Shitzkreig: In the Past Two Weeks Goldman Sachs Has Taken Over Both the European Central Bank and the Italian Government

From ZeroHedge:

Goldman Sachs International Advisor Mario Monti Is Italy's New Prime Minister

Not on even a Sunday is the headline barrage over:

• MARIO MONTI ASKED TO FORM NEW ITALIAN GOVERNMENT
• MONTI TO MAKE COMMENTS AFTER ACCEPTING OFFER TO LEAD ITALY
• MARIO MONTI THANKS NAPOLITANO FOR OFFER TO FORM GOVERNMENT
• MARIO MONTI SAYS ITALY MUST BE PROTAGONIST IN EUROPE
• MARIO MONTI SAYS HE'LL ACT TO SAVE ITALY FROM CRISIS

And so the international advisor to Goldman Sachs drones on. In the meantime, the €300 billion in BTP sales is set to resume in just over 13 hours.

Yet the reason why the EURUSD is less than jubilant on the news is that Silvio apparently has just come back from the dead and has treatened to "pull the plug" on Monti....MORE