Dear Eva! I read on Facebook that you consider the winter time change to be "completely stupid". I understand that, it's pretty clear from a Viennese perspective. Unfortunately (as always) there is not only the personal frog's eye view, but also a larger one. Here we are: The Central European time zone extends from the … Continue reading The failure of “Europe”
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Help to suicide
Fra Angelico: Crucifixion of Christ His Excellency Bishop Hermann Glettler Domplatz 5 AT-6020 Innsbruck Most Revered Excellency, dear Bishop Hermann! I heard of your sermon on All Saints' Day on the subject of "Euthanasia" with great interest and greatest sympathy. In high respect for your pastoral service, I would like to reply to you. Let … Continue reading Help to suicide
The mockery of the working people
(c) Picture: Austrian Parliament Our Austrian federal government calls the "eco-social tax reform" once again "the greatest tax reform of all time". In this tax reform, the People's Party pushed through a reduction in corporate income tax. Corporate income tax (KöSt) is the tax on the profits of corporations. This tax is to be reduced … Continue reading The mockery of the working people
The End of Neoliberalism
The End of Neoliberalism: Here's the explanation: https://youtu.be/6ZeAd6mhdzY The Youtube is in German and 42:00 minutes long. You can translate its text here: The Price of World War III How would I explain it to my kids? "Friedrich August Hayek was the smartest man on earth. Ten years before Communism fell he talked to the … Continue reading The End of Neoliberalism
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The four corners of the world
The reason: — The effect: — Planet Earth: https://videopress.com/v/XEi9NhWr?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true (MP4-Video) — See: The center of the world --
The price of a human life
The 9/11 attacks killed 2,977 people. The "War on Terror" cost 146,000 lives in Afghanistan, 208,000 in Iraq, 233,000 in Yemen and 500,000 to 600,000 in Syria. Another 170 people died in Kabul yesterday, including 13 US soldiers. The Austrian writer Bertha von Suttner was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Her … Continue reading The price of a human life
The end of the West
(c) Photo: AP In Afghanistan we are currently experiencing an apocalyptic catastrophe. Hell on earth is taking place around the airport in Kabul. Thousands of people in fear of death have the only choice between being executed by the Taliban or being assassinated by the Islamic State. In addition to its aides, the US is … Continue reading The end of the West
The fall of Afghanistan
Photo (c): Daily Sabah / Reuters The fall of Kabul is nothing less than the end of Western domination over the East and the end of (post)modern times on our planet. After 20 years of occupation the "West" has not managed to defend the "western values" of unlimited freedom for more than a few days. … Continue reading The fall of Afghanistan
Does God have a meaning?
Viktor Frankl's "Logotherapy" deals with the question of "meaning". Frankl expresses the basis of this as follows: "Whoever has a 'why' to live can also endure every 'how'." Viktor Frankl attributes this quote to Friedrich Nietzsche. However, Nietzsche put it this way: "Whoever has a 'what for' to live can also endure every 'how'." The … Continue reading Does God have a meaning?
Vienna Calling 