tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post8671382122775680233..comments2024-03-27T18:24:19.683-07:00Comments on Steve Sailer: iSteve: Greece and OlympicsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger62125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26820631707507918742010-02-21T20:55:00.975-08:002010-02-21T20:55:00.975-08:00Anna Vissi, Hellenic beauty.
http://www.youtube....Anna Vissi, Hellenic beauty. <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9E3ULigf6w&feature=relatedAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-3083930667624528742010-02-20T07:59:59.147-08:002010-02-20T07:59:59.147-08:00It may come as a surprise to Americans, but in Gre...<i>It may come as a surprise to Americans, but in Greece there isn't actually what you may call a "Conservative Right". The Left completely dominates every aspect of public discourse, the media and the academia. The supposedly right-wing party is a caricature full of weaklings ready to pander the left-wing press and the far-left parties on any given occasion</i>.<br /><br />The US is only a few inches to the right of what you are describing. Your comments about the "right-wing" party in Greece is also a pretty good description of the RW party here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-65779183354217216842010-02-17T05:15:40.565-08:002010-02-17T05:15:40.565-08:00Do Muslim countries ever have any athletes in the ...<i>Do Muslim countries ever have any athletes in the olympics?</i><br /><br />Um, yes, they definitely do. Not a lot in the Winter Games, to be sure, but a few countries did send delegations, including Turkey, Iran, and Algeria.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-446931582674681702010-02-16T12:40:36.486-08:002010-02-16T12:40:36.486-08:00Markku saidGreece joined the EU on the 1st of Janu...Markku said<i>Greece joined the EU on the 1st of January 1981.</i><br><br />Yeah, but they introduced the Euro in 2001 which was what I was after. I missed that date by 1 year.headachenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-84277333765981584422010-02-15T14:46:45.694-08:002010-02-15T14:46:45.694-08:00It's not Ioannidis, but a DeGaul that Greece n...It's not Ioannidis, but a DeGaul that Greece needs. A Sarkozy to say the least.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-64086968613107598552010-02-15T13:44:52.771-08:002010-02-15T13:44:52.771-08:00Dimitrios Ioannidis - tanned, rested, and ready!<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimitrios_Ioannidis" rel="nofollow">Dimitrios Ioannidis</a> - tanned, rested, and ready!Mencius Moldbughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16472157249344139282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-26176389502278834092010-02-15T06:05:54.769-08:002010-02-15T06:05:54.769-08:00Those Scots-Irish whizz kids eh?!!
Working to und...<i>Those Scots-Irish whizz kids eh?!!<br /><br />Working to undermine both sides of the Atlantic. </i><br /><br />Wrong there. Goldman sachs is totally dominated by the evil Wasp- Harvard mafia, just like Hollywood.Testicular99noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-21558127411110243562010-02-15T02:37:24.955-08:002010-02-15T02:37:24.955-08:00Anyway, once Greece obtained membership in 2000, t...<i>Anyway, once Greece obtained membership in 2000, there was cash aplenty from the EU coffers so they immediately set about building huge infrastructure projects.</i><br /><br />Greece joined the EU on the 1st of January 1981.Markkuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12459969689345560778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-27381987374376579632010-02-15T01:36:25.043-08:002010-02-15T01:36:25.043-08:00Concerning the ethic makeup of Greeks, I found thi...Concerning the ethic makeup of Greeks, I found this video apropos.<br /><br />The Greek actress in this interview, Melina Kanakaredes, tells the blond hostess that the ancient Greeks were blond and that they became dark after the Ottomans arrived.<br /><br />I'm not saying she is an expert. But I found it interesting that she openly spoke about it.<br /><br />Here is the video. Go directly to the 10:15 mark and just watch the last 20 seconds or so. The rest is dreck.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cnvel7-1mwEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-24728734356885935292010-02-15T01:13:05.043-08:002010-02-15T01:13:05.043-08:00...the 1984 LA Olympics, which made a fortune by u...<i>...the 1984 LA Olympics, which made a fortune by using old stadia...