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German of the day: Redefreiheit war gestern

April 18, 2025 By in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helections, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

That means free speech was yesterday.

The threat to free speech in Germany – One of the freest countries in the world takes a hammer to its own reputation.

Freedom of expression jeopardized by coalition agreement?

A paragraph in the coalition agreement is now causing new concern online about the right to freedom of expression. “The future black-red coalition does not respect freedom,” according to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. According to Cicero magazine, the potential new government is “alienated” from the “responsible citizen” and Die Welt warns of a new “kind of truth law.”

German of the day: Erholung

April 9, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

That means rally.

Dow surges 2,300 points for biggest rally in 5 years after Trump pauses some tariffs – Stocks surged Wednesday after President Donald Trump announced a pause in some of the ‘reciprocal’ tariffs, causing a market that’s been under extreme pressure for the last week to explode higher.

The S&P 500 skyrocketed 7.6%, on pace for its biggest one-day gain in five years. The Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 2,423 points, or 6.4%, also its biggest gain since 2020. The Nasdaq Composite jumped 9.8%.

German of the day: “Da war was…”

April 5, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

That means “there was something…” There was something, I dunno, seven years ago.

“See? Nobody cares.”

Forgotten? The fate of German citizens abducted abroad – The recent video of a German nurse who was abducted in Somalia around seven years ago has put the fate of abducted Germans in the spotlight.

Sonja N. was abducted by armed men almost seven years ago in Somalia. At the time, the German nurse was working for the International Red Cross. A video recently emerged showing her and her appeal to the German government and her family to do everything they can to get her released. She said her health was deteriorating rapidly.

German of the day: Erbärmlich, armselig und jämmerlich

March 25, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

That means pathetic.

Trump cabinet members tear into ‘pathetic’ European allies for ‘free-loading’ in leaked messages – The messages have come to light in an extraordinary security breach after a journalist was added to a high-level messaging group by mistake.

Key members of Donald Trump’s cabinet have ripped into European allies, branding them “free-loading” and “pathetic” in extraordinary leaked messages.

The messages have come to light after The Atlantic‘s editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg was added to a private Signal messaging group by mistake, by Trump’s national security adviser Michael Waltz.

German of the day: Begrenzte Waffenruhe

March 19, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Hostility Tags: , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

That means limited ceasefire.

Trump and Putin agree on limited ceasefire – further negotiations from Sunday in Jeddah.

Russia has agreed to cease attacks on energy facilities in Ukraine for 30 days. This was announced by the Kremlin following a telephone conversation between Russian head of state Putin and US President Trump. According to the US, negotiations on an end to the Russian war of aggression are to continue in Saudi Arabia at the end of the week.

German of the day: “Die Deutschen können es nicht lassen”

March 1, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

That means “the Germans just can’t stop doing it.”

Calling people Nazis, that is. One person in particular. They just can’t see that they’re getting lonelier with every passing day. But once they do, they’ll suddenly be gleichgeschaltet (brought into line) like everybody else and Klassenbester (best of the class) again.

The Germans have a word for what’s happening in Trump’s America – As the president lays waste to the rule of law, too many Americans are experiencing ‘Gleichschaltung” — being brought into line.”

German of the day: Ins Ungewisse schrumpfen

February 24, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Heconomy, Helections, Helplessness, Hideology Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

That means to “shrink into obscurity.” Like the German Greens just did.

They got their asses whooped, in other words. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

The Greens shrink into obscurity – The Greens finish in fourth place in the federal elections. It is still unclear whether there is an option for power – but the battle to interpret the result has already begun.

German of the day: Das tut man nicht

February 22, 2025 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

That means “one doesn’t do that.”

As in insult politicians. Otherwise we’ll arrest you. “Speech raids” are a thing in Germany.

Germans are being arrested for insulting politicians — we need to protect free speech so it never happens here.

The First Amendment is our sacred safeguard against becoming a censorious hellscape — like Germany, where insulting a politician can land you in prison.

Even supposedly “free” Western countries are liable to crack down on free speech at a moment’s notice, as a recent “60 Minutes” segment makes clear.