastructure, making it necessary to take it by force with government armed agents if Greece decided to challenge the monetary union?
Interestingly now the forces that are charging "Treason" against Yanis Varoufakis have let the cat out of the bag, that the Greek tax system is controlled (with secret codes) by the creditors as well. Of course the creditors are denying this…
I always thought Yanis' life was threatened, and now his career and freedom is threatened with imprisonment for treason.
New video are included near the bottom of this thread.
What If A Computer Glitch Withdrew All Your Bank Assets!
Be Prepared, Take Your Savings Out of The Bank
U.S. Stock Market Shut Down Due to Software Glitch as Investors Panic!
Ms. Fattorelli, a former official of the Ministry of Finance of Brazil
Exposes the institutional criminality and the fraud, the debt is a Lie chained to the People by force.
περπαταμε μαζι, 13/5/2015
οι Μωυσής Λίτσης και Σταμάτης Στεφανάκος φιλοξενούν στην εκπομπή του Vmedia(www.vmedia.gr) "Περπατάμε Μαζί", τη Μαρία Λουσία Φαττορέλλι. Η κ. Φαττορέλλι, πρώην υπάλληλος του υπουργείου Οικονομικών της Βραζιλίας με πολυετή πείρα σε επιτροπές λογιστικού ελέγχου του δημόσιου χρέους στη χώρα της και τον Ισημερινό, μετέχει στην Επιτροπή Αλήθειας για το Δημόσιο Χρέος που έχει συστήσει η πρόεδρος της ελληνικής Βουλής Ζωή Κωνσταντοπούλου.
Η κ. Φαττορέλλι θα μιλήσει για την εμπειρία της από άλλους λογιστικούς ελέγχους, τις δυσκολίες και τις προσδοκίες ενός τέτοιου εγχειρήματος και την απόφασή της να μετάσχει με άλλους ειδικούς στην ελληνική επιτροπή. – Captured Live on Ustream at http://www.ustream.tv/channel/xorisfm
THE ONLY WAY ANYONE would sign a contract with the clause below is if their life or the lives of their families were threatened:
Creditor Loan Facility Agreement: "If any one or more of the provisions contained in this agreement should be or become fully or in part invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect … the validity, the legality, and enforceability of the main provisions contained in this agreement shall not be affected or impaired thereby."
That above contract is the act of mafia style loan sharking, agree or die, pay up or else!
Thus what we witness as public utilities and assets are given to corporate moguls, oligarchs, multinational mega-businesses:
Alexis Tsipras' problems: privatisation and protest – Paul Mason (Episode 17)
Greece Torture Continues From The Money Mafia (Creditors)
Dimitri Lascaris says the deal is a collective punishment of the Greek people for supporting a party that attempted to moderate neoliberalism in Europe.
Yanis Varoufakis full transcript: our battle to save Greece
The full transcript of the former Greek Finance Minister's first interview since resigning.
http://www.newstatesman.com/world-affairs/2015/07/yanis-varoufakis-full-transcript-our-battle-save-greece
This conversation took place before the deal.
Yanis Varoufakis = YV
Harry Lambert = HL
HL: What was it like? Did you like any aspect of it?
YV: Oh well a lot of it. But the inside information one gets… to have your worst fears confirmed … To have "the powers that be" speak to you directly, and it be as you feared – the situation was worse than you imagined! So that was fun, to have the front row seat.
HL: What are you referring to?
YV: The complete lack of any democratic scruples, on behalf of the supposed defenders of Europe's democracy. The quite clear understanding on the other side that we are on the same page analytically – of course it will never come out at present. [And yet] To have very powerful figures look at you in the eye and say "You're right in what you're saying, but we're going to crunch you anyway."
HL: You've said creditors objected to you because "I try and talk economics in the Eurogroup, which nobody does." What happened when you did?
