Tag Archives: Berlin

It’s a Mossad state of affairs…

October 4, 2025 By in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Higher Education, Hurt Feelings Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

When Germany’s security and intelligence services aren’t able to do their job on their own.

Mossad reveals role in arrest of Hamas-linked cell in Germany said plotting to kill Jews – Effort to stop the cell spanned several countries, and was ‘part of an extensive Mossad effort throughout Europe’ that busted weapons caches, saw other operatives detained.

The Mossad was involved in Wednesday’s arrest of a Hamas-linked cell in Germany that planned to carry out attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets, the agency announced Friday.

The Israeli foreign intelligence service said the arrest was possible because of close coordination between the Mossad and Germany’s security and intelligence services.

Systemic vulnerabilities in Berlin’s infrastructure?

September 10, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

No way.

It can’t happen here. Again.

Suspected arson triggers Berlin blackout, 40,000 homes and businesses without electricity – A fire on two high-voltage pylons in southeastern Berlin triggered a major power outage Tuesday morning, leaving more than 40,000 households without electricity in what authorities suspect was an arson attack.

The suspected arson recalls previous attacks linked to the left-wing extremist group “Vulkangruppe,” which has claimed responsibility for targeting infrastructure in Berlin since 2011.

German of the day: Waffen und Messer verboten!

May 26, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

That means weapons and knives are forbidden (here).

Why didn’t anybody think of this before? Problem solved. At least “temporarily.”

Federal police declare temporary knife ban at major Berlin train stations – A temporary knife ban at major Berlin stations promises safety but raises questions about policing and public space.

Starting next week, Berlin’s central train stations will become no-knife zones, at least for part of the day. In an effort to curb rising violence, federal police are instituting a month-long weapons ban across twelve of the city’s busiest stations.

“I love my scars.”

May 5, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

“It reminds me where I came from.”

Berlin still bears scars 80 years after pivotal battle that sealed the defeat of Nazi Germany – Central Berlin was in ruins after the Red Army completed the Allied victory over Nazi Germany in an intense fight for the capital in May 1945.

After decades of division and its revival as the capital of a reunited, democratic Germany, the city is now transformed, blending painstakingly restored buildings with modern architecture. But the scars of the past remain visible in many places: facades riddled with holes from bullets and shrapnel, or gaps in rows of houses sometimes plugged by new buildings.

Dogs are not “illegal!”

May 2, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

Except in Berlin.

Lock ’em up. Toss ’em out. ICE, ICE, baby.

Half of pet dogs in Berlin kept illegally as owners ‘boycott’ registration rules – Microchip implant with data has been required since 2022 but policy is unpopular because of expense and nuisance.

Democracies and Death Cults

April 21, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Higher Education, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings, Hysteria Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

Looks like the death cults win.

Douglas Murray has been blacklisted in Berlin – as a British writer living in Berlin, I recently attempted something that now passes for quietly provocative: I tried to buy a book. Not just any book, but On Democracies and Death Cults, the latest from Douglas Murray.

Is there a doctor in the house?

April 19, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Health, Hurt Feelings Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

Then pull out your gun and shoot him.

Or use your knife. It’s either you or him. “Free” health care in Germany is expensive. It could cost you your life.

Germany: Berlin doctor charged with 15 counts of murder – Berlin prosecutors have filed charges against a palliative care physician on suspicion of multiple murders in overdosing his patients. The suspect allegedly set fire to some victims’ apartments to cover up his crimes.

Just your run of the mill knife attack

April 10, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

In Berlin. Every day now (they forget to mention the one in Berlin Steglitz this morning).

Knifeman on the run after Berlin tram passenger seriously injured in stabbing – The victim was attacked around 2.30am on the M2 tram at Karl-Liebknecht-Straße in the city’s Mitte district…

“Knife violence is a city-wide problem, and many young men in particular seem to have one in their pockets.”