“Back in Berlin, no one knew what to do at first. It seemed as though the relevant ministries were totally surprised by the unheard-of fact that the soldiers Germany had dispatched to the Gulf of Aden might actually catch some pirates.”
“All countries that have dispatched warships to patrol the coast of Somalia are in a difficult legal position as soon as they make arrests.”
“There is no logical reason for a Kenyan court to try to convict the suspects.”
German pirate hunting frigate Karlsruhe is back from its pirate hunting expedition on the Horn of Africa, safe and sound, just like the pirates it had been hunting.
Everyone is thrilled because this was an historic mission or something. Apparently it was a first here, what one calls a “combat operation” in the military.
“Es ist das erste Mal, dass man sagen kann, es war ein Kampfeinsatz.”
I don’t know what to believe. Is Germany the great film-making nation we all think it is because of this guy?
Or is it maybe less of this great film-making nation because of this “worst director in the world” guy here? I’d say it’s both, maybe, or neither, although it’s hard to say for sure.
Sure, Alexander Freydank may have received the Academy Award last night for Best Short Film for his 14 minute long Spielzeugland (Toyland), but Uwe Boll got an award, too. He got this year’s Golden Rasberry for the worst directing for, uh, well, for directing everything he his been allowed to direct so far.
Personally, I love trash films, whatever the language, whether they’re the worst foreign types or not, so leave Uwe Boll alone you elitist cinimatic snobs, you. And so what if he’s “the Teutonic twerp (Eumel) of world cinema”, there is obviously an audience for that kind of stuff, and I’m probably sitting in it. In the audience, I mean. Haven’t had the pleasure to see one of these Boll productions yet, though. I will, though. Or I’ll wait for the book to come out.
“Alles, was Boll mache, sei einfach scheußlich.”
Damn. They just unleashed these guys and they’ve already hacked into the Interior Minister’s website? He’s a data security kind of guy, get it?
I told you so. I just knew that the Germans were going to be good at this cyber warfare stuff. It looks like it’s time to change your password, Herr Minister.
„Ein Hacker hat den Internetauftritt des CDU-Politikers geentert und dort Werbung gemacht: für mehr Datenschutz und gegen die von Schäuble befürwortete Vorratsdatenspeicherung.“
Ekel-TV (revulsion television) in Germany has certainly seen better days. No, come to think of it, it hasn’t.
Truly international as usual, „Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!“ or, if you prefer, “I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!”, only in German production, this year’s season is really going to revolt or spew or rock or whatever it is you choose to call it big time.
RTL’s star line up will include a well seasoned actress with prison experience, a freshly-operated transsexual and someone who actually goes by the name of “the white negro from Hasenbergl.” I’m speechless almost. With stars like these you don’t need enemies.
Needless to say, I’ll just have to watch, at least once. And so will you, because needless to say, it’s pointless to try to resist.
“Don’t go for help… no one will hear you.”
If you’re Knut the freakin’ polar bear maybe.
Man is it sure cold in Berlin these days. How cold, you ask?
It’s so cold you need jumper cables to get the German drivers going (German cars still start up just fine).
Cold? It’s so cold Berlin’s mayor actually slept with a woman last night.
Why it’s so cold that German politicians are keeping their hands in their own pockets for once. Or they’re considering it at least.
Cold? When I tried taking down the garbage this morning it refused to go.
Please consider this to be a testing environment.
“That‘s old Hermann.”
The new Hermann might pop up here, eventually.
Observing Hermann 