YV: It's not that it didn't go down well – it's that there was point blank refusal to engage in economic arguments. Point blank. … You put forward an argument that you've really worked on – to make sure it's logically coherent – and you're just faced with blank stares. It is as if you haven't spoken. What you say is independent of what they say. You might as well have sung the Swedish national anthem – you'd have got the same reply. And that's startling, for somebody who's used to academic debate. … The other side always engages. Well there was no engagement at all. It was not even annoyance, it was as if one had not spoken.
HL: When you first arrived, in early February, this can't have been a unified position?
YV: Well there were people who were sympathetic at a personal level – so, you know, behind closed doors, on an informal basis, especially from the IMF. [HL: "From the highest levels?" YV: "From the highest levels, from the highest levels."] But then inside the Eurogroup, a few kind words and that's it, back behind the parapet of the official version.
[But] Schäuble was consistent throughout. His view was "I'm not discussing the programme – this was accepted by the previous government and we can't possibly allow an election to change anything. Because we have elections all the time, there are 19 of us, if every time there was an election and something changed, the contracts between us wouldn't mean anything."
So at that point I had to get up and say "Well perhaps we should simply not hold elections anymore for indebted countries", and there was no answer. The only interpretation I can give [of their view] is "Yes, that would be a good idea, but it would be difficult to do. So you either sign on the dotted line or you are out."
HL: And Merkel?
YV: You have to understand I never had anything to do with Merkel, finance ministers talk to finance ministers, prime ministers talk to Chancellors. From my understanding, she was very different. She tried to placate the Prime Minister [Tsipras] – she said "We'll find a solution, don't worry about it, I won't let anything awful happen, just do your homework and work with the institutions, work with the Troika; there can be no dead end here."
This is not what I heard from my counterpart – both from the head of the Eurogroup and Dr Schäuble, they were very clear. At some point it was put to me very unequivocally: "This is a horse and either you get on it or it is dead."
HL: Right so when was that?
YV: From the beginning, from the very beginning. [They first met in early February.]
Deadlines Used To Pressure Greece into Compliance
Germany Replacing Bank Cards and Eliminating Cash Withdrawals
Posted on July 20, 2015 by Martin Armstrong
The game is afoot to eliminate CASH. According to reliable sources, Maestro is seriously under attack. In Germany, Maestro was a multi-national debit card service owned by MasterCard and founded in 1992. Maestro cards obtained from associate banks and can be linked to the cardholder's current account, or they can be used as prepaid cards. Already we see the cancellation of such cards and the issuing of new debit cards. Why? The new cards cannot be used at an ATM outside of Germany to obtain cash. Any attempt to get cash can only be an advance on a credit card.
Little by little, these people are destroying everything that held the world economy together. Their hunt for spare change for tax purposes is undermining every aspect of civilization. This will NEVER END NICELY for they can only think about their immediate needs with no comprehension of the future they are creating. Indeed, somebody better pray for us, for those in charge truly do not know what they are doing.
We seriously need to hit the Ctrl-Alt-Delete button on government. This is total insanity and we are losing absolutely everything that makes society function.
Once they eliminate CASH, they will have total control over who can buy or sell anything.
Interview Yanis Varoufakis
Tsipras Defends Varoufakis Preparation for Grexit (1/2)
James K. Galbraith a member of the working group advising the former finance minister Varoufakis on 'Plan B' says there were great impositions imposed on the Greek government including certain procedures that removed control from the government and placed them in the hands of creditor institutions


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Q: Datepicker on Salesforce Visualforce pages, Hello I'm currently doing a form on salesforce that will allow a customer to pick a deadline for the project that they ordered, And i want a datepicker for the apex:inputfield. I can do a datepicker using standard Html and js but when it comes to VF I'm a little bit lost. I've tried a lot of things and the latest one is I've put the input type outside of the apex:inputField but this is what it came up with.
<input type="text" id="datepicker">
  <apex:inputField value="{!Service_Order__c.Project_Deadline__c}" html-placeholder="Please allow 8 weeks" id="datepicker" required="true" styleClass="form-control" />
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The second one shows where I need the calendar to appear inside of the apex input.

