California Enacts Vaccine Law That Forces Parents to Choose Between Human Rights and Civil Rights

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– California Enacts Vaccine Law That Forces Parents to Choose Between Human Rights and Civil Rights  (Dr. Mercola, July 14, 2015):

From flash to bang, it took the politically powerful corporate, medical trade, and government lobbyists just six months this year to gut the human right to informed consent to medical risk taking and the civil right to a school education in California.

They did it by enacting a new law (SB 277) signed by Governor Jerry Brown on June 29, 2015 that denies parents the legal right to file a personal belief exemption to vaccination for religious and conscientious beliefs so their children can attend school.

Read moreCalifornia Enacts Vaccine Law That Forces Parents to Choose Between Human Rights and Civil Rights

Tsipras Stunner: Creditors Said “There Is No Point In Holding Elections” In Bailed Out Countries

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– Tsipras Stunner: Creditors Said “There Is No Point In Holding Elections” In Bailed Out Countries (ZeroHedge, July 14, 2015):

While Germany’s finmin Schauble is about to burst at few capillaries after reading the latest provocation from Tsipras in which he said, according to Reuters, that:

  • GREEK PM TSIPRAS SAYS I SIGNED I DEAL I DO NOT BELIEVE IN BUT I’M WILLING TO IMPLEMENT AND WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITIES

It should be the Greek people that are reeling by another, even greater stunner, just spoken by the Greek PM during his TV interview: an admission from the chosen Greek “leader” that Greece, as a
sovereign nation, no longer exists:

  • GREEK PM TSIPRAS SAYS LENDERS GIVE A MESSAGE THAT IN COUNTRIES UNDER A BAILOUT THERE IS NO POINT IN HOLDING ELECTIONS

So the Troika makes it clear that countries under a bailout, such as a Greece was and is about to be indefinitely again, democracy is finished and the country becomes a sovereign ward of a few unelected bureaucrats, and the Greek “prime minister” who also just admitted he is now nothing but a puppet of Greece’s new unelected leaders, is Ok with this.

Read moreTsipras Stunner: Creditors Said “There Is No Point In Holding Elections” In Bailed Out Countries

The Inside Story Of How Deutsche Bank “Deals With” Whistleblowers

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– Exclusive: The Inside Story Of How Deutsche Bank “Deals With” Whistleblowers (ZeroHedge, July 14, 2015):

Back in May we brought you “The Real Story Behind Deutsche Bank’s Latest Book Cooking Settlement,” in which we detailed the circumstances that led the bank to settle claims it mismarked its crisis-era derivatives book to the tune of at least $5 billion.

Deutsche Bank settled the issue with the SEC for the laughable sum of $55 million a few months back.

The SEC inquiry was prompted, in part, by Dr. Eric Ben-Artzi who was fired from Deutsche Bank in 2011 after expressing his concerns about the bank’s valuation methodology.

What follows is the real, play-by-play account of Ben-Artzi’s dismissal from Deutsche Bank, told in its entirety for the first time. 

Read moreThe Inside Story Of How Deutsche Bank “Deals With” Whistleblowers

Tsipras Interviewed, Sticks Foot In Mouth: “I Signed A Deal I Do Not Believe In But Am Willing To Implement”

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– Tsipras Interviewed, Sticks Foot In Mouth: “I Signed A Deal I Do Not Believe In But Am Willing To Implement” (ZeroHedge, July 14, 2015):

Here is the punchline and the only thing the German, Finns, Dutch, Slovenians, Slovaks, and the Baltic states will hear:

  • GREEK PM TSIPRAS SAYS I SIGNED I DEAL I DO NOT BELIEVE IN BUT I’M WILLING TO IMPLEMENT AND WILL ASSUME RESPONSIBILITIES

And now over to Schauble.

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Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is being interviewed on Greek TV:

Read moreTsipras Interviewed, Sticks Foot In Mouth: “I Signed A Deal I Do Not Believe In But Am Willing To Implement”

US Army May Use Hollow Points In New Pistols In Violation Of International Protocol

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Flashback:

– DHS Pathetic Excuse For Buying Billions Of Rounds Of Ammunition:

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It’s all about saving money, you see. DHS isn’t arming up in anticipation of a shooting war on the streets of America, and it’s not buying thousands of armored assault vehicles for that purpose either. No, DHS is only buying all this ammo to save you money!

This response by DHS, of course, is an obvious lie. Why? Because a significant portion of the bullet purchases specify hollow point rounds. In case you didn’t know, hollow points are significantly MORE expensive than “ball” ammo (FMJ). Under the Geneva convention, hollow points are illegal to use in war because they cause far greater tissue damage, too. So they can only be used domestically, inside the United States in a civil action, not an international war.

