Monthly Archives: July 2023

Picture yourself grooving from Brandenburger Tor to the Siegessäule and back, then from Brandenburger Tor to the Siegessäule and back over and over for hours, shaking it to techno!

According to Robert A. Ford, a distinguished Canadian diplomat who served as the dean of ambassadors in Moscow and as an adviser to NATO on Soviet affairs, it was a “myth” that what “NATO had actually done was prevent a … Continue reading →

You have transgressed so often and for so long that you have driven me to my limits, and now I find I have no other choice but to exercise my ultimate weapon. Yes, that’s right: now I’m going to get … Continue reading →

Inconvenient Sequel, 2017 “The next generation, looking back at us”. The framing is consistently that of “citizens in a democracy” asked to take joint responsibility to prevent hypothetical (though likely) catastrophe occuring in some distant future. What was I thinking … Continue reading →

From the 2017 An Inconvenient Sequel. In 2023 one wonders how Al Gore feels the “fixing the democracy crisis” endeavor is going. 🤔

Justus Bender, : Zuerst die gute Nachricht: Das Interesse der Deutschen an Politik ist ungebrochen. Es steigt sogar. Laut Statistischem Bundesamt sind heute rund 40 Prozent der Deutschen an Politik interessiert. Das ist viel mehr als früher, 1980 galt das … Continue reading →