There is no limit to Northern European patience for Greek suffering: Daily Bullshit, May 17, 2016 (updated)

Updated for the Democratic National Committee discovering that Bernie Sanders’ supporters might not be so easily soothed.


Greece

Marcus Walker, “IMF Proposal on Greece Sets Up Battle With Germany,” Wall Street Journal, May 17, 2016, http://www.wsj.com/articles/imf-wants-eurozone-debt-relief-for-greece-until-2040-1463468493


Donald Trump

Ed O’Keefe and David Weigel, “Some conservatives are still plotting to stop Trump at the GOP convention,” Washington Post, May 16, 2016, https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/some-conservatives-are-still-plotting-to-stop-trump-at-the-gop-convention/2016/05/16/117166ee-1954-11e6-9e16-2e5a123aac62_story.html


Bernie Sanders

This really should be no surprise.[1]

Daniel Strauss, “Sanders sticks it to the Democratic Party,” Politico, May 17, 2016, http://www.politico.com/story/2016/05/bernie-sanders-democratic-party-223280


Footnotes

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