If DHS really wanted to “significantly lower costs” on ammunition, it would have purchased FMJ rounds (full metal jacket), not hollow points. But in April of 2012, ammunition manufacturer ATK announced it had been awarded a DHS purchase contract for 450 million rounds of hollow point .40 caliber ammo. That’s almost half a billion rounds right there, and they’re all hollow point rounds.

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–  US Army May Use Hollow Points In New Pistols In Violation Of International Protocol (ZeroHedge, July 13, 2015):

A few months back, when “boots on the ground” trial balloons were floating around Washington, one argument made for sending so-called “forward spotters” to Iraq and possibly to Syria was that US airstrikes against ISIS needed to be made more efficient and more precise in order to minimize collateral damage.

As a reminder here’s an excerpt from a Bloomberg piece published on May 22:

Conducting precision airstrikes that avoid civilian casualties is more difficult without spotters using laser designators and other tools to guide them, particularly in and around cities, said a State Department official who spoke under ground rules requiring anonymity.

Read moreUS Army May Use Hollow Points In New Pistols In Violation Of International Protocol

Greek Bad Loans Soar To €100 Billion

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– Greek Bad Loans Soar To €100 Billion (ZeroHedge, July 14, 2015):

ust when you thought it was safe to buy Greek Banks (which it is not!) based on the mainstream media narrative that Greece is now fixed, ekathimerini reports that not only are deposits flying out the door at unprecedented pace (albeit stalled by capital controls) but non-performing loans have increased dramatically in the last few weeks as hundreds of households and enterprises have stopped making their repayments either due to a genuine inability to pay or because of the general uncertainty in the economy that has seen transactions freeze.

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Greek Debt/GDP: 336% By 2025

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“Several days ago when we first calculated that the new Greek debt/GDP post bailout #3 will promptly hit 200%, something the IMF agreed with earlier today. But it won’t stop here, and as the  following analysis from Michael Lebowitz at 720 Global shows, just based on the country’s negative growth rate and positive interest rate, Greek debt/GDP will keep rising indefinitely and will likely hit 336% in about one decade, at which point Greece will, for all intents and purposes, cease to exist.”

– Greek Debt/GDP: 336% By 2025 (ZeroHedge, July 14, 2015):

Back in 2012, when the IMF forecast that by 2022 Greek debt would become sustainable (under 120%) we laughed, and laughed, then laughed some more (see: The Farcical Tragicomedy Of The “Sustainable” Greek Debt/GDP “Denominator from November, 2012)

Three years later the IMF itself not only admitted its original Greek debt “sustainability” predictions were total garbage (hence our quarterly humor series presenting the latest and greatest IMF projections about world growth), of which the most humorous was its forecast of Greek 2016 GDP growth as the highest in the entire Eurozone…

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… but the IMF itself, under pressure from Washington, has become the biggest advocate of debt forgiveness, just not its own debt: that of the ECB will do nicely.

Read moreGreek Debt/GDP: 336% By 2025

Diminishing Returns on Central-Planning Policy Extremes = Crash Definitely By 2016

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– Diminishing Returns on Central-Planning Policy Extremes = 2016 Crash (Of Two Minds, July 14, 2015):

The problem with these policy extremes is that they are so painfully visibly acts of central-planning desperation.

It is perhaps fitting that I am posting a call for a financial crisis that fails to respond to the usual central-planning manipulations on Bastille Day. There are two main lessons for the present era we can draw from the storming of the much-hated Bastille fortress-prison by a revolutionary mob in 1789 Paris:

Read moreDiminishing Returns on Central-Planning Policy Extremes = Crash Definitely By 2016

IMF Declares War On Germany: In “Secret” Report Lagarde Says Greece Will Need Massive Debt Relief

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FYI.

“The dramatic deterioration in debt sustainability points to the need for debt relief on a scale that would need to go well beyond what has been under consideration to date – and what has been proposed by the ESM. European countries would have to give Greece a 30-year grace period on servicing all its European debt, including new loans, and a very dramatic maturity extension, or else make explicit annual fiscal transfers to the Greek budget or accept ‘deep upfront haircuts’.”

Or, more simply: “Mark it zero.”

