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Modern Greek Medicine Turns Into Civil War Medicine

by Commodore on October 14, 2010

This photo was taken yesterday in Athens

Greece.  The land of Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotole and super creepy, really forward dudes. (I didn’t include Alexander the Great because he was Macadonian.  Don’t let any Greek try to fool you.  They hate they Macedonians.)  Greece is also the home to the father of medicine, Hippocrates.  Although if he saw what was happening today in Greece he would think it a modern medicine HIPPO-cracy.  Eh?  Ehhhhhh?

This Saturday, one of Greece’s most respected newspapers, To Vima, reported that the nation’s largest government health insurance provider would no longer pay for special footwear for diabetes patients.  Amputation is cheaper, says the Benefits Division of the state insurance provider.

Um, what?  Instead of giving you this nifty little insert that can help you walk a little easier, we’re just going to cut it off.  I wonder if they even use anesthesia or if the go “Straight up American Civil War”, aka a hack saw and a bullet to bite on.

Come on Greece!  I know your economy is more fragile than a Jenga Tower after 10 go-arounds but cutting off people’s limbs is no way to go.

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You Asked For It

by Commodore on December 21, 2009

A wily little sucker

Nice costume

The easiest articles to write on here are the ones that write themselves.  Like this one.

A Greek man dressed in animal hide was mistakenly shot dead while out hunting wild boar for a Christmas dinner. The shooters are thought to have been confused by the fact the victim was disguised in dark goat skins, which are used to camouflage and to mislead their prey.

Is it really necessary to be that visually compelling while trying to trick a boar as to your true identity?  I mean, it’s a boar, not a Naavi.  Next time just call in few Texans and a chopper.  They’ll gun down some boar for you and you can stop hunting pigs Apocalypto style.

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I Knew The Greeks Were Laid Back But…

by Commodore on February 22, 2009

The Warden at Korydailos Prison

The Warden at Korydailos Prison

Guys…Rule #1 if you are running a prison: It would probably be a good idea if you had security of some sort.  Apparently tricking the entire Greek police system is about as difficult as getting a dog to to fall for the old “fake throw” trick.

It began at about 3:30 p.m. when two men hijacked a helicopter from Athens International Airport, ordering the pilot to fly to Korydallos Prison, located in a suburb of Athens, Greek state media reported.

The helicopter hovered over the roof of a prison compound where inmates Nikos Paleokostas, 42, and Alket Riza, 34, were located, and rope ladders were unfurled. The prisoners climbed into the helicopter and escaped.

Here’s a sentence that should get someone fired in Greece:

The prison break by helicopter is the second for Paleokostas.

Is that for real?  Has anyone in Greece seen an action movie…ever?  This wasn’t an extraction by Navy Seals, fellas.  No radios?  No heads up about a stolen helicopter heading towards a prisoner who has previously escaped from a prison by helicopter is hanging out on the roof?  Were the gyros and cigarettes especially good that day?  Big soccer game?  Was it 2-5PM?

“I will not tolerate this embarrassment and all necessary measures will be taken, no matter how stringent they may be,” Justice Minister Nikos Dendias told CNN.

“Just as soon as I finish these stuffed grape leaves,” he added.


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