Change has come to Germany

July 4, 2010 By Hermann Observer in Heconomy Tags: Berlin, Economy, German, Germans, Germany, Growth, Humor, Satire 1 Comment

Not yet.

According to a Swiss study entitled “Germany Report 2035”, if the demographically challenged German nation does not modernize it’s act real pronto – raising the retirement age, letting in more immigrants, putting more women to work and increasing the number of hours worked each week – the country’s average annual growth rate will only reach an anemic 1 percent over the coming 25 years.

So hey, the change that’s about to happen here is going to start spinning everybody’s heads, right? Right.

Besides, this is a Swiss report.

Die Zahl der Arbeitsfähigen sinkt um mehr als acht Millionen.

Bettina W.

July 3, 2010 By Hermann Observer in Hotness Tags: Bettina Wulff Leave a comment

Beautiful German of the week.

Because somebody has to admire them.

Another reason to like Germany’s national team

July 2, 2010 By Hermann Observer in Hate Tags: Berlin, Football, Germans, Germany, Humor, Satire, Soccer, World Cup Leave a comment

(And they haven’t even beat Argentina yet) German neo-Nazis don’t like them.

For neo-Nazis it is next to impossible to back a team that includes players with names like Boateng, Özil or Podolski. This German national team is the most ethnically diverse ever, celebrated widely as finally being representative of the wider German society. But to the far right, a squad where 11 of the 23 have migrant backgrounds is no longer really German.

“The black-red-gold flag that attaches itself to the Federal Republic of Germany is not the flag of the German nation! Whoever proudly waves that flag is supporting the exact opposite of what is really German and national.”