Russia Scared?

January 25, 2017 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking, Humor, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy Tags: Belgium, Crimea, Defense, German, Germans, Germany, Lithuania, NATO, Russia, Ukraine 1 Comment

Of 17 German officers and 30 Belgian troops who have just arrived in Lithuania?

I’m scared, too. Or at least I was. That I hadn’t read that right, I mean. But now I’m scared again because I checked once more and I did read that right: German troops land in Lithuania amid Russia fears.

Though political parties within Germany – whose national history makes it a hesitant military leader – clashed over the deployment of German troops, Lithuanian President Dalia Grybauskaite greeted Germany’s decision to lead the NATO forces as a “breakthrough” for the future of European defense.

Moscow, on the other hand, has criticized the move as an example of NATO aggression against Russia.

I’m Not Normally For Boycotts

July 2, 2014 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Higher Education, Home Cooking, Humor, Hurt Feelings Tags: Belgium, Food, Football, Humor, Satire, Soccer, Sports, USA, Waffles, World Cup 1 Comment

But maybe we should have considered taking that Waffle House call to boycott Belgian waffles more seriously.

They’re fluffy and delicious, but for this week, they’re the breakfast of the enemy.

With Victories Like This You Don’t Need Any Defeats

July 1, 2014 By Hermann Observer in Helplessness, High Art, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: Algeria, Belgium, Football, Germany, Humor, Satire, Soccer, Sports, USA, World Cup Leave a comment

Ende gut, alles gut. All’s well that ends well. But the Germans sure didn’t look like they were feeling very well while playing Algeria yesterday.

Would you rather we played beautiful football but got knocked out?

PS: Good luck with Belgium, OOZA!