Author Archives: Hermann Observer

“I don’t want to be part of this war machine!”

December 6, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

“One that actually works, maybe. But not this one.”

‘I don’t want to be part of this war machine’: Young Germans protest against military service plans – Young people have taken to the streets of Berlin to protest against the German parliament’s decision to introduce voluntary military service to boost national defences after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

The change means that all 18-year-olds in Germany will be sent a questionnaire from January 2026 asking if they are interested and willing to join the armed forces.

In just 200 steps?

December 5, 2025 By in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , Leave a comment

Wow. How efficient.

Or something. But wouldn’t one step have been enough? Just cut off the money. That would do the trick.

German leaders plan to cut red tape in just 200 steps – When it comes to tackling bureaucracy, why stop at just a measure or two? Premiers of Germany’s 16 states want to go further — so they drafted a 200-point plan to ease the country’s bureaucratic burdens.

The leaders of Germany’ 16 states on Thursday agreed on a 200-point plan to modernize government services.

The country is notorious for its bureaucracy, which limits much official communication to mail and, sometimes, fax. Chancellor Friedrich Merz has made addressing it a priority for the coalition government.

Pay close attention: NOTHING will ever change here.

German of the day: Freier Fall

December 4, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

That means free fall.

The Federation of German Industries (BDI) believes that Germany’s economy is in “free fall.” German industry is currently facing a dramatic low point, BDI President Peter Leibinger told the news agency dpa. “The economy is in its worst crisis since the Federal Republic was founded, but the federal government is not responding decisively enough.”

A new industry report expects industrial production to decline by two percent this year. This would be the fourth consecutive year of decline. “This is not a temporary dip, but a structural decline,” Leibinger said. German industry is continuously losing ground.

“The New German War Machine…”

December 3, 2025 By in Helplessness, Home Cooking, Hard Facts, Hideology Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

Just lost half its ammunition.

After World War II, Germany embraced pacifism as a form of atonement. Now the country is arming itself again…

Thousands of rounds of German army ammunition stolen from lorry – A shipment of German ammunition has been stolen from a delivery lorry in the eastern town of Burg, the country’s defence ministry has said.

Speaking to Germany’s DPA news agency, officials did not specify how much was taken. However, other reports cited a defence spokesperson as saying it was close to 20,000 rounds.

It’s begininng to look a lot like Christmas market time…

December 2, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , , Leave a comment

In Germany.

A real tradition.

German Christmas markets open 1 year after deadly attack – Christmas markets are open in Germany with increased security this year. In 2024, a man drove an SUV into crowds at the Christmas market in the central city of Magdeburg, killing six.

Wurst case scenario

December 1, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

Yes, I actually used that awful pun.

I don’t care. Ich stehe dazu (I stand by it).

Germany news: Minister sounds alarm on food security – Germany’s farming minister says the country needs to be more prepared for future food emergencies.

Germany’s Agriculture Minister Alois Rainer says farms and food producers must be included in future Bundeswehr emergency exercises, calling them “critical infrastructure.”

He warned that if agriculture failed, “our food supply would collapse.”

“You can’t be a real country unless you have a beer and an airline…”

November 22, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: , , , Leave a comment

“It helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer.”

Germans Are Going Off Beer. That’s Forcing Brewers to Adapt or Go Bust.

More young people are steering clear of alcohol. The deepening cultural shift has spawned an epidemic of brewery closures.

Alcohol consumption in Germany has been sliding for decades. But the sudden, accelerating drop has caught brewers and bar owners by surprise. Out of approximately 1,500 breweries in Germany, more than 50 have closed in the past year.

“Have died?”

November 19, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

Yeah. Technically, when you have “killed yourselves” you “have died.”

It’s a thing now in Germany, “humane Sterbehilfe.” That means humane or assisted suicide. And it’s getting more popular all the time.

Just look at Germany’s latest government.

Dancing twins Alice and Ellen Kessler have died, police in Germany said Tuesday – Alice and Ellen Kessler, twin dancers and singers who launched their career in the 1950s and performed with Fred Astaire, Frank Sinatra and Harry Belafonte among others, have died, police in Germany said Tuesday. They were 89.