German of the day: Selbstmord

May 21, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , , Leave a comment

That means suicide.

In this case, of the industrial kind.

Germany’s Slow Industrial Suicide – The climate left is achieving its goal of de-industrialization.

If the road to economic hell is paved with good intentions, don’t expect to see many German cars driving on it. Green mandates and other regulations are killing jobs in the long-revered German auto industry, as a new report from an industry association warns.

Germany has lost some 100,000 auto-related jobs since 2019, says the German Association of the Automotive Industry, or VDA. Another 125,000, or one in six current jobs in the industry, are on track to disappear by 2035.

Shock treatment isn’t working for Germany

May 20, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

A more radical resuscitation remedy may be needed.

Germany urged to stop admiring Beijing and wake up to ‘China Shock 2.0’ – ‘China has already eaten much of German industry’s lunch and is preparing to start on dinner,’ thinktank says.

Germany must stop admiring China’s success in the EU or it will sleepwalk into the kind of deindustrialisation the US experienced 25 years ago, a leading Brussels thinktank has said.

Feeling guilty every day…

May 19, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

Whether working or at play…

Is the true “good German” way.

“Yes, I feel the guilt every day. I never get bored of it, to feel the guilt, because it’s necessary to act right.”

This attitude seems odd, even pathological. Why should someone feel a crippling inherited guilt over atrocities that were committed decades before she was born, that she was neither responsible for nor had any influence over?

That, as they say, is the qustion.

Germany to reintroduce longhouses with weaving workshops

May 18, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Hideology, Home Cooking, Humor Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

After uncovering the remains of a rural settlement dating from the 3rd to 5th centuries CE offering new information about daily life during the final centuries of the Roman Empire…

And considering how Germany today is clearly incapable of introducing the radical economic reforms it needs to continue as a competitive industrialized nation, the helpless German government is considering a proposal by the Greens to reintroduce these ancient longhouses and weaving workshops as an alternative path to progress and prosperity.

Skeptics point out, however, that the huge bureaucratic hurdles blocking a return to such an alternative lifestyle could take several centuries CE to overcome.

The future might be a nice place to visit…

May 17, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hi-tech, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

But you wouldn’t want to live there.

It’s no better than living in the past.

Germany and Japan test hydrogen future with BMW, Toyota cars – During a recent visit to Japan, Germany’s transport minister Patrick Schnieder toured hydrogen projects aimed at bringing the fuel into the mainstream…

Hydrogen remains niche fuel for now – Meanwhile, German and Japanese authorities are exploring ways to finance the hydrogen production boost that will help reduce price spikes. After all, at first green hydrogen will be significantly more expensive than fossil fuels. Siemens Energy and Toray want to improve electrolysis technology for green hydrogen, while Thyssenkrupp Nucera is eager to tap into the Japanese electrolysis market.

“I am a great admirer of America”

May 16, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

That’s why I wouldn’t want to send my kids there.

They are too and might not come back.

German leader Merz says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US – Chancellor says he no longer views US as land of opportunity amid ‘deeply polarising’ social climate.

Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, already embroiled in a row with Donald Trump over the Iran war, has said he would not advise his children to study or work in the US in the current climate.

We don’t need your Palantir

May 15, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

We’ll just keep getting our tip-offs from the CIA and the NSA directly.

They’re already using Palantir. Why pay twice?

German intelligence offices snub US-owned Palantir software – Germany’s domestic intelligence agency has reportedly chosen a data analysis system from France, instead of US-based Palantir. Civil society has welcomed the move, but says more must be done.

Palantir has long divided opinions. In the eyes of its proponents and opponents, the analysis tools made by the publicly traded US company which are in-demand worldwide are either a silver bullet or the devil’s work. Against this backdrop, a media report has emerged in Germany: according to information from the Süddeutsche Zeitung newspaper, as well as public broadcasters NDR and WDR, the country’s Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz, BfV) has decided against using Palantir.

“Down with Elon Musk and Tesla!”

May 13, 2026 By in Helplessness, Home Cooking, Hard Facts, Hideology Tags: , , , , , , , Leave a comment

German union leaders cry.

“He keeps investing in Giga Berlin and creating more jobs!”

Tesla invests $250M more in Giga Berlin battery cells, boosting capacity to 18 GWh – Tesla announced today that it will invest almost $250 million more in battery cell production at its Grünheide factory outside Berlin, more than doubling planned capacity to 18 gigawatt hours per year and creating over 1,500 battery-related jobs…

In late February, Musk sent a pre-recorded video to Grünheide’s roughly 11,000 workers warning that expansion would not happen if IG Metall gained a majority in the upcoming works council election. He said that “things will certainly get more difficult if there are external organizations pushing Tesla in the wrong direction,” adding: “We will not close the factory, but realistically we will also not expand.”

The message was clear: vote for the union, lose the investment.

IG Metall’s vote share subsequently collapsed from 39.4% in 2024 to 31.1% in the March election. Tesla’s management-aligned list, Giga United, took 24 of 37 seats. IG Metall has since filed a legal challenge alleging unlawful interference in the election.

Because of the Iran war?

May 12, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

Nice try.

Germans have been cutting energy use for years. But this has been in direct response to Germany’s brain dead Green energy policies. Fun fact: They have the highest energy costs in Europe (in the world?). See the current German economic meltdown. “Current,” get it?

Survey: Two-thirds of Germans cut energy use in response to Iran war – Some two-thirds of German residents are consciously reducing their energy consumption in response to rising prices linked to the war with Iran, according to a survey published on Monday by comparison portal Verivox.

The representative poll found that 55% of respondents were trying to lower heating costs, while 52% were paying closer attention to electricity use and 56% said they switched off electronic devices instead of leaving them on standby.