#german

girlofthesea@diasporasocial.net

#easter #german #tradition #springtime
I love this.
Easter Tree • Osterbaum/Osterstrauch

  • "This German Easter tradition is actually two different things. This can be confusing, because the English phrase “Easter tree” (or bush) can refer to: (1) an outdoor tree or bush decorated with Easter eggs, or (2) an indoor tree-like or bush-like arrangement of dry twigs/branches set in a vase to form an egg-adorned twig “bouquet.” In German it becomes clearer: der Osterstrauß (Easter bouquet, arrangement) is the indoor “flower” arrangement; the Osterbaum is outdoors in a public space or in one’s own yard or garden. The photo shows an indoor Osterstrauß."
francoisvillon@societas.online

Früchte des Zorns

Wie Antennen in den Himmel, 2008

Like Antennae To Heaven
Lyrics: deutsch (pdf) | english (rtf)

#FrüchtedesZorns #singersongwriter #german #music

Das Kunststück

Jeden Tag werden wir älter,
werden gepresst und durchgeschüttelt,
müssen aufpassen, dass wir nicht zerfallen.
Kriegen blaue Flecken oder stumpfen ab,
ruhen uns zu wenig aus und gehen kaputt dabei.
Manche Ohren werden taub und manche
Münder bekommen gute Jobs.
Nicht vergessen, wie man nicht werden will;
am besten, man schreibt's sich auf.
Diese Welt ist ein Gefängnis,
und wenn du das vergisst,
wirst du ganz schnell ihr Wärter sein.

Das Kunststück ist es, älter zu werden ohne die Stiefel anzuziehen,
die über einen hinweggetrampelt sind.

Die Träume werden eingesperrt
unter der wohl gepflegten Haut.
Doch die Welt wird nicht glücklich,
indem du deinen Schmerz vergisst.
Es gibt viele Sachen, für die man hier leben kann,
und alle sind legitim - da hast du Recht.
Aber einige sind einfach mal bescheuert,
fressen einen auf und brechen das Genick.
Du sagst, wir hängen mit den Ideen
doch nur immer in der Luft,
und du willst endlich einmal Boden unter deinen Füßen.
Dann stellst du die Füße unter den Tisch,
den du schon damals so gehasst hast,
und von deinen Ideen bleibt dort nicht viel übrig.

Das Kunststück ist es, älter zu werden ohne die Stiefel anzuziehen,
die über einen hinweggetrampelt sind.

Warum lächeln alle auf den Fotos
trotz der Angst vorm Morgen?
Sie lächeln glücklich und zufrieden
trotz massiver Sorgen.
Um sich vorzuspielen, dass alles stimmt,
dass alles, wirklich alles, richtig ist.
Doch ich sehe jeden Tag
den Schmerz an Kassenschlangen stehen.
Und ich bin unzufrieden und das behalt ich mir.
Ich suche immer noch eine bessere Welt,
und die Suche, die geht weiter, sonst geh ich verloren.
Was ich vermisse, das ist die Waffe der Verweigerung
- sie ist dir irgendwie abhanden gekommen.
Und du setzt dich an den Tisch, der alle überfährt,
und ich bleibe stehen und schreie - und werde hoffentlich alt dabei.

Das Kunststück ist es, älter zu werden ohne die Stiefel anzuziehen,
die über einen hinweggetrampelt sind.


The Trick

Every day we get older,
get squeezed and shaken up
have to watch out not to fall apart.
Getting bruised or numb,
too little rest, we're wearing out.

Some ears go deaf and some
mouths get good jobs.
Not forgetting how not to become
the best would be to write it down.

This world is a prison,
and if you forget this,
then you'll soon become a prison guard.

The trick is, getting older without putting on the boots,
which trampled over you.

Dreams are locked away
underneath well-kept skin.
Yet, the world doesn't get any happier (better)
by forgetting your pain.

There are many things you can live for here,
all of them legitimate - yes you're right.
Still, some of them are simply stupid,
they devour you and break your neck.

You're saying, we are full of ideas
but always only in the air,
for once, you wanna have ground under your feet.
You're putting your shoes under the same table,
that you so hated even then,
and there is nothing left from your ideas.

