When justice turns to injustice resistance is a citizen's right - .... Who fights may lose but who doesn't fight has already lost .......(Bertold Brecht, 1898-1956)

Ironical Comment: In the fight for Germany's Federal President, Merkel 'showed her boobs' - but Roesler 'put down his boxers for double play with red-green'

Mon Feb 20, 2012 12:53 PM EST

The young, but allegedly 'over-worked' liberal leader with 3 functions - F.D.P.

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world-news, europe, eu, germany, conservatives, liberals, merkel, greens, social-democrats, federal-president

All-party candidate Gauck to become Germany's Federal President - Merkel pushed to accept her 'not first choice'

Mon Feb 20, 2012 1:53 AM EST

Well, Mme Chancellor was neither amused by having seen Wulff's departure to political nirvana nor by Gauck's being supported by her junior partner F.D.P.

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world-news, europe, eu, germany, merkel, greens, spd, cdu, gabriel, fdp

Jokes: Fine boozing at a pub a la EFSF

Sat Feb 18, 2012 12:13 PM EST

Btw, the following joke was part of a carnival lecture 'performance' at the session "Mainz remains Mainz, as it sings and laughs". Three guys enter a pub; a Greek, a Spaniard and an Italian. They order a bottle of champagne. Who pays? The German!

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jokes, champagne, efsf, piigs

Jokes: Two seniors' weird competition

Sat Feb 18, 2012 10:47 AM EST

For Bob (93) and Carl (94), two school-friends for life, the participation at their annual class meeting was a matter of honor, indeed. This year their meeting had only two attendees, them. After the end of any meeting the guys used to perform a competition of 'distant peeing' ou …

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jokes, competition, class-meeting

Jokes: Mainz uni researchers have a new means of killing bugs

Sat Feb 18, 2012 5:40 AM EST

Headline 'Mainz Local Enquirer' New method of getting rid of bugs - developed by Mainz Uni researchers Mainz. Researchers at the state university have developed a new means of killing bugs.

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not-news, germany, jokes, bugs, powder, horny

Jokes: Four Saarlanders killed while drinking milk

Fri Feb 17, 2012 2:49 PM EST

Just heard a joke while watching the carnival/ fastnacht session broadcast on ZDF livestream: The following story occured on "Saarland Herald" Four Saarlanders killed while drinking milk Saarbrücken.Yesterday four male adults of Saarlouis were killed on a meadow while drin …

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not-news, germany, joke, carnival, fastnacht, saarland, saarlander

Why not! German tabloid BILD takes up fight in war of words against Greek press insults toward Merkel and Schaeuble

Fri Feb 17, 2012 12:52 PM EST

Today Bild online has made a 'flak counter-attack' against Greek media that have been insulting and making rude remarks toward Germany's Federal Chancellor, Angela Merkel, and her Minister of the Exchequer, Wolfgang Schaeuble. Merkel is shown as quite young and crispy lady w …

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world-news, europe, eu, germany, greece, nazi, sarkozy, bail-out, merkel, bild

After Wulff's resignation: Merkel politically nudged to pick a new federal president beyond governmental majority

Fri Feb 17, 2012 6:32 AM EST

German Federal Chancellor, Ms. Angela Merkel, didn't show a happy face when she officially reacted on the resignation of former Federal President, Mr.

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world-news, europe, eu, germany, crisis, convention, berlin, coalition, merkel, spd

Bundeswehr admin restructuring possibly to be unconstitutional - but difficult to sell to media and public

Thu Jan 26, 2012 5:17 AM EST

Germany's armed forces ('Bundeswehr') transformation has been taking shape since German Defense Minister, Thomas de Maizière, made his forces' deployment decisions and gave his 'to do list' for overall restructuring of the Bundeswehr admin to the subordinate 'civilian' up …

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military, germany, restructuring, bundeswehr, admin, de-maiziere, german-armed-forces, military-districts, beemelmans, upper-authorities

German Interior Minister bans 'smart' phones for his staff - recommends Merkel to follow suit

Mon Jan 16, 2012 2:27 AM EST

According to today's Bild-online, Germany's Minister for Home Affairs, Hans-Peter Friedrich (54, CSU), has banned all iphones, smartphones and blackberries at his ministry due to 'grave' security concerns.

