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  • Berlin Film Festival Invites, Then Disinvites AfD Politicians

    02/18/2024 2:56:49 AM PST · by davikkm · 1 replies
    The German government is insane. They control the entire culture, as in a dystopian novel. In the US, the situation is more or less the same, arguably, but it’s at least more complicated and less surreal. In a democracy, the supposed ability of the people to petition grievances is via voting. This is different than in an “autocracy,” where you directly petition the government for policy change.
  • Germany's U-Turn on Migration: Is it Necessary or Just Politics?

    02/02/2024 6:23:51 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 11 replies
    Euronews ^ | 02/02/2024 | Monica Pinna
    Germany has taken a sharp turn in its migration policy compared to the 'welcoming measures' associated with the 'Merkel era'. Euronews reporter Monica Pinna went to Berlin to discover what has changed and why. For many, Germany is the land of immigration. More than three million refugees and asylum seekers live there, which is more than in any other European country. Some migrants are attracted by the high demand for skilled workers and Germany's generous benefits. But last year, asylum applications increased by more than 50 per cent. The migrant reception system went into crisis mode. The far right, amid...
  • Berlin: A man and a woman talk Hebrew and are beaten up by [racist] Arabs because of it

    01/08/2024 4:53:49 AM PST · by Freeleesy · 19 replies
    Medforth ^ | January 7, 2024
    A woman and her companion were attacked in the Berlin district of Neukölln on Saturday night, allegedly for anti-Semitic reasons. The 24-year-old and the 27-year-old had been talking in Hebrew in a McDonald’s on Hermannplatz (photo), Berlin police said. Two men at the neighbouring table, who are said to have spoken Arabic, made derogatory remarks about them and when the two Israelis asked the two men not to insult them, the situation escalated. One of the aggressive neighbours at the table is said to have poured an alcoholic drink in their direction. He then took a chair and hit the...
  • Europe on high alert as Christmas terror plots foiled in France, Germany, Austria

    12/24/2023 9:23:56 PM PST · by SeekAndFind · 8 replies
    Christian Post ^ | 12/24/2023 | Anugrah Kumar
    Several Muslim suspects have been arrested in France, Germany and Austria for allegedly planning Christmas terror attacks, according to reports, which say there’s a “very high level of terrorist threat” from Islamic terrorists in France. Spain is also on alert.In France, five men, aged 20 to 23, were apprehended in Meurthe-et-Moselle, Le Parisien reported, saying French intelligence services had been surveilling the men for links to criminal terrorist associations and they were found scouting Strasbourg Christmas market.A video filmed at the market featuring one suspect saying, “And there, we shoot,” was found during a raid. These men are believed to...
  • Germany arrests over alleged Hamas anti-Jewish plot

    12/14/2023 3:20:17 PM PST · by DFG · 5 replies
    BBC ^ | 12/14/2023 | Ido Vock
    German authorities say they have made four arrests of suspected Hamas members linked to an alleged plot to attack Jewish sites. Prosecutors said the suspects intended to store weapons in Berlin for possible use in an attack. Danish authorities also said they had arrested three people accused of preparing an attack. Denmark's intelligence agency said the Danish and German investigations were not directly linked. German prosecutors said in a statement that three suspects linked to Hamas were arrested in Berlin and one in the Netherlands. Hamas, which runs Gaza, is banned across Europe as a terrorist group. The arrests came...
  • Berlin Spending 1.5 Million a Day to House Refugees in Just 12 Buildings

    12/08/2023 6:00:19 PM PST · by davikkm · 6 replies
    If anyone actually cared about these Africans, the last thing they’d do is bring them over to the most expensive and overcrowded cities on earth, where every single item and service costs more than almost anywhere else, and instead try to help them where they are, or as close as possible to where they are. You could build a proper brick and mortar house for every official refugee (real or not) on earth with just the money Germany spent on housing them in the past couple of years.
  • Historic Video: Ronald Reagan giving a speech in West Berlin when a balloon popped loudly

    11/13/2023 10:22:37 AM PST · by RandFan · 10 replies
    Twitter/X ^ | Nov 13 | Historic VIdeos
    @historyinmemes Ronald Reagan was giving a speech in West Berlin when a balloon popped very loudly. He was completely unfazed. This occurred in 1987, which was 6 years after John Hinckley Jr. tried to assassinate the President.
  • Report: Jews in Berlin Forced to Consider — Is It Time to Leave Germany?

