The people the Olympics forgot

Roma living next to the brand new Olympic Stadium can't even get garbage pickup!

Read for yourselves...

The people the Olympics forgot

Ok to segragate Roma...

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Croatia did not discriminate against Roma pupils by putting them in separate, all-Roma classes at school.

Croatia wins in Roma pupils case

So much for Human Rights in Europe!

European tolerance at it's best...

"Thousands of left-wing demonstrators gathered to protest against an extreme right-wing rally have clashed with police in the German city of Cologne."

Leftist stoning a quiet rally - whatever it's stand might be - to ensure the culture of countries that allow legal stoning....

Street Clashes in Germany

Stupid Germans!

Man drowns in storm drain trying to get lost car keys

This is funny and very tragic at the same time...

A man taking his kids to Kindergarten found a pair of sneakers protruding from a storm drain... Apparently some guy dropped his keys down the storm drain - and killed himself trying to retrieve them!

Man drowns in storm drain trying to get lost car keys

Stupid Germans!

German Soldiers Too Fat To Fight

Some 40 percent of German soldiers are overweight and don't exercise enough, according to the 2007 annual report on the readiness of the German armed forces.

Read more...

German Soldiers too fat to fight

The internet Chatter is that this may be the reason Merkel does not want to send German troops to Afghanistan - despite their NATO commitment...

Stupid Germans!

Group poisons coworker's coffee

“Funny” colleagues went a little overboard when “watering down” their co-worker’s coffee with antifreeze at a restaurant, police in Radolfzell reported on Friday.

Poisoning co-worker as a prank

All-natural dildos at Hamburg Christmas market

One vendor at the Santa Pauli Christmas market in Hamburg has taken a non-traditional but all-natural approach to Christmas gifts this year, selling handmade spruce wood dildos, daily Hamburger Morgenpost reported on Friday.

Dildos at Christmas!

Naked Scanners or No Naked scanners?

Fine German engineering produced this high tech scanners for airports - and just as the Germans were about to test them, there was an uproar of protest - so the government banned the scanners - and then un-banned them again!

Read for yourselves...

Naked Scanners for Germany

Stupid Germans!

Mafia declares war on Italy...

The civilized people of Italy find themselves in a bit of a jam...

Apparently, the mafia in southern Italy has declared a "war on the state", according to the Italian interior minister.

"...Roberto Maroni said the local mafia, the Camorra, was trying to stamp out any opposition to its criminal power. He was speaking after the government announced it would send 500 troops to the Campania region to help police fight local crime syndicates."


War on Italy

Catalonia's Fecal Christmas Festivities

Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo in Catalonia?
Apparently a part of the Christmas tradition in Catalonia is El Cagner - a human figure - crapping!

"...The original el caganer is a wooden or clay figure of a peasant wearing the traditional floppy red Catalan cap with a black band (barretina) and smoking a cigarette or a pipe. But the figure's popularity has led to a massive expansion in the range of defecating figurines."

CatalonianChristmas

Grave Robbery in Austria...

Billionaire Friedrich Karl Flick was one of the richest men in Germany. But since his corpse was stolen out of a cemetery in Austria earlier this month, investigators have been flummoxed.

Grave Robbery

Europeans not as environmentally friendly as they say they are???

Could it be?

Countries involved in the Mediterranean bluefin tuna trade have voted to maintain catches nearly 50% above what scientists say are "safe" levels.

Environment groups labelled the move, by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (Iccat), as a "mockery of science".

Stupid EU!

Read for yourselves...
EU condemned on tuna 'mockery'

Europeans not ready for Minority leader...

From the horses mouth. This article from The Local, a German paper admits that when it comes to actually electing a minority leader in Europe, there is still a glass ceiling.

Stupid Europeans!

Europeans not ready for Minority President

German Spies in Kosovo

The Kosovo authorities have arrested three German spies near a bomb blast in Pristina.. and are accusing them of being involved in the blast...

The Germans deny involvement in the bombing but admit to spying. So much for the European "Union".

Stupid Germans!

Trouble in Kosovo

Vatican forgives John Lenon

So, it seems that the Vatican is now over John Lenon's blaspheme. It took Galileo 500 years to do what the dead Beatle accomplished is a couple of decades... I suppose one has to have priorities in life!

