See: Germany advances to World Cup semifinals
I saw the goal, slept through the rest.
Looks like the Germans have struck gold themselves even as they have lost another Fuehrer. They have been falling behind AmeriKa ever since, and this was their one last crack at it. Oklahoma wants answers, and we know what they are even if the ma$$ media is murky on the matter before they bury it (no Sweat bringing you the links).
This must be how the U.S. got ahead even though they lost:
"German accused of spying; Officials summon US ambassador" by Alison Smale | New York Times July 05, 2014
BERLIN — In the latest turn in the yearlong tensions with Germany over US spying, a German man was arrested this week on suspicion of passing secret documents to a foreign power, believed to be the United States. The US ambassador, John B. Emerson, was summoned to the Foreign Office here and urged to help with what German officials called a swift clarification of the case.
The arrest came as Washington and Berlin were trying to put to rest a year of strains over the National Security Agency’s monitoring of Germans’ electronic data, including Chancellor Angela Merkel’s cellphone, and just months after the collapse of an effort by Germany to strike a “no spy” accord with the White House.
While the White House and US intelligence officials refused to comment on the arrest, one senior US official said reports in the German media that the 31-year-old man under arrest had been working for the United States for at least two years “threaten to undo all the repair work” the two sides have been trying to achieve.
The exposure of U.S.-backstabbing, double-crosses, and hypocrisy will do that.
What a shit government to friendly governments. Imagine how it is treating the 99% of the planet it views as its enemy.
The details of the latest case were murky.
That translates to my government mouthpiece and intelligence agency front known as a newspaper is obfuscating and omitting things.
The media reports suggested that the man, a midlevel employee of the Federal Intelligence Service, was originally arrested on suspicion of spying for Russia. The Kremlin has markedly stepped up recruitment of German informants since the uprisings in Ukraine and the resulting sanctions aimed at Russia’s economy.
But according to the news reports and the account of the US official, the man told his interrogators he had been working for the United States for some time.
German news reports said that his work included reporting on the investigations into the NSA’s activities in Germany, which are the subject of a parliamentary inquiry, but the US official said he had no knowledge of whether that was the case.
"The German Parliament is conducting an inquiry into the N.S.A.’s activities in the country, and it heard its first testimony on Thursday from two Americans who formerly worked for the agency. That testimony came hours after a 27-year-old student in Bavaria was identified by name as one of the spy agency’s surveillance targets."
He spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid complicating a diplomatically fragile intelligence issue.
The CIA and NSA both declined to comment on the allegations.
Merkel was informed of the case Thursday, her spokesman said, just before she spoke to President Obama by telephone.
With the NSA listening in?
But the White House described that conversation as one primarily about Ukraine and the continuing negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program.
Because this spy tension is show for the masses.
Neither German nor US officials would say on the record whether the subject of the arrest came up during the call. But another senior US official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the president’s conversations were intended to be private, said the issue did not come up on the call, which was previously scheduled to discuss other matters, and that Obama was not aware of the case at the time of the call.
Oh, that is really, really rich.
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"European leaders gather to mark World War I centennial; Drums beat at summit near old battleground" by Juergen Baetz and John-Thor Dahlburg | Associated Press June 27, 2014
BRUSSELS — At a site where their countrymen once slaughtered each other with machine guns, artillery, and poison gas, the leaders of Britain, France, Germany, and other European nations commemorated the 100th anniversary of World War I and vowed to preserve peace on the continent.
As they make war on every other one.
About a half million people died in the arduous battles in the flat, often muddy killing grounds in and around the small Belgian city of Ypres in western Flanders between 1914 and 1918, a site that reflected the savagery of what became known as ‘‘The Great War.’’
No war is "great."
Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said holding a summit of the 28-nation European Union in the city that had to be rebuilt from scratch after World War I sends a powerful signal.
‘‘I believe this shows us again in which good times we live today, because the European Union exists and because we have learned from history,’’ Merkel said Thursday.
(Blog editor snorts, sighs, shakes his head, and can barely stomach the stinking elitism that comes from leaders)
World War I was unprecedented in scope and savagery: It claimed some 14 million lives — 5 million civilians and 9 million soldiers — including sailors and airmen from 28 countries, and left at least 7 million troops permanently disabled.
“We should remember those who served and why they fought . . . and we should recognize that the peace we have today is something we should cherish,’’ said Prime Minister David Cameron of Britain.
Is that what we have now?
What is with the protests in the streets then?
Commemorating the war’s 1914 start, the leaders walked through Ypres to the sound of drums to attend the ‘‘Last Post,’’ a bugle salute to the fallen performed each evening at Menin Gate. The gate has been erected as a memorial on the main road where British and Commonwealth soldiers marched off to the front, many to never return.
I'm getting ready to.
Summit chairman Herman Van Rompuy urged EU leaders to act as ‘‘the guardians of vigilance’’ to prevent the folly that once engulfed the continent.
‘‘It is our task — in actions and words — to prevent the spirals and exaggerations, to maintain trust, to preserve peace,’’ he said in a speech that used four languages.
Despite the vows of ‘‘never again,’’ the outcome of the conflict only sowed the bitter seeds that led to World War II and more slaughter. And the nationalist tensions that set off the killing never really died — most recently resurfacing in Ukraine and Russia.
On Friday, EU leaders were planning to discuss the situation in Ukraine, which borders four EU countries and has been fighting a separatist insurgency following Russia’s annexation of its Crimean Peninsula.
Well, the Crimeans voted to join, but that's just petty detail stuff when dealing with an illegally-installed government by overthrow in Ukraine.
Those who gathered on the sidelines of the Ypres summit venue cheered when Merkel arrived. Breaching protocol, she was the only leader to walk toward residents, shaking hands and commenting on how nicely the town had been rebuilt.
‘‘Thank you for hosting us,’’ she told several people in the crowd.
I wish she would shut up!
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Time to shut down this post.
