“We just have far too many old people,” she said. “It’s ridiculous to be living in a country where we can put dogs to sleep but not people.”Not sure if trolling, but I do like the ridiculous visual of old people running out with their walkers to get put into a mobile execution van.
“We need to accept that just because medical advances mean we can live longer, it’s not necessarily the right thing to do.”
Her solution to the problem? “Easy. Euthanasia vans – just like ice-cream vans – that would come to your home.”
“It would all be perfectly charming. They might even have a nice little tune they’d play. I mean this genuinely. I’m super-keen on euthanasia vans,” she said.
Greece is playing it correctly. Agree to everything. Give Germany no excuse to do what they want. Get the money.Treat it like the great giveaway to FX traders that bailouts always are.
BONUS: The bailouts there work pretty much the same way they work here; as a bonanza for speculators:
In essence, then, it looks like investors are front-running the government—getting out before the official stimulus dries up. Today, what began as a fairly normal down day turned into a rout in that last hour of trading...
