In February it was a new Cold War, now it is a new Cuban Crisis. And I wonder what is next?
“Putin compares U.S. missile shield to Cuban crisis” by Oleg Shchedrov, Fri Oct 26, Reuters:
Russian President Vladimir Putin drew a parallel on Friday between U.S. plans for a missile shield in Europe and the Cuban [...]
“Putin will Menschenrechte in EU überwachen”, Welt-Online, 27. Okt. 2007
(…) Russland will in Brüssel ein Institut einrichten, das die Lage der Menschenrechte in der EU überwachen soll. Ziel sei es, die Situation von ethnischen Minderheiten, Einwanderern und Medien in der Europäischen Union zu beobachten, sagte Präsident Wladimir Putins persönlicher Berater für Beziehungen zur EU, Sergej [...]
Preisrätsel auf der Achse des Guten (”Atomare Antisemiten”, Henryk M. Broder, 28.10.2007) und ich habe wirklich keinen blassen Schimmer, wer das gesagt haben könnte:
“Dieser US-christlich-fundamentalistische Antisemitismus stellt die wirkliche Gefahr für den Weltfrieden dar, da er atomar bewaffnet daher kommt.”
Na, da wird das wohl nichts mit dem original Wiener Apfelstrudel beim Cafe Einstein ;-)
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This summer I received an email by – hold your breath – a pro-American French. Yes, this species exists. Here is the proof:
Hello Karin,
I just visited your website and your blog, and I enjoyed
them.
It’s always a pleasure to find people who don’t participate in the global anti-americanism that has spread over all Europe, and that [...]
Dear Mr. President, that is how I started a letter five years ago. Today it is a song by PINK which is played by German radio stations day and night carrying a somewhat different message. See lyrics here.
Some radio station in Germany must have alleged this song was being censored in the U.S. The rumour [...]
How times are changing! For so many years U.S. troops presence has been vital for Germany and thus Darmstadt and now I am reading in my local newspaper “Darmstädter Echo” that town officials consider U.S. troops withdrawal as “vital” for Darmstadt and as a “unique chance” for city development. Nobody seems to be sad. I [...]
Now I did not mind Al Gore winning the Oscar I only thought it was the wrong category - should have been best actor instead of best documentary feature -, but the Peace Nobel Prize? That seems to me like an assault on reason and I do not really know whether this should make me [...]
Zero tolerance or maximum profit?
“Germany’s Iranian secret” by Benjamin Weinthal, Haaretz.com, 12/10/2007
Germany’s role in the crisis caused by Iran’s nuclear program typifies a kind of split national personality. On the one hand, already in early 2006 Chancellor Angela Merkel, of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), drew a diplomatic line in the sand when she declared, [...]
German-American Day, 2007
A Proclamation by the President of the United States:
Generations of German Americans have helped shape our national culture and advance our legacy of freedom. On German-American Day, we recognize the many contributions that Americans of German descent have made to our vibrant country.
German immigrants, in search of a brighter future, were [...]
Zum Tag der Deutschen Einheit 2007 ein Auszug aus “Ein schmerzhafter Prozess”, WELT-Interview mit Klaus von Dohnanyi, 2. Okt. 2007, das Gespräch führten Martin Lutz und Thomas Schmid (zitiert wird aus der Printausgabe, die etwas ausführlicher ist):
WELT: In ihrer ersten Regierungserklärung hat Frau Merkel gefordert: “Mehr Freiheit wagen!” Haben die Deutschen ein Talent zu mehr [...]