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elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

BabyFur Denny posted:

36 persons shot at is really low considering that 1762 policemen were injured last year.

I guess a lot of those injuries happened during (violent) protests or football games.

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elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
If only there was a way to get rid of the FDP and keeping our minister of justice.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
If it stays like this we'll most likely see a new attempt to get the 5 % threshold declared unconstitutional.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

Randler posted:

I'm probably biased because I hail from the black heart of Westphalia, but the Junge Union is way more organized and accessible than their SPD counterpart. The fact that the JuSos are generally way more radical in their politics probably does not really help them attracting young people in a country where the political mainstream is dominated by middle-of-the-road positions.

As someone from Paderborn, the CDU could probably enter a broom with a wig and would still win every single time..

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

Jerry Manderbilt posted:

Man, so can all the FDP posters near my apartment saying "Mehr Mut, Mehr Markt, Mehr Freiheit, Nur mit uns" go down now, along with all the NPD posters (okay, I've only seen numerous amounts of the latter in Oranienburg and Treptow)?

Usually they have around 14 days to collect their posters.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
http://www.vice.com/Fringes/kingdom-of-germany

quote:

Former chef and martial arts trainer Peter Fitzek has founded his own micronation called the Kingdom of Germany. It consists of several properties around the city of Wittenberg, south of Berlin. It has 25 citizens, its own currency, an official state limousine, and passports. VICE Germany visited Peter back in June to find out how serious he is about this whole starting-a-new-nation thing.

That "organization" is part of the (usually far right) free citizens movement and reichsbürger fringe. There are lots of small groups like that make money from gullible idiots or desperate people that see no other way to get out of their financial problems. I had to deal with people like that at work a few times and it's a really sad affair. Still an interesting thing to watch.

elwood fucked around with this message at 08:57 on Oct 5, 2013

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

waitwhatno posted:

Awww, this looks like it's just a run-of-the-mill hippie cult commune. I don't even think the cult leader has more than one or two mental illnesses, if even that.

For a moment there I really thought the freeman-on-the-land movement had finally reached Germany, the youtube videos of Freie Bürger educating the police about how they serve a Marinegericht would probably entertain me for years. :munch:

Google staatliche selbstverwaltung. You're welcome.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
Now, this will be interesting to follow from a legal standpoint:

http://www.lawblog.de/index.php/archives/2013/12/05/abmahnung-gegen-stream-nutzer/

A cease and desist for watching (streaming) porn on redtube. Realistically redtube must have handed them ip data.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
I don't expect them to take this any further than a Mahnverfahren, but I expect someone will in that case take it to court themselve (§ 696 ZPO) or someone might file a negative Feststellungsklage.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

Grim Up North posted:

Could you please explain your emoticon? I don't read his blog but I always assumed it was a good one.

It's interesting, but he is not really objective (admittedly he doesn't have to be) and sometimes a bit hypocritical. Not to mention that he often does not have a clue whatsoever when it comes to non penal law. Usually it's fine as long as you stay far, far away from the comments.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

elwood posted:

...or someone might file a negative Feststellungsklage.


aaaaaand


http://www.anka.eu/news-aktuelles/82-pm-erster-abgemahnter-wehrt-sich-gerichtlich-gegen-die-massenabmahnung-wegen-streaming

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

Randler posted:

As long as the Bundesverfassungsgericht works on weekends, civil courts should be able to do urgent court orders that quickly. :colbert:

I had a complaint against a Zwangsgeldbeschluss of mine because I issued it on a saturday and as courts don't work on saturdays it was obviously fake. :rolleyes:

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

e X posted:

Art. 146 :colbert:


http://www.krr-faq.net/volksbe.php :colbert:

it starts with the reichsbürger stuff, but gets into the specifics of why art. 146 GG is meaningless later on.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

Landsknecht posted:

Well this is good; I seem to remember that the standard "Piraten-Abmahnung" was sent because users uploaded something; and streaming as a protocol doesn't require uploading. I wonder how much could have realistically been demanded for copyright infringement due to streaming, wouldn't it only be like 15-25Eur (like the cost of a dvd?).


They want 15 € in damages and 235€ in fees and expenses.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

bronin posted:

Don't worry though, winter will come soon. With poo poo loads of snow and temperatures below -20. God I hate winter...

I like snow shoveling. I find it really relaxing.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

Drone posted:

I thought I read somewhere that the copyright after that will devolve to the Bavarian government so as to still keep its distribution controlled to a degree?

The current copyright holder is bavaria and even though it expires next year, reproducing and selling it may be seen as Incitement to hatred (§ 130 StGB) and Dissemination of propaganda material of unconstitutional organisations (§ 86 StGB).

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

Randler posted:

For networking purposes, joining the JU is probably not that useful unless you're actually active within either the organization itself or at the muncipal level. It'd probably be more useful to join a Burschenschaft or Studentenverbindung if you want to boost your career. (Or a Schützenverein.)


