That means raisin bomber. Or candy bomber, if you prefer.
Bombers like these, and their pilots, are hard to find these days.
Gail Halvorsen, pilot who showered children with candy during Berlin airlift, dies at 101.
German Of The Day: Rosinenbomber
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Did You Sea That?
Water are you still doing here?
Buoy, I’d get out of there if I were you! But don’t be upset when you go to the back of the boat and the captain gives you a stern look.
You bunch of ferries.
Storm Ylenia: Three injured after a huge wave smashes through ferry windows in Hamburg, Germany.
After Firing Two More Arab Employees Deutsche Welle Reports That Germans Are Less Skeptical Of Immigration
That makes five Arab journalists fired so far. The Deutsche Welle has become much less skeptical about firing them, I guess.
Germans less skeptical of immigration – People across Germany have become more accepting of refugees and migrants since the pivotal year 2015. But the latest study by the Bertelsmann Foundation shows that reservations remain.
Germans have overall become more accepting of refugees. But over one-third of respondents (36%) believe that Germany cannot take in any more of them. In 2017, that number stood at 54%. Currently, 20% consider the refugees to be “temporary guests” who do not need to be integrated into society.
As Long As We Haven’t Sat Out This Latest Clinton Crime Mess
That we continue to ignore while the rest of you keep insisting on yapping about.
Yes. A Russian attack on Ukraine is still a possibility says Biden. Honest.
Translation: The Germans Are Getting Restless
Even the Germans lose their patience eventually.
The government won’t be able to push its vaccine mandate through anymore, looks like. The political opposition is finally forming.
Germany’s plan for vaccination mandate losing momentum – Bundestag debate on general mandate unlikely before end of March when Covid-19 cases are forecast to fall.
“Plans for a vaccination mandate from age 18 or 50 are illusory solutions that won’t find a majority in the Bundestag.”
Keep Those Expectations Very, Very Low
And you’ll still be disappointed. See Joe frowning over there already?
Ukraine crisis: What can the US expect from Germany? – With Russian forces massing on Ukraine’s border, the White House has sharpened its rhetoric. What can Germany bring to the table?
The 350 soldiers posted to Lithuania just a few days ago were merely a symbolic effort, just like the promise of 5,000 helmets.
Putin Shaking In His Boots Again
Or in his valenki, or whatever it is they are.
Olaf Scholz himself is coming to town. Or to grad, or whatever it is they call it.
German Leader Travels to Russia, Ukraine as Tensions Grow – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is flying to Ukraine and Russia this week in an effort to help defuse escalating tensions as Western intelligence officials warn that a Russian invasion of Ukraine is increasingly imminent.
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Head Lobbyist What’s In Charge
You know, kind of like ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroeder (SPD) being Gazprom’s top lobbyist?
Ain’t no big deal. The Greens are from the government and here to help, after all. They’re perfectly willing to turn a blind left eye to any conflict of interest or other ethical concerns in order to “save the planet.” The ends justify the means.
Germany’s foreign minister is facing domestic criticism over her surprise decision to recruit the head of Greenpeace as an international environmental envoy, including accusations she bent the rules to create the post and had obscured the divide between governing and lobbying…
She will reportedly receive a salary in line with that earned by bureaucrats of a similar rank, of almost €15,000 a month.
Morgan will have to also undergo a security check by Germany’s intelligence services, with some critics suggesting it may be difficult for her to distance herself from Greenpeace protest initiatives where its activists have clashed with the law.
Observing Hermann 