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  • SchnittsKrieg in Europa!

    Daily, at least, someone in the blogosphere or media points out the irony: having attempted twice in the last century to force its writ on its European neighbors at gunpoint, in the twenty-first century Germany has a new weapon: sovereign default. Call it Schnittskrieg: a war of cuts, deep, damaging austerity that amputates and excises and [...]

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  • The Sad Case of the Germans

        The maiden Europa is engaged To the handsome genius ace Of freedom; lying down, arm in arm, They enjoy their first embrace.   The marriage is valid, though no priest Has blessed it with holy waters. Long live the bridegroom and his bride And their future sons and daughters! – Heinrich Heine, Germany, [...]

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