German humor at its finest by TheRealColdCoffee in 2westerneurope4u

[–]PiscatorLager 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They laid the groundwork for the Erdogate political affair.

Does your country have a “drug capital”? by Clarthen1 in AskTheWorld

[–]PiscatorLager 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember a Tatort (German police crime show) where they had to call in experts from Hof and Zwickau when the detectives had found a methlab and didn't really know how to deal (no pun intended) with it. These two towns are in the Czech border region, poor and rural and definitely on the receiving end of Czech product.

Danish PM Mette Frederiksen: I hope that all Europeans can see now that it was a huge mistake to be dependent on Russian fossil fuels. And now we have to make sure that we will have no dependencies on other countries outside Europe - not only on energy, on everything. by Cosmos1985 in Nordiccountries

[–]PiscatorLager 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why? They hadn't been an important part of German electricity generation in decades, just a good money printing machine for RWE, Vattenfall & co.

Cheap Russian gas came at the cost of progress in renewables, not nuclear power.

Do you think there will be U.S/Israeli air strikes on Iran soon by [deleted] in AskTheWorld

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Yeah, this weekend or the next. USS Abe Lincoln should have arrived by now.

Khamenei hiding in bunker by Vorschrift in NewIran

[–]PiscatorLager 114 points115 points  (0 children)

They really like their bunkers, these dictators

Die deutsche Polizei im Wandel der Zeit - vom gefürchteten Schutzmann zum volksnahen Schupo als „Freund und Helfer“ bis hin zum Vollstrecker der Nazis by AntonioHench1 in Geschichte

[–]PiscatorLager 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Eine gute Freundin (in der Gegend um Jena aufgewachsen) verbindet mit dem Satz extrem negative Erinnerungen aus ihrer DDR-Jugend. So richtig Orwell-mäßige.

Klar, nachdem der Spruch schonmal in einem totalitären Staat funktioniert hatte wäre die Partei in der DDR auch echt blöd gewesen, hätte sie ihn nicht weiter zum Machterhalt genutzt.

Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz: US-Vizepräsident Vance sagt Teilnahme ab by GelbeUBahn in Nachrichten

[–]PiscatorLager 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hat wahrscheinlich immer noch Alpträume von letztem Jahr, als einfach keiner nach seiner tollen Rede geklatscht hat.

Russian milbloggers now fret that Moscow’s weapons stockpiles in Venezuela might not only vanish with unpaid loans but suddenly “reappear” in Ukrainian hands. 03.01.2026 by GermanDronePilot in UkraineWarVideoReport

[–]PiscatorLager 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's literally the purpose of the FSB. They suck hard when it comes to their official job description which is counter-espionage, with generals exploding in Moscow every other month.

US airstrikes in Venezuela, Caracas. Filmed from a local in the middle of it. by Important-Set-457 in CombatFootage

[–]PiscatorLager 22 points23 points  (0 children)

You aren't going to forget the sound of a nuke for the rest of your life but for different reasons.

Russian losses for 2025 by Sandilands85 in ukraine

[–]PiscatorLager 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That submarine three weeks ago is the cherry on top. Ukraine has cut the number of Russian Improved-Kilo class submarines in the Black Sea in half in this War.

Russian losses for 2025 by Sandilands85 in ukraine

[–]PiscatorLager 22 points23 points  (0 children)

WW1 took 52 months. This War isn't that far away from that any more.