alright guys, ACLU got us. Time to give up. Abortion and illegal...pardon, undocumented immigration are constitutional rights! https://action.aclu.org/secure/timetofight

😂 😂 😂

Just watching #BATB37. I got some jokes about Daryle Lamont Jenkins left:
By day, he wants to beat up Nazis. By night, he beats his meat.
Daryle would love to bang white women, but all he does is banging his own drum.
He tried to charm white girls. Now he charms his cobra to them.
First, Daryle pleads to the Food Court. Later, he pleased himself.

Okay, that's all I got.

Berlin, Germany

*Grüß 😛

hey, we Germans are grammar and spelling nazis, so me correcting you was just me being me, being German

ah, understand that. I'd have a text file with the umlauts and the ß somewhere, though

yeah, I know there are codes, but fuck those codes. no one remembers them.

as it stands right now, AFD might be lucky to actually make it into parliament. And they will definitely not be a coalition member.

no one wants to form a coalition with them. and they don't want to be a part of the government, either.

there are similarities between Frauke Petry and Curie, definitely

I had a few conversations with Petry at different party conventions. But I'm more a Bernd Lucke guy. 😉

"It's the economy, stupid"

He was a founder of the AFD but left in 2015 after losing to Petry

the party took a drift farther to the right - that's why I left and joined the Free Democratic Party, where I am definitely among the right-wingers

not just a bit. way too much. we are more or less the only nation within Europe where a substantial part of the population is dreaming of the "United States of Europe".

but with the UK leaving and other countries forming alliances (Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland), I feel the EU will fall and other alliances will be formed.

At this point, Germany can't un-Merkel itself. She must go. And her opponent at the upcoming election in September, Martin Schulz, is even more on the left than her.

and there are just two realistic outcomes this september: Merkel staying in power or Schulz becoming new chancellor of a socialdemocrat-green-socialist coalition

Either do it as soon as possible or delay until Germany is sane again.

if the "red-red-green" coalition of the three most leftist parties (that actually matter) in Germany wins in september, Europe is doomed for the next four years

and the AFD doesn't help the cause, because they are not willing to form a coalition with anyone.

at this point and in this kind of a democratic system, they do more harm than good. and they would be better off infiltrating Merkel's CDU

there is no real right-wing party in Germany and there unfortunately won't be for the next decades. the best way to support right-wing positions depends on how much libertarianism/authoritarianism you want with it

the more libertarian way would be the right wing of the Free Democrats, where I currently am and hope to stay.

the more authoritarian way, again, would be to infiltrate the CDU and try to get them to what they once were - an actual conservative party

the AFD as the idea of a "Die Linke" on the right will not work. "Die Linke" keeps on crossing the line to left-wing extremism just as the AFD keeps on crossing the line to right-wing extremism. But our history makes us be tougher on right-wing extremism due to our history.

no one remembers that in Germany

we are all reminded of those horrible twelve years, though. day in, day out. I think, a little less (just a little less) remembrance would be great, and more remembrance of what Germany achieved. Talking about historical figures like Goethe, Schiller, all those German writers. German composers. German scientists. We got so much.

Yes, but the last ones that actually lived are on the verge of no longer living, to put it mildly. maybe this is a chance. but then again, we got the leftist elites in Germany...

Wars never have been proud moments for Germans. Never. Even the ones we won.

There's a reason why DJT has to remind us Germans constantly that we need to put money into our own defense.

it is

we take more pride in things that happened in Germany. The fall of the wall in 1989, for example

or the rebellion against the GDR in 1953. when people stood up against the socialist regime

yes, definitely. every time an authoritarian regime is fought, it is a great moment. even when people are brutally batted down by said regime like it happened in 1953

what?

good manners don't say nothing about political views, though. we got an awful lot of social democrats here

yup. Germans. Free speech is a rather new concept for us...

something most of us are not really familiar and comfortable with

I'm plotting my emigration to any country that is sane enough. Switzerland, the UK and the US are in the mix

maybe Norway, but that might be too cold for me

I wanna live in Wisconsin. I'm a Packers fan, so I gotta go there

and yes, it is still warmer than Norway 😉

the governor is red though, isn't he?

and Trump won Wisconsin over Clinton...

yeah, I know

but still, he's more red than Clinton

so this gives me some hope

no, Curry is likable. Lebron to a certain extent as well

Merkel ain't that old...

DON'T REMIND ME OF THAT

I TRY TO FORGET THAT

I can't sleep tonight, thanks, man...

she looks like a not baked cookie

like raw dough

funny thing is: dough is actually tasty, though ;D

nope, we're effective

THE AUSTRIANS?! fuck them

our worst enemy

ever heard of DJ Ötzi? worst person ever to be sent to us from Austria...

😂

Austrians = Schnitzel country; Australians: Kangaroo country

Austrians: don't even start a war alone

always asking us Germans to do that shit for them

Austrians: always asking Nazis to babysit

sorry, not sorry

AND WWII!

Hitler was Austrian, dammit!

correct!

😂

why?

oh, I do

always glad to help

for a living?

sports journalist

you posted before @ConcernedCommoner, I guess...

I'd be completely fine with college football or sth like that. I could even see myself as a German teacher in school in Wisconsin

I also have experience programming C# and Java as well as working as a soccer coach and soccer referee

I know

hehe, just some C# and Java, though

not a lot

damn, was I nervous...

you post "<#231936127378915328>" into the roll_call channel as soon as a moderator gives the go-ahead there (usually at 8:50 eastern before the show). You can post it there now, but you will almost definitely not be a part of this show - you gotta be quick

@Wandering now take into account that English is not my native tongue 😉

where are you from?

know a lot of Vietnamese people, too. Born and raised in East Germany, it might be one of the biggest non-German populations in this part of Germany

look to the left, the voice channels

just click on one of the waiting rooms, either the normal one or the quiet one

you're welcome

nope, you're not. You gotta post "<#231936127378915328>" in the roll_call channel

But no chance this call-in show, too many people in the queue already

next time: at 8:50 eastern, one of the moderators will give the go-ahead in the channel to post "<#231936127378915328>" in that channel. try to be as quick as possible 😉

If you ever need a guest to talk about German and Germany stuff, just ask me 😉

https://www.minds.com/blog/view/696881322626392073

Trump's airstrike reminds me of this old means of military politics: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punitive_expedition

will there be a call-in show tonight?

it's so awkwardly quiet

https://twitter.com/MLChristiansen/status/852291396497264641

no Call-In Show tonight