    10/31/2023 6:43:00 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 15 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/31/2023 | SIMON KENT
    Segments of the Jewish population in Berlin are being forced to consider a question many once thought unthinkable in the wake of the atrocities committed by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi followers and the subsequent promises of “never again” — is it time to leave Germany? Spiegel International reports testimonies from a host of Jews in the national capital worried about their futures and those of their families as a rising tide of antisemitism is seen once more to cast a shadow across the city. The despair has arrived on the back of the Hamas terrorists attack that killed 1,400...
  • Star of David Painted on Houses Where Jewish People Live in Berlin as Antisemitic Attacks Rise

    10/18/2023 1:19:54 PM PDT · by nickcarraway · 22 replies
    Euroweekly News ^ | 16 Oct 2023 | Aaron Hindhaugh
    Homes across Berlin have seen the Star of David painted onto their doors, as people look to point out where Jews are living. The Star of David has been painted on several doors across Berlin, Germany as a way to mark out who is Jewish within communities amid the growing tensions between Jews and pro-Palestine supporters. There has long been conflict and tension between the two groups because of the long-standing issues over in the Middle East, but following the Hamas attack on Israelis, things have called all over Europe. Spanish police arrest five people part of gang smuggling migrants...
  • Shock: Jewish Home in Berlin Marked with Star of David Symbol in Grim Reminder of Germany’s Past

    10/14/2023 7:26:24 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 12 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 10/14/2023 | Kurt Zindulka
    The front door of an apartment building in Berlin was marked with the Star of David this week amid increasing tension across Europe in the wake of the Hamas terror attacks on Israel. Harkening back to the dark days of the 1930s when the Nazis would brand Jewish businesses with the Star of David, a young woman of Jewish heritage was horrified to find that her home in the Prenzlauer Berg area of the German capitol had been branded with the same symbol this week.
  • 100s of People Dressed as Dogs Descend on City to Protest Their Right to Identify as Canines ...

    09/22/2023 5:56:11 AM PDT · by Red Badger · 39 replies
    Daily Fetched ^ | September 22, 2023 | By: Jason Walsh
    100s of People Dressed as Dogs Descend on City to Protest Their Right to Identify as Canines Hundreds of people who identify as dogs gathered in a city in Germany where they barked for their rights to identify as canines. The ‘trans-species’ activists met at the Berlin Potsdamer Platz railway station in the German capital, where they howled at each other. The group said they do not identify as humans and instead want to be recognized as canines. The video below shows hundreds of people dressed as dogs outside the station, as bemused commuters walked by. Watch: VIDEO AT LINK..............
  • Over 1,000 Humans Who Identify as Dogs Meet Up in Berlin, Prompt Calls For “Animal Control”

    09/20/2023 8:01:25 AM PDT · by allen592 · 33 replies
    The Pet Zealot ^ | September 20, 2023 | James Alain L.
    A horde of individuals, who identify themselves as dogs rather than humans, has sparked a clamor for "animal control" following the widespread circulation of a video capturing their bizarre meet-up in Berlin. Approximately 1,000 people, who prefer to be acknowledged as canines, orchestrated a remarkable gathering at Germany's Berlin Potsamer Platz railroad station. Astonishingly, their sole means of communication was through primal howls and barks exchanged amongst themselves.
  • Climate Activists Deface Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate with Orange Paint

    09/17/2023 7:28:54 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 15 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 09/17/2023 | BREITBART LONDON
    BERLIN (AP) – German climate activists sprayed orange paint onto Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on Sunday morning to urge the German government to take more urgent action against climate change. Members of the group the Last Generation used fire extinguishers filled with paint to spray all six columns of the popular landmark in Germany’s capital. The group’s priorities include getting Germany to stop using all fossil fuels by 2030 and take short-term measures, including imposing a general speed limit of 100 kilometers per hour (62 mph) on highways, to cut emissions more quickly.
  • Former Church of Saint Agnes in Berlin now venue for Mickey Mouse and depictions of a homosexual Christ