The trick is, getting older without putting on the boots,
which trampled over you.

Why does everyone smile in photos
even though they're scared of tomorrow?
Smiling happy and content
despite tremendous worries.
pretending that everything is all right,
that everything, truly everything is all right.

Yet, I can see the pain everyday
waiting in the checkout line.
And I am discontent and keep it to myself
Still looking for a (-the-) better world,
the search goes on, or else I will be lost.

What I miss is the weapon of refusal.
- You have lost it somehow.
And you sit down at the table, which is running over everybody,
and I stand still and scream -
hopefully getting old doing so.

The trick is, getting older without putting on the boots,
which trampled over you.

kuchinster@hub.hubzilla.de

Rheinmetall plans massive expansion of ammunition production in Germany

The arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is planning to significantly increase its production of 155-millimeter artillery ammunition. A new ammunition factory is being built in Unterlüß, Lower Saxony, and the German government is examining legal relaxations to allow production in stock.

https://www.hasepost.de/rheinmetall-plant-massive-ausweitung-der-munitionsproduktion-in-deutschland-443095/

The Germans are getting ready to go to war with the Russians again, the European vassals want to be beaten again, masochists.

#nato #germany #war in #eu again #europe #western #warmongers #banksters #money #economy #military #european #vassalage #anti-Russia #mindmanipulation to #suicide #german #future in #poverty

theaitetos@diaspora.psyco.fr

No French Mercenaries in Ukraine

Not anymore, anyhow:

The #son of a brigadier #general of the #French #army was #killed by a strike by the Russian Armed Forces at a point of temporary deployment of foreign #mercenaries in #Kharkov. His partner (also killed) came from a hereditary military #dynasty in #France.

According to Mash, the name of the Frenchman eliminated by a high-precision strike is Sabastien Claude Remy Benard. He served in the #RICM (formerly the Moroccan Colonial Infantry Regiment) in the Marine Light Armor unit. For reference: it was these groups that equipped the famous #AMX-10RC wheeled tanks, which Paris proudly sent to #Kiev as military aid. During the process, this scrap metal was deemed unsuitable for mechanized combat.

Benard first arrived in #Ukraine in 2022, but did not receive the desired position in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and returned to his homeland. A year later he tried his luck again and joined the 5th Assault Brigade. On July 3, in the Bakhmut area, he participated in the medical evacuation of his wounded fellow countryman Maxim Leconte (a rifleman from the International Legion of Terrestrial Defense), who publicly admitted that the much-hyped Ukrainian counteroffensive turned out to be a bloody failure. On January 16, he was killed by a Russian missile strike.

His partner is Alexis Drion. He is the son of Frédéric Drion, who became a brigadier general in the French army in 2001. Alex joined the Ukrainian Armed Forces no later than last year. He served in the 2nd Battalion of the International Legion. Also was killed on January 16th.

The remaining 60 killed and about 20 wounded mercenaries are recognized activists of Nazi groups in France and other EU countries. Each of them served in the army and even belonged to a battalion of alpine hunters. Many were fired for inappropriate behavior, after which they left for Ukraine. In total, more than a hundred mercenaries from France died during the fighting in the SVO zone.
– FRWL reports

The Kharkov strike is far from the only one of its kind. Many of the fatal “accidents” that have been reported occurring to US troops around the world are actually combat fatalities taking place in combat zones where US and other NATO troops are not supposed to be; you may recall the US Army Rangers who were killed in another Russian missile strike on a restaurant they frequented a few months ago. This sort of thing isn’t new, as we know, from the early days of the World Wide Web when the #US #military didn’t bother to block open access to its sites, that many soldiers had confirmed kills in places that US troops were not supposed to be.

The active engagement by NATO troops disguised as “mercenaries” is one reason is why I’ve been describing the situation in Ukraine as a NATO-Russian war rather than a Ukro-Russian one for more than the last year. While Ukraine has suffered the bulk of the casualties, the number of #US, #French, #German, and other military casualties will probably shock the various publics when it is finally revealed to them.