Yes, Labour and Tories tried to play it safe and keep both opinions in line - and lost both. The LibDems are,a s far as I know the ones that are unequivocally pro-European but will not get enough of the vote. Looking at possible another 5 years with that bigmouth Farage in the European Parliament, I bet that decision…

I need a Lamborghine too but I, too, have only been kicked to the curb.

Exactly: “freedom” in DeVos’ world means freedom from the state or any public care. You’re left to fight for your own. Easy to say if you have the money.

If you leave out the political indoctrination and the fact that being a scion of a regime-criticizing family could get you bad grades, East German schools weren’t so bad. As far as I know, the overall grading of East German federal countries (which used to make up the GDR) are still a little better than the West…

As we are proud of you! Good job!

Since this study was conducted with run-of-the-mill US brands like Budweiser, I’m not surprised by the outcome.

To a European like me it is constantly amazing how far right US politics are in general. What AOC (and Sanders too) is proposing is moderate centrist stuff, some things, like general healthcare not even disputed on the far right (at least not openly). The left wing over here is currently talking about disappropriation…

The LibDems seem to be the only truly pro-European party in the UK these days, so they should rake in some of the Stay-Votes. Looking at the polls for the EU elections gives me the shivers though.

Support for the second Gulf War (the Bush one) was already underwhelming and denying the US major assistance gave chancellor Schröder a win at the polls (while Merkel, opposition leader back then, wanted to join in). Supporting Trump would be political suicide in Europe, that’s how popular he is. And this time it’s…

Don’t worry, I didn’t take it the wrong way. And the birds, usually connected to tropical regions, are something of a joke in Germany, considering they are living in one of Germany’s most popular vacation regions. Up to now they haven’t killed anyone and tourists want to see them. The damage they do to the ecosystem…

Very powerful piece about trying to come to terms with not coming to terms what happened. Thanks, and I somehow knew that this would show up after the news were out what happened to you.
I’m not from the US, English isn’t my native language and I don’t give a shit about football (the US kind) but I like reading your…

Sometimes it gets to you (yeas, I know I posted this before) and you can not stop playing it - Green On Red - Hector’s Out:

This is Germany: a) we have enough to eat b) we do not have guns and c) hunting is forbidden except for a few licenses. And as far as I know these emus are protected, so, no hunting.

I don’t know how you can complain about checks and balances (this time countering the voters) when you just listed enough reasons to do so.
No doubt gerrymandering, the Electoral College and so on have failed to hold the radicals out, but that happens when you have elections (and a sizeable fringe).
We all know that…

Not just the bible thumpers. Once you let them in, fringe groups will get accepted and a means to spread their message. And usually their votes do not go down, since their supporters believe and that means you never doubt. Netanyahu in Israel is in a similar position.

In the cold of the German Baltic coast a new species has arrived in the last few years - rheas:

From London, UK, The Magic City Trio - 22:

You could have someone in his prime and go wrong, just watch PSG and Neymar.

He was true to Atlético as long as he could, so no snark here. I would have expected him to go a long time ago.

I like Barbara Hambly and Gillian Bradshaw. And of course the godmother of all, C.L. Moore.