Doesn't the CBR600 already earn an *eia with a third of the power? The one in the vid is just bonkers.

Unfortunatly, it's not just Merkel and her cabinet. It's the press, it's the economics departments at universities, it's politicians at all levels. Call it an economic nationalism, hell-bent to defend what they know to be the moral way of doing business. Everything left of this special flavour of market fundamentalism has been systematically attacked and suppressed for at least 30 years.

For instance, our socialist party, still referred to as the fringe of what is acceptable, runs on what is basically a carbon-copy of social-democrat programmes from the '70s. Similar to the British Green Party and Labour. Krugman, Stiglitz, Baker, Wolff, DeLong -- they'd all be on the fringe in Germany. Even the likes of Simon Johnson (IMF) or Willem Buiters (City Group).

If you speak out in favour of higher inflation (wage growth) to ease the pressure on our brothers and sisters in southern Europe, you'll be charged with waging a war against German saver. "You want to devalue what little savings a nurse can accrue? Don't you support blue collar workers?"

The same blue collar workers have been stripped of their savings by 15 years of wage suppression, the same blue collar workers are looking at poverty when they retire, because the PAYGO pension system was turned into a capital-based system that only works to your benefit if you never lose your job, always pay your dues and reach at least age 95. The previous system survived two world wars without a problem, yet was deemed flawed when they realized how much money could be channeled into the financial system – only to disappear at the first sight of a crisis, eg every five to ten years.

Similarly, you could point out that a focus on trade surpluses might not be the greatest of ideas, given the dependence it creates on foreign demand, a weak currency and restricted wage growth domestically. But they'll call you a looney. "The trade surplus is a result of just how industrious our workers, how creative our scientists and how skilled our engineers are. It's all innovation, mate! Are you saying we force the others to buy our stuff? That's madness."

You simply cannot have an open discussion about macroeconomics in Germany. Do I have to mention how schizophrenic it makes me feel to read contradictory descriptions of reality every day? It's bonkers and everyone's better off NOT reading both German and international sources on these matters.


Any compromise would have to work with this in mind. They'd have to package in a way that doesn't smell like debt relief of any kind. People know that stretching the payment out over 100 years equals debt relief, but it might just be enough of a lie to get beyond the level of self-deception that is simply part of politics. If they manage to paint Varoufakis' idea of growth-based levels of payment as the best way to get German funds back, people might go for it. Not sure if our government would, but you could sell it to the public. And with enough pressure from Greece, Spain, Italy, and France most of all, maybe Merkel could be "persuaded" to agree to a deal.

As for Syriza's domestic problems: it's a one-way ticket to hell. Undoing decades of nepotism under external pressure, with insolvency knocking on your door? Best of luck.

Italy is hard on Greece's heels in terms of institutional corruption. Southern Italy, in particular, is an absolute mess. Given the size of the Italian economy, Syriza better succeed, so their work can be used as a blueprint. Otherwise we're going to need a whole lot of popcorn in the next decade...


Edit: Case in point, German position paper, as described by Reuters. As if the elections in Greece never took place.

I re(member/call) when my huge CRT monitor went bonker when one/1 of the work people brought in a cart near my cubicle. I think there were magnets in it.

It is true that MMA is not the be-all end-all of martial arts,and in fact "two persons of equivalent weight competing willingly on neutral ground" is quite far removed from "actual trouble" (key words: "two", "willingly").

That being said, two things:
1) There have been 'no-hold-barred' fights / underground duels recorded since at least the 1920s, some of them very violent and bone-splitting (famously: Kimura Vs Gracie), and 'soft' aikido-style systems never won anything.

2) More importantly, systema does claim a number of things, including being a martial art in the military sense, and being the product of an elite military force, to which it was reserved (i.e. it was secret). It also claims to have semi-mystical roots dating from the middle ages, and bonker stuff like 'paralyzing soft punch' and 'healing punch' (this is claimed by its actual founder - you can look it up). Of course none of those claims have been substantiated.

So systema is either:
- An elite martial art with Fist-Of-The-North-Star like powers, yet no one heard of it before or beside (not pre-USSR historians, not recognized Russian martial artists, and not actual Russian elite military officers), and was/is super-secret, yet can be somehow taught to anyone.

Or:
- Stuff made up by two guys out of the army.

You decide.

If your goal is "studying" and "bettering yourself", shouldn't that involve something that's honest with its claims?

I agree with Velocity5, it is, indeed, self-deception.

I'm fairly certain that these "Intelligence" Agencies have collectively gone entirely bonkers.

Absolute monitoring, absolute control, absolute peace.

9/11 was a blessing for government agencies. They gained more than any terrorist did.

So you're reducing anyone who enjoys Tarantino's movies into a screaming fanatic? That's bonkers yo.

While we're stating opinions as obvious global fact, Jackie Brown is his masterpiece.

It should be noted that the guy hosting the video is a well known nutjob. He apparently sold a sham supplement, then almost killed himself taking it... then because he couldn't sue himself he sued the company he hired to make it for him. This guy grade a bonkers. Chances are if hes doing something, hes out to make cash from it somehow.

↺↺↺ Yeah yo man, Swedens' bonkers-*promote
caught the Freudian slippage as well, nice call, cluhlenbrauck

One of the comments says 8:36, but doesn't provide a source... perhaps worked it out from the vid? It's certainly over 8 minutes and under 9, so quite quick but not quite the bonkers 7:22 from Nick Tandy. For reference, that's not a whole lot slower than James Hunt's pole position time of 7:06.5 in the 1976 German Grand Prix, the last one held on the track.

Not only in Louisiana will you find denial on this level...
http://www.nbc33tv.com/news/video-man-hangs-on-to-hoo

Someone would have more problems after he was released from jail if they took me for a get-out-of-jail spin after a scooping me up....This shits bonkers-My atty. would work with a judge to see that someone who did this was NEVER allowed a drivers license again....That after a few random beatings.

A million flights a day go off without any of this shit. Just charge her for the extra fuel used unless she's proven bonkers.

It really is a hybrid, having both electric and petrol driven motors, leading to better performance than either system alone.

It's not the only one of these bonkers hybrid sports cars.

Instant upvote. Bonkers.

It must be fun to just go completely bonkers like that. Have to try that when I get a little bit older.

Quite beautiful, and quite bonkers.