</i><br /><br />Barcelona also vied for the 1932 Games, and built a stadium for it. That saved them quite a bit when they finally got to use it in 1992!<br /><br />Manchester did the same more recently. Now they have to sit and watch Londoners lord it over them in 2012, while hoping their great-grandchildren will have paid it off when Manchester finally does get to host the Games. (BTW, who's better off-- City, who have to play in it, or United, who don't? NB for US: United = Yankees; City = Mets, or old Dodgers)<br /><br />In fact, Chicago's best argument was that everything was already built. <br /><br />Remember, too, that by rejecting new construction, Denver passed the puck on to <i>two</i> sites which made economical reuse of old Olympic facilities: Innsbruck and Lake Placid.Reg Cæsarnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82632785164576588712010-02-15T00:55:30.231-08:002010-02-15T00:55:30.231-08:00...the 1984 LA Olympics, which made a fortune by u...<i>...the 1984 LA Olympics, which made a fortune by using old stadia...</i><br /><br /><br />Barcelona did the same. Their Olympic Stadium was built in 1929, for the 1932 Games that went to LA. <br /><br />Manchester built a stadium to attract an Olympics they didn't get as well. So Mancunians have to watch Londoners lord it over them in 2012, while hoping their great-grandchildren will see a Manchester Olympiad after the thing is paid off. (And who's better off-- City, who have to play in it, or United, who don't? NB: United = Yankees; City = Mets, or old Dodgers)<br /><br />Actually, the best argument for Chicago's bid was that everything was already built. Note, too, that Denver's refusal to build new for 1976 led to reuse of old facilities in both Innsbruck and Lake Placid.'noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-43573405647345770512010-02-15T00:17:24.293-08:002010-02-15T00:17:24.293-08:00Ireland is next? It seems to be in the same bad sh...<i>Ireland is next? It seems to be in the same bad shape.</i><br /><br />Wasn't Ireland the posterchild for free market ideologues? What killed the 'miracle'? Free markets or big government?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-80285900658013198712010-02-14T22:58:24.766-08:002010-02-14T22:58:24.766-08:00Ireland is next? It seems to be in the same bad s...Ireland is next? It seems to be in the same bad shape.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-39117063063104423732010-02-14T18:37:13.865-08:002010-02-14T18:37:13.865-08:00There is a new New York Times article about the Gr...<i>There is a new New York Times article about the Greek crisis; instead of keeping Greece within EU debt limits, Goldman Sachs helped Greece work around those limits.</i><br /><br />Those Scots-Irish whizz kids eh?!!<br /><br />Working to undermine both sides of the Atlantic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-82898176025784139392010-02-14T18:30:01.718-08:002010-02-14T18:30:01.718-08:00The EU and Greece.
Its a political project belove...The EU and Greece.<br /><br />Its a political project beloved of EUnuchs across Europe, the economic case won't stand a seconds inspection. Greece's entry was always going to work, the tests would always be fudged. Sure its all gone belly-up, but everyone can see the project is doomed in practical terms.<br /><br />I remember in the year before Bulgaria joining, the media earnestly explaining that the Bulgarians had to show they had successfully rooted out corruption to qualify. I had that moment of political clarity, knowing that in 12 months time, Bulgaria <i>would</i> join and the ant-corruption drive would have been deemed successful. Which it duly was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-83775137679353286882010-02-14T16:55:04.214-08:002010-02-14T16:55:04.214-08:00greek shall inherit the girth said
> because f...greek shall inherit the girth said<br /><br />> because ferocious-tempered people tend to be disruptive and chaotic, they need to be ruled by an iron fist. Thus, hot-tempered Greeks and Sicilians had to be controlled under powerful patriarchal institutions. <br /><br />Even tempered people--especially Anglos--are less likely to act crazy, so there is less need for overbearing social and political controls over them, thus more freedom for the individual. <<br /><br />Thus libertarianism's extremely limited appeal, and application.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-88298551694329609102010-02-14T14:56:47.485-08:002010-02-14T14:56:47.485-08:00Vote for Giannoulias?