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world-news, europe, eu, iphone, germany, ipad, personnel, blackberry, ban, smartphones

Germany: Teacher (39) at anthroposophic 'Steiner' Waldorf School makes IED for 5th graders - what kind of insanity is this?

Wed Jan 11, 2012 9:13 AM EST

Luebeck, Schleswig-Holstein, N Germany.

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europe, education, eu, germany, explosion, teacher, chemistry, ied, district-attorney, schleswig-holstein

Germany: "Causa Wulff" or when tactical maneuvering of a German President a la salami slices doesn't work

Mon Jan 9, 2012 9:55 AM EST

According to recent news of t-online / Spiegel online, the German Federal President, Christian Wulff (52), doesn't object the publication of his mailbox flak ('declaration of war') against Bild's chief-deskman, Kai Dieckmann.

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world-news, europe, eu, germany, constitution, merkel, freedom-of-the-press, tenet, tabloid, mailbox

Christian Wulff's milk-glasnost, or how a German President pledges and defines transparency

Fri Jan 6, 2012 1:50 AM EST

German Federal President's flak toward the chief-deskman of Bild's on his mailbox that is vastly considered as attack on freedom of the press by the media has gotten return fire from the tabloid. In contrast to Wulff's public apology about his statement - the president considers …

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world-news, europe, eu, germany, interview, merkel, freedom-of-the-press, cdu, bild, wulff

If the German Federal President chose to step down it wouldn't be a state crisis, at least for Merkel

Wed Jan 4, 2012 12:50 PM EST

The current fuss surrounding German Federal President Christian Wulff (52) -since June 30th, 2010- will be solved anyway. Mme Chancellor Angela Merkel is going to be a crucial part in this episode.

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world-news, europe, eu, germany, crisis, impact, resignation, merkel, cdu, guttenberg

Merkel's junior partner's struggle to survive - F.D.P. Roesler's way is heading toward people's oblivion

Mon Jan 2, 2012 12:53 AM EST

Currently, Roesler's free-democratic party with the three points, F.D.P., shows measly three percentage points at the polls, sometimes even less.

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politics, europe, eu, elections, germany, cdu, fdp, csu, roesler, bundestag

Doomsday for German Free-Democrats? - Party's general secretary quits in row over internal poll on EFSF

Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:33 AM EST

Well, general secretary of Germany's federal party branch of FDP's, Lindner (32), quits over the internal party poll on the 'European Financial Stability Facility' (EFSF) and its premature leakage on the results by party's chief, Roesler (38). A party whose initials could also be …

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world-news, europe, eu, germany, merkel, spd, cdu, fdp, csu, red-black

A guy's birthday dish of love for his gal - Make a veggie-based pizza with cooked ham and low fat cheese

Wed Nov 30, 2011 7:18 AM EST

You - guy - you think you're not able to make a self-made pizza for your girl-friend, spouse etc.

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home-garden, food, home, recipes, cooking, DIY, cheese, pizza, baking, dish

Greens' declaration of war against Merkel's government gets set-back by referendum on Stuttgart 21

Mon Nov 28, 2011 4:13 AM EST

The people of Baden-Wuerttemberg have rejected a business-hostile notion of eco-green and left-wing activists on the halt to the German Rail project of Stuttgart 21 in a state-wide referendum by wide margin. Last weekend the Green Party 'big brains', Trittin, Roth and Kuenast, d …

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world-news, europe, eu, germany, socialism, middle-class, merkel, greens, roth, party-conference

Political opinion: Germany's reliability and Merkel's gov't are saved till end of term by SPD-CDU 'realpolitik' state governments

Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:35 AM EST

Albeit Merkel's party, CDU, disastrous performance in seven state elections this year ( no wins - six losses and one draw ), her butt is now saved by savvy 'realo' SocialDems in the federal state of Mecklenburg- W Pomerania and city state of Berlin till the end of her term. Why …

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world-news, europe, eu, germany, france, conservatives, liberals, crisis, s, austria

'After Octoberfest' is pre-Christmas holidays season - Re-imported Apostel Braeu of Eichbaum, Mannheim, heralds rush on beer for bargain-hunters

Wed Nov 23, 2011 9:34 AM EST

If you think pre-Christmas season is only imaginable on German, Austrian 'Christkindl' markets with (alcoholfree) hot coffee, tea, punch, you're wrong. Liquor (rum) spiced coffee, tea, punch (called Grog in GER and AUT), and, of course, special brews of extraordinarily mal …

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business, germany, christmas, beer, austria, brewery, special-offers, apostel-braeu, x-mas-markets

At "Dirty Annie's" in Shell, Wyoming, you should be allowed to publicly drink beer on the porch - U.S. beer review

Sat Nov 19, 2011 7:07 AM EST

It is hunting season on mule deer and other wild animals in Wyoming. A lot of guys and gals from all over the U.S. with their orange colored safety attire and their hunting rifles take a rest at Dirty Annie's.

