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cal04 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:32 PM Original message |
Swiss fear more pressure on bank secrecy after Obama victory |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. Tough shit. nt |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. I was in Switzerland recently. Very unpleasant, unfriendly people. Especially in Zurich. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 02:03 AM Response to Reply #2 |
7. Aren't the Swiss quite socially conservative? |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 07:22 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. There were porn shops and strip clubs all over Zurich. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 07:52 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. They're European that way. |
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onehandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:38 AM Response to Reply #11 |
13. My wife and I traveled all around Europe for over a month. |
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bunkerbuster1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 07:51 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Yep, Swiss women finally got the right to vote in national elections in 1971. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #2 |
25. We Were in Switzerland a Couple of Years Ago and Came Away with the Opposite Impression |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 08:26 AM Response to Reply #25 |
29. Zurich is like most metropolitan areas in the world. |
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Heidi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 08:24 AM Response to Reply #2 |
28. I'm sorry you were left with such a negative impression of the whole country |
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. The swiss and their bank secrecy can all go fuck themselves. |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
4. Switzerland, the nation without a conscience - |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 11:59 AM Response to Reply #4 |
16. Bizarre as it may sound, there was an elite Catholic lay organisation who, |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 07:40 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. Oh man! They truly are among the world's biggest @$$holes... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 12:19 PM Response to Reply #4 |
17. Switzerland Doesn't Invade Other Countries Like We Do |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 07:39 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Swiss banks... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:33 PM Response to Reply #18 |
22. But Much of the Money That Brought the Nazis into Power Came From the US |
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Sarah Ibarruri (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 10:41 PM Response to Reply #22 |
24. I was so sleepy and feeling so ready to cozy up in bed, and then I saw that photo |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-10-08 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
5. Switz would make a great place for a new prison for financial criminals. Just thing of how elaborate |
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IthinkThereforeIAM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 01:55 AM Response to Original message |
6. Let's not forget about USB... |
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MNReformer (187 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 12:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
27. Or the Bank of International Settlements in Basle (BIS).... |
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curse of greyface (594 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 03:20 AM Response to Original message |
8. Good fuck them... nt |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 08:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. If they are facilitating evasion of taxes, they are violating treaties they have signed |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message |
14. Let's hope so. |
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Joe Chi Minh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
15. "that particular piece of legislation is unlikely to see the light of day." |
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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 07:47 PM Response to Original message |
20. Switzerland better get ready to have its ass kicked! |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 08:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. I don't think we can kick Switzerland's ass. |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-12-08 12:00 AM Response to Reply #20 |
26. Don't Underestimate the Swiss |
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High Plains (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-11-08 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
23. What a weird outpouring of American nationalism on this thread. |
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