Johanna Faust, a mixed race Jew, prefers to publish pseudonymously. She is committed: first, to preventing war, ecological disaster, and nuclear apocalypse; last to not only fighting for personal privacy & the freedom of information, but, by representing herself as a soldier in that fight, to exhorting others to do the same. She is a poet, always. All these efforts find representation here: "ah, Mephistophelis" is so named after the last line of Christopher Marlowe's Dr. Faustus, whose heretical success flouted the censor for a time. 













































































































































          

        

          

        









Greece vs. Germany: One Had To Go (Euros)















Sadly, even if Greece had won, the assumptions that gave rise to this NPR reporter's smarmy tone would likely have remained unchanged...





  



By a quirk of fate, Germany, the economic and political powerhouse of Europe, is playing against small, dependent, bankrupt, bailed-out Greece in the quarterfinals of the Euro 2012 soccer championship.
Both sides have pledged to set aside politics, forget about their mutual grudges, and enjoy the big match for its own sake.
But soccer in Europe arouses deep passions. Rivalries, ancient and modern, are never far beneath the surface.
So it is apt that today's great duel is happening in a land drenched in history, and well acquainted with this region's fault lines
Read more.



 

 






Germany won, 4 to 2. From AP:








  



Greek soccer fans whistled and jeered at Angela Merkel, but the German chancellor had the last laugh, jumping to her feet in joy every time her team scored.
After a year in which the Greek economy imploded and Germany insisted on deep austerity measures in return for bailout funds, Greeks were yearning for a victory on the playing field. It would've restored some pride and allowed them to have the upper hand, even just for a day.
It wasn't meant to be. In their European Championship quarterfinal match Friday, as in the crisis-hit eurozone economy, German influence proved tough for Greece to overcome and the final score was 4-2.
Read more.



 

 






Be seeing you.









put here for your consideration by



on this









































1 comment:








  1. AnonymousJune 22, 2012 at 6:16 PM
    I appreciate the analogy however the Greeks and Germans face the same monster, the Euro nation state or independence from a self destructing Paradigm.  Iceland took the step off the ice and bailed out its own people rather than a few elites. They have set the way for us all.
    Best, Doug
    ReplyDelete




























        

      









Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)