There has been some controversy arising from the European Maccabi Games being held in Berlin. That is understandable, but it is also wrong. It is, rather, a deeply moving and important statement that 2,400 Jewish athletes are competing in the Olympic Park near the very stadium where Hitler opened the 1936 games that barred Jewish athletes. There has been no shortage of symbolism in recent weeks. First came the Queen’s visit to Bergen-Belsen. Now, Jews themselves are celebrating life, community and sport in the capital of the Third Reich. And that is simply wonderful.
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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."-President Lyndon B. Johnson Donald Trump is a poor man's idea of a rich man, a weak man's idea of a strong man, and a stupid man's idea of a smart man. Am I an Asseau?
That thread was atrocious and lead to a long time member getting banned. It was even worse than the moderating/editing/deleting that goes on in the San Antonio subforum.
That thread was atrocious and lead to a long time member getting banned. It was even worse than the moderating/editing/deleting that goes on in the San Antonio subforum.
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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."-President Lyndon B. Johnson Donald Trump is a poor man's idea of a rich man, a weak man's idea of a strong man, and a stupid man's idea of a smart man. Am I an Asseau?
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"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."-President Lyndon B. Johnson Donald Trump is a poor man's idea of a rich man, a weak man's idea of a strong man, and a stupid man's idea of a smart man. Am I an Asseau?
There are few cities in the world that transform themselves as profoundly from season to season as Berlin. The purgatorial winter, with its lightless days and frigid nights, gives way to four months of balmy intoxication. Cafe and gallery culture spills out into graffitied alleyways; the parks fill with techno D.J.s, nudists and picnicking families; and young people arrive by the planeload from Brooklyn, Copenhagen and East London to take part in an open-air night-life scene that is equal parts “Paris Is Burning” and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” But even as the hype of the last decade has made the city a magnet for tourists, Berlin remains a place for the strange and libertine, where the radical left still nips at the heels of neoliberalism, where snapping photos in public is often more taboo than smoking a joint, and where people seldom ask what it is you “do.”
New York-based Saveur magazine's latest Good Taste Awards:
Berlin named vegetarian capital of the world
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The New York-based magazine said that Berlin is the only city in the western world in which vegetarian cuisine has achieved "complete culinary parity" with a carnivorous diet.
In handing the German capital the award, the foodie-bible glowingly describes Berlin as the "most avant-garde culinary laboratory" in Europe.
Restaurants such as Lucky Leek in the chic Prenzlauer Berg district, La Mano Verde, and Cookies Cream in the Mitte district are singled out for the mark they have made on Prussian taste buds.
As the scene has grown under inspirational chefs such as La Mano Verde's Jean Christian Jury, the city has become home to "the world's most talented constellation of vegetarian and vegan chefs," the magazine said.
These pioneers have turned vegetarianism from something drab and worthy into an art form which combines taste and ethics, Saveur argues.
This growth is reflected in the fact that the city has more than 30 vegan restaurants and many other restaurants often offer vegetarian menus as long as their meat menus.
"Berlin has attracted a creative class who think a lot about what they eat. These people care about animals and care about the environment," Marcus Jänsch, managing director of Cookies Cream, told Saveur.
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