    08/09/2023 1:34:38 PM PDT · by Gillibrand1 · 6 replies
    Catholic Conclave ^ | 09/08/2023 | CG
    In 1966, just one year after the Second Vatican Council, the Church of Saint Agnes in Berlin was consecrated. The people cried out for Redemption and all they were given were the hardest of brutalist stones, within and without. It proved to be a sepulchre for the Faith, as worshippers could never be comfortable in a place which also entombed them and their souls.
  • Climate protesters try to bring Berlin traffic to a halt

    04/24/2023 7:23:37 AM PDT · by ChicagoConservative27 · 16 replies
    NY Post ^ | 04-24-2023 | AP
    BERLIN — German climate activists tried bringing traffic to a standstill in Berlin on Monday morning by gluing themselves to streets all over the capital. Members of the group Last Generation have repeatedly blocked roads across Germany in the past year in an effort to pressure the government to take more drastic action against climate change. On several occasions, they have glued themselves to the roads, enraging some motorists and prompting accusations of extremism from conservative politicians. In addition to the road blocks, the activists said Monday they would also block traffic by marching very slowly through the city later...
  • One, Two, Three.

    03/19/2023 12:23:13 PM PDT · by Stepan12 · 33 replies
    MSN video ^ | 1961 | Billy Wilder
    This movie subtly mocks the Commies back in 1961. If "Dr. Strangeglove" mocks the military Industrial complex, this film mocks a country other than America. A country that thankfully no longer exists.
  • Berlin to let everyone go topless at public swimming pools

    03/09/2023 12:10:13 PM PST · by Oldeconomybuyer · 86 replies
    The Associated Press ^ | March 9, 2023
    BERLIN (AP) — Women in Berlin will soon be allowed to go topless at the city’s public swimming pools, like men, the Berlin state government said Thursday. The new bathing rules allowing everyone to go swimming without covering their torsos followed a discrimination complaint by a woman who was not allowed to go topless in a swimming pool in the capital. The woman, whose identity was not revealed, had turned to the senate’s ombudsperson’s office for equal treatment to demand that women, like men, can swim topless, the Berlin senate for justice, diversity and anti-discrimination said in a written statement....
  • Berlin University Tells Students Not to Call Cops on Sex Offender. Can You Guess Why?

    02/14/2023 9:40:58 AM PST · by SeekAndFind · 11 replies
    PJ Media ^ | 02/14/2023 | Robert Spencer
    Leftism is at war with reality: women are men, men are the first female admirals and champion female swimmers, Old Joe Biden is competent, capable and coherent, drag queens are suitable entertainers for primary school children, and on and on and on. But every war has its casualties, as Leftists are learning these days at Free University in Berlin. A sex offender has been running wild and harassing women there for weeks, but the university has warned the victims not to call the police. The reason why they shouldn’t is as obvious as it is outrageous: the sex offender is...
  • Left Wing Support Collapses After Berlin Re-Runs Election Over ‘Errors’

    02/13/2023 7:42:27 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 21 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 02-13-2023 | Peter Caddle
    Support for left-wing parties has collapsed in Berlin after elections were re-run in the city on Sunday over “errors” in the previous ballot. An election re-run in the German capital of Berlin has seen support for the political right surge, with the centrist Christian Democratic Union (CDU) seeing a seismic ten-point rise over the previous ballot. Although the city had already seen elections take place in 2021, numerous “errors” and other anomalies in the voting process eventually resulted in the ballot being struck down in court, with the vote finally being re-run on Sunday.
  • Green Extreme: Radicals Decapitate Iconic Berlin Christmas Tree in Environment Protest

    12/21/2022 6:20:19 AM PST · by ChicagoConservative27 · 15 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/21/2022 | BREITBART LONDON
    BERLIN (AP) – Climate activists said Wednesday that they have sawn off the tip of the Christmas tree erected in front of Berlin’s iconic Brandenburg Gate. The group Last Generation said two of its members used a hydraulic lift and a hand saw to cut two meters (six feet) off the top of the 15-meter (50-foot) tree and hang up a banner stating: “This is only the tip of the Christmas tree.” German police confirmed the incident.