Given how ardently Greeks s...Vote for Giannoulias?<br /><br />Given how ardently Greeks support each other, I'm abstaining from kalamata olives,feta and retsina<br />'til Nov.richnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-76214386262118097972010-02-14T13:44:59.356-08:002010-02-14T13:44:59.356-08:00"Problems Greeks face today are much the same..."Problems Greeks face today are much the same as they've always been. The difference is other parts of Europe are now doing better. <br />In ancient times, despite all the corruption, craziness, and dysfuction in Greek societies, other parts of Europe were doing worse. So, Greeks long ago looked better by comparison."<br /><br />Very true. Greece has a lot of the same problems as other Balkan and Mediterranean societies- low trust, high corruption. Ancient Greeks weren't any more like modern Nordics/Anglo-Saxons than modern Greeks are.patricknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-19415675155597807252010-02-14T13:34:36.521-08:002010-02-14T13:34:36.521-08:00It wasn't always like this. In 1981, before jo...It wasn't always like this. In 1981, before joining the EU, the country's debt was 20% of GDP. What has happened since? <br />Well, 'socialism' happened. The Socialists have been in power for 20 years out of the last 28, 1981-1990 and 1993-2004 and they won again the 2009 elections. During their first decade the public debt quadrupled, from 20 to 80%. Greece went to the exactly opposite direction of the then dominant trend of economic liberalisation of Reagan and Thatcher, increasing public expenditure and amassing debts.<br />The Socialists -led by Andreas Papandreou, an utter demagogue who would put today's Hugo Chavez to shame- nationalised a great part of the industry, while also stuffing the public sector with thousands of loyal party affiliates. The 2004 olympics was a pharaonic project promoted by crony contractors and their puppets in government. It was an economic disaster for the country but it was highly profitable for them.<br /><br />It may come as a surprise to Americans, but in Greece there isn't actually what you may call a "Conservative Right". The Left completely dominates every aspect of public discourse, the media and the academia. The supposedly right-wing party is a caricature full of weaklings ready to pander the left-wing press and the far-left parties on any given occasion. <br /><br />A telling example: On December 2008, after the death of a teenager by a police misfire, there was an outburst of riots by a few thousand anarchists/leftists burning and looting city centers across Greece for nearly 2 weeks. The (right-wing)Karamanlis government just stood there watching, and giving specific orders to the police NOT TO CONFRONT the rioters, but leave them "dry out" on their own. All this out of fear of being labeled "extreme rightists" and/or "fascists" (by the neostalinists in the media) -which of course they were called nevertheless. <br /><br />It is as absurd as it sounds.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-74186847351129921142010-02-14T11:16:51.825-08:002010-02-14T11:16:51.825-08:00Problems Greeks face today are much the same as th...Problems Greeks face today are much the same as they've always been. The difference is other parts of Europe are now doing better. <br /><br />In ancient times, despite all the corruption, craziness, and dysfuction in Greek societies, other parts of Europe were doing worse. So, Greeks long ago looked better by comparison. <br /><br />But, tons of ancient Greek texts were about how rotten and corrupt Greek society was. <br />Greeks are not much big on trust; this goes back to the era of city states when each city state guarded its own secrets and power. Even Alexander couldn't much break the Greek way. After he died, the empire he built broke apart almost overnight. <br /><br />Part of the reason may be Greek ferocity. Greek women are crazy for example. This can be inspiring and awesome, but also obnoxious and ridiculous. <br /><br />There's a funny paradox. A ferocious people tend to live in less individualistic societies whereas even tempered people tend to live in more individualistic societies. One would think it would be the opposite. <br /><br />But, because ferocious-tempered people tend to be disruptive and chaotic, they need to be ruled by an iron fist. Thus, hot-tempered Greeks and Sicilians had to be controlled under powerful patriarchal institutions. <br /><br />Even tempered people--especially Anglos--are less likely to act crazy, so there is less need for overbearing social and political controls over them, thus more freedom for the individual.