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Tel Orfanos survived Las Vegas massacre to die in Thousand Oaks shooting

November 9, 2018 Social Comments Off on Tel Orfanos survived Las Vegas massacre to die in Thousand Oaks shooting

Telemachus ‘Tel’ Orfanos saw too much horror. The 27-year-old Greek-American first survived last year’s massacre at a Las Vegas country music festival, where 58 people were slain. He was also at the Borderline Bar and Grill on Wednesday night, when a gunman, dressed in black, killed 12 people. One of …

Referendum: Greek voters angry at media & creditors, scare-mongering campaign seems to backfire

July 5, 2015 Politics 13

The family of a friend is divided: her husband and her two children, 20 and 21, will vote “NO” in Sunday’s referendum, while she – a left-wing voter all through her voting life – was still undecided on early Saturday afternoon. “Hm… I don’t know yet, I despise the old …

Greek FinMin quotes Lenin: ‘useful idiots’ those who do not want Greece to succeed

August 29, 2013 Economy Comments Off on Greek FinMin quotes Lenin: ‘useful idiots’ those who do not want Greece to succeed

Would you dare believe that a Finance Minister who applies neo-liberal IMF policies would cite a phrase attributed to Russian communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin? Oh yes! In this surreal country called “Greece” everything is possible. Even that. Apparently because the ‘modern neo-liberals’ used to be ‘leftist’ or ‘communists’ when they …

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