Category Archives: In English

Гомосексуальность это нормально!

In 2012 in St. Petersburg, Russia, two men were arrested for holding up a sign reading „Homosexuality Is Normal.“ It marked the first arrests on the strength of the city’s new law against disseminating information on homosexuality. The Russian city … Weiterlesen

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The conversion

„The conversion“ A very short play for two actors by Gerd Buurmann A: I converted! B: To what? A: Black. B: Black? A: Black! B: But you’re not black. A: I am too! B: Obviously not! A: I’m a more … Weiterlesen

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Barack O. McCarthy

The United States government has paid Pakistani television stations about $70,000 to run advertisements featuring President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton saying: „We absolutely reject its content and message“, hoping to soothe public opinion in a country hit … Weiterlesen

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Looking for Cocos

With this little article Tapfer im Nirgendwo introduces a new word to the entertainment business: Coco. A Coco is a character that appeared in the pilot of a sitcom, but were later dropped for what ever reason. The name goes … Weiterlesen

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Dear BBC 2,

In the german version of the BBC 2 production „Wilders: Europe’s Most Dangerous Man?“ by Mags Gavan and Joost van der Valk the politican Geert Wilders is been accused to have an one-sided and insulting view on Islam; but the … Weiterlesen

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Ma’alot – Cologne’s most famous unknown work of art

There are artworks that get their special significance only by accident. The Venus de Milo for example would be much less interesting with arms and nobody would visit the tower of Pisa if it were not leaning. In Cologne, there … Weiterlesen

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