Category Archives: Confessions of a Bad German

New Year’s assaults in Köln: A different local view, and a challenge

Posted on January 9, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Via a post by Hanna Dahlberg on the Störenfriedas blog, I found this wonderful Facebook status by a resident of Köln. Regina Schleheck was also at the main train station in the city that night, and also surrounded by a … Continue reading →

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The last and best word on sexual assaults in Germany

Posted on January 7, 2016 by Sabina Becker

German women demonstrate against sexism and racism both. They’re getting it right, at least. The media, both there and here? Not so much. For the last two or three days, my newsfeed has been buzzing with stuff about the sexual … Continue reading →

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Germany: After New Year’s Eve assaults, the deluge…of stupidity and racism

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Sabina Becker

More raw footage of the New Year’s Eve goings-on in Köln, Germany. A voice off-camera asks the guy recording it if he’s ever seen anything like this before, and he replies that he can’t say; he’s waiting to see what … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve in Germany: No terror attacks, but mass sexual assault in at least three cities

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Sabina Becker

News footage from the cathedral city of Köln on New Year’s Eve. Cellphone video shows unruly crowds shooting off fireworks carelessly. The local officials are worried that the appearance of some of the men in the footage might spark riots … Continue reading →

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Remember Montréal.

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Sabina Becker

26 years ago, as a third-year university student and feminist volunteer at the Queen’s Women’s Centre, I felt murder breathing down my neck. Walking to class every day, the ever-present Kingston slush seeping cold and damp through the seams of … Continue reading →

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Daesh gives up!

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Sabina Becker

German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen with just a sampling of something that made Daesh piss its collective pants…with no shots fired! Germany’s announcement that they will send up to six Tornado reconnaissance aircraft and a frigate into the … Continue reading →

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Syria: Turkey tips its hand, NATO objectively pro-Daesh, Canada WTF?

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. Sorry for that inelegant header, but this is gonna be an untidy post that covers a lot of rough ground, so hang onto your hats, kiddies. First up, a little video from that shootdown of a Russian Sukhoi yesterday: … Continue reading →

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Let’s all bomb Belgium!

Posted on November 17, 2015 by Sabina Becker

No, seriously. Let’s all bomb Belgium, because that’s where the terrorists who struck Paris got their orders from. François Hollande called the attacks “an act of war”. Therefore, it stands to reason that one must declare war on the source … Continue reading →

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Berlin police conduct anti-racist raids

Posted on November 13, 2015 by Sabina Becker

“If you want to know about the risks and side effects of Nazi uprisings, read a history book or ask your grandparents.” A little good news out of Germany this morning: Berlin state police executed ten judicial search warrants on … Continue reading →

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Call it love, or call it reason

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Sabina Becker

It’s Remembrance Day again, and I’m not out there in the rain with the others, saluting at the cenotaph. I’m not out there listening to the Last Post, the moment of silence, and then the forlorn reveille. I’m not even … Continue reading →