Right in the middle of winter, too.
Die fast flächendeckend über Deutschland liegende Schneedecke wird wegen der erwarteten weiteren Schneefälle bis Mittwoch auf ein Gewicht von sechs Milliarden Tonnen ansteigen.
Category Archives: Helplessness
We Don’t Do Dirty Work
Yet again (this time not in Mali).
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle: “The deployment of German combat troops is not an option. And I have to mention just one more point. We Germans are highly involved in Afghanistan, where the French are hardly involved at all.”
The French are not alone in their criticism of Berlin. Political leaders in the US and Britain also find it aggravating that Germany presents itself as a peace-loving power and leaves all the dirty work to the others. Mistrust of Berlin has been especially strong since the German government abstained in the United Nations vote over the Libya intervention two years ago — the only Western country on the Security Council not to support the measure — and refused to provide its NATO allies with military aid. “As is usually the case these days, Germany … is keeping its head down,” wrote the British daily Guardian last week. Westerwelle’s “mealy-mouthed statements leave a bad taste,” commented the newspaper.
“We never explain what we want to achieve, we always talk about how we can stay out of things.”
A Boy Named Sue
As in I’ll sue you! Geez. Berlin’s mayor Klaus Wowereit is all touchy these days for some reason. The guy clearly can’t lighten up and take a joke. Not like in the good old Party Klaus days, I mean.
Now he’s even unleashed his lawyer after German transvestite Olivia Jones made a suggestive comment about him (Klaus) and her, I mean him (Olivia) on trash TV’s finest: Jungle Camp.
Wait a minute. Shouldn’t she ought to sue herself for suggesting that she had anything to do with Klaus Wowereit? I sure the hell would. Talk about defamation of character.
„Wowereit? Ist das nicht dein … dein … dein …“ „Ja – aber das war doch nur einmal!“
No Contradiction Here
Just move along, folks. Nothing to look at here.
While German dedication to saving the German environment by ridding the country of nuclear power is in full swing (sort of), the German government has absolutely no problem using public money to guarantee the construction of nuclear power plants in other countries at the same time.
It’s not a contradiction really, though. Honest. Environment Minister Peter Almaier’s current ministry slogan is “high time that something changed” and they are even trying to set up an international club of countries who have done/will do away with nuclear energy. And that’s the main thing. So something has changed, sort of. The countries Germany is helping to build atomic energy programs for just won’t be allowed to join their club, that’s all.
“It is a gross contradiction, that we are pushing forwards with the change in energy generation while supporting atomic energy abroad.”
How About Berlin Brandenburg Willy-Nilly Instead?
Or maybe Berlin Brandenburg Infamy International?
For now, Berlin’s new airport is officially called Willy Brandt Airport after the former Germ chancellor and Nobel Peace Prize winner widely acknowledged to have been one of post-war Germany’s greatest leaders.
But the image of the airport has been tarnished so heavily by the construction fiasco surrounding it that the Willy Brandt Foundation appears to regret the choice of name.
“Willy Brandt would probably turn in his grave if he knew that he’s supposed to give his name to this catastrophic airport.”
The Joys Of Aging
Helmut Berger starts out as Dorian Gray,
only to end up as Dorian Gray (the painting),
throwing in the sweat-drenched towel on day two of RTL’s Dschungelcamp (The Jungle Camp) in Australia.
“Das klingt jetzt blöd, aber ich bin auch nur’n Mensch.”
From Myth To Monster In 2.5 Seconds
The sexual abuse claims levelled against Klaus Kinski by his daughter Pola make it clear that cinema fans have deified a monster.
I’m disappointed, to say the least. But sadly, it somehow seems to fit.
Megalomania is a psychopathological disorder characterized by delusional fantasies of power, relevance, or omnipotence.
Lego Might Be The Solution
Come pick up your Lego blocks!
We’re building a big international airport. It’s going to take a while.
Germans Stingy With Their Organs Too
Even after they’re dead, I mean.
Organ donations have dropped sharply in Germany following a scandal over alleged corruption at several transplant clinics. The German Foundation for Organ Transplantation says the number of organs donated fell almost 13 percent to 3,917 last year, the lowest figure in a decade.
Which reminds me of a joke…
An elderly patient needed a heart transplant and discussed his options with his doctor.
The doctor said, “We have three possible donors; tell me which one you want to use.
One is a young, healthy athlete who died in an automobile accident.
The second is a middle-aged businessman who never drank or smoked and who died in his private plane.
The third is a hospital administrator who just died after 30 years of service at a large medical center.”
“I’ll take the administrator’s heart,” said the patient.
After a successful transplant, the doctor asked the patient why he had chosen the donor he did. “It was easy,” the patient replied. “I wanted a heart that hadn’t been used.”
Going, Going…
Not quite gone. But just give this a little more time to ripen. One thing’s for sure: Klaus Wowereit (SPD) will definitely be gone as mayor before Berlin’s international airport ever opens – now pushed back to 2014.
Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit stepped down on Monday as head of a board overseeing the building of the city’s new international airport after yet another delay in the project dealt a fresh blow to Germany’s reputation for efficiency.
But Wowereit told a news conference he would not resign as mayor, despite calls for him to step down, due to the debacle over Willy Brandt International Airport, which was originally planned to open in 2008.
How’s that saying go? Lieber ein Ende mit Schrecken als ein Schrecken ohne Ende. That is, it’s better to make a painful break than draw out the agony. And funny, I wouldn’t find a break like that painful at all.
“It’s over, Klaus.”
