German Of The Day: Warntag

December 8, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hi-tech Tags: Alerts, Emergencies, German, Language, Mobile Phones, Tests, Warnings Leave a comment

That means Warning Day. And that’s today. It’s a national holiday or something. So don’t say I didn’t warn you.

And this, I believe, is what the warning text will say (in German): OMG we’re all going to die!

All mobile phones in Germany to receive alerts on Warning Day on December 8.

Germany’s first official Warntag took place on September 10, 2020, but was declared a failure after people received warning-app messages half an hour late. Sending emergency messages to all people, and not just those registered with an emergency app, was a step planned by the German government following the 2021 floods across North Rhine-Westphalia and the Rhineland-Palatinate that claimed the lives of more than 180 people.

A Massive Energy Cost Rise?

December 7, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: Dependency, Energy, Energy Crisis, Gas, Greens, Pipelines, Putin, Renewables Leave a comment

But where did this massive rise in energy costs come from? Who is responsible?

I know. We’ll ask the government to help us!

1 in 10 Germans had not yet heated by November despite cold weather: Survey – Germans have significantly changed their heating habits due to massive rise in energy costs, research finds.

Industrious Germans?

December 6, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: Berlin, Employment, Germans, Germany, Jobs, Tesla, Unions Leave a comment

Yeah, I read about those once. Looks like it’s been quite a while since then, though.

Tesla’s Berlin Hub Can’t Hire Enough People, or Keep Them – The company’s staffing problems have been magnified in Germany, where it is unable to meet targets as more workers head for the exit.

“Some people are off sick longer than they’ve actually worked. There are people who I haven’t seen working for three weeks in six months. Many people are signed off sick because the motivation isn’t there.”

Talk The Talk

December 5, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: Armies, Defense, Exports, German, Germans, Germany, Military, NATO, Weapons industry Leave a comment

Sure. But walk the walk? Nein, Danke!

Germany to Miss Military Spending Target Next Year, Study Says – Germany will fail to meet a NATO guideline of spending 2% of gross domestic product on its military next year and again from 2026 onwards, according to an analysis quoted in local media on Monday.

“The 2% target is receding into the distant future despite €100 billion in special funds, and even necessary procurements in the short term are not progressing.”

It’s just a show, people. Get used to it.

German Of The Day: Energiepreis-Stoppschild

December 4, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Humor, Hurt Feelings Tags: Consumers, Dependency, Energy, Energy Crisis, Gas, German, Germans, Germany, Language, Nuclear energy, Oil, Pipelines, Prices, Putin, Renewables Leave a comment

That means energy price stop sign.

This is a brilliant new German invention (both the word and the concept) meaning that energy providers must first explain why they will be raising prices before going ahead and raising them anyway. Thanks German government (the ones who created this energy crisis in Germany in the first place), German citizens are most certainly saying, we wouldn’t be able to sleep soundly at night without you.

Germany to force energy providers to justify future price hikes – The German government plans to allow energy providers to raise prices next year only if objectively justified, the economy ministry said on Saturday, denying a media report that Berlin planned a ban on all energy price hikes for consumers.

Anna-Carina W.

December 3, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Hotness Tags: Anna-Carina Woitschack Leave a comment

Beautiful German of the week.

Because somebody has to admire them.

It Simply Isn’t True That We Don’t Have Enough Weapons

December 2, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hypocrisy Tags: Ammunition, Armies, Defense, Exports, Germans, Germany, Industry, NATO, Preparedness, Weapons Leave a comment

It’s just that we don’t have enough ammunition.

The more things change (with the German army), the more they stay the same. I’ve timed these “unpreparedness” intervals to be about every eight to ten months – for decades now. Germans have no intention of ever having a “real” army again. The Bundeswehr is simply an alibi army needed to justify the German weapons industry. Just get used to it, folks. And don’t believe any of their rhetoric.

German defense minister comes under heavy fire over ammunition shortages – Both government coalition partners attack Christine Lambrecht over apparent unpreparedness and inaction to secure enough ammo for armed forces.

Alternatives Needed

December 1, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Hypocrisy Tags: China, Dependency, Germany, Trade Leave a comment

Like a good alternative reality. Anybody got one handy?

After taking the latest concrete step to make Germany more dependent on China, the German government reminds everyone that Germany should stive to be less dependent on China.

Germany must be more trade independent from China, minister says -news portal – Germany’s Economy Minister Robert Habeck wants to make the German economy more independent from China by focusing on alternative furture markets.

Was He At Least Wearing A “OneLove” Armband?

November 30, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy Tags: Gas, Greens, LNG, Nuclear, Pipelines, Putin, Qatar, Renewables, Solar, Wind Leave a comment

When he signed the 15 year LNG deal with Qatar? They were a big deal here for a few minutes last week.

Don’t the Greens normally love making empty gestures and sending symbolic symbols (Zeichen setzen)? Germany’s Green Economy Minister set two symbols with the deal: 1) We don’t give a damn about the human rights blah blah we claim to give a damn about and 2) Nasty LNG gas may not be green enough for our standards but it’s just green enough to “save the planet,” as long as it saves Germany first – from the catastrophic energy policy the Greens got Germany into in the first place.

German minister satisfied with 15-year Qatar LNG deal – German Economy Minister Robert Habeck said on Tuesday he was happy with the length of a liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply deal struck with Qatar, as Berlin pursues new energy partnerships after a plunge in gas from Russia.

Remember The Arms Race?

November 29, 2022 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: Energy, Germany, Greens, Renewables, Subsidies Leave a comment

Now we’re in a subsidy race.

It’s a subsidize the renewable energy sector race. The rules are simple: The country that wastes the most taxpayer money on technologies that can never, under any realistic scenario, meet the electricity demands of the given country, wins. And the others turn Green with envy.

Analysis: U.S. green subsidies heighten fears for German industry – U.S. subsidies add to threats to German manufacturing base.

Observing Hermann

“Was interessiert mich mein Geschwätz von gestern?”