But were afraid to ask.
A Rabbi is asked why Jews always answer a question with another question. “Why not?” he replies.
“Für mich gilt jeder als Jude, der meschugge genug ist, sich selbst einen zu nennen.”
Category Archives: History
Der Spiegel Ten Years After: Iraq Invasion Commemorated By Unleashing Obsessive-Compulsive Headline Offensive
Bam, bam, bam! The Spiegel just had to knock off three of these puppies in a row, that’s how excited they must have been about the tenth anniversary of the US-lead invasion of Iraq.
I didn’t actually read these, of course. Why should I? I already knew what was in them.
10 Lessons from America’s ‘Dumb War’
This article reminds us once again how invading Iraq and getting rid of Saddam Hussein was a really dumb thing to do and how smart and farsighted and enlightened Germans were for having said no before anyone ever even had the chance to ask them.
Iraq War Seen as ‘Strategic Failure by Many’
This explains why the invasion made everything so awful “down there” and how it has turned that entire region of the world into the terrible, dreadful and hopeless place it is today.
This is all about how much nicer it was living in Iraq before that dumb old strategic failure of an invasion took place.
Where bombs once fell, residents now buy groceries. Where militias patrolled, campaign posters now hang. Yet peace is still a long way off.
German Man Caught Impersonating A Cardinal After Other German Man Caught Impersonating A Pope
OK, OK. The German Pope dude actually was a Pope but he did that typical German Frührente (early retirement) thing that Popes don’t normally do so technically speaking you could be a real devil advocating jerk if you wanted to be and claim that the guy never was a real Pope in the first place (and no, of course I’m not Catholic and yes, I clearly don’t have the slightest idea what I’m talking about here – except for that Frührente part).
As for the Cardinal dude, I think he looked rather convincing while hanging out with several unsuspecting eminences in Rome the other day. Except for the sneakers he was wearing, maybe. And his crucifix, which was too short, or so I’m told. And his sash turned out to be just a purple scarf. But still. The Cardinal question here is, well, is not having a life something you can actually make your living at?
He was thrown out by the Swiss Guard after someone noticed his crucifix was too short and his sash was just a purple scarf.
Hoff The Wall
David Hasselhoff himself, “adored by fans in Germany after his 1989 performance of his song Looking for Freedom on top of the Berlin Wall,” is mad as hell and isn’t going to take it anymore and will now sign a petition opposing the further removal of remnants of the wall at Berlin’s East Side Gallery.
But that’s not the interesting part of this article, I find. The following line is:
He once complained that his role in the reunification of East and West Germany had been overlooked following the fall of the Berlin Wall.
His role in the reunification of East and West Germany? I don’t get it. David Hasselhoff’s roles are always overlooked. That’s just what he does. That’s his trademark, so-to-speak. So let’s move on and overlook his latest role here while we’re at it, too.
“How can you tear down the wall that signifies freedom, perseverance and the sacrifice of human life?”
The British are leaving! The British are leaving!
And the German communities they will soon be leaving don’t like it one little bit. It has to do with Kaufkraft (spending power) or something.
Strange, isn’t it? Germans are always the first to demand the quickest possible withdrawal timetable for “foreign” troops (NATO, ISAF, etc.) taking part in peacekeeping operations elsewhere in the world, but then start whining once the foreign peacekeepers in Germany finally have enough already and decide to leave themselves – after nearly seventy years.
Peace is hell.
“Da sind die Auswirkungen nur schwer abzuschätzen.”
Remove 20 Meters?
Of a 1.3-kilometer stretch of the Berlin Wall?
And you can still find 300 people who care?
The real issue: This is being done to build a road to a new luxury condominium so, well, the yuppie scum must be behind it again.
“Does culture no longer have any value?”
Germany Not Trying To Dominate Europe
Honest. Why try when it comes so naturally?
No, seriously folks. Poor German President Joachim Gauck. He certainly means well (and somebody’s talking head has to say this stuff, I guess), but how can you not think that Germany is imposing a “diktat” on the rest of the continent when he goes out of his way to tell you that Germany is not imposing a “diktat” on the rest of the continent?
“In Germany, more Europe doesn’t mean a German Europe. To us, more Europe means a European Germany.”
Well, nice try, but you forgot about the German European Germany variation. It’s not that we don’t trust you, Germany. It’s just that we don’t trust you. It’s called the BKB Syndrome (or at least that’s what I call it). You know, The Big Kid on the Block Syndrome? It’s incurable and there’s not a damned thing you can do about it and you’re guilty until proven guilty so just go ahead and kick back and get used to the situation (as if you weren’t already). And, oh yeah, welcome to the club already, too.
“I was shocked to see how quickly perceptions became distorted, as if today’s Germany stood in the tradition of German imperialism, even of German crimes.”
German Military To Acquire Armed Drones They Will Never Use
Germany’s military is planning to acquire armed drones which they will never use in a zillion years its Defense Minister said on Friday, reigniting a heated debate in Germany over the ethics of not using such aircraft.
The drones would protect German soldiers in dangerous situations, if we would ever use them that is, which of course we wouldn’t, as German soldiers are never put in dangerous situations in the first place, Thomas de Maiziere told the German government’s YouTube channel in an interview.
Critics of such German drone non-strikes argue that they would end up failing to kill high numbers of innocent civilians and that they would frequently not be launched across sovereign states’ borders – far more frequently than conventional attacks by piloted German aircraft that are never ever launched from anywhere to anyplace, either.
Prior to the official announcement, German opposition lawmakers had already condemned the pointless purchase of the useless, lame-ass, purposeless armed drones, with the head of the Greens parliamentary group Juergen Trittin saying that they could lower the threshold for German military non-engagement even lower than it already is.
“We have a gap in our capabilities which we want to close.”
Morsi Arrives In Berlin To Mark The Eightieth Anniversary Of Hitler’s Rise To Power
Or at least that’s what I assume he’s here for.
“We have seen worrying images in recent days, images of violence and destruction.”
Where Are We Now?
Why in Berlin, of course. Or in old West Berlin, anyway.
Sie heißt “Where Are We Now” und beschwört in klagendem Ton ein vergangenheitsverwehtes Berlin.
Observing Hermann 