A: As this looks like jQueryUI's datepicker, the JavaScript below reflects that assumption.
The <apex:inputField> will render an input element. You don't need to wrap it with another one. The salesforce input element will be rendered to the page and have a dynamically generated ID value based on its location in the page hierarchy and will end with the value you've given it: id="datepicker". The DOM id value will resemble something like this depending on the ids given to the datepicker's parent elements: j_id0:theForm:thePageBlock:datepicker
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    html-placeholder="Please allow 8 weeks"
    id="datepicker" required="true" styleClass="form-control" />

Best Practice for accessing Component IDs
Use the component reference to get the ID of the above input element from the DOM. Use the jQuery selector by attribute value to find this element and apply the datepicker to it.
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My guilty pleasure…I LOVE watching HGTV remodel/rehab/flip shows. I'll be honest- I can binge watch them for hours. Or days. I sit at the edge of my seat awaiting the before and after pictures. I love watching as bathroom and kitchen fixtures are chosen and new flooring is picked. As a renter, I have looked at houses online and imagined how amazing I could make them look. And now it's my turn. Sure, it's on a very tiny scale. But I am determined to make our pop-up camper feel just like home.
Paint swatch that we are using as inspiration for our color palette. The cabinets are painted the Poetic Prose blue. The upper left color is a dark blue, even though it looks black in this pic.
Pillows that I found at Home Depot that are a perfect match to our color palette.
Today Louie and I went to our pop-up and ripped down all of the old curtains. They are very dirty and the blackout material on the backside is cracking. We were going to try to salvage them so that we wouldn't have to buy new blackout material, but that isn't going to be possible. We also took out all of the seating that was around the dining table and the U-shaped couch. I am going to recover all of these to match the rest of our decor. I plan to make slipcovers so that the covers can be taken off and washed if needed.
Louie hard at work removing all of the cushions.
And yes, even more mess.
The cabinets have already been primed and painted. We also bought new hardware for them from Home Depot. Oh…Home Depot. Oh man. If I had a house, I think I would go crazy there. Oh my goodness. I wanted everything. Kitchen sinks, bathroom sinks, flooring. Restrain! Restrain! We only have a 17′ pop-up, not a 3500 sq ft house!
Cabinets before and after with primer, paint, and new hardware.
I have also been finding a lot of great ideas on Pinterest and at stores. I was actually in Hobby Lobby a few months ago and saw a very cute silverware holder that would look great in our camper. Unfortunately, it was way too expensive for what it was. Around $30. I decided to go into the Dollar Tree store where everything is $1. I bought the same materials to make this silverware holder myself for under $5.
The before of my $5 silverware holder.
It is scary and exciting all at once to finally be the one doing a little DIY work. I am so scared of messing something up, or even worse, not liking the finished product. As I painted the cabinets, I kept thinking, "Is this the right color? Is this the right primer? Is this the right paint? Is it going to stay on without chipping?" So many concerns, but once it's started there is no going back. So, take a look at our before pics and don't mind the "remodel mess" that we've created inside.
This was just a short post, mostly to add some pictures to compare the difference once our camper is complete. We are going to be working our butts off to get this all done, but we can do it! I can't wait to follow up when we are done. At that time I will go over the process and materials used. I just hope we love the outcome of all of this hard work.
Do you have an after photo of the silverware holders?
Unfortunately, I do not. I am actually working on them today and will be posting that along with the other projects we worked on when finished. We hope to be finished by next week!
Good luck on your crafting and remodeling. You can do it!!!
It is definitely a work of love! Very time consuming, but so far everything is going great. So thankful to have crafty in my genes!
I really enjoyed reading (and seeing) your remodeling work! I love the blue you chose for the cabinets!! Yeah, Home Depot is a GREAT store, right!?! I look forward to seeing your silverware holder when it is finished. I LOVE DIY (& plan to add some to my blog when I get that far, lol). Thanks for sharing your remodeling fun!
