ledboots
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Just have to throw in the "joke" against the US, hmmm Andy? This story has nothing to do with the US, Trump, the republican party, or Christians.
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Just have to throw in the "joke" against the US, hmmm Andy? This story has nothing to do with the US, Trump, the republican party, or Christians.
ledboots
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Such a bigoted comment."the powers of freedom and democracy" - i.e. The Americans or The Great Satan as they're otherwise known(You say tomato, I say ... )
Hello Ledboots, I must say in all fairness that in the "Soviet Zone" that was later called the German Democratic Republic, many Nazi officials did not even have to go to jail after the war. As this was not a communist country, by definition those people were good communists, and their know-how was of course needed (e.g. soldiers, policemen, spies etc.).
robert99
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robert99
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Looks like we're have to change our venom towards BASF or Bayer instead of Monsanto!
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2016/05/12/basf-pondering-monsanto-takeover-report.html
Bayer AG and BASF reportedly are mulling a takeover bid for Monsanto.
Mutant Crops Drive BASF Sales Where Monsanto Denied: Commodities
"BASF, the world’s biggest chemical company, is having success with its line of Clearfield crops. The German company made the crops tolerant of its Clearfield herbicide through chemical mutagenesis. It alters the crops’ DNA by dousing seeds with chemicals such as ethyl methanesulfonate and sodium azide, according to company filings in Canada, the only nation that regulates such crops.
(smart move to please US regulators by moving to the US)
"BASF last year decided to move its plant-science divison, which works on engineered crops, to the U.S. from Germany."
http://www.bizjournals.com/triangle/news/2016/05/12/basf-pondering-monsanto-takeover-report.html
Bayer AG and BASF reportedly are mulling a takeover bid for Monsanto.
Mutant Crops Drive BASF Sales Where Monsanto Denied: Commodities
"BASF, the world’s biggest chemical company, is having success with its line of Clearfield crops. The German company made the crops tolerant of its Clearfield herbicide through chemical mutagenesis. It alters the crops’ DNA by dousing seeds with chemicals such as ethyl methanesulfonate and sodium azide, according to company filings in Canada, the only nation that regulates such crops.
(smart move to please US regulators by moving to the US)
"BASF last year decided to move its plant-science divison, which works on engineered crops, to the U.S. from Germany."
robert99
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‘Time for Bundeswehr to grow’: Germany announces 1st army expansion since Cold War
Germany is marching towards rebuilding what was once western Europe’s largest army, with a “long overdue” decision to recruit 14,300 additional soldiers over the next seven years, to counter modern threats and overcome pressures “in all areas.”
At the height of the Cold War the Bundeswehr comprised some 670,000 personnel, both military and civilians. Currently, there are 87,000 civilian personnel and 177,000 military staff employed by the army. A cap of 185,000 troops imposed back in 2011 will now be broken with the announced expansion.
Even considering the cuts, Germany has the second biggest armed forces in the EU behind France, and ahead of the UK.
Germany is marching towards rebuilding what was once western Europe’s largest army, with a “long overdue” decision to recruit 14,300 additional soldiers over the next seven years, to counter modern threats and overcome pressures “in all areas.”
At the height of the Cold War the Bundeswehr comprised some 670,000 personnel, both military and civilians. Currently, there are 87,000 civilian personnel and 177,000 military staff employed by the army. A cap of 185,000 troops imposed back in 2011 will now be broken with the announced expansion.
Even considering the cuts, Germany has the second biggest armed forces in the EU behind France, and ahead of the UK.
robert99
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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/19/b...n-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Monsanto said late Wednesday that it had received a takeover bid from Bayer of Germany, potentially signaling another huge merger in the business of crop seeds and pesticides.
In a short statement, without disclosing details of the offer, Monsanto said its board was reviewing the proposal.
Putting the two companies together would yield a giant whose products encompass antibiotics, genetically modified crop seeds and pesticides. It would have a combined annual revenue that would surpass $67 billion.
News of Bayer’s interest in Monsanto has percolated over the last several weeks, stirring speculation that the agricultural sector could see another big deal after Dow Chemical and DuPont agreed last year to merge.
Monsanto said late Wednesday that it had received a takeover bid from Bayer of Germany, potentially signaling another huge merger in the business of crop seeds and pesticides.
In a short statement, without disclosing details of the offer, Monsanto said its board was reviewing the proposal.
Putting the two companies together would yield a giant whose products encompass antibiotics, genetically modified crop seeds and pesticides. It would have a combined annual revenue that would surpass $67 billion.
News of Bayer’s interest in Monsanto has percolated over the last several weeks, stirring speculation that the agricultural sector could see another big deal after Dow Chemical and DuPont agreed last year to merge.
robert99
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$62 billion in cash!
