(Sarc) A new English verb in terms of political sciences should be added: to merkel = to sweep or push away unwanted political big heads in your own party, mostly male, from their posts due to unpopularity, plagiarizing, subjective fear of getting stabbed in the back by own poli …
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Merkel's ConLib government has finally reached a parliamentary go-ahead in extension of Atalanta, an international anti-pirates mission, in the Indian Ocean, off the Somali coastline in a vast sea area. Germany's armed forces, the Bundeswehr, are now allowed by majority mandate …
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Yes, Marie LePen is so far right that she comes out at the left hand side. Her nationalistic & socialist course of her "Front Nationale" - a mix of anti-immigrant, anti-capitalist, rich-wary, peasant-based, hollow-headed "France First" thinking conservatives dumped Nicolas S …
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The Pirates' Party is the big spoiler. No doubt about it. Without them, a left-wing three-way coalition of Social Dems, Eco-Greens and the Danish-German minority party SSW, would have been possible, indeed. Now, the grand-coalition would be common sense, either way, who will be 1 …
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Illmitz, Lake Neusiedl, Burgenland, Austria. If you are a fan of cycling, well, this vacation town in the south-east of Austria, near the Hungarian border, shall be your destination. Landscape is quite flat, Lake Neusiedl is shallow, and the climate here is great for growing win …
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Last Sunday, in Winden on the Lake Neusiedl, at Karl's, mum and I had a season speciality "Asparagus Cordon Bleu". Wow, I can sprongly recommend this, yummy taste without too many cals. You can make veggie style as well, just don't add cooked ham. Well, the recipe: For one …
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Mom and I are having some days of spring vacation in Illmitz, Lake Neusiedl, Austrian federal state of Burgenland. On our way to Moerbisch on the Lake , we stopped at "Karl Wirt" in Winden on the Lake at around lunch time. Family Leidenfrost (www.karlwirt-winden.at) and th …
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The Bundeswehr administrative mills grind slowly but effectively. After the deadly incident in which a female 25 y/o sea cadet ("Obermaat OA") fell off the rigging 28 metres onto wooden planks and the adjacent railing at Salvador de Bahia, Brazil in November 2010, the German Nav …
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Well, the old Latin judicial tenet:"Coram iudice et in alto mare in manu dei soli sumus." (In court and on high sea, you are in God's hands alone), is very true, esp. for private ship owners whose vessels have been sailing in pirates-infested areas off the coast of Somalia headin …
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The citizens of the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein shall vote for their state assembly ("Landtag") on Sunday, May 6th. It's the second state election this year after the Saarland election held on March 25th. One week later the citizens in North Rhine - Westphalia, Ge …
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The admin's wish of getting rid of paperwork is comparable to some environmentalists' desires of abolishing toilet paper, neat thoughts but unrealizable. Well, these facts in mind, the ordinary citizen can fight back against these alleged savvy but money-oriented superiors, manag …
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Superiors in administrative entities rather like one-page reports with concise and comprehensible language than redundant bla-bla, right? Well, in order to do so, the depending civil servants and other administrative subordinates have to be quite creative in inventing monster ter …
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For a lot of people who envy the public services, it's a big gulp from the bottle. For many mayors, it's created headaches as well when they consider the current state of their municipal budgets. It's like pot-hole dodging for them but, sorry, folks, it's also a fact that you ca …
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With 481.249 valid votes cast, the F.D.P. "boy-group" of Philipp Roesler's only got measly 5.871 votes, or 1.2 pc - according to the preliminary official final result of last Sunday's elections to Saarland's state assembly. The Free Dems lost all of their five parliamentary seat …
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Yes - we Gauck. The across-the-aisle candidate of Social Democrats, Eco-Greens, Free Democrats and the Conservatives of Merkel-Seehofer's CDU/CSU with about 1.100 delegates of 1.240 members in the Federal Assembly as election organ of the German lower house (Bundestag) with thei …
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The German soldiers' association DBwV has clearly made its position to the defense ministry and parliamentary committees.
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Sometimes it's really a pity.
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Well, that's quite a bang for the buck - eh, neat pension for short service.
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A first glance, German Navy SSS Gorch Fock (1958) has been training ship for officers-to-be and 'sailing ambassador' of the Federal Republic. After the 2010 incident in which a 25 y/o female sea-cadet ('Obermaat OA') died when falling off the rigging 28 meters onto the wood …
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Merkel seems to have an elephant's memory. She won't surely forget Roesler's move of joining forces with the opposition when the federal F.D.P.
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The young, but allegedly 'over-worked' liberal leader with 3 functions - F.D.P.
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Well, Mme Chancellor was neither amused by having seen Wulff's departure to political nirvana nor by Gauck's being supported by her junior partner F.D.P.
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Btw, the following joke was part of a carnival lecture 'performance' at the session "Mainz remains Mainz, as it sings and laughs". Three guys enter a pub; a Greek, a Spaniard and an Italian. They order a bottle of champagne. Who pays? The German!
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For Bob (93) and Carl (94), two school-friends for life, the participation at their annual class meeting was a matter of honor, indeed. This year their meeting had only two attendees, them. After the end of any meeting the guys used to perform a competition of 'distant peeing' ou …
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Headline 'Mainz Local Enquirer' New method of getting rid of bugs - developed by Mainz Uni researchers Mainz. Researchers at the state university have developed a new means of killing bugs.
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Thank You ! Josh.
Sincerely, LindaMarie Linkhauer
Hey Josh,
You are soo kind! I appreciate the lovely compliment! What a wonderful way to start the day here on the Vine!
Thanks again....
Princess ;)
Hi Josh,
Yeah, i stay up fairly late most nights.
I'm gonna take your bartender advice when i get out there...and it's nice to see the ladies holding there glasses at appropriate levels. :)
Thanks Josh!
Hey Josh,
I pushed the membership of Beervine up considerably. I think we'll all see more interaction with our articles now. A few have tried to slip non beer related articles through, but I've squashed those. It will probably happen here and there, but its easy to remedy. If you have any thoughts or suggestions for the group, please dont hesitate. You are the co-founder after all. I want it first and foremost to be a venue you, shelly, larrrs, and i can enjoy.
Peace,
Peter
That sounds pretty amazing. To be in Germany and witness those events would be spectacular.
I did send the invite. Not sure if those things really make it half the time, but if not, you can find it here (Beervine).
Okay, it's up and running. I'll try the whole invite thing (it's 50/50 on whether it works or not, based on my experience with my other 2 groups)...Would you like to be an admin?
Hey Josh,
I'll be working on putting Beervine together this evening. I'd love to hear more about the beers you mentioned. I appreciated the suggestions too. You have a good day my friend, and I'll message you when I've got it up and running tonight. :)
Peace,
Peter
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