And 20 German diplomats in Moscow?
Why so many, anyway? One in each city should be more than enough. Maybe these diplomats have more specialized functions.
Berlin decides to expel Russian diplomats en masse, Russia sends huge plane for them – Moscow calls Berlin’s actions “hostile.”
Russia will expel at least 20 German diplomats in a tit-for-tat response.
I miss the Cold War too. Good times. MAD times (Mutually Assured Destruction).
How I do wish we could turn back the clock.
After the wall came down – with the more benign cousin of today’s callous capitalism the victor – we took a summer trip to Berlin in the ever-dependable family BMW (it looked like an East German Trabbi compared to modern cars today). I remember sitting in the back listening to Madonna’s latest album on my Walkman as the bright energetic Berlin streets slipped by the car window. Besides the Brandenburg Gate, we bought giant furry Russian winter hats and military cap badges and chunks of the wall being sold on lines of tables.
Happy days. The global standoff was over, with us coming out on top. How did we let that slip through our fingers?
Even “more than shocking,” if such a thing is possible. Other than for her, I mean.
And somebody somewhere needs to do something about all this more than shocking stuff real pronto, I bet she’s thinking.
Germany’s foreign minister: Parts of China trip ‘more than shocking’ – German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Wednesday described parts of her recent trip to China as “more than shocking” and said Beijing was increasingly becoming a systemic rival more than a trade partner and competitor.
The blunt remarks followed Baerbock’s visit to Beijing last week where she warned that any attempt by China to control Taiwan would be unacceptable.
Seems to be taking longer than you were planning.
Or would that be racist (the attackers never seem to be a Lukas, Tobias or a Günther)? Whatever. But once they are introduced, knife attacks will finally be a thing of the past.
Stabbing attack at German gym leaves 4 severely injured – German police say four people have been severely injured in a stabbing attack at a gym in the western city of Duisburg.
PS: While we’re at it. Why don’t you consider banning fitness studios (gyms)?
And it was a lot. A whole lot. WAY TOO MUCH, actually. We ought to decorate her!
They can decorate her every year for Christmas for all I care. She’ll be going down in history alright. But it will not be kind.
Angela Merkel receives Germany’s highest honor – Merkel is only the third German chancellor to receive the award, but some felt it was too soon to rank her among the country’s ‘greats.’
That means going it alone.
This guy still lives in the real world. And can do simple arithmetic. So he doesn’t have a chance in hell. Good luck anyway.
Bavaria mulls reopening nuclear plant under state control – Hours after Germany closed its last three nuclear power plants, one state premier has sought powers to partially reverse the decision. A law change would allow Bavaria to operate the Isar 2 power station, he said.
If it invades Taiwan.
Sort of. She said, and I quote: “This would not be acceptable to us as Europeans.” Well, thank goodness. That was a close one, wasn’t it? One problem less in the world.
Germany’s Baerbock warns China that war over Taiwan would be a ‘horror scenario’ – ‘A unilateral and violent change in the status quo would not be acceptable to us as Europeans,’ the foreign minister says.
That’s a great way to put it. But hey. It’s what the Germans want.
Nobody else gets it, of course. Personally, I think it’s just good old-fashioned German megalomania again. Only this time they’re saving the planet instead of conquering the world.
Germans Are Getting Mugged by Reality of Green Energy (the last German nuclear reactors are being shut down tomorrow).
“The impact [of the energy crisis] is easy to say, I just have a lot less money. I now pay a quarter more in electricity since the Ukraine war started. The annual Warmmiete [warm rent] that I pay, which covers rent, heating, and hot water, is now 20% higher, not including the additional costs I have to pay at the end of the year. There are some people using only natural gas as a heating source who are paying 55% more.”
Observing Hermann 