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Why Germans don’t have air conditioning?
Everybody knows why Germans don’t have air conditioning.
Unlike the US or parts of Asia, many homes in Germany and northern Europe aren’t equipped to deal with extreme heat. But as the world gets hotter, trends are changing.
Be more like Freddy
German of the day: Amerikabild
That means image of America.
The soccer fan who is shaking up Germany’s image of America – For years, Germans have viewed the U.S. primarily through headlines and mostly negative news: Donald Trump, polarization, gun violence, and culture wars. And now an unknown German soccer fan named “Freddy from Germany” comes along, posts on social media about his first visit to a “Waffle House,” expresses amazement at a massive gas station with more than a hundred pumps and a shooting range right in the middle of an outdoor store—and suddenly, millions of people are seeing a different side of America…
Perhaps this World Cup ultimately says more about Germany than it does about the United States.
German of the day: Preisgestaltung
That means pricing policy.
U.S. Launches Trade Investigation Against Germany Over Drug Prices – Washington accuses Berlin of underpaying for innovative drugs. If the investigation yields corresponding results, punitive tariffs could even be imposed.
The U.S. has launched a trade investigation against Germany regarding drug pricing. According to several media reports, Washington intends to examine whether innovative drugs are systematically underpaid on the German market, causing U.S. patients to bear a comparatively high share of research and development costs.
Get with the plan, Freddy
US-Amerika bad. Mexico and Canada good.
Internet falls in love with German soccer fan discovering American South ahead of 2026 World Cup – Freddy’s journey from Atlanta’s MARTA to Chili’s in Chattanooga has become a social media sensation.
I want a new drug
Can’t have it.
Unless…
Trump’s drug pricing war comes for Germany – U.S. and German officials are meeting in secret to talk about drug prices.
U.S. embassies across the continent are being mobilized to deliver a message to European capitals: American patients are paying too much for medicines — around three times more than Germany for new drugs — and Europe better chip in.
“I am a great admirer of America”
That’s why I wouldn’t want to send my kids there.
They are too and might not come back.
German leader Merz says he ‘would not advise my children to go’ to US – Chancellor says he no longer views US as land of opportunity amid ‘deeply polarising’ social climate.
Friedrich Merz, the German chancellor, already embroiled in a row with Donald Trump over the Iran war, has said he would not advise his children to study or work in the US in the current climate.
Move troops from Germany to the Pole position?
Makes sense to me.
rump says he ‘might’ move US troops to Poland from Germany – Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that Warsaw should not “poach” troops from allies.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he “might” move U.S. troops from Germany to Poland, as the Pentagon prepares to pull around 5,000 American soldiers out of Germany over the next year.
“Poland would like that,” Trump told journalists on Friday when asked about the prospect. “We have a great relationship with Poland. I have a great relationship with the president. … I like him a lot, so that’s possible.”
I met a German girl in England who was goin’ to school in France…
And we danced the Mississippi at an Alpha Kappa dance.
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers Earn German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge in Poland.
And they will cherish it forever.
A True German Crisis
The Iran conflict is ruining German vacation plans!
Call in the Germany military – to get German vactioners out.
Iran war: Tens of thousands of German travelers stranded – German tour operators say at least 30,000 customers have been left without travel options after thousands of flights were canceled across the Middle East because of the US-Israel war with Iran.
Tens of thousands of people on trips organized by German travel agencies have been affected by US-Israel war with Iran, a leading trade group said on Monday.
Figures from the German Travel Association suggest that some 30,000 tourists are unable to fly home amid the hostilities, which have prompted several countries in the region to close their airspace, while many airlines have put flights into and out of the crisis area on hold.
German flagship carrier Lufthansa is among those airlines. The company said that airspace over Israel, Iran, Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and the Saudi airport of Dammam will not be used by Lufthansa and its subsidiaries until at least March 8. United Arab Emirates airspace will be avoided until March 4.
Observing Hermann 