Look, the leader has to maintain an official "good guy" face, so when someone has to do a dirty job, the leader's reputation is maintained, so he has to "punish" the guy who does the dirty job. We all know what Greece needs - get out of the Euro - but the leader cannot agree to that because of public opinion, so he needs to have someone else to do the dirty job (like Varoufakis), and then punish and blame him after the job is done.

[I removed example, due to PV rule, see PM]

Greece would be OK, if only they had good administrators. Administrators do the dirty job, and then are disposed of, but somebody has to do the dirty job. That's why you have people looking for scapegoats like Varoufakis. Have him do the dirty job, and then you can blame him - everybody is happy, because the job is done and the "bad" guy who did the job is also punished. Think about those great administrators, Yagoda, Yezhov, Abakumov, Ryumin, and my favorite Beria. Somebody has to do the dirty job. I look at that history and think that the Greeks are complaining about a mosquito bite, they don't know what real sacrifice and suffering means.

Well, elites always follow interests of the ruling class :-) People can't really live on mythological power...

...until they're prevented from doing so. 1789 and 1917 were a good examples of people living on their mythological power and depriving the elites ...of their interests .

Start growing your own food and get off the grid, move to another country, start a business in another country, do contract work that is not location dependent, are some options.

VAT tax increased from 13 to 23%.

yep....sadly tsipras blinked...or sold out his motherland . What he didn't understand was the mythological power Greece has to control europes destiny. Well. the banksters are still in control.

Here's a different theory on why Greece is bankrupt (ps this guy is often anti-establishment in his posts, but here he seems to be sympathetic with govt):

http://www.sovereignman.com/trends/108-greeks-executed-for-abusing-the-welfare-system-17235/

Modern Greece is legendary for its absurd public benefits. Hairdressers get to retire with full benefits on a taxpayer-funded public pension at age 50; dead people receive welfare benefits.This is an insane, easily abused system that’s brought Greece to bankruptcy. [In ancient Greece] Odysseus killed every one of 108 men who milked the system. The Greek government is certainly set on doing the same. But since they can’t identify any single perpetrator, they’re going after the entire nation.

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/07/08/12/2A54B5AB00000578-3153301-Barking_mad_The_extravagant_Wang_Sicong_the_son_of_China_s_riche-a-69_1436354055008.jpg

And article on provided link is extremely low level.

you mean the one from MIT Technology Review ....extremely low level ....hah , right ?

so I am very interested about projects you are worked on

I posted a railgun video on the 12:21 post...what happened to it ?

Did you actually read Hubbert or other oil peak works? As from your words it seems that you did not.

first heard about peak oil from m ruppert's from the wilderness years ago

...and it looks like to me ...you've just read one side of the argument-

http://www.technologyreview.com/news/425509/peak-oil-debunked/

“The peak oil theory embodies an ‘end of technology/end of opportunity’ perspective, that there will be no more significant innovation in oil production, nor significant new resources that can be developed.”

http://www.hubbertpeak.com/summary.htm

interestingly the peakoil sources for their latest global catastrophe scenario is using data unavailable to the public

and back to greece...I'd guess that the rising costs and scarcity of oil in that country would affect those .1% greek shipping magnate families far more than those millions of greeks sitting around cafes drinking retsinas

As ones listed are not flaws of peak oil or hubbert theory.

..... because it's tied to a timeline, and since we have no idea if we're really under pressure to develop new technologies to replace oil, or not, as hubbert claimed, and we have no idea if we've peaked, or haven't, then how can you say his concept doesn't have a fundamental flaw ?

All of them manipulated data? Any specific examples?

....do you really think I could or should be discussing that on your forum?

.....and generally speaking, researchers don't manipulate data so much as they interpret it to support their model....and since all research inevitably has more/or less viability to be useful to it's grant supporters , researchers tend to tilt in the direction from which the flow of money runs

and even more importantly ....all research being done today in every part of the world...comes from government money. Even if it says "privately funded", if you dig , you'll find the government paying the bill. Or you'll find elites funding the bill...especially in the field of psychology research.

Such as your example. I'm certain that these two researchers are ultimately funded by someone like warren buffet or the rockefellers. Smells like the rockefellers to me. And they're connected to this group who are definitely smelly.

http://www.miller-mccune.org/about/our-board/

And as a contradiction to dunning and kruger , I give this beautiful little documentary , as proof , even if people are less than others perceive them to be, can , thru personal will, create themselves into their vision of themselves, regardless of the perception of others as being incapable.

...he didn't factor new extraction technologies becoming available. We have no idea how much oil is on our planet....believe it, or not.

Any other fundamental flaws? As ones listed are not flaws of peak oil or hubbert theory.

Let me rephrase it using big simplification. For theory that state that you will become old, could do less things, will be ill more time and will die, you provide argument that we do not know exactly how much you will live exactly and that new vitamins and drugs can prolong your life.

I worked on a daily basis with the worlds top researchers.....univ of texas, sandia labs, oak ridge, lawrence livermore etc, and know alittle about how they work. They manipulate their data to fit their model.

On what projects you worked with them?

All of them manipulated data? Any specific examples?

And you attempt to somehow demonstrate your argument's intellectual superiority by using this graph, inferring the person making the counter-argument is intellectually inferior.

Nope :-) I attempt to make you to go back to facts and with less absolutes.

....and you'll find that peak oil , hubbert's theory , has fundamental flaws

What ones?

And as for the oil industry, they helped me retire when I was 36 by selling the biggest oil field equipment manufacturer in the world one of 3 patents. You can easily google that....in response to your silly dunning-kruger graph

Well, it is not silly. :-) It is quite useful for readers of all this. :-)

You seem to like graphs.

I like to think and like the data that helps with it. And do not like if anyone going personal instead of working at facts level.

@kurth

Please understand me right. You have specific opinion, and search for data backing it up, ignoring anything that provide more complex understanding. May be it is not right, but at least spend time understanding things first instead of ...

And who cares if it's he, she , or it ! Data is manipulative information.

I care. As PV is not place for low level flame, and some people try forget about this.

Her data and posts are very deep and offer very interesting view, backed by actual facts and happening events.

In many parts I do not agree with her model, but she earned real respect, contrary to lots of pointless flame about banks that really do not provide anything new for long time.

The banksters place corrupt politicians in place to accept those offers, and now the people are becoming enlightened how they were screwed.

Well, I do not see anyone being enlightened.