Germany’s Top Idiot-Aryan
Recently, a poll showed that one-third of all Germans below the age of 30, and 20% of Germans of all ages, believed the U.S. orchestrated the 9-11 attacks. A number of bloggers, most prominently Rachel Lucas, covered the story pretty thoroughly. I emailed a friend of mine in Hamburg, who I was confident was part of the other 80%, and asked if there had been a recent crack epidemic in his country that didn’t get reported here.
The response I got did not address crack, per se. It did, however, contain a link to a Der Spiegel article on a former politician, Andreas von B
August 10th, 2003 at 8:35 pm
While the story is irritating in the extreme — you do take the cake for the Best Headline of the Week!
August 11th, 2003 at 9:44 am
While i’m not sure that it’s worth the effort of putting my credit card information in, it’s very cool that der Spiegel will sell you articles for only 40 cents each. This is exactly how micropayments should work.
August 11th, 2003 at 10:02 am
Damn, when I started working on it, the article was free. I guess new Der Spiegel articles are free, but old ones are a pay service. Oh well.
August 15th, 2003 at 2:21 pm
The Hunting Of The Snark, Week 1
Welcome to Week One of the Bloggers With Bite, featuring the best snarking from around the Blogosphere as submitted by those doing the snarking. “Just the place for a Snark!” the Bellman cried, As he landed his crew with care; Supporting each man on th…