warning,pure b.s.color commentary,but the sunday news from imf/italy said the italian pres was coming out with his plan on dec 5,the mfglobal meltdown was from over exposure to euro debt,the dec 5 date and the fake rumor(imf denied),bought some time,and pushed the euro up so they could scatter some of that debt to the 4 winds,i.e...us,basically a way to unload it without printing any more debt into it,they switched from greece to italy on rumors and haven't mentioned greece since...the ruses are getting more and more transparent,hinting at the possibility they are running out of options..again,pure conjecture