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[ragnar119]

I just found this

Why was this episode forbidden in germany?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTnc5oHcE7w

I know germany a little, but not that good when it comes to reading.

http://www.internet-law.de/2014/07/zeit-journalisten-gehen-gerichtlich-gegen-das-zdf-und-die-anstalt-vor.html

[Helgoland]

I don't think it was forbidden, but a few journalists tried to get it banned because it was, quite frankly, slanderous.

Die Anstalt is low-quality satire anyway. Like Volker Pispers, but with less direct propaganda for Die Linke.

[scriver]

So Sweden are looking at a "government crisis" in the morning, as the current minority government is unable to pass it's budget, and will not rule on the oppositions'. Depending on how things go we might be looking at a re-election.

[smjjames]

So Sweden are looking at a "government crisis" in the morning, as the current minority government is unable to pass it's budget, and will not rule on the oppositions'. Depending on how things go we might be looking at a re-election.

Speaking of government shutdowns (which is what I assume you mean), the Republicans are threatening a possible government shutdown. Sounds like the minority party there are as bad as the republicans.

I wonder when the next debt ceiling fight is coming up.... *sigh* can't wait for the battle over that one....

[Mictlantecuhtli]

Could've sworn Boner said he won't allow another shutdown game to get played.. especially when they didn't accomplish anything positive before by doing it. But that could have just been lip service.

[smjjames]

Going to be interesting how the next debt ceiling fight plays out with the new congress. Enough American poltics here though.

We've got nothing on Belgium though, they had a government shutdown for 512 days or so.

[Sheb]

Actually, Belgium had the exact opposite situation. Our government (aka, the administration, various departments and so on) worked as usual. Only our politicians couldn't agree on how to form a new cabinet for over a year.

it's like if the government was still operating, but Obama had waited until mid 2010 to get into office.

[10ebbor10]

Yeah, the Belgian systems is much more sane than the US one.

[Phmcw]

the Belgian systems is much more sane

Definitely not something we're used to see. When the country that have 5 governement, 3 official languages, countless independant public healthcare and education systems, for ten millions peoples is called sane, something is deeply wrong.


We're "sane" because we anticipated that they'd be a deadlock and worked around that?

[Sheb]

We're sane because we do not let politicians affect the day to day business of managing the place.

[mainiac]

We're "sane" because we anticipated that they'd be a deadlock and worked around that?

Well isn't that the logical thing to do?

[Helgoland]

Pefection lies not in avoiding all mistakes, but in being able to deal with any that do happen.

[Erkki]

Here it is: https://maps.google.com/maps?ll=50.534628,5.272533&q=50.534628,5.272533&hl=en&t=h&z=15&output=classic&dg=brw

Looks like the transformers are probably underground. The whole area looks very crowded for a nuclear power plant...

And our other nuclear power plant is right next to the second-largest city of Belgium and one of the largest harbors of Europe.

Meh, the wind blows north most of the time.

Yeah the fallout from a nuclear accident would probably hit Norway and Sweden. 

Hows nuclear power doing in Belgium btw? It isnt too popular in most of Europe any more but we are building more at this very moment and the fates of one more large reactor unit will be decided in the parliament tomorrow or on Friday unless I recall wrong.

[Dutchling]

I don't know about Belgium, but nuclear power is very uncontroversial in the Netherlands.

To be honest I would not be surprised if a majority of Dutch people don't know we even have a nuclear power plant.

[scriver]

The state minister has made his decision. Sweden will host reelections in spring.