German Joys

Hillary im Bunker

The controversial Austrian statesman's last tirade, brought deathlessly to life by Bruno Ganz, seems to have become one of Web 2.0's most-redubbed scenes.  The latest has a transatlantic flavor, and made me chuckle [h/t Ed Philp]:

Where Not to Go on Holiday

This week, Die Zeit has an interesting map (g) of the ultra-right presence in Germany, sorted by individual German federal states. 

The numbers in the black circles indicate the number of people killed by right-wing groups since 1990; the chairs show the number of elected representatives from far-right parties.  (The bigger the chair, the more important the legislative body.)  The smaller political units (kind of like counties) are shaded according to the percentage of votes far-right parties get there.

Keeping things in perspective, it should be noted that even in the brownest regions, far-right parties are still in the minority.