And won big time!
Fed up with train delays, Germans are betting on how late they’ll be – Deutsche Bahn’s record low punctuality has inspired jokes, T-shirts and now a mock gambling platform.
I bet that train was late…
Four and a half to six years?
For membership in a foreign terrorist organization and related offenses?
Better than nothing.
Berlin court jails 4 men over Hamas weapon stockpiles – A court in Berlin has ruled that four men gathered and stored weapons for use in terror attacks as members of a Hamas-linked cell. Prosecutors listed potential targets in Germany, including US and Israeli sites…
Possible targets included the Israeli embassy in Berlin, the US Ramstein airbase and the area around Berlin’s disused Tempelhof airport.
“A rare rebuke of Trump?”
Coming from a German? In Germany?
I’ve never yet heard a German say anything about Donald Trump that wasn’t a rebuke.
German president calls Iran war a disastrous mistake, in rare rebuke of Trump.
This is, by the way, the same German president who went out of his way to celebrate the Iranian revolution – “For a long time, Germany stood firmly by the Iranian regime.”
German of the day: Es gibt solche und solche
That means some are like this, some are like that.
Refugees in Germany, I mean.
Ukrainian Refugee Brutally Murdered by Syrian Boyfriend in Germany – A 19-year-old Ukrainian refugee has been brutally murdered by her 17-year-old Syrian boyfriend in Mannheim, Germany. According to media reports, the case is investigated by German authorities as a murder, with the suspect in custody.
The Left is anti-Israel?
No way. Who would have thought that?
And I thought I was a slow learner.
German Antisemitism Commissioner Leaves the Left Party Over Anti-Israel Stance, Lack of Support Amid Death Threats – Andreas Büttner, the commissioner for antisemitism in the state of Brandenburg in northeastern Germany, has resigned from the Left Party, citing a rise in antisemitism within the ranks, relentless personal attacks, and a party climate that has become intolerable.
“I struggled with this decision for a long time, as I have felt a deep connection to the party over many years,” Büttner wrote in a letter to the party leadership, as reported by German media.
“But I have reached a point where I must acknowledge that I can no longer remain a member of this party without betraying my own convictions,” he continued.
I met a German girl in England who was goin’ to school in France…
And we danced the Mississippi at an Alpha Kappa dance.
U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers Earn German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge in Poland.
And they will cherish it forever.
Germany won’t miss its climate targets for 2026, 2027, 2028…
Because their industries are dying, or already dead.
And this is primarily due to its climate emissions targets.
Germany misses climate targets as emissions barely fall in 2025 – Greenhouse gases dropped just 0.1% last year as environment minister criticises lack of improvement.
Greenhouse gas emissions in Germany have again missed targets set by the Climate Protection Act and barely fell at all in 2025.
Emissions decreased by just 0.1% last year compared to the previous year, according to data from the German Environment Agency.
This must be a misstake
Get it? See the “miss” in the mistake?
No offense, ma’am. But German misses just ain’t what they used to be.
Syrian-Kurdish streamer Rose Mondy crowned Miss Germany 2026 – A Syrian-Kurdish gamer and livestreamer took the Miss Germany 2026 crown this month, highlighting how the long-running contest has evolved from a traditional beauty pageant into a platform for social voices.
Rose Mondy, a 26-year-old of Syrian-Kurdish origin, was crowned last Saturday during the competition’s final at Bavaria Film Studios near Munich.
I’m going down…
Down, down, down, down, down.
Surging Energy Costs Put German Industry ‘Really in Danger’ – Four years after the Russian invasion of Ukraine sent energy prices soaring, the war in Iran is posing another challenge to efforts to revive European factories.
German of the day: Weichei
That means a soft egg.
And that mean a wimp.
German tourist sues NYC taco shop for $100K over dangerously ‘spicy’ hot sauce that left him in ‘nonstop’ pain: suit – What a dummkopf!
A German tourist tried to squeeze a Times Square taco spot for $100,000 — claiming his northern European tongue suffered “nonstop pain” from dangerously spicy salsa — but a judge said “nein” to his lawsuit.
Faycal Manz, a self-described spice-intolerant traveler from Schemmerhofen, Germany, claimed he suffered “diarrhea, nausea” and “mouth/tongue blisters which cause nonstop pain” after loading up three tacos at the Los Tacos No. 1 in August 2024, according to his lawsuit.
Observing Hermann 
