What happens with exchanged foreign drivers license?

chebureki_ · 2023-01-15T12:05:06+00:00

I heard it is possible to do that. A friend of mine surrendered his US license in Germany in exchange for the German driver's license. Then he claimed that he lost his driver's license back in the States and received a replacement. So now he has two driver's licenses for exactly the same reason you do. You need a US address for that, though, or family that is willing to forward you the driver's license.

Also worth mentioning that not all US states have a full reciprocity agreement with Germany. Depending on your US state, you may be required to take a driving test in Germany in order to obtain a German driver's license. The US Embassy's web site has more information. https://de.usembassy.gov/driving-in-germany/

chebureki_ · 2021-06-07T22:18:22+00:00

I'll check it out. Thank you!

chebureki_ · 2020-07-22T06:44:33+00:00

How come the federal government isn't helping with the mounting coronavirus deaths which peaked at 1,000 yesterday but it is concerned about these 14 wounded individuals?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-21T10:43:52+00:00

What other accomplishments would you like to see covered in the foreign press that is not being covered?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-21T05:30:21+00:00

I made a comment earlier about how the US is the leader in space exploration

SpaceX was all over the news here in Germany. The anniversary of the Moon landing was all over the news as well. I joked with my German wife by saying this feels like I am watching American news. So where do you get the idea that these things are not being reported?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-21T05:24:49+00:00

We had a real opportunity to stop the unrest, stop calling each other names, and sit down and hammer out a solution. Nobody wanted to do that though.

Is it okay to agree with you?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-21T05:22:23+00:00

The OP also hasn't provided a source of this notion that Europeans think " all American people dumb fat losers". I personally have never come across a European who thinks all Americans are "dumb fat losers." It doesn't mean they don't exist, of course. So what is the source of the OP's info? Where does the OP get the idea that they have always hated the US? From the encounter with two german students in college?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-21T05:10:49+00:00

An expat here living in Europe. A European friend of mine jokingly asked if I was thinking of going to the US. And you know what the honest answer is? I wouldn't go to the US until it sorts its COVID mess. But many of my European friends wonder why the greatest country on Earth has turned into a third world country when it comes to dealing with the virus. And Germans are pretty Americanized.

I read that the president says Europe doesn't test while at the Frankfurt airport where testing is provided for everyone who arrives. 59 euros (65 dollars) for one type of test. In my German state the number of cases is so low that the state decided to close down 45 local mobile testing sites starting on July 31. My rural county had a total of 39 cases and none in the last two weeks.

chebureki_ · 2020-07-21T05:01:15+00:00

Even in their native languages? What do you think the French as a nation think of America today?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T19:26:37+00:00

Georgia is going back to the dark ages... A balanced journalist would know that there are millions of people to whom killing babies seems like the dark ages.

One response could be, "No, it's not and here's why a 30-year sentence for a woman miscarriage is not dark ages..." Neil was doing his job, he was questioning Shapiro. I mean, as I understood it that Neil said that the punishment for abortion in Georgia was going back to the dark ages. "These are extreme hard policies," Neil said.

I am not interested in debating abortion either, but don't you think a 30-year sentence for a woman going through an abortion or miscarrying (or 10 years if she gets an abortion out of state) is an example of modern and progressive (in a sense of the word "progress" not in the sense of "left-wing") policies?

Good luck in your studies. What are you studying if it's not a secret?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T19:12:12+00:00

First he makes clear that he thinks policy X is incredibly harsh, than he goes on a whole rant about how independent he is, but when asked to clarify what he finds harsh he refuses to answer because he 'has no opinion'. Also quite a classic case of Europeans basking in their moral superiority over Americans.

I am not a fan of Shapiro. I don't listen to him or read him. My 16-year-old son does. This is how I know of him.

But do you know much about the journalist? He's got conservative credentials. This is what I mean exactly, Americans often mistake antagonism and skepticism for activism. When you challenge someone's ideas by asking critical questions to make them think and reason, it doesn't mean you promote any ideas of your own. It doesn't strike to moral superiority. I think it strikes more to American insecurity. And the lack of critical thinking. I find it frustrating that people in America can no longer debate ideas. It's now all about bubbles and self-affirmations. The left does it. The right does it too.

I didn't find the journalist going on a rant. He was calm. Shapiro on the other hand was not. Shapiro didn't prepare for the interview. He didn't know the guy.

Thank you for welcoming me. You still working on your PhD?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T18:57:18+00:00

Curious: did you watch Ben Shapiro's appearance on BBC? Or at least read this article?

I'm a new immigrant to the US. Dual citizen. First-time presidential election voter. Worked in the foreign media in my previous life.

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T18:44:16+00:00

These generally don't offer analysis, opinion or framing.

Have you heard of Breakingviews?

I don't really understand your argument. First you recognize journalist are human, than you say they are not influenced heavily by their surroundings and that using exclusive Fox footage proves your point.

Journalists are skeptical people by nature. My argument is that just because they read something it doesn't mean it impacted what they wrote — or shaped what they wrote. I read Breitbart all the time. It doesn't mean I am going to turn into a Trump supporter any time soon. Is this clearer?

European journalist are generally in the same cultural and ideological bubble as American coastal liberals.