Thank you, Sara! It is so much fun, but it really is A LOT of work! I can't wait to read about your DIY!


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by Nicholas Kanter & Robert A. Hull, Esq.
Girls – and in the bathroom.
The rewritten song and accompanying video became a YouTube sensation, receiving over 8.5 million hits since being uploaded to YouTube on November 17, 2013.
In a lawsuit filed on November 21, 2013 in the Northern District of California, GoldieBlox claims the Beastie Boys threatened them with copyright infringement.
Rather than wait for the Beastie Boys to sue, GoldieBlox filed their complaint, seeking a declaratory judgment that their parody video does not infringe the rights of the Beastie Boys (and others that hold rights to the song), and constitutes fair use.
Fair Use: Is GoldieBlox's Version of Girls Defensible or Not?
Based on the underlying purpose of the song and its intended effect, GoldieBlox asserts their song is protected by the Fair Use Doctrine.
The purpose and character of use – how transformative is the new material? Does the new material add new information or understanding?
The nature of copyrighted work – what is the value of the work vis-à-vis the core of the copyright's protective purposes.
The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole – this factor looks at whether the quantity of the original work used is reasonable in relation to the purpose of the copying.
The effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work – does the new material deprive the copyright owner of income in some way?
While GoldieBlox's song by itself seemingly qualifies as Fair Use, the crux of the lawsuit (assuming it does not settle) will likely center on whether GoldieBlox's use of the song to advertise and sell its retail goods causes the song to lose Fair Use protection.
A Brass Monkey in the Machine?
Complicating the matter further is the fact that one of the members of the Beastie Boys, Adam "MCA" Yauch, died last year leaving a will which provided that in no event may "any music or any artistic property created by me be used for advertising purposes." Another fly in the ointment was the fact that apparently, MCA hand wrote these words on his prepared will near language which prohibited MCA's image or name from being used for advertising purposes.
It is not clear whether the added language was part of the original will or was added later. If added later, such an amendment (typically called "codicils") must be executed with the same formalities required of the will. Those formalities include executing the codicil in the presence of witnesses, etc.
Thus, if the handwritten language was added by MCA after the execution of the will, but for example without the presence of witnesses, it could be successfully challenged. However, there seems to be no mention in the press of a specific challenge to such language. Therefore, the language was likely present at the execution of his will.
Presuming this language was valid, in order for it to be enforceable in this case, obviously MCA must own an interest in the song (i.e., the interest must be part of his "estate").
But, if MCA owned an interest but had previously transferred this interest into, for example, a living trust, the trust would be the owner, not MCA's "estate"). If there was no commercial prohibition language in the trust, then the will language would not apply to prohibit commercial exploitation of the trust's interest.
Also, this will restriction would apply only to the beneficiaries of Yauch's estate. Absent an agreement to the contrary, joint owners of a copyrighted work have an equal right to license the copyright, provided that the other joint owners get their shares of the proceeds.
Thus, if there was not such an agreement between MCA and the other Beastie Boys preventing commercial exploitation of this song, the others could independently license the song to GoldieBlox, despite the prohibition by MCA, with MCA's estate receiving its share of the proceeds. The prohibition by MCA would likely apply to the beneficiaries of his song interest, but would not be enforceable against the other joint owners.
From the published news reports, it appears as though the others do not wish to permit GoldieBlox to use the song in this manner. So, MCA's wishes may indeed be carried out.
However, if the will restriction is not enforceable, MCA's heirs may be able to license the work commercially, despite objections from the other Beastie Boys.
Ultimately, it will come down to whether the GoldieBlox version is considered a "fair use" of the song. If so, MCA could not have prevented this commercial use while he was living and cannot prevent it after his death.
Nicholas Kanter is a Business and IP Litigation Attorney at our firm. Contact him via email: nkanter@lewitthackman.com.


