German of the day: Selbstmordattentat
German of the day: Asylsuchende
That means asylum seeker.

Florida GOP Rep Backs ‘Anti-Greta’ Thunberg German Influencer’s Asylum Bid – Florida Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna has announced her support for far-right German climate skeptic Naomi Seibt, who is seeking asylum in the United States.
Seibt has claimed she facing political persecution in Germany due to her support for the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party.
“I applied for asylum with no intention to ask for a favor to prioritize my case. I am a legitimate asylum-seeker, my case speaks for itself. But when congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna saw my announcement, she approached me and immediately offered her personal support. I am immensely grateful for this opportunity. We both fight for the same goals: The protection of free speech and our shared Western values.”
German of the day: Russische Wegwerf-Agenten
That means disposable Russian agents.

You know, low-level agents who are not not professional spies but hired for small sums to carry out minor acts of sabotage, then “discarded?”
Things like photographing military sites, setting vehicles and facilities on fire, spray-painting political slogans, spreading pro-Russian content and conspiracy theories, etc. They would normally also sabotage rail lines and other forms of strategic infrastructure but the Germans have already beat them to it.
Putin’s secret terror in Germany – Russia’s “disposable agents” pose a threat to internal and external security. It is difficult to expose them. That is why German politicians are puzzling over how to defend the country against them. Now, for the first time, a strategy is taking shape.
Nice plane
But it never got off the ground.
By 2029?
In Germany? I have my doubts.

And “cost-effective?” This is more doubtful yet.
German laser weapon could be on ships by 2029, say contractors – “Successful tests conducted on the frigate SACHSEN proved the demonstrator’s tracking capability, effectiveness and precision under real operational conditions for the first time in Europe,” the announcement says...
“Based on this, an operational laser weapon system could be available to the German Navy as of 2029, providing a powerful and cost-effective addition to conventional guided missiles,” the statement adds.
Hamburgers are the happiest?
No, not the food. The people.

Maybe, but they’re real grumps by non-German standards. And don’t even get me started on Berliners. No, not the food. The people.
Germany news: Hamburgers are happiest Germans, study says – A new study finds life satisfaction in eastern Germany rising faster than in the west, although Hamburg is the happiest city.
German of the day: Stadtbild
That means cityscape. And this word is apparently offensive to Germans.

To Germans who are in denial about violence, sexual or otherwise, being committed by… As I said, in denial.
‘Ask your daughters’: Merz defends his call for large-scale deportations – German chancellor accused of taking a page from extremist parties with ‘dangerous’ rhetoric on immigration…
Merz said his priority was “security in public space” and stressed that only if it could be guaranteed “will the [mainstream] political parties win back trust”.
He had drawn flak last week for remarks that critics said hinted that diversity itself was a problem in German cities: “Of course we still have this problem in the cityscape, and that is why the federal interior minister is now working to enable and carry out expulsions on a very large scale,” Merz said on a visit to Brandenburg state outside Berlin.
Ai Weiwei should have read my blog more often…
Then he wouldn’t have been so, you know, surprised.

Just sayin’.
What I Wish I Had Known About Germany Earlier – A German newspaper commissioned an article from me but then refused to publish it…
A society governed by regulations, yet lacking individual moral judgment, is more dangerous than one with none at all.
A society that values obedience without questioning authority is destined to become corrupt.
A society that admits to error but refuses to reflect on its origins possesses a mind as stubborn and dull as granite…
It’s nothing personal, Mom
It’s purely financial.

Daughter suspected of burying Holocaust survivor mother in yard to collect German reparations – Israel Police uncovered the body of 93-year-old Holocaust survivor Maina Tolstikov, allegedly buried by her daughter and the daughter’s partner in their Carmiel yard to keep receiving state and German compensation funds.
The motive, investigators believe, was purely financial. Tolstikov, as a Holocaust survivor, received tens of thousands of shekels each month from the Israeli government and Germany. “They simply never reported her death and kept withdrawing the funds for over a year and a half,” Reuveni said.

