Congratulations to the people of Iceland

A healthy outlook is essential in these times

Partial referendum results show 58% voting no, and 42% supporting the plan.

The plan, of course, being to bail out a corrupt government who bailed out a private criminal enterprise.

"The dispute has grown acrimonious, with Britain and the Netherlands threatening to block Iceland's bid to join the EU unless it is resolved."

Some threat.

The guardian article politely declines to highlight the advantages of Icelandic strategy compared to the similarly stricken Celtic flea bag, but Bloomberg takes a more reasoned view.

All this goes to show that democracy and humans remain the single greatest threat to the ruling financial oligarchy.