SNAP!!! Geocaching: Who will be named the WINNER????
I guess a brief history lesson would be appropriate here.
The "COVETED" SNAP!!! Cache of the Day Award.
The idea of a Cache of the year came to us in 2011.
all out and eventually came down to 3 or 4 best of the year.
we are having a terrible time figuring out who the winner is.
So far, and it has been VERY HARD - we have worked on the list and narrowed our choice down a little.
the winner with the next week!
So, here are the FINAL 13!
Note: they are listed in the order we found them.
Back in February we joined took a trip with visit our grand-daughter Juli who is working and going to school at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, TN.
while there, we of course, geocached around the area!
Alex got to milk at goat near the Capricorn cache!!!
first Reverse Wherigo geocache - we were First to Find!!!
to GeoWoodstock and then added geocaching finds in 8 new states!!!
Nana & I will continue our struggle to pare this list down to a final winner.
We will try to make the final announcement within a week!!!
VERY proud to have a nominee in the list!
We are so very humbled as well as honored to learn that our cache is considered. The list is amazing. I would imagine the memories that accompany the caches you visited this past year have proven to be priceless.


No Pain No Gain Boxing promotions has organised a knockout Cancer bout between Dickson Saidi and Limbani Masamba at College of Medicine Sports Complex on Friday night, 30 November, 2018.
This has been disclosed at a press briefing at CoM on Saturday by the organisers and other sponsors in a bid to stage an update on the bill.
Saidi, the five time-fight winner in nine, who has lost twice in the previous fights, said Masamba has been avoiding him for so long, and it is time to teach him manners.
"I have been given the opportunity to get the title from Limbani. He has been dodging me for some time and now I have come to his Blantyre base to teach him some manners," said the Lilongwe based boxer.
Masamba has so far won 20 times, with eight knockouts and testing defeat five times.
On his part, he did not have more to say, but only acknowledged that his challenger is a good boxer but he will give him a good fight for the belt.
"I know he is a good boxer but I am equally ready to give him an exhaustive beating," Masamba humbly said.
The Managing Director, Craig Rousseau, expressed his worry that it is proving to be difficult to attract people to support the sport.
"It will be a corporate event. Internationally, most bouts are held on Friday nights and this is the reason the bill will be staged at night. We also plan to do it in partnership with Hope for Cancer Foundation," he said.
Bowler Beverages, Vision Gaming, Aqua-Pure, Kwese TV, Horizon Health and Nyasa Manufacturing Company (the sponsors of Big Bullets Football Club) are the sponsors of the Cancer Knockout bout.


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Pokémon Go delays launch in France due to Nice attack
Respect for a nation in mourning, and safety risks, pushed the maker of the game that sparked a global craze to postpone the date by a few days at least.
by Sarah Francoise
July 20, 2016, 4:38pm
Un uomo cammina di fianco a un poster nel centro Pokémon di Tokyo [foto di Kimimasa Mayama/EPA]
The launch of Pokémon Go in France has been postponed in the wake of the horrific Nice truck attack which killed 84 people on July 14. Gaming and entertainment news site IGN reported over the weekend that the launch of the augmented reality game had been delayed from July 15, the day when it was released in other European countries.
A source told IGN that the launch had been pushed back out of safety concerns, as hunting for Pokémon has been known to cause large, spontaneous public gatherings, deemed a security risk in the wake of the attack. IGN later published a statement by The Pokémon Company saying the launch would be delayed "out of respect for the people of France in this period of national mourning."
French president François Hollande declared three days of national mourning last week, after a 31-year old man named Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhleldrove a 19-ton rental truck into pedestrians who had gathered on the Nice seafront to watch the Bastille Day fireworks.
"Our thoughts and prayers go with the victims of this terrible attack," the statement from The Pokémon Company continued.
