Category Archives: Germany

Life in a Day

Posted on December 2, 2012 by

I had a movie preview for “Life in a Day” saved on my computer for some reason, so I checked out the movie listings today to see if it was playing locally. Nope. I figured I could go to a … Continue reading →

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Failed states

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

Foreign Policy magazine put up a fascinating listing last month ranking failed states, or nations on the brink of collapse. There are a number of stories on why states are failing (Somalia clocks in at No. 1) and details on … Continue reading →

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Cuckoo for austerity

Posted on June 24, 2012 by

So what’s happening in world economics? Steepest drop in German private sector output for three years. Euro crisis leads to survey-record monthly fall in service providers’ business outlook. Of course, an economist could explain this better, but let’s see: Germany … Continue reading →

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Border patrols

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

Here’s a map of what are supposed to be U.S. interventions around the world since the end of World War II. Seriously? We haven’t done anything in Canada or Mexico? In Mexico’s case, doesn’t the War on Drugs count? It’s … Continue reading →

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Perry storms Omaha Beach

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

Gov. Yosemite Sam of Texas went off on a tangent and compared his race for the White House to the allies storming Normandy in World War II. Here are the details from MSNBC: Texas Gov. Rick Perry today compared the … Continue reading →

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Food for (insane) thought

Posted on October 15, 2011 by

This is a commercial for a European dairy company called Muller (umlaut over the U). There are very few words, but, really, even if there were a complete Tarantino screenplay, it wouldn’t do much to explain what’s going on. Best … Continue reading →

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Stock market psychopaths and other supposed realities

Posted on September 28, 2011 by

There are plenty of bad things you can say about Wall Street (I know, I’ve said them), but sometimes, the anti-stockbroker armies go to far. For example, this story ran in the German magazine Der Spiegel recently in an analysis … Continue reading →

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Cucumbers, sprouts … what’s left?

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

German health officials need to get their act together (from AP): First they pointed a finger at Spanish cucumbers. Then they cast suspicion on sprouts from Germany. Now German officials appear dumbfounded as to the source of the deadliest E. … Continue reading →

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Killer sprouts

Posted on June 6, 2011 by

From the AP: Consumers were awaiting the release of official test results Monday that will most likely confirm that vegetable sprouts from an organic farm in northern Germany caused the terrifying E. coli outbreak in Europe that has killed 22 … Continue reading →

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All of a sudden, I’m not hungry

Posted on June 3, 2011 by

This is not encouraging (from the Washington Post): The bacterium that has killed more than a dozen Europeans, sickened nearly 2,000 more and raised international alarms would be legal if it were found on meat or poultry in the United … Continue reading →

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