Update from Germany:

Ehe für Alle (Marriage for All) passed, legalizing full and equal gay marriage in Germany. Every party except for Merkel’s CDU/CSU and the far right “Alternative for Germany” (AfD) supported the bill. The liberal and centrist parties said they would not form a new coalition with the CDU/CSU if they…

Somehow this story is getting buried, and it sounds to me like the fucking smoking gun. A GOP operative tried to collude with Russians to get Hillary’s E-mails.

Next you’re going to tell me that Lassie was played by multiple dogs!

Nope. People are really happy that it passed - it had like 85% popular support in polls. BTW, Merkel voted against it, despite allowing her party to vote their conscience.

better than Big Mac de Toilette.
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anyone? Anyone?

I would say www.dw.com and www.thelocal.de. Derspiegel is also a pretty reputable German language paper. They have English language international and business pages.

Yes, they relied heavily on Turkish immigrants during the post-war economic recovery. Many stayed after they were trained, and some gained citizenship. And of course they had kids! A large number of them still hold voting rights in Turkey too.

shit you’re right. I mistranslated that. They were just really big bombs then.

Aha! New wrinkle: Merkel has freed her party members to vote their “conscience” tomorrow. That means it will almost certainly pass.

It’s not bad! I’m sure my old German teacher would have issues too, but I’m dead certain any German could understand it with no problem at all.

Passt!

(Was that your own German or google?)

Yeah, more or less, it’s about where there is still a strong catholic influence.

You’re Welcome!

Trump is really unpopular here. She’s facing what could be a close election in 3 months. So I don’t think he’ll get any better treatment during the G20. And she’s got added leverage with France on her side. Do you think Trump will come himself? I’m sort of thinking he’ll send a stooge.

No idea. I don’t get the burger when I go to McDonald’s. Chicken sandwiches are basically the same though. Slightly better quality meat though.

That’ll do ‘er.

I find it really funny that there is so much in the news in Britain about the EU negotiations, and I have barely heard a peep from the German papers about them in the last 2 weeks.

Update from Germany:

Maybe the republicans have finally decided to turn on him. And this is the excuse they need to publicly do so.

WAIT. THIS is what gets them upset?