When justice turns to injustice resistance is a citizen's right - .... Who fights may lose but who doesn't fight has already lost .......(Bertold Brecht, 1898-1956)

Bundeswehr admin restructuring possibly to be unconstitutional - but difficult to sell to media and public

Germany's armed forces ('Bundeswehr') transformation has been taking shape since German Defense Minister, Thomas de Maizière, made his forces' deployment decisions and gave his 'to do list' for overall restructuring of the Bundeswehr admin to the subordinate 'civilian' up …

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German Interior Minister bans 'smart' phones for his staff - recommends Merkel to follow suit

According to today's Bild-online, Germany's Minister for Home Affairs, Hans-Peter Friedrich (54, CSU), has banned all iphones, smartphones and blackberries at his ministry due to 'grave' security concerns.

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Germany: "Causa Wulff" or when tactical maneuvering of a German President a la salami slices doesn't work

According to recent news of t-online / Spiegel online, the German Federal President, Christian Wulff (52), doesn't object the publication of his mailbox flak ('declaration of war') against Bild's chief-deskman, Kai Dieckmann.

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Christian Wulff's milk-glasnost, or how a German President pledges and defines transparency

German Federal President's flak toward the chief-deskman of Bild's on his mailbox that is vastly considered as attack on freedom of the press by the media has gotten return fire from the tabloid. In contrast to Wulff's public apology about his statement - the president considers  …

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If the German Federal President chose to step down it wouldn't be a state crisis, at least for Merkel

The current fuss surrounding German Federal President Christian Wulff (52) -since June 30th, 2010- will be solved anyway. Mme Chancellor Angela Merkel is going to be a crucial part in this episode.

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Merkel's junior partner's struggle to survive - F.D.P. Roesler's way is heading toward people's oblivion

Currently, Roesler's free-democratic party with the three points, F.D.P., shows measly three percentage points at the polls, sometimes even less.

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Doomsday for German Free-Democrats? - Party's general secretary quits in row over internal poll on EFSF

Well, general secretary of Germany's federal party branch of FDP's, Lindner (32), quits over the internal party poll on the 'European Financial Stability Facility' (EFSF) and its premature leakage on the results by party's chief, Roesler (38). A party whose initials could also be …

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A guy's birthday dish of love for his gal - Make a veggie-based pizza with cooked ham and low fat cheese

You - guy - you think you're not able to make a self-made pizza for your girl-friend, spouse etc.

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Greens' declaration of war against Merkel's government gets set-back by referendum on Stuttgart 21

The people of Baden-Wuerttemberg have rejected a business-hostile notion of eco-green and left-wing activists on the halt to the German Rail project of Stuttgart 21 in a state-wide referendum by wide margin. Last weekend the Green Party 'big brains', Trittin, Roth and Kuenast, d …

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Political opinion: Germany's reliability and Merkel's gov't are saved till end of term by SPD-CDU 'realpolitik' state governments

Albeit Merkel's party, CDU, disastrous performance in seven state elections this year ( no wins - six losses and one draw ), her butt is now saved by savvy 'realo' SocialDems in the federal state of Mecklenburg- W Pomerania and city state of Berlin till the end of her term. Why  …

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'After Octoberfest' is pre-Christmas holidays season - Re-imported Apostel Braeu of Eichbaum, Mannheim, heralds rush on beer for bargain-hunters

If you think pre-Christmas season is only imaginable on German, Austrian 'Christkindl' markets with (alcoholfree) hot coffee, tea, punch, you're wrong.  Liquor (rum) spiced coffee, tea, punch (called Grog in GER and AUT), and, of course, special brews of extraordinarily mal …

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At "Dirty Annie's" in Shell, Wyoming, you should be allowed to publicly drink beer on the porch - U.S. beer review

  It is hunting season on mule deer and other wild animals in Wyoming. A lot of guys and gals from all over the U.S. with their orange colored safety attire and their hunting rifles take a rest at Dirty Annie's.

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The great Grand Canyon 'calls' for a great beer - one extraordinary beer is Samuel Adams' Boston Lager

Irvin and I tested some different American brewed beer types on our 20 day 'guided' bus tour with 'American Ring Travel Inc.' across the North American continent. In our opinion, the best American beer we could get during the journey was Samuel Adams Boston Lager, 2nd place …

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New Irish Pub - at Pier 17, Manhattan, NYC - serves you 'yummy' Harp Irish Lager

After a nice refurbishing of the old pub in the upper deck of Pier 17, the friendly personnel at the new facility serves you neat Irish beers. I tested the bright pale, golden lager of Harp's. The description of theirs is: "slightly bitter up-front, smooth aftertaste, fruity nos …

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German Bundestag to vote on extension of the 'European Financial Stability Facility' - will it be the end of the blame game too?

The vast majority of the political Bundestag opposition (SocialDems, Greens) with the exception of the former Communists-Socialists of the SED-PDS successor party "The Left(ists)" will be joining Chancellor Merkel's request for the parliamentary vote on the  "European Finan …

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Berlin's State Assembly to get a left of center SPD-Greens-Coalition with slim majority - 'renegade' Pirates' Party in parliament with 9 %

The leftwing red-red coalition of SPD and the "SED-PDS" successor party "The Leftist(s) - Die Linke(n)" didn't get the necessary mandate to renew the Berlin city state government (called 'The Senate'). According to first projections, the current results of the Berlin state assem …

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State Election in Mecklenburg-W Pomerania - Another disaster for Merkel's gov't, may lose 3 bloc votes in Upper House

The ConLib Merkel-Roesler coalition got another blow in a German state election of Mecklenburg-W Pomerania. If the far-right national-democratic NPD doesn't manage to get 5 per cent of the votes  Social-Dems will have even the chance to form a Red-Green coalition.

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Amazing beers of NY state origin at one Manhattan location - MARK, 33 St. Marks Pl, a nice place to chill out

Prior to my morning ferry trip to Staten Island, I got the free 'amNY' newspaper at the subway station Whitehall - South Ferry.

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Short trip to Manhattan - The 'Big Apple' always has a great taste.

Albeit almost having been crushed into 'nirwana' by an 'overeager' NYC Indian/Pakistani born (???) yellow taxi driver when heading as passenger of this cab to my hotel room at 'The Roosevelt' in midtown Manhattan (E 45th St and Madison) from a BA flight London-JFK in t …

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German Bundeswehr to implement 'assistance pilot' for soldiers with PTSD - Spendid idea!

The German soldiers' association DBwV has successfully convinced the defense ministry to provide 'helping hands' from real persons, so-called "assistance pilots", for traumatized soldiers who are coming home from the Northern Afghanistan task force area, eh, NATO-Taliban 'war th …

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Germany: Schleswig-Holstein cops not satisfied with new pistol Walther P99Q - What's next?

Since 2005, North Rhine-Westphalian state police officers have been supplied with 42.000 pistols 'Walther P99 DAO' - but with the first shipments of the new police weapon, the procuring police admin big brains got the info by their 'serving and protecting' colleagues that t …

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Safety first for 189 German Navy's Sea Cadets 'Crew 2011' - No training on SSS Gorch Fock - They are lucky!

This Friday, August 5th, 2011 at the German Naval Academy of Flensburg-Muerwik, 156 male and 33 female 'officers- to-be' of 'Crew 2011' are going to be sworn in as 'sea cadets'.

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Jokes: Black-out or where have you been all the time?

Harry enters his favorite pub, shouting:"Happy New Year, fellas!" The bartender Bob:"Are you kidding? It's almost mid-July, Harry." Harry: "Oh my, then I'll certainly run into trouble with my wife. I've never come home this late."  

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