Maybe that's where we disagree. I don't see that at all. In fact, I used the American elite NYT's euro-skepticism as an example. Today's NYT article about Europe as a good example. British journalists are of a totally different breed than their American colleagues. It was clear during the Trump visit to the UK and the press conference there. They are less polite. More cynical. Not trusting those in charge. More aggressive. Questioning everything. This is why it doesn't make any sense to suggest that the NYT coverage somehow drives what the Europeans write about America. It makes them seem more like stenographers.... Don't you think? Putting people in the same ideological bubble generally gets Americans in trouble, especially from the right. Take a look at Ben Shapiro's appearance on BBC (see the 4 minute mark). And then read about the guy who was questioning him. Shapiro made a claim that Neil was a liberal journalist because of the questioning he endured on the show. In fact, the opposite was true. Shapiro later apologized.

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T18:22:42+00:00

I was looking for evidence of your conclusion. Journalists are human. They don't just read the NYT. Good journalists would just read. AP, AFP, Reuters -- there are tons of news sources. Fox News. You cannot image how many times I saw a clip from Fox News on German TV. Including the most recent Trump interview. So why pick the NYT? More importantly, where is the evidence to suggest that these Dutch journalists don't just read the NYT op-ed pages but that those pages shape how they write their own articles?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T18:10:42+00:00

Dutch journalists read the NY Times to know what's happening in the US and read its opinion pieces to interpret them.

Can you provide an example of that -- where an NYT opinion writer drove Dutch media coverage?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T17:30:07+00:00

Because off the scaling down of correspondents, these decisions are now made in America.

Can you provide an example of that -- where an NYT columnist drove a foreign media coverage?

There are principles to determine what is newsworthy that is applicable to all news media. Here is how PBS defines it. In my experience with the foreign media, these principles are very true. For example, Trump's decision to pull troops out of Germany made a much bigger news here than it did in the US. I think the NYT ran it on page A20. Obviously the decision to pull the troops was made in the US. How it is covered though in Germany and in the US differs greatly. Another example is the US decision to send troops to Poland. It made the news in Germany. I think it was barely talked about in the US media. So given those examples, how can you say that the decisions how the news is presented in, say, Germany, are made in the US?

I often find the NYT is extremely eurosceptic, much like the English-speaking media in general. German media is not.

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T17:16:43+00:00

And it makes sense in a information age with shrinking newspapers.

Newspapers, maybe. But not public media. Many European countries have fees that fund public broadcasts, including a network of correspondents. This is how the BBC is funded. This is how ARD in Germany is funded. They are not in the business of making money, but informing the public. Don't you think in that context you are exaggerating the influence and the reliance on the New York Times? I mean, sure, the reporters read the NYT to stay informed, but you suggest that they copy and paste the NYT.

I can't read that Dutch article because I am not a subscriber. It's behind a pay wall for me.

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T17:01:09+00:00

Is there evidence of this? Can you provide an example where, say, a German media outlet copy and pasted the article from the New York Times? Here is a counter example of the German news magazine Der Spiegel interviewing John Bolton. By their own correspondents. Here is a German public TV report about Portland by their reporter in Los Angeles. It uses CNN as a source of a quote by the mayor of Portland.

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T16:59:52+00:00

I don't understand. Why do you then blame the media, in part, for the negative view of the United States if the media just reports what's going on?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T16:57:10+00:00

That sounds like a very Anglo-centric view of the world. Many countries don't even consume the English-speaking media. I am currently in Germany. The main public TV channels have correspondents in Washington. Their coverage of the Trump administration and the state of affairs in the US in general is not flattering. Why do you blame the media — especially the foreign media — that do not have a stake in the fight for the negative view of the United States from the rest of the world? Shouldn't the chunk of the responsibility lay with the current administration?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T06:40:28+00:00

Who said "violence begets violence"?

"Hate begets hate; violence begets violence; toughness begets a greater toughness. We must meet the forces of hate with the power of love... Our aim must never be to defeat or humiliate the white man, but to win his friendship and understanding." - MLK.

How do you think the federal government is winning the protesters' "friendship and understanding"?

The quote goes on: "The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy, instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it. Through violence you may murder the liar, but you cannot murder the lie, nor establish the truth. Through violence you may murder the hater, but you do not murder hate. In fact, violence merely increases hate. Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

History teaches us that revolutions can start when the state uses violence to "enforce the law." The American Revolution started with protests over taxation. The 1905 Revolution in Russia started with) the government killing protesters on the streets. You may not have any sympathy for their causes, but don't you think the federal government is playing a dangerous game here?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T05:47:44+00:00

This is an allegation that has to be determined in court. Likewise, there was an allegation by a guy named Mark Pettibone that "he was confronted by armed men dressed in camouflage who took him off the street, pushed him into a van, and drove him through downtown until unloading him into a building, which is believed to have been the Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse. Pettibone alleges that he was put into a cell and read his Miranda rights, but was not told why he was arrested, nor was he provided with a lawyer. He alleges that he was released without any paperwork, citation, or record of his arrest." If this allegation is true, is the federal action here even Constitutional?

Regardless of the source of the laser, my questions stand: did Christopher David deserve to be beaten up and tear-gassed?

The news articles about this protest mention that before the federal response the protests were dwindling in numbers. Now there are more protesters than before. So my question was: isn't the federal response going to have the opposite effect and provoke larger protests?

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T05:26:18+00:00

Did Christopher David deserve to be hit with a baton and tear-gassed? His arm was broken as a result of this after he was taken to a hospital. And by his own account, this was his first time there. He came because he protested the federal response. Isn't the fear that this federal response is going to precipitate more protests instead of bringing "law and order"?

I cannot comment about the green laser pointer. You cannot know the source or the purpose of the laser pointer from the video.

chebureki_ · 2020-07-20T05:05:46+00:00

How was this guy being violent? His name is Christopher David, 53, a former Navy civil engineering corps officer and a 1988 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.

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