<br /><br />Of course, Brits have been acting kinda wild since the rise of punk music, public drunkenness, and soccer hooliganism, and therefore UK is turning into a police state of sorts lately.greek shall inherit the girthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-79748601189240714662010-02-14T11:05:11.963-08:002010-02-14T11:05:11.963-08:00Irene Pappas and Maria Callas. Very very Greek in ...Irene Pappas and Maria Callas. Very very Greek in looks and spirit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-4746598989642706902010-02-14T11:03:59.730-08:002010-02-14T11:03:59.730-08:00I don't know, but if you read ancient Greek li...<i>I don't know, but if you read ancient Greek literature, in parts they make it sound like every second person had "golden" (blond) hair.</i><br /><br />Greek blonde hair is different from Nordic blonde hair. Scandanavian blonde is silky. Greek blonde is sandy. You can find sandy blonde hair among Albanians, Greek, even Turks. <br /><br />Also, maybe it varied by city state by city state. Most vase illustrations of Greeks show people with dark hair. <br />It could be blondes were the minority but favored as special and relatively rare by Greeks. If you go by Mexican TV, you'd think most Mexicans are big tall blonde Germanic types.Awopbopalubopalousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-321224228599699072010-02-14T10:07:16.577-08:002010-02-14T10:07:16.577-08:00The ancient Greek aristocracy of classical times w...The ancient Greek aristocracy of classical times was different in many ways from today's Greeks. They were fairer, since they were to a large extent of Indo-European/Nordic ancestry. This ancient elite either died out or was assimilated into the masses. Also, many prominent Greek families, who may have been a small remnant of the classical Greek elite, fled to western Europe as the Turks overran the crumbling Byzantine Empire - http://www.armahellas.com/?p=120<br /><br />Having visited Ellas many times(and being of Greek ancestry), it's a miracle how anything gets done in that country with all the corruption and inefficiency. I honestly believed for a time that the Athens Games were going to get canceled, and so did many Greeks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-47965704787263640682010-02-14T07:14:44.565-08:002010-02-14T07:14:44.565-08:00Banks have largely abdicated their traditionally p...Banks have largely abdicated their traditionally paternalistic relationship with customers.<br /><br />If I try to buy a $250,000 house, but my income is only $40,000 and my down payment is only $10,000, should the bank say "you can't afford it", or should the bank find a way to get the deal done?<br /><br />In the near term its certainly more profitable to get the deal done, but the long term consequences are disastrous.<br /><br />It seems like WASPs on balance are very prudent, and the WASP controlled banks of the past didn't lend to questionable borrowers. Scrappy banks such as Solomon and Goldman noticed a market void in areas such as junk bonds and reaped huge short term profits.<br /><br />Protestants today don't have much influence over the banking system and they're mostly confined to private wealth management firms.<br /><br />There is a new New York Times article about the Greek crisis; instead of keeping Greece within EU debt limits, Goldman Sachs helped Greece work around those limits.<br /><br />When your bank says no, we say yes!<br /><br />http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/14/business/global/14debt.html?hpOhioStaternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9430835.post-57298424505595866292010-02-14T01:59:00.997-08:002010-02-14T01:59:00.997-08:00@person with weird Greek name,
Both of those colo...@person with weird Greek name,<br /><br />Both of those colors look blond to me. Interestingly, you didn't give a second English word, so are you saying there are two words in ancient Greek for the different colors, and that the one commonly cited is to the latter color, or something like that?Anthonynoreply@blogger.com