Sixty years ago, in June of 1948, the Western Allied Forces responded to the blockade of the three Western zones of Berlin with the Airlift. During the following months, American, British and French aircraft brought millions of tons of freight on hundreds of thousands of flights to West Berlin. The US Air Force took the [...]
Spain is the winner of the Euro 2008 and we ended up second. Ending up first would have been nicer, but I am glad we lost to Spain and not to Russia. Talking about Russia: I went to the Wiesbaden Army Airfield for the 60th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift today and had a great [...]
There is a commercial on the radio which makes fun of the British soccer team. You remember the Brits did not qualify for the Euro. You can listen to it on You Tube: Radio Werbung – Ohne England
Hello! This is a Radiowerbung for my English friends. I have a funny question for you:
What have Malta, [...]
Breaking news: President Ahmadinejad shows his wife! You have to have a look at this picture I found on page 1 of Friday`s BILD-Zeitung (June 27, 2008): “Herr Ahmadinedschad zeigt seine Frau”. Because all you can see on this pic is President Ahmadinejad on the left and next to him a person all covered in [...]
Thomas Schmid über “Das vergessene Wunder der Luftbrücke” und die Frage: “Können wir Amerika verzeihen, dass es uns geholfen hat?” in der WELT, 27.06.2008:
(…) War das nur Care-Paket-Opportunismus? Das war es sicher auch. Und doch viel mehr. Praktisch erlebten die Berliner - und in nicht minder nachdrücklicher Weise die Bewohner der amerikanisch besetzten Zone Westdeutschlands [...]
“Falsche Fahne, falscher Text”, eine großartige Glosse von Thomas Lindemann in der WELT, 24.06.2008:
Angefangen hat diesmal die Schweiz. Letzte Woche wurde die deutsche Nationalhymne vor dem Spiel Deutschland-Österreich dort bekanntlich mit “Deutschland, Deutschland über alles” untertitelt, es folgte der ganze andere Text bis an den Belt. Am Wochenende nun zogen die ARD-”Tagesthemen” nach: Während Moderator [...]
Tonight is the match of all matches: Germany against Turkey, or Krautland vs Kebapland ;-)
Of course I hope the German team is going to win, but at least, if we loose I get one döner (=doner kebab) and one ayran (=a drink made of yoghurt, water and salt) for free at my favorite döner-kebap shop, [...]
Before this blog gets too philosophical, here are some of the simple things in life that can make you happy:
- eating the first cherries of the year (I love them when they are dark red, almost black)
- strawberry-yogurt-cream-cake - oh, I have some left in the fridge ;-)
- getting email from a friend who has [...]
I find American optimism irresistable. But who knows maybe I have only met conservative Americans so far?
According to studies Conservatives tend to be happier than Liberals. Not entirely new, but here is the beginning of an article I have loved reading:
“Smile if (and Only if) You`re Conservative” by George F. Will, washingtonpost.com, February 23, 2006:
To [...]
What an extremely nice suprise! This morning I had asked the question if and why Americans are more optimistic than Europeans and this evening I found the first answer in my mailbox. One of the Chicago Boyz wrote the following:
Of course we`re optimistic. The truth is that optimism is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
My grandfathers were [...]