Schützenverein? Really? Around here everyone is a member of at least the local Schützenverein (plus usually a few more from surrounding cities/villages to increase drinking opportunities). All that means is, that you prance around in a silly uniform for 3 days a year and get drunk like no tommorrow. I wouldn't say that a Schützenverein gives you good networking opportunities. Maybe other parts of germany have different "Schützenwesen" and stronger hierarchies, but the concept of getting ahead just because you are a member of a Schützenverein looks strange to me.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

reading posted:

Will a village Rathaus provide a way to deal with an awful landlord? Some kind of Mieterschutzamt or something?

I want to get my Kaution back but I do not want to see or be near my former landlord because he's a psycho.

You don't have to deal with him personally. Just write him a letter and give him your account details. If the Kaution is due and he refuses to wire the money you can then still talk to a lawyer. If he hasn't declined to pay it back yet and you are involving a lawyer right away you could end up having to eat the lawyer fees.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

Randler posted:

Those fringe elements of the political left existed way before the internet existed, though. The internet just made it easier to find them.

I wouldn't say that they are necessarily all left leaning. Part of those Friedensdemo participants are members of the reichbürger fringe and various sub groups. Those I would firmly place on the far right side of the spectrum.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
und hier mal was zum Lichterfest

http://www.bildblog.de/52757/sonne-mond-und-untergang-des-abendlandes/

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
talking about the final solution:



that could get interesting

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

Cingulate posted:

I think this is legitimately the first time I'm "offended" by something on the internet.
Is that your own screenshot?
It's not on their Facebook anymore.

Edit: thinking about it, if a leftist comedian had made this, it maybe almost could have worked as (albeit tasteless, and blind to history) criticism of the living conditions of asylum seekers.

found it on reddit, don't know if it's legit

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
http://www.haz.de/Nachrichten/Der-Norden/Uebersicht/Verdaechtiger-stirbt-nach-Sturz-aus-7.-Stock

quote:

„Warum konnte mein Neffe das Fenster öffnen?“, fragte der Onkel. „Warum trug er keine Handschellen? Warum war er nicht in einem Raum eingesperrt?“

One of the few times where people complain about someone not being handcuffed.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

Randler posted:

Also PEGIDA related, your local radio stations might have mentioned the non-representative survey to showcase how many of PEGIDA participants are scared of Islamic terrorism et al. The part they probably didn't mention is that of the group surveyed a lot of them are actually not the poor lower-class Ossi saps, at least the WDR likes to imply they are.

You mean the study where 65 % of surveyed people refused to respond?

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
Only those that belong to a religious organization that make use of the tax scheme pay church tax, so it's not only atheist.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
Read his name in the uncensored picture, knew right away that he is from eastern germany.

p.s. he likes "mein kampf" who would have thought

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

Riso posted:

Apart from that they have no problem extraditing Germans for crimes as long as the US promises to take the death penalty off the table.

Art 16 Abs. 2 GG

Article 16
[Citizenship – Extradition]

(1) No German may be deprived of his citizenship. Citizenship may be lost only pursuant to a law, and against the will of the person affected only if he does not become stateless as a result.

(2) No German may be extradited to a foreign country. The law may provide otherwise for extraditions to a member state of the European Union or to an international court, provided that the rule of law is observed.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
5 x no homework per half year = Tadel
7 x = Verweis

the good old days.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
10 months HG represent. Not one minute longer than I had to.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

e X posted:

...Böhmermann has the screen presence of wet toast. Seriously, the guy's 'moderation' sucks the fun right out off the show.

Was macht der dünne blasse Junge da? Er soll weggehen.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

waitwhatno posted:

The whole thing is a huge joke. The real danger for Bavaria lies in the fact that you might have access to large amounts of very valuable and sensitive research data. But no one asks you about your financial troubles or friends in Chinese state companies.

I don't know about Bavaria, but as someone in the public sector of another Bundesland, I've had to sign a Schuldenerklärung several times in my career so far.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
Live stream from a "mass"demonstration by conspiratards in berlin right now. Apparently they want to occupy the Reichstag.

http://www.ustream.tv/channel/kundegebungen-berlin-germany

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
My LK Klausur was an essay about how awesome the euro will be and that everything will be roses and sunshine from here on out (1997). Aced that poo poo with 15 points. The other was an interpretation of swift's a modest proposal.

elwood fucked around with this message at 22:28 on May 20, 2015

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

Honj Steak posted:

Of all people it's the prime minister of the Saarland who warns against "marriage between close relatives". :chloe:

http://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2015-06/homo-ehe-kramp-karrenbauer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40wF_sh5YaI

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
No, there isn't. There is also no prohibition calling it marriage as well. That form of marriage wouldn't have the protection of Art. 6 and could theoreticaly be changed, abolished and what have you, but thats it.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsN_JA_wXmo

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe

botany posted:

Giving up your freedom to go on strike in exchange for job security is very German, yes.

aka gesicherte Armut.

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
Just look at what he tweeted yesterday even after the telekom fucks started talking.

https://twitter.com/GOettingerEU/status/659693722981040128


Seriously?

elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
Have fun:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zvqV2wUA6g

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elwood
Mar 28, 2001

by Smythe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDP_MBdI5GE

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