Donation
If you find this blog funny, clever or even useful, you can keep it alive with a small donation. Thank you!
$10.00
-
Recent Posts
-
Join 8,777 other subscribers
Category Archives: Politics
The logic of Nicolas Sarkozy
“We have too many foreigners” in France, said Nicolas Sarkozy before threatening that France might leave the Schengen zone of passport-free travel. Nicolas Sarkozy forgot to mention that his father is Hungarian, that his mother’s family was originally from Spain, … Continue reading
Why Putin really cried
When Vladimir Putin was appointed dictator for life re-elected as President on 4 March 2012, he had tears in his eyes when he appeared in front of government employees who had been ordered to attend jubilant voters. But what did Russia’s strong … Continue reading
Iran wants Peace
Iran wants peace. It’s a peaceful nation. Iran wants to have constructive relations with the rest of the world. Really. I saw it with my own eyes when I was in Iran: Seen and photographed in Shiraz, Iran in January … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Photography, Politics, Travel
8 Comments
Primary elections in Iran
Always eager to improve its “democracy”, the Islamic Republic of Iran has introduced primary elections to sift the pool of candidates. Not unlike the current Republican primaries in the US, candidates will have a hard time if they are not … Continue reading
Why Germany is bailing out Greece
Have you ever wondered why Germany, Europe’s economic powerhouse, is contributing so much money to help Greece when even Greeks themselves are not contributing much more than going on strike, setting banks on fire and blaming Germany? The following photo … Continue reading
Bücherverbrennungen hier und dort
Diese Woche haben US-Soldaten in Afghanistan aus Versehen ein paar Exemplare des Korans verbrannt, da die in den Gefängnissen dort ausliegenden Koran-Exemplare regelmäßig ausgetauscht werden, damit Gefangene keine Nachrichten darin hinterlassen können. Die Bevölkerung Afghanistans ist aufgebracht, entsetzt und wütend. … Continue reading
Book Burnings, here and there
This week, US soldiers in Afghanistan accidentally burnt a few copies of the Quran because they regularly change the copies of the Quran that the prisoners there are allowed to use, in order to prevent messages being written into the … Continue reading
Titanic klaut meinen Bundespräsidenten-Gag
Unmittelbar nach dem Rücktritt von Bundespräsident Wulff brachte ich dies – auf meine übliche niveau- und humorvolle Art – in Zusammenhang mit den spontan ausgebrochenen Freudenparaden in ganz Deutschland, von manchen als “Karneval” oder “Fasching” bezeichnet: https://andreasmoser.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/president-wulff-resigns-germany-celebrates/ (mein Blog vom 17. Februar … Continue reading
President Wulff resigns – Germany celebrates
The German President Christan Wulff has finally resigned today – as I had predicted already a month ago. Germans spontaneously took to the streets to celebrate. The celebrations are expected to continue for a few weeks, until a new President will be … Continue reading
A secret look into Iranian Intelligence training
The somewhat botched assassination attempt in Bangkok yesterday in which an Iranian assassin blew his own legs off instead of even getting close to any target provides more circumstantial evidence that Iran is also behind the attacks on Israeli embassy … Continue reading
The Happy Hermit 