Related: The Nice truck attacker was into crash videos, but a lukewarm Muslim
Another possible problem that might have led The Pokémon Company to delay the launch of the game in France is the risk that people trespass into sensitive or closed areas when hunting for the virtual monsters.
On Monday, a 27-year-old Frenchman living in Jakarta, Indonesia, inadvertently entered an Indonesian military base while pursuing a Pokémon. The man, who was reportedly on a business trip in the port city of Cirebon when he was caught trespassing, was questioned several hours before being released Tuesday.
Over the weekend, a sighting of a particularly rare Pokémon caused a commotion in Manhattan's Central Park, with reports of drivers leaving their cars to try and catch the monster.
But even though the game hasn't officially been launched in France yet, there are ways around that. It is still possible to play Pokémon Go on an Android phone by downloading the game from a mirror site, or on an iPhone by creating a profile based in the US.
According to French weekly Le Point, hundreds of fans ignored an official ban on a giant Pokémon hunt in the Jardin du Luxembourg on July 14, before the attack. That took place steps away from the French Senate.
Related: We spoke to the guy behind all those Pokémon Go internet hoaxes
Meanwhile, French law enforcement has issued warnings to players. The Gendarmerie Nationale, which urged drivers not to play the game, and pedestrians to be "doubly vigilant" when hunting Pokémon.
?? Conseils pour les dresseurs — GendarmerieNationale (@Gendarmerie)July 19, 2016
It is not officially known when the game will be available in France, but according to Le Figaro, it could be any day now.
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We need the Life Equality Act
By Anja Baker
In Mississippi, it is legal to have an abortion because the preborn child's race, sex, or disability is not preferred by the baby's parents.
This has prompted Rep. Carolyn Crawford (R-Pass Christian) and Sen. Jenifer Branning (R-Philadelphia) to bring the Life Equality Act to Mississippi. This proposed law would prohibit abortions from taking place because of the preborn child's race, sex, or disability.
We should not tolerate the terminal discrimination of preborn children because some extended families do not approve of interracial relationships, or because a parent prefers to have a son to a daughter. Still more common is the termination of those with disabilities, a tragedy that no one would attempt to justify outside of the womb.
A medical review looked at seven population-based studies and found that the average abortion rate after a Down Syndrome diagnosis was 67 percent. A comprehensive survey facilitated by the Charlotte Lozier Institute took opinions of people with Down Syndrome and their families and found the following:
99% of people with Down syndrome are happy with their lives
97% of people with Down syndrome like who they are
97% of brothers/sisters, ages 9-11, said they love their sibling
One only has to spend a brief moment with an individual who has Down Syndrome to witness the joy they bring into a room. Many individuals with Down Syndrome go on to live independently, attend university, marry, and maintain jobs.
However, even if these facts were not the case, individuals with Down Syndrome have an unalienable right to life. Down Syndrome and many other disabilities come as heartbreaking news to expectant mothers. Some disabilities display themselves so prominently in children that they are unable to walk, eat independently, or use the restroom alone. Some diagnoses in the womb are terminal or tragically involve the early death of babies and young children.
None of this should be minimized.
What do we, Mississippi, say of these lives?
It is unfathomable to those of us who have not faced an unforeseen diagnosis of a preborn child to know the emotions and financial strain these parents face. It is up to us, Mississippi, to step up, come alongside these parents, and support them. Over 40 privately funded pregnancy resource centers provide free, confidential resources and information for families facing a diagnosis. Local non-profits, churches, and local support groups offer emotional and financial support to families with children with disabilities. We certainly have room to improve and increase these services in Mississippi, but improving the world for families with disabilities requires respect for their lives, not the promotion of abortion.
For terminal cases when infants only live for a short time after birth or have a chance of passing away in the womb, perinatal hospice and palliative care programs are available to Mississippians. Care for the mother and preborn child is the ethical response to severe anomalies. Abortion does not resolve cases where a lethal fetal anomaly exists; it merely destroys the life of one of the patients. Patients and their families can and should be offered the ethical options of perinatal hospice or palliative care to support them in the same way we do families with an adult member for whom treatment has become futile. Even a brief life has meaning.
