German Of The Day: Steuerhinterzieherin
That means tax evader – of the female persuasion.
The title of the article: The Super-Lefty as Tax Evader.
Katrin Lompscher (Left Party), the Senator for City Development in Berlin’s red-redder-green (SPD, Left Party, Greens) city government – and the mother of the city’s infamous, breathtakingly failed and unconstitutional Mietendeckel or rent cap – has been forced to resign due to tax irregularities. They weren’t paid regularly enough, in other words – she earned too much on the side and declared too little. It’s folks like her – and there are a whole lot of them here in this city – who put the Social in Social Democracy. Sorry. I meant, who put the Left in the Left.
Zu viel Kohle nebenher kassiert und nicht versteuert – das klingt nach turbokapitalem Protzvillen-Raffke.
Schools Reopen In Germany
“But the coronavirus is not gone.”
Politicians are agreed on the need to avoid large-scale closures. But the coronavirus is not gone.
Schools are considered lower-risk and many doctors favor a return to the normal schoolday. But the coronavirus is not gone.
In May and June, 2,600 students and teachers were tested as part of a pilot project and not a single acute infection was found. But the coronavirus is not gone.
Fewer than 20 of those tested had antibodies in their blood, which usually indicates an infection in the past. But the coronavirus is not gone.
Experts say a new lockdown would have negative psychological and physical repercussions for young people. But the coronavirus is not gone.
The German teacher’s union doesn’t want the schools to open, however. Because the coronavirus is not gone.
If You’re Against Covid-19 Restrictions In Germany…
You’re a neo-Nazi.
That’s pretty straightforward. It is also deceptive, unbalanced and an incorrect. Some would even go as far as to say it is fake news. But then they would be called neo-Nazis too.
Neben Corona-Leugnern und Impfgegnern waren auch viele Teilnehmer mit eindeutig rechtsgerichteten Fahnen oder T-Shirts in der Menge. – Along with Corona deniers and anti-vaxxers many participants in the crowd were waving what were clearly right-leaning flags or wearing related t-shirts.
Politik diskutiert über Einschränkung der Versammlungsfreiheit – Politicians are discussing the restriction on freedom of assembly.
German Of The Day: Ohne Mundschutz
That means without masks (“mouth protection”).
Uh-oh, the natives are getting restless. Pandemic Is Over! (If You Want It).
Thousands of maskless Germans protest COVID-19 rules in Berlin – Thousands protested Germany’s coronavirus restrictions Saturday in a Berlin demonstration marking what organizers called “the end of the pandemic” — a declaration that comes just as authorities are voicing increasing concerns about an uptick in new infections.
Ohne Mundschutz, ohne Abstand – Tausende demonstrieren gegen Corona-Maßnahmen.
Lili P.-R.
Beautiful German* of the week.
Because somebody has to admire them.
- OK, she’s Austrian but that’s close enough.
German Of The Day: Tiefer Fall
That means a steep fall. Very steep in this case. Really, really, really steep already.
You would have to back in history some ninety years to find a comparable peacetime decline in German economic activity.
But why would anybody want to do that?
Germany’s Economic Slump Shows Scale of Europe’s Challenge – The 10.1% drop in output in the region’s largest economy is a harbinger of worse figures elsewhere. Spain, France and Italy will probably report even deeper contractions on Friday, reflecting a recession that prompted an unprecedented policy response from governments.
Man wird in der Geschichte bis zur Weltwirtschaftskrise vor rund neunzig Jahren zurückgehen müssen, um in Friedenszeiten einen vergleichbaren Sturz der wirtschaftlichen Tätigkeit in Deutschland zu entdecken.
German Of The Day: Abziehen
That means to withdraw.
US to withdraw 12,000 troops from Germany in ‘strategic’ move – The US is set to withdraw almost 12,000 troops from Germany in what it described as a “strategic” repositioning of its forces in Europe.
About 6,400 troops will be sent home, with the rest moved to other Nato countries such as Italy and Belgium.
President Donald Trump said the move was a response to Germany failing to meet Nato targets on defence spending.
Not A Bad Start
For a country of 80 million.
Please note the journalist’s panicked attempt to explain away the numbers right in the head of the article.
German population of migrant background rises to 21 million – Germany saw a 2.1% increase in the population with a migrant background in 2019, though the rate of increase was the least rapid since 2011. The largest group hails from Turkey, around one in three are from the EU.
“People with a migration background are clearly over-represented in cleaning jobs, warehousing, food production and care for the elderly. In the future we will continue to need more skilled workers.”
German Of The Day: Ex-Offizier
That means former officer. And that means a really, really bad person – despite being antiwar.
Trump picks antiwar favorite Douglas Macgregor to be German ambassador – Macgregor is a favorite among Trump supporters who want to pull US troops from the Mideast and Afghanistan. As ambassador, he would oversee Trump’s plan to slash the substantial US troop presence in Germany.
Ex-Offizier Macgregor soll US-Botschafter werden.









