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President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize?

October 9, 2009

As I listened to the news on the way in to town this morning, I heard President Obama‘s name mentioned as a nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize, and my immediate reaction was: yeah right.  I thought, he hasn’t done anything yet, maybe in eight years, if he accomplishes many of the goals he set [...]

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How We Became the United States of France?

September 22, 2008

I guess the author of the Time magazine article How We Became the United States of France is trying to be humorous, but the more I read of the article, the more I was insulted.  What is so wrong with France, anyway?  I don’t get this (yes, I know it’s supposed to be a joke, [...]

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Hitler Beheaded!

July 6, 2008

A new Madame Tussauds wax figure museum opened July 5th in Berlin near the Brandenburg Gate. There was some controversy over the museum’s decision to include a wax figure of Adolf Hitler, and what do you know, the second museum patron in the door pushed guards aside, jumped over a desk, and ripped off the [...]

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Strikes, strikes, and more strikes

March 6, 2008

Germany is getting just as bad as France nowadays.  Here’s a message I received from the US Consulate (you too can get these messages by registering with the State Department).  In addition to what’s listed in the message, Deutsche Bahn (the train service) are planning to strike indefinitely starting on Monday.  So basically, if there [...]

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In the news

October 28, 2007

Rauchverbot auf dem Oktoberfest: Kein Qualm auf der Wiesn – Starting January 1, smoking will be banned in all public places in Bayern, including pubs and tents, which means that Oktoberfest 2008 will be smoke-free (in the tents anyway). Yippee for non-smokers! Only two more months and we can go out to restaurants again without [...]

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California burning

October 23, 2007

My brother took this picture from outside his hotel room in Southern California this weekend. Yikes!

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Congrats to Al Gore and the IPCC!

October 12, 2007

For more info on the prize and on climate change, see: Gore, U.N. Body Win Nobel Peace Prize Friedensnobelpreis für Al Gore Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Homepage Things you can do to combat the Climate Crisis

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