±’s EGO SUM PANIS VIVUS, shot March 23rd 2011, the day the Portuguese PM resigned.

A little context: amidst the uproar about further austerity measures, someone at the Finance Ministry thought a consumer tax cut (from 23% to 6%) on golf equipment would be just what our economy needed. It’d turn out to be one of the last Moments of Zen from our government.

However, given that for all practical purposes our capital moved to somewhere between Paris and Berlin, I don’t believe the coming elections will do us any good. The outgoing PS douches will most probably be replaced by PSD douches, a single letter difference that contains all the golden parachutes paragovernmental workers will get when shown the exit door, all the dodgy deals and comissions that will get renegotiated.

And we’ll probably get the IMF’s ‘help’ in the end anyway. And just look how great that worked for the Greek and the Irish. I guess I’ll start stockpiling ramen noodles…