German Of The Day: Stadtschloss

December 17, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Helplessness, Higher Education, History, Home Cooking Tags: Berlin, Berliner Stadtschloss, German, Germans, Germany, Humboldt Forum, Language, Museums, Prussia Leave a comment

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.

You First

December 7, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Health, Heconomy, Helplessness, Hideology, Hurt Feelings, Hypochondria, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: Angela Merkel, Berlin, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, German, Germans, Germany, Pandemic, Vaccinations 1 Comment

A spokesman for Angela Merkel’s government has announced that he expects coronavirus vaccinations to begin in Germany “in the very first days” of the new year.

And Germans being Germans and incredibly orderly and all that the same spokesman has indicated that government officials, himself included, will graciously wait their turn and let everyone else get their vaccinations first.

Merkel’s chief of staff, Helge Braun, told the Bild newspaper late Sunday that he will tell medical authorities he’s prepared to help. He said “that won’t work at every hour of the day or night as chief of staff, but at the weekend I’m prepared to join in.” He said that he and Merkel will get vaccinated “when it’s our turn.”

DIE GROSSE IMPF-DEBATTE – Welche Berufe sind zuerst dran?

Journalists Fascinated By Rare VW Kamikaze Attack

November 26, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking, Hostility, Humor, Hurt Feelings, Hustle (Hoax), Hypochondria, Hysteria Tags: Angela Merkel, Berlin, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, German, Germans, Germany, Globalization, Protests Leave a comment

No one was injured in the attack, of course. Nor was the VW used in the attack damaged.

This was a German kamikaze attack, after all.

Germany: Car crashes into gates of Angela Merkel’s chancellery – Berlin police have arrested a man who drove his car into the gates of the office of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. A vehicle with the same license plates carried out a similar stunt in 2014.

Photos showed a car with a message scrawled on one of its sides reading: “You damned children and old people murderers.” The white paint on the other side said: “Stop Globalization Politics.”

New Year Fireworks Spread Corona

November 25, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hypochondria, Hysteria Tags: Bans, Berlin, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Fireworks, German, Germans, Germany, New Year's Eve, Regulations, Rules Leave a comment

In Germany they do. Even if you shoot them off from your balcony, in your backyard or in front or your own front door, apparently.

That’s why they must be verboten this year. I mean next year. I mean, you know what I mean. Everything that is not expressly allowed must be verboten here. It’s the law or something. Of course the companies that make 90 percent of their annual sales on New Year feel that this planned ban might have a slight financial impact on their revenue, but still.

Planned ban on New Year fireworks ignites anger in Germany – Authorities set to prohibit big public displays that are traditional part of festivities.

“Wir finden, dass privates Feuerwerk vor der eigenen Haustür Corona-konformer gar nicht sein kann.”

German Of The Day: Weihnachtsmärkte

November 24, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hypochondria, Hysteria Tags: Berlin, Christmas 2020, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, German, Germans, Germany, Language 1 Comment

That means Christmas markets. Then there are, of course, Weihnachtsmärkte 2020.

Spurred on by Chancellor Angela Merkel to come up with a “cohesive, collective answer” on how Germany should try to get the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic in check, state premiers are working on new proposals for the period from December 1…

In the broadest strokes, the restrictions imposed this November are set for an extension for at least three weeks, until December 20.

German Social Democrats See German Democracy Under Attack

November 23, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: Berlin, Corona, COVID-19, Democracy, Demonstrations, Free speech, German, Germans, Germany, Protests, Socialists, SPD Leave a comment

That’s odd. It looks more like peaceful protestors are currently the ones under attack to me.

Saskia Esken, Social Democratic Party co-leader, on Monday renewed calls from her SPD that the federal parliament adopt a law promoting democracy to help foil what she said was a far-right in Germany intent on eroding society.

“We are currently experiencing how right-wing extremists openly attack our democracy.”

I Guess This Guy Was Just Fed Up With People

November 22, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking, Horror, Humor Tags: Berlin, Cannibal Jokes, Cannibalism, Cannibals, Crime, German, Germans, Germany, Jokes, Murder 1 Comment

Personally, I find that calling someone a “cannibal” is politically incorrect and highly offensive. These days, one should refer to them as “humanitarians.”

German police have arrested a 41-year-old man on suspicion of cannibalism after they found human bones stripped completely of flesh in a Berlin suburb.

Berlin prosecutors said Friday they are “investigating at full speed to shed light on the sexual murder with suspicion of a cannibalistic background”.

PS: What did the cannibal get when he was late for dinner? The cold shoulder.

German Of The Day: Beregnen

November 19, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Higher Education, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hypochondria, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: Berlin, Corona, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Demonstrations, Euphemisms, German, Germans, Germany, Infection Protection Act, Language, Protests, Regulations, Rules Leave a comment

Zu beregnen means “to sprinkle.” I also like Sprühnebel. That means “spray mist.”

That’s what Berlin police water cannon do or use against protestors who demonstrate against the government’s COVID rules and regulations. And they just passed a new “protection” act that allows them to bypass Parliament to make additional rules and regulations. The government is apparently upset that the people are upset about this.

As lawmakers in the German parliament voted to amend the country’s Infection Protection Act, which lays out the restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19, thousands were protesting in the capital, accusing the government of using the law to curtail basic rights and establish a “corona dictatorship.”

German Citizens Abdul And Mohamed May Know Someone Who Knows Someone Who Knows Something About A “Serious Theft” That Has Taken Place

November 18, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Habeas Corpus, Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy Tags: Berlin, Dresden, Dresden Castle, Gangs, German, Germans, Germany, Green Vault, Jewel Thieves, Jewels, Lebanese Clans, Muslims, Organized Crime, Robberies Leave a comment

Somewhere.

Of course, they may not know either. Hard to say. And we don’t want to jump to any conclusions here just because they are German citizens.

German police said they arrested three men Tuesday morning and are looking for two additional suspects who they believe stole around 100 royal jewels and ornaments from a museum vault in Dresden Castle last November, as about 1,600 officers are continuing to search for the stolen items and evidence.

Officials said three unnamed German citizens in their twenties were arrested in Berlin and a search warrant has been issued for the two other suspects, Abdul Majed Remmo and Mohamed Remmo, who are also in their twenties.

Boooring!

November 15, 2020 By Hermann Observer in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, History, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: Berlin, Bombs, Evacuations, Fireworks, German, Germany, Kreuzberg, WWII Leave a comment

Yawn. Another World War II bomb evacuation again.

Germany: Thousands evacuated in Berlin as World War II bomb is defused – A quarter-ton World War II bomb was discovered in the Kreuzberg district of Berlin. Thousands of people were evacuated from their homes as police set up a radius around the unexploded ordinance.

The ones they actually detonate are pretty rare – and way more fun.

German oddity 15: Germany is a place where huge underground bombs are routinely unearthed all around the country and this barely even makes second page news. In fact, most Germans directly affected are more annoyed about it than anything else. They grudgingly leave their homes until the bomb crews have disarmed or detonated the damned things. Over 5,000 bombs are found in Germany every year.

Observing Hermann

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