Photo: Vatican News In a spectacular 5:4 ruling this week, the US Supreme Court judged that freedom of worship should not be restricted in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. This decision is a first climax in the dispute about how much restriction of our freedom is worth saving human lives. Two different worlds collide … Continue reading Coronavirus: Science versus Religion
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The Austrian incompetence
In Austria we are experiencing the greatest crisis since World War Two. In addition to the global Corona crisis, we have now also suffered the crisis of international terrorism. If you follow the reporting in the national media, you have to assume that we were completely surprised by both. Apparently neither the "second wave" of … Continue reading The Austrian incompetence
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The Super-GAU of terrorism
On November 2, 2020, All Souls Day, Austria's first Islamist terrorist attack took place in Vienna. One man killed 4 people and wounded another 22 people, some of them life-threatening. It was the worst terrorist attack in our country's history. The first research has shown that this attack can be traced back to a traitor … Continue reading The Super-GAU of terrorism
Thanks, Mister Chancellor!
Dear Chancellor Kurz, After your speech to the nation today, I would like to thank you. Though I agree with Armin Thurnher in his "Epidemic Column" that you obviously think of the party first and then of the country, but if your party thinks of the country, then it's okay again anyway... đ We old … Continue reading Thanks, Mister Chancellor!
Coronavirus: Austria
Again Coronavirus had our country firmly under control. On the occasion of the upcoming national holiday, the state's public television conducted a short interview with the head of government and his deputy on sunday. "Federal government does not rule out further lockdown," was written under the image of the young Federal Chancellor. "'It's sharp on … Continue reading Coronavirus: Austria
“Novomatic pays everyone.”
Politics in Austria is currently dominated by the investigation into the "Ibiza" affair. In our country, "Ibiza" stands for the secretly recorded conversation between the former chairman of the Freedom Party, Heinz-Christian Strache, with an alleged Russian investor on that Spanish holiday island. In this conversation, the later Vice Chancellor chats straight away about covert … Continue reading “Novomatic pays everyone.”
Novitschok in Ăsterreich
Als die Freiheitliche Partei unter ihrem Obmann Jörg Haider bei den Wahlen zum österreichischen Parlament im Oktober 1999 den zweiten Platz erreichte, hatte er die Demonstrationen gegen die drohende nationalpopulistische Koalitionsregierung initiiert. Diese Proteste wurden unter dem Motto "Keine Koalition mit dem Rassismus" die gröĂten Kundgebungen in der Geschichte des Landes. Kurz nach der Ăbernahme … Continue reading Novitschok in Ăsterreich
Der Start zu neuen Ufern
"Generell muss gesagt werden, dass wir in Folge der Situation einen Aufbruch zu neuen Ufern brauchen, nĂ€mlich ein Umdenken und ein Verlassen gewohnter Bahnen." Dies ist der Schluss des Gastkommentars von Erhard Busek im Wiener "Kurier" mit dem Titel "Investitionen nach Corona". Beginnen wir also mit diesem Umdenken: Corona wird die Weggabelung gewesen sein. Wenn … Continue reading Der Start zu neuen Ufern
Ăsterreich. Das Zentrum
Wenn man aus der Welt nach Ăsterreich zurĂŒckkehrt, stellt man fest: Die Menschen im Osten der Welt (Europas) glauben an eine ObjektivitĂ€t und ordnen sich ihr unter. Daher auch die kollektive Tendenz zu starken Systemen der Sicherheit. Die Menschen im Westen der Welt (Europas) glauben an eine SubjektivitĂ€t und setzen sie durch. Daher auch die … Continue reading Ăsterreich. Das Zentrum
Vienna Calling 