Tag: Germany
The Fine Art Of Wealth Management Or The Fine Art Of Tax Evasion?
MayorBob.
Posted to Business on Fri Jul 18, 2008 at 03:13:13 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
When you arrive at the LGT Group's web site you are greeted with sort of a mission statement. It reads "The fine art of wealth management: Applying innovative methods and instruments to build, preserve and enhance lasting value." Outwardly, that's a fiscally smart strategy - diversify and watch your wealth grow legally - totally befitting a staid European bank located in Liechtenstein. But, now it seems that mission statement might have a less than smart aspect to it as investigators in the US and Europe begin looking to see if innovative = illegal.
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Brotherly Love Is A Good Thing ... Unless It Gets Icky.
MayorBob.
Posted to Legal on Thu Mar 13, 2008 at 04:11:20 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Incest is a behavior upon which society frowns. The notion of family members having sexual relations, especially incidents of father-on-daughter or mother-on-son sex is almost universally considered taboo. There are criminal penalties for stuff like that and punishment can be severe. But what about brother-on-sister sex - should that necessarily be taboo? A German court is going to address the issue in the near future. At least, it will answer a question - should the government keep punishing the brother and sister if they show no intention of ending their sexual relationship?
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Can Germans Be Victims Of World War II?
MayorBob.
Posted to Legal on Sat Jan 06, 2007 at 08:29:35 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
More than sixty years after the fact, a group of people calling themselves WWII victims are seeking legal redress. No, these aren't the survivors of the Nazi killing machine in the Holocaust. And they're not the rightful owners of pre-WWII artwork and fortunes confiscated by the Germans during the war. These are descendants of Germans - Germans who claim they were expelled from their homes at the end of the war. Their insistence on recovering what they believe belongs to them, although unsupported by their government in Berlin, has rubbed many nerves raw in Warsaw.
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Will Germany Be Saying Auf Wiedersehen To Afghanistan?
MayorBob.
Posted to Politics on Mon Oct 30, 2006 at 03:55:20 AM EST (promoted by Acefantastik). RSS.
The old saying goes "a picture says a thousand words." If there's any truth to that, a German magazine just printed 5,000 damning words on the conduct of the German Army. The pictures appearing in a recent issue of Bild magazine showed German Army soldiers in Afghanistan desecrating human remains they found on patrol. The pictures sparked outrage at the behavior of the soldiers. This, combined with a few other factors, are causing the German government to take a hard look at its ongoing commitment to Afghanistan.
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Insert World-Domination Joke Here: German Pride on the Rise
Acefantastik.
Posted to Etcetera on Sun Jun 18, 2006 at 07:39:17 AM EST. RSS.
"Why should Germans not be proud of their country?" --Charlotte Knobloch, chairwoman of the Central Committee of German Jews.
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