– IMF Declares War On Germany: In “Secret” Report Lagarde Says Greece Will Need Massive Debt Relief (ZeroHedge, July 14, 2015):

Update: Europe now looks to be in damage control mode. Here’s Reuters:

  • EU SOURCE SAYS EURO ZONE LEADERS KNEW OF LATEST IMF DEBT ANALYSIS FOR GREECE BEOFRE AGREEING ON THIRD BAILOUT TERMS

A divide between the IMF and Europe (read: Germany), regarding writedowns on Greece’s debt to the EU has been brewing for quite some time and recently returned to the international spotlight when, a few months back, the Fund indicated debt relief was a precondition for its participation in any further aid for Athens.

Read moreIMF Declares War On Germany: In “Secret” Report Lagarde Says Greece Will Need Massive Debt Relief

Complete Humiliation: Greek Parliament Pressed To “Approve” German “Coup”

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– Complete Humiliation: Greek Parliament Pressed To “Approve” German “Coup” (ZeroHedge, July 14, 2015):

Months ago we said the following about the future of Greek politics:

It is becoming increasingly clear that the Syriza show will ultimately have to be canceled in Greece (or at least recast) if the country intends to find a long-term solution that allows for stable relations with European creditors although it may be time for Greeks to ask themselves if binding their fate to Europe is in their best interests given that some EU officials seem to be perfectly fine with inflicting untold economic pain upon everyday Greeks if it means usurping the ‘radical leftists.’

At the risk of overstating the case, that assessment has now proven to be almost entirely accurate. 

Read moreComplete Humiliation: Greek Parliament Pressed To “Approve” German “Coup”

Greek bailout deal highlights monumental scale of Syriza’s betrayal

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– Greek bailout deal highlights monumental scale of Syriza’s betrayal (WSWS, July 14, 2015):

Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has signed up to an agreement that transforms Greece into a de facto colony of the European Union and places the country under the dictates of Germany.

What remains of the Greek economy, above all its most valuable assets, is to be pillaged so that Athens can continue to pay back loans from the EU, the European Central Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

Greece is to be placed under the direct control of EU officials. The function of Greece’s parliament will be to rubber-stamp the transfer of real authority to Brussels and Berlin. It has until Wednesday to pass a series of laws implementing the demands of German imperialism and the EU.

Read moreGreek bailout deal highlights monumental scale of Syriza’s betrayal

Varoufakis: Greek Deal Is “Coup”, Turns Greece Into “Vassal” State, And Deals “Decisive Blow” To European Project

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– Varoufakis: Greek Deal Is “Coup”, Turns Greece Into “Vassal” State, And Deals “Decisive Blow” To European Project (ZeroHedge, July 14, 2015):

Yanis Varoufakis, fresh off a few relaxing days at his island getaway, will be back in the Greek parliament this week to weigh in on the “compromise” deal his successor Euclid Tsakalotos and PM Alexis Tsipras struck in Brussels over the weekend.

Considering the eyewitness accounts of the highly contentious Eurogroup meeting – out of which came the exceedingly punitive term sheet which would serve as the basis for Greece’s agreement with creditors – one can only imagine what might have unfolded if Varoufakis had been present for the “crazy kindergarten” finance minister free-for-all which reportedly took place on Saturday night.

For those curious to know what Yanis thinks about the deal, below are some “impressionistic thoughts” from the man himself. Highlights include the characterization of the Greek deal as a “decisive blow against the Euorpean project”, a “statement confirming that Greece acquiesces to becoming a vassal of the Eurogroup”, and the “culmination of a coup”.

Read moreVaroufakis: Greek Deal Is “Coup”, Turns Greece Into “Vassal” State, And Deals “Decisive Blow” To European Project

Hillary Clinton Blasts High Frequency Trading Ahead of Fundraiser with High Frequency Trader

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– Hillary Clinton Blasts High Frequency Trading Ahead of Fundraiser with High Frequency Trader (Liberty Blitzkrieg, July 14, 2015):

One of the most entertaining angles of the imperial spectacle known as the 2016 U.S. Presidential campaign, has been watching Hillary Clinton, the consummate insider, pretend to be an outsider. The fact that anyone eats this up is a testament to the epic stupidity and ignorance of the American public.

In her latest attempt at faux populism, Her Highness was found criticizing high frequency traders, as well as other Wall Street “fat cats,” with whom she is extremely cozy, during a speech at the New School. Her next stop? A fundraiser thrown by a high frequency trader.

Read moreHillary Clinton Blasts High Frequency Trading Ahead of Fundraiser with High Frequency Trader

Japan’s Economic Disaster – Real Wages Lowest Since 1990, Record Numbers Describe “Hard” Living Conditions

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– Japan’s Economic Disaster – Real Wages Lowest Since 1990, Record Numbers Describe “Hard” Living Conditions (Liberty Blitzkrieg, July 13, 2015):

With so much attention rightly focused on China at the moment (see: Chinese Authorities Arrest Over 100 Human Rights Activists and Lawyers in Desperate Crackdown on Dissent), people aren’t paying enough attention to the budding economic calamity unfolding in Japan.