There are times diagnoses do not result in a worst case scenario. A woman in Flowood, Tina Oates, was pressured by doctors in Mississippi to abort her son, Coit, after she contracted Cytomegalovirus. In some cases, CMV passed through the placenta during pregnancy leads to disabilities in the child. Tina's family went against persistent medical objections, sought treatment, and have a perfectly healthy little boy today.
Even in non-fatal cases, evidence suggests that as many as 95% of parents receiving a prenatal diagnosis of cystic fibrosis elect to abort the child. Madison resident Joseph Edge, MBA student at Millsaps and MSU Alum, has battled Cystic Fibrosis since birth. He has endured extended hospital stays and emotional and physical hurdles due to his condition. This brilliant young man is loved by his community, loves his bulldogs, and his life is certainly no less valuable than ours.
Consider this Mississippi child, 13-year old Joseph Smith, born with Muscular Atrophy. He is adored by his community, church, and large family as the youngest of seven children. He is unable to walk, speak in full sentences, or eat orally. He requires very regular medical attention and assistance from his family for most daily functions. Joseph has favorites—cowboys and zoo animals. He has dislikes—thunderstorms and the cold. He's friendly and loving and communicates mostly with gestures and expressions. His life is of equal value to everyone else's. It's time for our laws to catch up to that self-evident truth.
Each life has an inherently equal value, no matter the race, sex, or ability of the individual. Mississippi has the chance to be a national leader on this issue and can affirmatively state that it rejects the throwaway culture so prevalent in our society today. The Life Equality Act does just that and deserves to be made law.
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Atiku heads to court as he rejects 2019 election results.
By Dare Okeolu	 Last updated Feb 27, 2019 0
Peoples Democratic Party, presidential candidate Atiku Abubakar, heads to courts as he rejected the outcome of the February 23rd 2019 presidential election.
He said the election was not free, fair and that it was full of many irregularities.
The former Vice President, therefore, said that he would challenge the outcome in court.
Atiku, in a statement he personally signed early Wednesday morning, said if he had lost in a free and fair election, he would have called the winner, President Muhammadu Buhari within seconds of his being aware of the outcome of the exercise.
He said, "if I had lost in a free and fair election, I would have called the victor within seconds of my being aware of his victory to offer not just my congratulations, but my services to help unite Nigeria by being a bridge between the North and the South.
"However, in my democratic struggles for the past three decades, I have never seen our democracy so debased as it was on Saturday, February 23, 2019. 2007 was a challenge, but President Yar'Adua was remorseful. In 2019, it is sad to see those who trampled on democracy thumping their noses down on the Nigerian people.
"Consequently, I hereby reject the result of the February 23, 2019 sham election and will be challenging it in court."
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A lovely pair of earrings in blue.
A waterfall design - with plastic beads towards the top and glass crystal beads at the ends. The plastic beads have a cats eye glint about them.
Condition - there is some wear to the tiny beads just below the crystals. The golden colour on the clips themselves has some wear. Clips are holding firm.


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C 18-08 "Never Give up on your Dream" with Cliff Simon
February 9, 2018 March 11, 2021 Self Discovery Orchard of Wisdom Podcast Community
Choose Positive Living with Sara Troy and her guest Cliff Simon, on air from February 20th
Never give up. Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. Do not conform to what you think others want or need you to be. Be yourself. No one can tell you, who you are going to become. No one is in charge of you. If you believe you will make it, you will, don't listen to just anyone who says you cannot. Always be open to listening to people who have experience in what you want to do. Don't conform. Some teachers will tell you, 'You will never be that.' I hated school because of the constraints. School has nothing to do with how well you will perform in the pursuit of your dreams, or in life.
