All Hell breaking loose in Greece: over 1000 fires, streets filled with tear gas & angry protesters

[99th_Monkey]

US Media blackout so far, as Greece goes up in flames.
http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

[barbtries]

1. people can only be pushed so far.

i'm sorry to hear this news but hardly surprised by it.

[hack89]

3. And in the end it will mean nothing

Greece survived for years borrowing money. Doesn't matter how much they riot - they can't force people to lend them money.

[banned from Kos]

15. And they can't enforce their own tax code. Its their own fault for sure.

Really, they remind me of Teabaggers. They want the benefits without paying taxes.

[Broderick]

24. But it keeps establishment in place

Promise perpetual goodies and stuff, but eventually you have to spend other people's money. Is that what you are sayin?

Perpetual motion has never been discovered; as has perpetual paid for dependency as a success. Sometimes you run out of payers. Well in this case, some have profited and they need to pay their fair share I am sure.

[hack89]

2. Funny media blackout - found it on every major news website I checked. nt

[99th_Monkey]

5. good. nt

[99th_Monkey]

9. I just checked ALL M$M channels .. NOTHING ..

except maybe some "ho-hum" mention in passing on regularly scheduled "news" programs,
which are skimpy at best on Sunday.

[hack89]

13. Every internet site I checked has it.

why is this earth shattering news anyway - the fall of Greece has been well documented over the past year. Perhaps it is has become so common that it is no longer news worthy.

[99th_Monkey]

18. "blackout" to which I refer is M$M Tee-Vee

just to be clear.

[dipsydoodle]

26. BBC and Sky both have it live on and off in the UK.

[leftyohiolib]

4. why is the us blacking this out

[99th_Monkey]

7. According to Hack89 above, they are covering it.

I haven't personally checked, just saw the "blackout" thing posted in the
chat forum. maybe I should check it out myself.

If they are blacking out, I'd guess it's because they don't want for the news
to "incite" something similar here.

[cherokeeprogressive]

12. I'm thinking you missed the word WEBSITE in hack's post. n/t

[RKP5637]

6. Yep, Austerity works so F'en well. People have had it with the current

economic systems that line the pockets of politicians and the wealthy as they F over the majority, as the former contribute little to the betterment of society. It's a rigged game and the majority aren't part of the gaming of the system

[libtodeath]

8. It is time

for the people to take back what has been stolen from them.

[Bigmack]

11. Hey... that's an irrational response by the Greek people....

.... but people without hope and people who watch their future disappear are sometimes irrational.

I'm sure they feel the Greek government is taking out their frustrations on the people, so the people are just returning the favor.

[Recovered Repug]

14. Flipped over to CNN and they had a report on it.

They just broke for commercial so I'm not sure if they'll pick it back up afterwards.

[99th_Monkey]

25. great. thanks.

i don't have fancy cable, but good to know cnn isn't totally ignoring it.

[the other one]

16. Just distraught over Whitney

My wife flipped over the neighbors hummer when she heard

[Broderick]

22. I hope she has insurance

Not talking about your wife either. It's not her fault. Everyone grieves in their own way.

[Bluenorthwest]

17. It's on CNN's front page....

Which seems odd for a blackouted out story, top of the top news site's front page with photo. Right next to Whitney. Just like that. Odd.

[Nye Bevan]

19. I'm not sure how starting fires, throwing firebombs, and peeling chunks of marble off buildings

and throwing them at the police is really going to help the Greek economic situation.

Greece is like that deadbeat, mooching family member who gets really mad when you tell him he finally has to start supporting himself.

[WillyT]

20. From The AP:

Buildings set ablaze in Greece before debt vote
By DEMETRIS NELLAS, Associated Press – 4 minutes ago

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Rioting spread across central Athens and at least seven buildings went up in flames amid mass protests late Sunday, as lawmakers debated harsh cutbacks demanded to keep the country solvent and within the eurozone.

TV footage showed a three-story corner building completely engulfed in flames with riots officers on the street and firefighters trying to douse the blaze. The buildings set ablaze included a bank, a mobile phone dealership, a glassware store and a cafeteria, the fire department said. It was not immediately clear whether there was anyone inside the burning buildings.

Clashes erupted across the city center after more than 100,000 protesters marched to parliament to rally against drastic austerity cuts that will force firings in the civil service and slash the minimum wage.

Riot police fired dozens of tear gas volleys to clear the streets around parliament of rioting youths, who attacked them with firebombs, fireworks and chunks of marble smashed off the fronts of luxury hotels, banks and department stores.

Authorities said several protesters and police were injured, while an unspecified number of suspected rioters were detained.

<snip>

More: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iTeOycMcm6gIdH8X2GSSTcvjmzfg?docId=07c6c0ee9d144873a4fe3ffeedce99e7

:dockey:

[LongTomH]

21. News.google.com has thousands of links to stories about 'Greece riots'

Check Google news and Google images.

Edited to add, here's the latest: Buildings set ablaze in Greece before debt vote

[PuraVidaDreamin]

27. How come I can't like this to Facebook

Can't seem to post this so some of the steeple I know can see this important news.