a friend of the devil is a friend of mine

...a completely useless geek eureka! (As for example, this from several years ago: the perfect way to explain to an English-speaking audience the nature of JFK's Ich bin ein Berliner mistake is to have them imagine that he was speaking (in English) in Denmark and said, "I am a Danish.") Today's is that you can...

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European links

JFK’s 1961 “Ich Bin Ein Berliner” speech . Ronald Reagan’s 1987 “Mr Gorbachev, tear down that wall” speech . About the difficulties of immigration in Europe: One of the most amazing statistics in the history of European immigration is that the number of foreign residents in Germany rose steadily between 1971 and 2000 - from three million to about 7.5million - but the number of employed ...

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you've been... THUNDERSTRUCK!

...late and then proceeded to wander around alexanderplatz, a main square near the impressive berliner dom (reminds me of st. paul's in london) and the river spree...we could go eat them by the remainders of the berlin wall, while gastronomically poking fun at jfk's 1963 "ich bin ein berliner" ("i am a jelly doughnut") speech. but alas. no jelly doughnuts were consumed today. tomorrow, after our walking...

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Word Of The Day ~ das Rathaus

...Vor dem Schöneberger Rathaus sprach Kennedy seine vielleicht berühmtesten Worte: "Ich bin ein Berliner". - In front of Schöneberg...spoke perhaps his most famous words: "Ich bin ein Berliner." Related: der Ratskeller - restaurant..., tavern raten - to guess, advice MORE> JFK's Berlin Speech - Did he really ...he was a jelly doughnut? Noooooooo. A "Berliner" also simply is a citizen of ...

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The wizard theory in politics

...we were saved by Good Wizard JFK - vigorous, honest, effective, the greatest liberal...about cuba, not his fault. All things were possible. Ich bin ein berliner. Evil Wizard LBJ -...own gain. Which brings us to JFK - a remarkably ineffective guy, considering all...I am a jelly donut" (a 'berliner' is a type of jelly donut... cadence of "I am a Berliner" rather than speak proper German. ...

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Jfk Ich Bin Ein Berliner

a friend of the devil is a friend of mine

European links

you've been... THUNDERSTRUCK!

Word Of The Day ~ das Rathaus

The wizard theory in politics