By Jove!

Reuters:

 

(Reuters) – The leaders of France and Germany scrambled on Tuesday to limit damage after Prime Minister George Papandreou decided to let Greeks vote on a bailout package — a move that stunned markets and threw Greece’s euro zone membership into question.

European politicians complained Athens was trying to wriggle out of the 130 billion-euro rescue deal agreed at a summit only last week, concerned not so much about the fate of Greece as the possibly dire consequences for the entire currency union of the referendum. (read all)

BIG OUCH!!!

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Friday Morning Comedy Open Thread

It’s a tall order to keep up a good mood when you’re living in Switzerland these days. And read the newspapers. But what the heck..just take a double dose of Hugh Laurie and company and thinks will look brighter!

Writing wasn’t an easy feat for Shakespeare either:

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