Europe

[noddy]

[Endovelico]

[noddy]

if the local millionaire gave me cheap credit and lots of space to stuff up and learn, id do alot better aswell.

however the local millionaire isnt interested in making me more successful than him, so i dont spend alot of time thinking about how nice that would be, and focus on other approaches that dont require his intervention at all.

if he does intervene, it will be to hold me down...hence i focus on keeping that bugger at arms length... dont take gifts from the mafia, they become obligations.

[Endovelico]

[Endovelico]

[AzariLoveIran]

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EU's total crude imports increased to €220 billion in 2010 from €168 billion in 2009.

top 10 oil suppliers to the European Union in 2010


Russia (€74.35 bln)

Norway (€33.45 bln)

Libya (€22.3 bln)

Kazakhstan (€12.52 bln)

Iran (€11.44 bln)

Nigeria (€10.23 bln)

Saudi Arabia (€10.11 bln)

Azerbaijan (€9.46 bln)

Iraq (€6.36 bln)

Algeria (€4.94 bln)


Iran had supplied 4.8 percent of EU's crude demand 2009, while the figure increased to 5.2 percent in 2010

In 2009, Iran had exported €8.11 billion oil to the 27 member states of EU being ranked 7th biggest crude supplier to the union. In 2010, the figure exceeded €11.44 billion making the country the fifth biggest crude exporter to the EU, according to Eurostat.


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[Endovelico]

[Najar]

Hey - may be those guys can take up arms and start a fight for freedom & democracy. We will then have Nato bombing its own ally.

[Alexis]

[AzariLoveIran]

[Alexis]

[Alexis]

[Endovelico]

[monster_gardener]

[Endovelico]

[Colonel Sun]

[Endovelico]

8 April 2011 Der Standard Vienna


Some people understand what is going on. Notice the bird...

[Endovelico]

[YMix]

Good for Iceland. I'm very interested in this issue.

[AzariLoveIran]

[YMix]

[AzariLoveIran]

[Endovelico]

[Endovelico]

[Alexis]

To understand the scale of what was at stake for Iceland in this vote, and generally for other countries in these extortions of public money for payment of private debts, a few points of comparison:

- After its defeat in 1870-71 against Germany and as compensation for having started the war, France paid about 10% of its GDP as a war ransom

- After its defeat in 1914-1918 and as compensation for having looted and devastated several of its neighbours, Germany effectively paid about 16% of its GDP as war reparations

- Iceland's GDP in 2010 was , which is less than 10 billion euro. What British and Dutch governments are attempting is to get 3.9 billion euro for debts which were not incurred by Iceland, that is a racket for about 40% of Iceland's GDP

- Ireland is slated to shoulder 24 billion euro for new bank bailout, on top of 40+ billion already spent. Given a 2010 GDP about 150 billion, the racket resulting from decision to bailout the banks is about 43% of Ireland's GDP