We’re fucked.
Link one.
Yesterday, Halliburton announced that it would be moving its corporate headquarters from Houston to Dubai. Reincorporating in Dubai would mean that Halliburton — which earned $2.3 billion in profits last year — “will be paying less taxes to the U.S. Treasury, even as it collects billions from government contracts.”
Link Two
The article [...]

Check back on these, Im editing them as I go, So I dont create too many posts all in one day.
The sentence “die, die dich was angehen, und die, mit denen du nur am Rande zu tun hast” seems to clarify that the two are working with 2 separate groups. First, the riders that [...]

Regarding the PDF’s in German, I am trying to translate them as best possible, but it’s slow going. We’re talking40 pages of foreign sentence structure, people.
As having lived here has more or less forced me to learn the language, my translation skills are a short step above pointing at the menu and grunting… so here [...]

I got me a 30-ish Km ride in today. About mid-60’s and partly sunny. Didn’t kill me, but was just right. Just got home from my 2nd litre of fine German beer, and was wondering…
Which should I crack tonight?
Knockando or Gentleman Jack…?
Seeing as I’m asking a group of experts, let me clarify… I haven’t [...]

Trust me, it’s worth it.
(I can’t get anything to embed properly these days, so fuckit. you have to go there on your own.)
—bikepunk

Being a stay-at-home hubby (which I relish, thankyouverymuch) I have more than ample time to get sucked into the tubes of the internets and get myself all manner of clogged in said tubes. I may have mentioned here or on my own blog that I am a staunch Atheist, so today I was looking for [...]

Hey all. Here is what I can figure out.
The guys at ARD and ZDF decided to pull coverage because it is still ‘a farce’. By that I mean as I mentioned in my reply to the original post, I said we all pay TV tax, to get better coverage, less commercials, uncensored boobs (ok, that’s [...]

Recently I had the fortune of beating the ‘Girl trap’ once and for all. Or at least as long as I don’t abuse my newfound power.
The wife and I went to the river to celebrate the girlfriend of her brothers’ birthday. He studied to be a chef, and can cook like no other. Chicken satay, [...]

I really REALLY thought we were done with this guy.
Santorum involved in movie project
By Tribune-Review
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Rick Santorum is in early talks on a movie project with Hollywood producer Stephen McEveety.
Rumors have been buzzing throughout Harrisburg that Santorum was connecting with McEveety, who produced Mel Gibson blockbusters such as “Braveheart,” “The Passion of the [...]

It is summer. Girls on bikes in short skirts. It is a wonderful time and a wonderful place to be, what with Biergartens and all that nonsense.
Speaking of, If you are in the Munich area, let me know. I have no problem with playing tour guide and making Jonny jealous by feeding you huge helpings [...]

Wikipaedia defines it as :
Schadenfreude is a German word meaning ‘pleasure taken from someone else’s misfortune’. It has been borrowed by the English language[1] and is sometimes also used as a loanword by other languages. The German pronunciation of the word is [??a?d?n?f???d?] (IPA).
It derives from Schaden (damage, harm) and Freude (joy); Schaden [...]

It’s an unwritten law that Bavaria will have more holidays than the rest of Germany. I know this because today is ‘Corpus Christi’. whatever that means. Its not a set day, but falls on 60 days after easter. This year it is also known as a ‘Brückentag’ (Bridge-day) Yup. It is exactly what it sounds [...]

Jerry Falwell, founder of the ‘Moral Majority’ is dead. I turned on the TV last night to CNN, and heard the announcement. I actually threw up my fists and said “WOO-HOO ! ! ! FUCK YOU YOU FAT FUCK !” He deserved to die slowly and painfully. If you think he was good or decent [...]