Berlin Müggelsee Sundown

recently at Müggelsee Berlin

Bullshit politics in Germany in the public media

Germany has a strange television and radio system. There is a huge amount of state controlled television and radio stations available. There are two nation wide radio stations (ARD, ZDF) and each state has at least one television and radio station. Bavaria has for instance several television stations and additional stations for each substate, which is equally true for the radio stations.

Recently these television stations extended their reach into the web. And we got news, tv series in the web.

Sounds nice.

It is nice.

Wait. No. It's not.

Where does the money come from? Of course from the taxpayer. And from 2011 each household in Germany should pay 17 Euros for that. Wow. That's a simple model. And - of course - the 17 Euros are demanded by the chiefs of the radio and tv stations themselves.

That's bureaucracy at its best.

For what?

For:

Stupid television series,

damn stupid cooking series,

superstupid radio stations,

ultrastupid radio moderations.

Additionally this state controlled radio and television business kills innovation by annihilating the private sector.

If you want to watch something you should have the possibility to pay for it (via pay per view of advertisements).

BUT I DO NOT WANT TO BE FORCED TO PAY FOR STUFF I DO NOT WANT TO WATCH. AND NO - I DO NOT EVEN HAVE A TV. KILL THAT MONSTER.

Recently in Berlin Mitte at Tacheles - BP and nuclear oil spill fun

That's funny.

Looks like an official BP flyer. But it's a fatal critic and says: We could also have built nuclear power plants. BP.

Nice!

Casino traps in Berlin

Casinos are fun. In Las Vegas. Otherwise it's the poor man's tax.

It really makes me sad to see how many casinos opened in the last years. Especially in areas like Neukölln with huge social problems this is not really nice.

Sometimes I think: People should be intelligent enough not to spend their money in casinos. On the other hand I think: The state should make laws against it.

At the end I guess it's a problem of the people. And a problem of education and goals in life. At least the state should enable people to educate themselves.

Or are all those casinos only money laundering facilities?

Butterfly shopping cart

A cocooned shopping cart in the Kreuzberg area.

The small notice in the front says: And when I am big I'll become a butterfly. Never saw that species before.

Music recommendation - Duck Sauce - Barbara Streisand

Well. A song about NYC. And Barbara Streisand.
Great hook line wuwuwuwuwuwuw. Or so... The original is btw a German folk song.

Check that out:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWhtcU4-xAM

Music recommendation: Young rebel set: If I was

Great song song - young rebel set: If I was.

And if I was a rich man I'd buy you flowers every day 
But I am a poor man so I'll pick them on the way

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6GRNSeZdAM