The Polls Have Never Been Wrong Before
So don’t hesitate to believe these results.
And if you’re interested, I’ve got some wonderful Florida swampland I can get you for a real steal. But seriously folks, the wording below is very important. “Germany’s leadership has never been higher in many countries…” The country of Germany was clearly not among those polled.
Merkel Set to Leave Office With Germany on Top of the World – As German Chancellor Angela Merkel prepares to leave office after nearly two decades in power, approval of Germany’s leadership has never been higher in many countries.
Across the 29 countries and areas that Gallup has surveyed so far in 2020, a median 62% approves of Germany’s leadership, up slightly from a median of 59% for this same group in 2019. Approval ratings are at, or top, previous record highs in 18 of the 29 countries.
German Of The Day: Stadtschloss
That means “the city palace,” and in this case it’s referring the reconstructed Prussian palace that opened in Berlin yesterday.
And virtually no one came to the grand opening. That’s because it took place virtually, which is how virtually everything is taking place these days.
A reconstructed Prussian palace will open in Berlin on Wednesday as a museum complex housing colonial artifacts, just as debate is gathering pace around the return of treasures plundered from abroad.
The opening ceremony for the Humboldt Forum, which will house attractions including the Ethnological Museum of Berlin, will take place virtually due to restrictions to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.
Launched in 2013, the huge renovation project in central Berlin has been plagued by delays, controversy and spiraling costs — much like the capital’s ill-fated new international airport that opened in October.
Critics have seized on the new building being home to a museum housing nearly 20,000 artifacts from Africa, Asia and Oceania, mostly from the former colonies.
Hard Lockdown, Lockdown Light, Christmas Lockdown…
Did Germans flock to the stores and through the crowds yesterday to get their Christmas shopping done before the big Christmas lockdown?
And to get their COVID19 infection while they were at it? Of course they did. They had to. But they know that their government is only locking them down for their own good so they are thankful that they were allowed to Christmas shop for as long as they did.
Germans flocked to the shops to get their Christmas shopping done. Now it’s forced them into lockdown for the holiday.
“The people are fed up with the situation.”
Not fed up enough, it seems. Happy Holidays!
This Surreally Happened
Art for Art’s sake. You know Art, don’t you? From the cleaning crew?
We need surrealism to deal with surreality, people. Or maybe we don’t. Hard to say for sure.
A Surrealist Yves Tanguy Painting Was Tossed in Trash at a German Airport – The painting, worth an estimated $340,000, was left behind by a traveler at Düsseldorf Airport and scrapped by a cleaning crew.
Loser Of The Year
That’s how a major German news magazine labeled these two (in German, Loser is also used for the plural form).
In his memoirs, Biden bluntly describes his disappointment with the German chancellor, who in his opinion was far too lax with Putin. In the book “Promise Me, Dad,” he mocks Merkel’s “passive voice” while at the same time praising his own speech as his having been his best ever. A meeting on the margins of the event with Merkel and the Ukrainian president apparently wasn’t particularly harmonious, either. “Merkel seemed frustrated with me,” Biden wrote of the meeting.
How The Grinch Just Stole Christmas
In Germany. And no, it’s not the COVID-19 Grinch who did it. It was that other one with her evil elves below.
Germany set for nationwide hard lockdown from Wednesday: report – Germany is set to close most shops from Wednesday as it tightens lockdown curbs, according to a draft government proposal. Chancellor Angela Merkel is to meet with federal and state leaders on Sunday morning.
“Maybe Christmas doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.”
Janine P.
Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart
And my virus too, Granny. Looks like that’s the last Last Christmas for you! (insert evil laughter here)
Merkel pleads with Germans to avoid a ‘last Christmas with the grandparents,’ as country smashes daily death record – Germany was praised among European nations for its handling of the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. But on Tuesday it suffered its deadliest day yet and infection rates are still rising. So what’s gone wrong?
And that was way back when on Tuesday.
Fast 30.000 Neuansteckungen mit dem Coronavirus binnen 24 Stunden meldet das Robert Koch-Institut – der höchste Stand in Deutschland seit Beginn der Pandemie.
Ve Have Vays Of Making You Talk
Ve know you have ze virus. Or at least you had it. Ve vere informed by your children. Vhere did you get it? Who did you give ze virus to you?
Give us ze names! Sign ze papers!
Coronavirus: Anti-lockdown group put under surveillance in German state – A Querdenker group, one German state said, has been “infiltrated by extremists.” The movement is responsible for arranging large demonstrations against coronavirus restrictions across the country.
“Avoid your last Christmas wis your grandparents.”
Observing Hermann 