What military?

April 4, 2026 By in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , , Leave a comment

What service?

Young German men refusing military service – Military service remains voluntary in Germany. However, with the Bundeswehr needing more soldiers, conscription could soon return. But an increasing number of young men are choosing to opt out.

Phil Werring is thinking about refusing to serve in the military. He does not want to join the German army, the Bundeswehr.

“They always say it’s about defense,” the student told DW. “But I don’t see the threat situation and therefore I have no interest in completing compulsory service in the army.”

Military service remains voluntary in Germany, but that could soon change. The army needs at least 60,000 additional soldiers in the next few years.

Man oh man Oman sent LNG

April 1, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

To Ger-man-y.

“Deliveries currently unaffected.”

First LNG deliveries from Oman to German firm begin despite Iran war – The first ​deliveries of liquefied natural gas (LNG) ‌from Oman to a German company have begun despite the war ​in Iran, said a spokesperson ​for the German state-owned gas ⁠supplier Sefe on Wednesday.

The deliveries ​are currently unaffected by the ​developments in the Gulf region and have commenced as planned, said the ​spokesperson.

Hamburg may be a wild town…

March 31, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

But this is getting out of hand.

Wolf Bites Woman in Altona: Police Capture It at Jungfernstieg – Police captured a wolf in downtown Hamburg on Monday evening. It had previously attacked a woman in Altona. This is the first attack by a wolf on a human in Germany since the species was reintroduced in 1998. This was confirmed by the environmental agency.

Great Expectations

March 30, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

“Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.”

Rebuild and return: Germany expects 800,000 Syrians to leave before 2030 – Most Syrians, “first and foremost for those who abuse our hospitality”, should return home within three years, said the German Chancellor.

Eighty per cent of the one million Syrians living in Germany should return home before the end of the decade, said Friedrich Merz after receiving Ahmad al-Sharaa, the Syrian President in Berlin today.

Standing alongside Al-Sharaa, the German Chancellor expressed his hopes that some 800,000 Syrians, beginning with those who have abused the asylum system or broken the law, would return to their native land over the next three years.

Why Germany’s anti-AfD firewall is crumbling?

March 29, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

Because the party that needs it as life insurance (the SPD) has fallen into the abyss.

You don’t need life insurance anymore when you’re already dead.

Germany’s so-called “firewall” was designed to prevent the resurgence of antidemocratic ideology and has shaped German politics for decades. Now, mounting voter support for the far-right AfD is exposing cracks.

German of the day: Tempolimit

March 27, 2026 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

That means speed limit.

And that ain’t never gonna happen in Germany. Think banning guns in the USA.

‘Tempolimit? Nein, danke!’: why German petrolheads won’t slow down – despite the energy crisis – Driving fast is in ‘the German DNA’, say lovers of the speed-limit free Autobahn, but support in the country for a restriction is growing.