Born in Johannesburg, South Africa, an Air Force veteran and International athlete, Cliff Simon's unique presence sets him apart every-time. A powerful veteran actor living in Los Angeles since 2000 realized his dream of becoming a USA citizen. He is a published author of 'Paris Nights my year at the Moulin Rouge'.
At a very young age, Cliff aspired to be the first South African swimmer to win an Olympic Gold medal. His mother, being a swim teacher, had him in the pool before he could walk and instilled all the confidence he ever needed to follow that path. At the age of 6, he showed talent as a gymnast. By age 15 Cliff had reached a national level in South Africa in both swimming and gymnastics, but to go further in either one, he needed to devote 100% of his time to just one, and he chose swimming.
At age 15, with all the turmoil in South Africa, his parents decided to immigrate to the United Kingdom. It was here that Cliff completed his schooling and was chosen to swim in the British International squad. He competed in Olympic trials and qualified for the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. He was offered scholarships to Houston University and Southern Methodist University in Texas, where he would train with the best United States swim team, the Mustangs. This would have culminated in him competing in the 1984 Olympic Games.
However, after scraping ice off his car windshield at 5am every morning for 3 years before heading off to swimming training and spending 61/2 hours a day in the pool, Cliff felt waterlogged, burnt out and that he was missing out on his social life as a young man. Halfway through a training session, Cliff climbed out of the pool, sat on the edge and told his coach that he was leaving and would be returning to sunny South Africa. Back in South Africa, Cliff entered the Air Force where he continued his swimming and achieved the highest athletic award given in the Air Force, the Victor Ludorum. In 1982 after serving his 2-year term, Cliff took all he owned in one suitcase and headed down to the coast in an old Fiat convertible.
He landed a job teaching windsurfing and water-skiing at a resort hotel. As fate would have it, a stage show was in production at the resort and Cliff was informed by one of the performers that the choreographer was looking for a gymnast. Cliff somehow knew that this was going to be the first step towards a career on stage. To cut a long story short, Cliff performed all over the world in various stage productions as a dancer/acrobat, culminating in his dream role as a principal performer at the world famous and iconic Moulin Rouge Theater, Paris in 1989.
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On his return to South Africa, Cliff pursued his stage career. Whilst studying drama, Cliff secured himself a modelling agent and enjoyed much success in ramp, print and television commercials. Cliff received major recognition as a model in South Africa and was asked to enter The Mr South Africa talent and action man competition. On winning this competition in 1992, Cliff was offered an audition on a hugely successful television series, called Egoli – Place of Gold. After guest-starring on the show for 3 months, he was offered a permanent contract as a regular cast member in a lead role and would go on to become a household name for his 6-year run. After being personally affected and sick and tired of the violent crime in Johannesburg, he decided it was now or never and he immigrated to the USA with his wife, with the hope of having a better quality of life. This also gave him the opportunity to realize a long time dream of further pursuing his acting career in America.
Cliff soon landed a guest star role with Don Johnson on the hit TV series, 'Nash Bridges'. A short time after that, he acquired the guest star recurring role of Ba'al on 'Stargate SG1'. Cliff's combination of charming bad guy charisma and wicked sense of humour made him a viewer favourite antagonist, keeping his character recurring for 5 seasons.
In 2007, Cliff was brought back to play Ba'al in the Stargate SG1 movie, 'Continuum', which was released in 2008. Cliff was nominated for BEST GUEST STAR at Best of TV Awards Canada 2014 for his role in 'Castle'. Cliff has many upcoming projects and has guest-starred in many network TV series and films. His short film 'The Long Dig' is due for release in Aug 2018. He is penned for 2 huge upcoming projects 'Almythea 2 Rise of the Astra' and 'Land of the Free'. His latest film release 'Project Eden Vol 1′( Best Vision Award at the Boston Film Festival ) had a USA theatrical release in Jan 2018, and he is getting ready to shoot Vol 2 in 2018.
When Cliff is not working you will find him racing dolphins on his kiteboard off the beaches of Malibu or surfing a wave and leading a quiet life.
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