Wednesday
May112016
German Minister: 'We Will Trade Greece For Puerto Rico'
WE SHOULD DO THIS DEAL IN A HEARTBEAT
This moment of comedy ocurred during Eurozone debt negotiations with Greece. I had forgotten about it until Seth Myers included it in his skit on Brexit. Sure Greece owes more than Puerto Rico, but think of the strategic possibilites, and don't forget the Greek women.
German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble jabs at U.S. interference in the Greek debt crisis during the Bundesbank conference in Frankfurt. Schauble's comments were met with laughter when he added that Jack Lew thought he was joking.
Greece 1972 - My dad and I trailing my mom at the Parthenon
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