germany

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-68715164 At first I thought it was an Onion headline, but it's true. Make your own joke here. Just even imagining having to get them there, with their GDP, would probably drain it. And then, what is Germany going to do with 20K elephants?

I'm sick of US politics but I know little about other countries' elections and politics. So my thoughts on this are...is Germany really becoming ungovernable? Really? Is anyone even listening to this guy's advice to change the constitution of Germany to make it more like France's to stop it...

From correspondents in Berlin "CITY authorities in Munich, southern Germany, have closed down a kindergarten with immediate effect after discovering it was run by the Church of Scientology, the municipality said overnight." The rest of the article is...

In Germany, a book was published a few months ago, in which a pig and a hedgehog both go around trying to discover if God exists. The author, Michael Schmidt-Salomon and the illustrator, Helge Nyncke, are being criticized for their depiction of the three monotheistic religions...

Thought this was kind of interesting. Any comments. Germany http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7133867.stm Paris http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1836812.stm

(I don´t have much time to post right now, but I will elaborate more later on.) Many of you probably know what the term "German Autumn" ("Der Deutsche Herbst") refers to - the spate of terrorist incidents in autumn ´77, especially the kidnapping (and later, murder) of the chairman of the...

The Tageszeitung reports today that the hessian minister of education Karin Wolff wants christian creationism taught in biology classes, as science's anwers to certain questions are limited and "philosophy and theology" have to take over. :jaw-dropp Well, I don't see any chances of that...

I found this amusing :) According to TMZ dot com "Travolta Muzzled on Scientology in Germany? John Travolta is in Germany to gab about "Wild Hogs," but it looks as though a TV network there is saying nein to any Scientology-talk that he might want to spew. According to WENN, the actor is...

As I say, I like these what-ifs. :) This would be huge IMO. For starters, WW II may not happen or at least would be entirely different.....Hitler doesn't come to power (since Germany isn't in shambles...no small part of how he got to power) etc etc. Thoughts?

Friend IM'd me the news, but I haven't found any major news source to back it up yet. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/11/12/wrums12.xml Anyone else heard this?

I guess it's a really bad week for Rumsfeld. :) Thursday, November 9th, 2006 War Crimes Suit Prepared against Rumsfeld The president of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Michael Ratner, is heading to Germany today to file a new case charging outgoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld...

SUCCESS!!! THEY (IP-RANGE) BANNED NEARLY WHOLE GERMANY!!! :D Anyone with "T-online", give it a try and send me a message! :D http://s15.invisionfree.com/Loose_Change_Forum

Okay, Spain's terrorist bombing was justified because Spain had coalition troops in Iraq. And Britain's terrorist bombing was justified because Britain also has coalition troops in Iraq. Germany, OTOH, steadfastly, loudly, and publicly opposed the Iraq invasion and supplied no troops. Before...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/27/AR2006022700348.html http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/article348179.ece This is almost funny if it weren't so sad. Let's give the Germans the benefit of the doubt and say that there was no such report or information in the...

Germany's ambitious plan to phase out nuclear power by 2020 while also reducing its reliance on fossil fuels has made it a leader in efforts to fulfill the Kyoto protocol. But critics are now predicting an energy crisis. Germany's government is hoping that abandoning its reliance on coal -...

You may or may not be aware that President Bush will visit Germany on May 23rd this year. Specifically, he will land at Rhein-Main Air Base and then drive to Mainz to meet with Chancellor Schröder. Due to US security requests for this visit, the roads and railroads in the area between...

Tonight the cable news channels were covering Rumsfeld's unwillingness to go to Germany for some purpose, e.g. attending a conference, reviewing the troops, visitng the wounded, etc. at U.S. bases and hospitals there. The reason some gave is that he is afraid he would be arrested for war...