Nobody in our country voted for that tone deaf asshole either. He was just "stepped in" as an interim after our prior catastrophe of a chancellor stepped down (Sebastian Kurz - He also made it to international media for his corruption).

Before representing our country as chancellor, this piece of shit was minister of the interior. - while being in this position he was just as useless as now. Words cannot describe how much I loathe this guy.

Gotta admit this was one hell of a PR stunt! Impressive it actually worked. Considering democrats as a whole are center right on an international scale it couln't have been easy to convince working class folks they actually give a damn.

But PR stunt aside, it still is one hell of a positive message in this incredibly fucked political landscape. Kudos to Biden.

Pathetic irony indeed. Logical thinking would demand he'd be booed off the podium. - But by now I'm also a strong believer in the incredible stupidity of Americans... so not sure what will happen.

Der Mensch hat viele Jahre seines Lebens als Teil dieser Elite verbracht, missinformationen, misogynie und xenophobie im großen Stil an die Massen vertrieben. Er war geradezu ein Sinnbild dessen was er jetzt anzuprangern scheint.

Nennt mich zynisch aber ich glaube diesem wixer kein Wort.

Die Chance dass er einen plötzlichen Sinneswandel hatte sehe ich bei 0,01%.

On one hand I find the American prudishness extremely ridiculous and amusing. On the other hand I get the outrage. - Not because of tiddies but because of the blatantly obvious hypocracy.

I have a theory as well: Those freezes happen when some of the millions of souls he has hurt in his lifetime break out for a moment and start to haunt him.

On a more serious note: I cant fathom the immense lust/hunger for power this person must posess to still refuse to retire. Afaik he's a millionaire anyway but he still grabs on to the tits of power like the ghoul he is. Disgusting human being.

For a moment i was very confused what the Irish Republican Army has to do with Biden.

Ich mochte die Simpsons Analogie immer Recht gern: "Can jesus microwave a Burrito so hot He Himself cant eat it?"

From a non-US standpoint this is rather easy:

You have 2 geriatric options. Option 1 would lead to a dictatorship. Option 2 would lead to the - non-ideal - status quo.

How the fuck do you even have to think about which option would be better???

I'm not an American and I read the whole 45 pages indictment. One one hand, because it was highly entertaining to read Agent Oranges tweet in such a serious context, on the other hand because, in a way, this affects the whole world. The defendant was such a horrible (and effective) role model to authoritarian politicians around the globe and I honestly believe the US won't recover from a not-guilty verdict or even worse, a second term of that ape.

But even IF he somehow, miraculously, gets a prison sentence - there is still so much to be done. The whole apparatus that enabled him should face justice. Not only his direct co-conspirators but also republican congressmen & -women that violated their oath to protect your republic from exatly the tyranny that the defendant tried to establish.

But who am I kidding; In reality I am already waiting for the announcement of his second term, the pardoning of each and everyone of his co-conspirators plus a self-pardon (how crazy is that?!) from '47. Thats how much trust I have in your system at this point.

This is morbidly fascinating. Also extremely good pictures.

e: While all of the photos are great, this one struck me in particular:

Die AfD steht im Umfragehoch. Für Vizekanzler Habeck liegt der Erfolg der Rechten im Fehlen einer »funktionierenden konservativen Partei« in Deutschland.

Interessant. In Österreich zB haben wir eine mehr als gut funktionierende konservative Partei (ÖVP) und trotzdem werden die Rechten immer stärker.

Für mich wirkt das ganze viel simpler: Den Menschen geht es dank Klimaveränderung, Inflation etc. immer schlechter, daher werden vermehrt Sündenböcke gesucht. Populistische Parteien wie die AfD oder die FPÖ bei uns haben in sochen Zeiten ganz automatisch hohen Zulauf da sie vermeintlich einfache Lösungen für die Probleme der Bürger haben (Wir für uns, wir gegen die anderen, wir gegen "die da oben", etc.).

Ich finde diese Entwicklungen zum fürchten. Ein jeder Deutscher/Österreicher müsste es eigentlich besser wissen. Aber vlt. brauchma einfach wieder mal an "Starken Mann" und an Krieg gegen die Welt der uns in die Steinzeit zurückbefördert :(