We deceived for the greater good

April 27, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Hideology, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy Tags: Energy, Experts, Germany, Greens, Lies, Nuclear energy, Renewables, Robert Habeck Leave a comment

Because our ideology said we could.

Green deception isn’t like normal deception. It’s cleaner. And renewable.

German ministers quizzed over nuclear phase out ‘deception’ – A political magazine alleged that the Economy Ministry hid expert advice supporting the extension of Germany’s remaining nuclear power plants. Two ministers defended their decision to a parliamentary committee.

Cicero magazine reported a day earlier that officials from the environmentally friendly Green Party had acted in a “deceptive” manner by ignoring expert advice and seeking to proceed with the phase-out of nuclear energy, which had been planned since 2011…

Habeck’s viewpoint conflicted with advice from experts who said that nuclear power could help save the use of gas and avoid a power crisis, just as Germany was trying to cut its dependence on Russian energy.

Germans asked to stop being so naive

April 25, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Hideology, Hurt Feelings Tags: China, Dependency, Espionage, Exports, Germany, Imports, Military, Spies Leave a comment

Germans reply by saying “What do you mean?”

“Just because we’re uncritical, unquestioning and easily taken in doesn’t necessarily mean that we’re naive. It worked with Russia, didn’t it?”

German spy agency warns companies against being too “naive” on China – Germany’s domestic spy agency told companies on Wednesday they should be on guard against industrial espionage by Beijing, warning them not to be naive or over-reliant on China.

The warning from the agency’s deputy head Sinan Selen came days after three German nationals were arrested on suspicion of handing over technology with military applications – a case which has highlighted mounting anxiety across Western Europe about Chinese spying.

German of the day: Da ist nichts zu lachen

April 24, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Health, Helplessness, Hideology, Hurt Feelings Tags: Accidents, Berlin, Car Sharing, Driving, Drugs, German, Germany, Language, Lauging Gas, Nitrous Oxide Leave a comment

That means that’s nothing to laugh about.

Although, actually…

Car sharing driver overturns – laughing gas in the car!

Serious accident at night in Berlin-Wilmersdorf! A car-sharing car crashed into several parked cars and left a field of debris in its wake.

I don’t think Indian students deserve this

April 23, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Heconomy, Higher Education, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: Demographics, Employment, Engineering, Germany, Indians, IT, Jobs, Labor, Students, Work Force Leave a comment

They didn’t do anything wrong.

Why can’t we just learn to live in peace?

Germany targets Indian students to address labor shortages – Germany looks to tap into international student talent to keep its engineering and IT sectors afloat.

Germany is grappling with a critical labor shortage and aging population, with projections indicating a deficit of seven million skilled workers by 2035.

With some 700,000 vacancies currently unfilled, Germany’s economic growth potential has dropped to about 0.7% now from around 2% in the 1980s, and is set to fall further to 0.5% if the country fails to resolve this problem, German Economy Minister Robert Habeck has said, stressing the importance of migration in bridging this widening gap.

Engaging Germany’s Indian student population in the workforce may be part of the solution.

But in social media it says that the Palestinians are starving

April 20, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Hideology, Higher Education, Hurt Feelings Tags: Annalena Baerbock, Gaza, Germany, Israel, Lies, Media, Propaganda, Starvation Leave a comment

So it must be true.

Enjoying a nice day at the beach doesn’t mean you’re not starving, after all. Right?

‘We’re not like the Nazis’: Netanyahu said to chide German FM on Gaza ‘famine’ remark – heated exchange reportedly occurs after Annalena Baerbock charges Israel pushing Gaza toward starvation; Germany complains about ‘distorted’ leaks

“Come and see the pictures of the markets in Gaza, the beaches in Gaza, there’s no famine there.”

I can’t stand it…

April 18, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hurt Feelings Tags: Agents, Espionage, Germany, Russia, Sabotage, Spies, Ukraine Leave a comment

I know you planned it.

What could it be? It’s a mirage. You’re scheming on a thing, that’s sabotage!

German police arrest two suspected of spying for Russia – German police have arrested two men on suspicion of spying for Russia. The German-Russian nationals are accused of acting as agents for sabotage purposes.

The urge to urge

April 16, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hurt Feelings Tags: China, Exports, Germany, Imports, Industry, Restrictions, Trade Leave a comment

Urged once again. Due to the urgency, I guess.

Well, I’m sure this urge will finally do the trick.

German chancellor urges Chinese industry bosses to play fair in EU market – Olaf Scholz says European cars should have equal access to Chinese customers.

“The only thing that always needs to be clear is that the competition is fair,” he said during a discussion with students at Tongji University in Shanghai. “That means there can be no dumping, no overproduction and that intellectual property rights are not violated,” he said.

German of the day: Unwahrscheinlich

April 11, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Hideology, Hurt Feelings Tags: Dependency, Economy, Energy, Gas, German, Germany, Greens, Industry, Language, Renewables, Russia, Solar, Ukraine, War, Wind Leave a comment

That means unlikely. As in “a recovery of German industry to the level before the war in Ukraine is unlikely.”

Go Green, go… lean.

Germany set to permanently pay for reliance on Russian gas—as power chief says ‘significant structural demand destruction’ means it will never fully recover from energy crisis.

German industry got rich, thanks partly to its close energy trading relationship with political and economic rival Russia. The past few years have shown just how misguided that relationship was, as Russia invaded Ukraine and cut off Germany’s cheap, vital gas supply.

Now, one of Germany’s leading renewable-power bosses has suggested it’s a mistake the country could rue forever, as the fallout from the energy crisis is set to permanently damage its industry.

“Art is what you can get away with”

April 10, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, High Art, Hurt Feelings Tags: Art, Artists, Exhibitions, Galleries, Germany, Munich, Paintings Leave a comment

And this guy didn’t get away with it.

But nice try anyway.

German gallery fires employee for hanging own art in exhibition – A modern art gallery in Germany has fired an employee after discovering the budding artist had hung his own work in an exhibition.

The 51-year-old man had drilled two holes in a wall to mount his painting in Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne.

But why would you leave Helsinki in the first place?

April 9, 2024 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Hurt Feelings Tags: Berlin, CO2, Finland, Finns, Flying, German, Germans, Germany, Happiness, Language, Travel 2 Comments

To come to Berlin, I mean.

Finns are the happiest people on Earth, I’m told. Germans, well, aren’t. And Berliners erst recht nicht (certainly not).

Traveling from Berlin to Helsinki — without using a plane. Flying is a major CO2 emitter when traveling. But how feasible are alternative modes of transportation?

Observing Hermann

“Was interessiert mich mein Geschwätz von gestern?”

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