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/b...n-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Bayer said it would be willing to pay $122 a share for Monsanto, representing a 37 percent premium to Monsanto’s closing price on May 9, the day before Bayer made its proposal.
Bayer said it intends to finance the transaction with debt and equity and is “confident” in its ability to do so after advanced discussions with its lenders, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/24/b...n-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0
Bayer said it would be willing to pay $122 a share for Monsanto, representing a 37 percent premium to Monsanto’s closing price on May 9, the day before Bayer made its proposal.
Bayer said it intends to finance the transaction with debt and equity and is “confident” in its ability to do so after advanced discussions with its lenders, Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Credit Suisse.
ledboots
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robert99
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$62 billion in cash? Nah, we want more.
Monsanto is rejecting Bayer's $62-billion takeover bid, calling it “incomplete and financially inadequate."
Monsanto rejects $62-billion Bayer bid, but says it's still open to talks
Monsanto is rejecting Bayer's $62-billion takeover bid, calling it “incomplete and financially inadequate."
Monsanto rejects $62-billion Bayer bid, but says it's still open to talks
robert99
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Just as the EU tries to be nice to the Turks to keep all the refugees there (and get paid handsomely for it), the Germans go and get all "you had a genocide too!" ... 
German MPs vote on Armenian 'genocide' amid Turkish fury - BBC News
German MPs vote on Armenian 'genocide' amid Turkish fury - BBC News
Well, they only acknowledge what 20 other nations like France or Russia, or the European parliament, already had acknowledged a long time before, so I don't really see a major issue there.
robert99
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It's been known for a long time about the Armenians, but what is it with German politicians - is this part of the left over guilt from WW2?
"The resolution uses the word "genocide" in the headline and text. It also says Germany - at the time an ally of the Ottomans - bears some guilt for doing nothing to stop the killings."
"The resolution uses the word "genocide" in the headline and text. It also says Germany - at the time an ally of the Ottomans - bears some guilt for doing nothing to stop the killings."
Not really. That has been in the discussion in Germany for a long time.
Actually the guilt from WW2 might possibly have made the process to acknowledge it longer.
robert99
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Four Syrian men arrested for allegedly planning suicide bombings in Düsseldorf - Four Syrian men arrested over Isis terror plot in Germany
A statement from the German federal prosecutor’s office said suspects named as Hamza C, 27, Mahood B, 25 and Abd Arahman AK, 31, had been detained in three different states and their homes were being searched.
Another 25-year-old man, Saleh A, is already in custody in France and is subject to a new arrest warrant issued on Wednesday.
He and Hamza C joined Isis in Syria in spring 2014 and were ordered to carry out an attack in Düsseldorf’s old town by the group’s senior leadership, prosecutors said.
The alleged plot mirrors the format of Isis attacks in Paris and Brussels, which used suicide bombs and gunmen wearing explosive vests.
A statement from the German federal prosecutor’s office said suspects named as Hamza C, 27, Mahood B, 25 and Abd Arahman AK, 31, had been detained in three different states and their homes were being searched.
Another 25-year-old man, Saleh A, is already in custody in France and is subject to a new arrest warrant issued on Wednesday.
He and Hamza C joined Isis in Syria in spring 2014 and were ordered to carry out an attack in Düsseldorf’s old town by the group’s senior leadership, prosecutors said.
The alleged plot mirrors the format of Isis attacks in Paris and Brussels, which used suicide bombs and gunmen wearing explosive vests.
robert99
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Germany polygamy: Minister says migrants must abide by the law - BBC News
Germany will not recognise polygamy or marriages involving minors, Justice Minister Heiko Maas has said
"No-one who comes here has the right to put his cultural values or religious beliefs above our law," he told Bild.
...
Bild reports that the federal state of Bavaria alone has registered 550 cases of brides aged under 18, and 161 under 16, among the asylum seekers that have arrived in the recent migrant wave.
In most of these cases, the young girls were already married before their arrival in Germany.
There is no clear law in Germany regarding what to do with underage marriages conducted in Muslim countries, and courts make judgements on a case-by-case basis.
A court in the city of Bamberg recently decided that the marriage of a 15-year-old girl to a 21-year-old man, conducted under Syrian jurisdiction, could be regarded as legal in Germany.
In Germany the minimum age for marriage is 18, but it is possible for a young person aged 16 or 17 to marry, if a family court gives consent, and the other party to the marriage is at least 18.
(15 year old?! WTF! - One only has to think of the Jeffs to understand why certain men want polygamy - sickos!)
Germany will not recognise polygamy or marriages involving minors, Justice Minister Heiko Maas has said
"No-one who comes here has the right to put his cultural values or religious beliefs above our law," he told Bild.
...