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business, beer, quality, evaluation, samuel-adams-boston-lager, american-beers

The great Grand Canyon 'calls' for a great beer - one extraordinary beer is Samuel Adams' Boston Lager

Fri Nov 11, 2011 12:19 PM EST

Irvin and I tested some different American brewed beer types on our 20 day 'guided' bus tour with 'American Ring Travel Inc.' across the North American continent. In our opinion, the best American beer we could get during the journey was Samuel Adams Boston Lager, 2nd place …

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u-s, beer, boston, ale, lager, samuel-adams, octoberfest, 1860-recipe

New Irish Pub - at Pier 17, Manhattan, NYC - serves you 'yummy' Harp Irish Lager

Mon Nov 7, 2011 4:37 AM EST

After a nice refurbishing of the old pub in the upper deck of Pier 17, the friendly personnel at the new facility serves you neat Irish beers. I tested the bright pale, golden lager of Harp's. The description of theirs is: "slightly bitter up-front, smooth aftertaste, fruity nos …

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travel, nyc, beer, manhattan, irish-pub, pier-17, harp-irish-lager, south-seaport

German Bundestag to vote on extension of the 'European Financial Stability Facility' - will it be the end of the blame game too?

Thu Sep 29, 2011 4:28 AM EDT

The vast majority of the political Bundestag opposition (SocialDems, Greens) with the exception of the former Communists-Socialists of the SED-PDS successor party "The Left(ists)" will be joining Chancellor Merkel's request for the parliamentary vote on the "European Finan …

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world-news, europe, eu, germany, greece, euro, merkel, greens, fischer, spd

Berlin's State Assembly to get a left of center SPD-Greens-Coalition with slim majority - 'renegade' Pirates' Party in parliament with 9 %

Sun Sep 18, 2011 2:13 PM EDT

The leftwing red-red coalition of SPD and the "SED-PDS" successor party "The Leftist(s) - Die Linke(n)" didn't get the necessary mandate to renew the Berlin city state government (called 'The Senate'). According to first projections, the current results of the Berlin state assem …

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world-news, germany, pirates, berlin, l, merkel, greens, spd, cdu, state-election

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Comments & Feedback

Thank You ! Josh.

Sincerely, LindaMarie Linkhauer
— LindaMarie2

Hey Josh,
You are soo kind! I appreciate the lovely compliment! What a wonderful way to start the day here on the Vine!
Thanks again....
Princess ;)
— Kimberly-430040

Hi Josh,

Yeah, i stay up fairly late most nights.
I'm gonna take your bartender advice when i get out there...and it's nice to see the ladies holding there glasses at appropriate levels. :)
— Peter Faden

Thanks Josh!
— Simplistic Reality

Hey Josh,

I pushed the membership of Beervine up considerably. I think we'll all see more interaction with our articles now. A few have tried to slip non beer related articles through, but I've squashed those. It will probably happen here and there, but its easy to remedy. If you have any thoughts or suggestions for the group, please dont hesitate. You are the co-founder after all. I want it first and foremost to be a venue you, shelly, larrrs, and i can enjoy.

Peace,
Peter
— Peter Faden

That sounds pretty amazing. To be in Germany and witness those events would be spectacular.
I did send the invite. Not sure if those things really make it half the time, but if not, you can find it here (Beervine).
— Peter Faden

Okay, it's up and running. I'll try the whole invite thing (it's 50/50 on whether it works or not, based on my experience with my other 2 groups)...Would you like to be an admin?
— Peter Faden

Hey Josh,
I'll be working on putting Beervine together this evening. I'd love to hear more about the beers you mentioned. I appreciated the suggestions too. You have a good day my friend, and I'll message you when I've got it up and running tonight. :)
Peace,
Peter
— Peter Faden