While “Abenomics” has succeeded in boosting the stock market and food prices, it has utterly failed to raise wages. In fact, wages adjusted for inflation have plunged to the lowest since 1990. As such, a record number of households now describe their living conditions as “somewhat hard” or “very hard.”

Read moreJapan’s Economic Disaster – Real Wages Lowest Since 1990, Record Numbers Describe “Hard” Living Conditions

Everything You Need to Know About the Greek Crisis and ECB Fascism in Two Paragraphs

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– Everything You Need to Know About the Greek Crisis and ECB Fascism in Two Paragraphs (Liberty Blitzkrieg, July 13, 2015):

Yanis Varoufakis just sat down for his first interview since resigning as Finance Minister of Greece. He talked frankly with Harry Lambert of the New Statesman. Here are the two most important paragraphs from the transcript.

There is no democracy in Europe. None.

Varoufakis said that Schäuble, Germany’s finance minister and the architect of the deals Greece signed in 2010 and 2012, was “consistent throughout”. “His view was ‘I’m not discussing the programme – this was accepted by the previous [Greek] government and we can’t possibly allow an election to change anything.

 “So at that point I said ‘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. So you either sign on the dotted line or you are out.’”

Any questions?

Read moreEverything You Need to Know About the Greek Crisis and ECB Fascism in Two Paragraphs

Vatican Child Sex Abuse Trial Closes After Six Minutes As Ex-Archbishop ‘Falls Ill’

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– Vatican sex abuse trial halted as ex-archbishop falls ill (BBC News, July 11, 2015):

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He is also charged with possession of child pornography.

If convicted, he could face between six and 10 years in a Vatican jail.

Pope Francis has overhauled the Vatican’s justice system to allow bishops to be tried in the Papal state, after the church was accused of not doing enough to tackle sex crimes against children.

– Vatican child sex abuse trial closes after six minutes (New Zealand Herald/Sunday Telegraph, July 12, 2015):

The Vatican’s first child sex abuse trial opened yesterday and closed after six minutes when the defendant failed to turn up.

Jozef Wesolowski, 66, the Holy See’s former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, was supposed to appear before a tribunal within the walls of the Vatican to face charges of paying underage boys for sexual acts in the Caribbean country.

However, the former archbishop was taken to hospital hours before the hearing was due to start, with Vatican officials saying he was in intensive care for an “unexpected” but unspecified illness, probably related to heart problems and stress.

Read moreVatican Child Sex Abuse Trial Closes After Six Minutes As Ex-Archbishop ‘Falls Ill’

Greek crisis endgame: EU agrees to allocate €80bn+ over 3 years

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– Greek crisis endgame: EU agrees to allocate €80bn+ over 3 years (RT, July 13, 2015):

After 17 hours of marathon talks, the eurozone leaders have reached an agreement over a third three-year bailout for debt-ridden Greece worth around €82-86 billion, which averts the risk of the country leaving the eurozone.

In his Twitter account the President of the European Council Donald Tusk said that agreement on Greece was reached “unanimously”.All of the key participants in the talks acknowledged that the deal means a so-called Grexit was no longer on the agenda.

Read moreGreek crisis endgame: EU agrees to allocate €80bn+ over 3 years

Greece Just Lost Control Of Its Banks, And Why Deposit Haircuts Are Imminent

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– Greece Just Lost Control Of Its Banks, And Why Deposit Haircuts Are Imminent (ZeroHedge, July 13, 2015):

Yes, Greek banks may have been insolvent – something that was clear since the first bailout of 2010 – but at least the Greek state had control over them: as such it could have mandated mergers, recapitalizations, liquidity injections, even depositor bail-ins (perhaps the harshest lesson for the ordinary Greek population as a result of this latest crisis is that deposits are not “cash in the bank” but liabilities of insolvent financial organizations).

Starting on Wednesday that will no longer be the case.

Read moreGreece Just Lost Control Of Its Banks, And Why Deposit Haircuts Are Imminent

What Assets Did Greece Just Hand Over To Europe: “Airports, Airplanes, Infrastructure And Most Certainly Banks”

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– What Assets Did Greece Just Hand Over To Europe: “Airports, Airplanes, Infrastructure And Most Certainly Banks” (ZeroHedge, July 13, 2015):

The Simpsons had it right all along:

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With the provocative and dramatic Greek “time out” language pulled from the final finmin and summit draft language, the two most humiliating aspects of the latest extend and pretend “deal” for the Greek people will be the return of the Troika’s (surely we can call it the Troika again as part of the Greek capitulation) IMF mission to Athens, and the escrowing of some €50 billion in  Greek assets in a liquidation fund.

