Wednesday, August 12, 2009
It has long been known that through-the-roof-ratings and book sales accompany something sensational that corresponds to the thing being marketed. Sometimes these happenings are entirely coincidental. Then there are times that….hmmmm…there are times that try men’s souls.
Sunday, August 9, 2009
The Berlin Zoo has a famous polar bear named, Knut. By arrangement with Munich’s Hellabrunn Zoo, a girlfirend for Knut is on her way. According to Der Tagesspiegel and reported by “The Local”, the Italian bear, named Gianna, named after rock singer Gianna Nannini, is three years old and will likely arrive in Berlin around mid-September. MilesTones takes note that naming a polar bear after a rock singer is better than naming a primate after Obama which caused a whirlwind of response not only in Germany but all across the globe.(See story on this website)
Is drunken wheelchair driving the newest social problem in Germany? According to The Local News of Germany, police saw a motorized wheelchair driving down the street, and came up behind the driver to see how he was doing that fine day. The tipsy man in the wheelchair figured the jig was up and hit the throttle to full speed, which, for a wheelchair, is 25 kilometers per hour, leading the police on a merry chase through Bielefeld.
For centuries, dogs have been unfairly blamed for “eating up the homework,” when school kids fail to turn in their papers on time. At least that’s what the teacher is told. But a cat that downloads child pornography? A serious matter indeed and a bad rap for a cat.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
When a primate in The Dresden Zoo was named, “Obama,” an immediate outcry of racism rose from the “Initiative for Black Germans” organization.The news service, “The Local; Germany’s News in English,” reported that when the newborn mandrill was named Obama, after President Obama, they were apparently unaware that there is a long history of using monkeys to racially stereotype black people.
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