Young German men.
It came out of nowhere. It’s inexplicable.
Young Germans opt out of military service as Berlin strives to boost army – Almost 6,000 young men apply to be excluded on moral or religious grounds despite ‘conscription lite’ policy.
That means spring fatigue.
The shocker: Researchers say it doesn’t exist. It turns out Germans are no more fatigued in spring than they are in winter, summer and fall. Although that is pretty pooped.
Study busts myth: German ‘spring fatigue’ doesn’t exist – Do we really feel more tired in spring? Researchers in Switzerland say, “there’s no such thing as spring fatigue.” But it is a deep cultural phenomenon in German-speaking countries.
It’s one of the first warm days of the year. The first harbingers of spring are cautiously poking their heads out of the ground, the cappuccino in the street cafe tastes of new beginnings. Winter seems to be over.
Everything seems easier — if only it weren’t for that one feeling that seems to plague many people (at least in the German-speaking countries) every year: spring fatigue.
PS: But Stink-Fuß does exist. Although it is more prevalent in the summer. “Out through the night an’ the whispering breezes to the place where they keep the imaginary diseases…”
Because of Donald Trump’s tariffs – which don’t exist yet.
Today we are told that “the struggling German economy grew by 0.4 percent in the first quarter, twice as much as initially estimated.”
If it wasn’t for fake economic news, we wouldn’t have any economic news at all.
Stay home and crawl under bed at midnight.
New Year’s Eve: Around 3,000 additional police officers on duty – In order to prevent New Year’s Eve riots and attacks on the emergency services as far as possible, the Berlin police largely rely on the concept from last year.
Same procedure as every year.
(after we shut down our own nuclear industry so we can pretend that we’re “Green”) So, why shouldn’t they provide us with nuclear deterrence as well?
Germany’s Schaeuble calls on Berlin to help fund French nukes – Germany should contribute towards the costs of France’s nuclear arsenal as the threat of nuclear war with Russia looms over Europe, German political veteran Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an interview published on Saturday.
“Now that Putin’s accomplices are threatening a nuclear strike every day, one thing is clear to me: we need nuclear deterrence at the European level as well,” Schaeuble, a former finance minister who has served as a member of the German parliament for five decades, told the Welt am Sonntag newspaper.
In Germany? No way. Or way?
Hey, saving the planet costs money. Just ask the German Greens who have introduced the costly (and doomed) bottomeless pit of renewable energy, save-the-planet regulation and smorgasbord of taxes on greenhouse gas emissions.
Germany’s export-oriented economy used to be a reliable engine for pulling Europe out of slumps. Now, as the continent emerges from a pandemic torpor, Germany is lagging behind.
German manufacturers are struggling to produce cars and factory equipment because of parts and labor shortages. They face surging energy prices that are making sky-high electricity bills even higher. And they must invest hundreds of billions of dollars over coming years to meet new clean-energy standards.
That means under fire.
Thank goodness Joe Biden has “made progress” and continues to have the situation under control.
A firefight broke out between unidentified gunmen, Western security forces and Afghan guards at the North Gate of Kabul airport on Monday, Germany’s armed forces said, as thousands of Afghans and foreigners thronged the airport, seeking to flee Taliban rule.
One Afghan guard was killed and three others were injured in the battle, which also involved US and German forces, the German military said on Twitter, without specifying whether the dead Afghan was one of the Taliban fighters deployed to guard the airport.
In dem Gefecht seien eine afghanische Sicherheitskraft getötet und drei weitere verletzt worden, meldete die Bundeswehr auf Twitter. Demnach ereignete sich der Angriff um 4.13 Uhr deutscher Zeit.
Because the numbers keep going up.
And what goes down must go down. Or at least one can hope that.
German government facing massive drop in approval, survey shows – Germans increasingly disapprove of the federal government’s performance, particularly in combating the pandemic, as coronavirus infections spike across the country.
Only 35% of Germans said they were satisfied with the federal government this April, with 64% expressing their disapproval towards Berlin. This is a massive shift from November of last year, when around 70% expressed approval.
Observing Hermann 