Read moreWhat Assets Did Greece Just Hand Over To Europe: “Airports, Airplanes, Infrastructure And Most Certainly Banks”

After Unconditional Surrender To Berlin And Brussels Here’s What’s Next For Greece

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– After “Deal”, Here’s What’s Next For Greece (ZeroHedge, July 13, 2015):

Now that Greece has capitulated and offered up its sovereignty in what can only be described as an unconditional surrender to Berlin and Brussels, you might be curious as to what the most likely next steps are for Greece, its government, and its people.

For reference, here is a quick summary courtesy of Bloomberg: 

Read moreAfter Unconditional Surrender To Berlin And Brussels Here’s What’s Next For Greece

Deal Struck Following Total Capitulation By Tsipras: Market Awaits Greek Reaction To Draconian Deal Terms

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– Deal Struck Following Total Capitulation By Tsipras: Market Awaits Greek Reaction To Draconian Deal Terms (ZeroHedge, July 13, 2015):

Last night, when we concluded our overnight summary state of affairs we said that “we expect some resolution around first light this morning, and while another Greek can kicking and some last-moment “hope” is surely in the cards, we know two things: Greece is officially finished – there is no way the Tsipras or any other government can politically recover after such a humiliating spectacle when half of Europe made a mockery of the Greek people; and perhaps better, we finally have seen the true face of Europe: visible only when things are finally falling apart.”

Read moreDeal Struck Following Total Capitulation By Tsipras: Market Awaits Greek Reaction To Draconian Deal Terms

EU Exit Will Now Be “Threat To Those Who Don’t Behave The German Way,” BofA Says

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– EU Exit Will Now Be “Threat To Those Who Don’t Behave The German Way,” BofA Says (ZeroHedge, July 13, 2015):

While the Greek “compromise” deal may have averted an outright economic collapse in Greece in the short-term (although one would be hard pressed to describe the current situation on the ground as anything other than a depression) and may for the time being allow EU officials to cling to the notion that the euro is “indissoluble,” the fraught negotiations that took place over the weekend in Brussels laid bare for all to see the unbridgeable gap between EMU nations. 

Read moreEU Exit Will Now Be “Threat To Those Who Don’t Behave The German Way,” BofA Says

New Government Likely In Greece, Depositor Bail-In Still Possible, Deutsche Bank Says

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– New Government Likely In Greece, Depositor Bail-In Still Possible, Deutsche Bank Says (ZeroHedge, July 13, 2015):

Over the weekend, the entire world looked on in horror as Alexis Tsipras – who just days earlier secured a crucial referendum victory which by all accounts empowered him to ride into Brussels a conquering hero – was eviscerated by German FinMin Wolfgang Schaeuble and several like-minded EU finance ministers who smelled blood last Thursday after Greece submitted a proposal that betrayed the Greek PM’s lack of conviction.

Read moreNew Government Likely In Greece, Depositor Bail-In Still Possible, Deutsche Bank Says

Yanis Varoufakis: “Merkel’s Control Over The Eurogroup Is Absolute, They Are Beyond The Law”

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Bilderberg and Illuminati puppet Merkel.

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“We Are On Our Own“

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Change we can believe in!

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– Yanis Varoufakis: “Merkel’s Control Over The Eurogroup Is Absolute, They Are Beyond The Law” (ZeroHedge, July 13, 2015):

Submitted by Harry Lambert via The New Statesman,

Read the full Q&A Transcript here

Greece has finally reached an agreement with its creditors. The specifics have not yet been published, but it is clear that the deal signed is more punitive and demanding than the one that its government has spent the past five months desperately trying to resist.

The accord follows 48 hours in which Germany demanded control of Greece’s finances or its withdrawal from the euro. Many observers across Europe were stunned by the move. Yanis Varoufakis was not. When I spoke with Greece’s former finance minister last week, I asked him whether any deal struck in the days ahead would be good for his country.

“If anything it will be worse,” he said. “I trust and hope that our government will insist on debt restructuring, but I can’t see how the German finance minister [Wolfgang Schäuble] is ever going to sign up to this. If he does, it will be a miracle.”

Read moreYanis Varoufakis: “Merkel’s Control Over The Eurogroup Is Absolute, They Are Beyond The Law”