Bild reports that the federal state of Bavaria alone has registered 550 cases of brides aged under 18, and 161 under 16, among the asylum seekers that have arrived in the recent migrant wave.
In most of these cases, the young girls were already married before their arrival in Germany.
There is no clear law in Germany regarding what to do with underage marriages conducted in Muslim countries, and courts make judgements on a case-by-case basis.
A court in the city of Bamberg recently decided that the marriage of a 15-year-old girl to a 21-year-old man, conducted under Syrian jurisdiction, could be regarded as legal in Germany.
In Germany the minimum age for marriage is 18, but it is possible for a young person aged 16 or 17 to marry, if a family court gives consent, and the other party to the marriage is at least 18.
(15 year old?! WTF! - One only has to think of the Jeffs to understand why certain men want polygamy - sickos!)
robert99
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Nazi underpants among items at auction in Germany
Nazi underpants among items at auction in Germany
The auction scheduled for this weekend at the Herman Historica International auction house in Munich also includes dresses that belonged to Hitler’s lover Eva Braun and the case that held the cyanide capsule that Goering, second in command to Hitler, used to take his life the night before he was scheduled to be hanged in 1946 following his conviction on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials.
Jewish groups have condemned the auction, and the mayor of Munich has asked the auction house to cancel it, fearing the objects will be glorified by neo-Nazis, the Telegraph reported.
The memorabilia is part of a collection owned by John Kingsley Lattimer, an American doctor who served as a medical officer during the War Crimes Trials in Nuremberg, where he cared for the prisoners as well as members of the Allied forces staff. He collected many of the artifacts during his time at the trials, according to the auction catalog.
Goering’s underpants, silk with a blue monogram reading "HG," will be offered at a starting price of $700. Bidding on his brass cyanide capsule case will start at about $3,500.
Other items up for auction include X-rays and reports on Hitler’s health after a 1944 assassination attempt; a collection of original secret wiretap transcripts of the prisoners at Nuremberg; more than 330 contemporary photographs of German secret documents from the property of an assistant U.S. chief counsel during the Nuremberg trials; the gavel given by the chief prosecutor at Nuremberg to his successor, and sections of the ropes used to hang the major war criminals convicted at Nuremberg on Oct. 16, 1946.
Nazi underpants among items at auction in Germany
The auction scheduled for this weekend at the Herman Historica International auction house in Munich also includes dresses that belonged to Hitler’s lover Eva Braun and the case that held the cyanide capsule that Goering, second in command to Hitler, used to take his life the night before he was scheduled to be hanged in 1946 following his conviction on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the Nuremberg trials.
Jewish groups have condemned the auction, and the mayor of Munich has asked the auction house to cancel it, fearing the objects will be glorified by neo-Nazis, the Telegraph reported.
The memorabilia is part of a collection owned by John Kingsley Lattimer, an American doctor who served as a medical officer during the War Crimes Trials in Nuremberg, where he cared for the prisoners as well as members of the Allied forces staff. He collected many of the artifacts during his time at the trials, according to the auction catalog.
Goering’s underpants, silk with a blue monogram reading "HG," will be offered at a starting price of $700. Bidding on his brass cyanide capsule case will start at about $3,500.
Other items up for auction include X-rays and reports on Hitler’s health after a 1944 assassination attempt; a collection of original secret wiretap transcripts of the prisoners at Nuremberg; more than 330 contemporary photographs of German secret documents from the property of an assistant U.S. chief counsel during the Nuremberg trials; the gavel given by the chief prosecutor at Nuremberg to his successor, and sections of the ropes used to hang the major war criminals convicted at Nuremberg on Oct. 16, 1946.
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I'm going to Hamburg (well, close to it, anyway) next week.
What is the beer situation in Germany these days? I believe there is no reinheitsgebot any more, so I can't assume it's all vegan?
What is the beer situation in Germany these days? I believe there is no reinheitsgebot any more, so I can't assume it's all vegan?
robert99
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ISIS appoints German national as military commander for Nineveh
(The return of the Desert Fox?! )
ISIS appoints German national as military commander for Nineveh - Iraqi News
(The return of the Desert Fox?!
)ISIS appoints German national as military commander for Nineveh - Iraqi News
robert99
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Daesh may conduct Istanbul-like attacks in Germany, German spy chief warns - PressTV-German spy chief warns of Daesh attacks
Germany’s spy chief says militants affiliated with the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group pose the biggest security threat to the European country, noting it is probable that terror attacks like the recent one in Turkey could also take place in Germany.
“We can't rule out attacks like those in Istanbul also happening in our country,” said Hans-Georg Maassen, the head of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), told German Saturday newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Maassen’s remarks come a few days after a triple bombing and gun attacks killed 45 people, including 19 foreign nationals, and injured nearly 240 others at the Ataturk airport in Istanbul, Turkey.