Stupid Italians!
Vatican forgives John Lenon

More Drinking fun in the UK!

One more article about drinking in the UK - this time about teens...

What was it that my stupid British Friend said about age limits for serving alcohol in America?

Read for yourself....The best part is the woman talking about her daughter's drinking habit in her teens - so if she knew about this, what was the mother doing?

Stupid Brits!

Teenage Drinking in the UK

Brits to ban Happy hours...

Government regulation is apparently needed to stop the Brits from their own actions! Deaths related to drinking are on the rise - so the nanny state is considering stepping in! I remember hearing from one of my stupid British friends that the American youth is silly about drinking - unlike the British Intelligencia I suppose...

Stupid Brits!

Brits to ban Happy Hour?

18 bulls in the water...

..or really, 18 jumps (by bulls) in the water.

In a town called Denia, in Souther Spain, there is this 9 day festival - with the intent of getting bulls to jump into the water, twice a day ...

Read all about it here.

This goes beyond the bull running and the tomato throwing festivals...

Come to think of it, since tomatoes were introduced the Europe from the Americas, this tomato throwing thing is recent stupidity...

Education - Scottish Style

At Scottlands' St. Andrews university, every year for Raisin weekend, this is what goes on in the name of education...

"... stealing property, swilling alcohol, dressing up in (and intermittently stripping out of) makeshift costumes, pouring beans on the heads of innocent townspeople, and biting the heads off of innocent chickens ..."

Here's the article

The chicken report is here.

Stupid Scotts!

Fun in the Balkans - with Circumcision...

So... This is what goes on in the name of fun in the southern Balkans...

Every five years, villagers get together to collectively circumcise their boys and PARTY!!!!


Article here.

Leaping Lucifers of Spain...

The Spanish town of Castrillo de Murcia doesn't need running bulls or even booze to have fun. Just give them some mattresses, a bunch of babies and a handful of fun-loving guys -- dressed up like devils -- and you've got yourself a fiesta.

Here's the link

Spain to nationalize Holiday Residences...

No, Really!!!

Russian / Chinese / Cambodia and now Spain???

from NewEurope.eu comes this Gem:

"...Thousands of Spaniards and hundreds of foreigners fear seeing their seaside residences seized by the state in an attempt to protect the coastline from urbanisation and pollution, the daily El Pais reported on October 20."


Here's the article

Lost lives in Belfast...

A sad article on the BBC reflecting on the situation in Northern Ireland. So much for the peace loving Europeans..

Europe's Non violent(?) legacy

OK - so here we go...

UK pardons witches for Halloween?? Well some stupid Britons want it....

Witcces pardon?

You guys need a hobby. Stupid Brits!

Doctors quit dirty NHS (UK) for India

Nice!

Moving to the third world to get away from the socialized medicine in the UK!

"...The director of one of India’s biggest private hospital chains said he was receiving five job applications a week from NHS doctors and that half his 3,000 consultants were from Britain."

Don't believe me, read the Times article...

Doctors leaving UK for India

Homophobic GP banned for a year

So, if you have a set of personal beliefs, right or wrong (unrelated to your work no less), you cannot practice medicine in the UK. Really? What about freedom of speech? Moreover, what's it got to do with his practice anyways?

Can't proctice medicine ul=nless nice to gays?

The Nanny state mess in the UK...

So, looks like the Universal Health care has it's problems...

"..People are currently excluded from the NHS if they pay for treatment not available on the health service, but practice varies from place to place."

Really? This is what we want here in the USA? A medical monopoly?

Stupid Brits!

Top-up or not?

UK cuts funding for Physics...

According to a BBC article, future of Physics is under threat....

A bit presumptuous don't you think? In any case, those morons in the UK are cutting funding...

Here's the article

No worries, stupid Europeans, the wise Asians will continue studying sciences - don't bother your pretty little heads over it....

This is why the pilgrims left...

British Airways Check in clerk was not allowed to wear a cross!!!!

Really? Is the cross going to jump out and attack the poor passengers? The highly educated people of Britain are so intolerant? Say it's not so.

The issue is the double standard that exists between tolerating mainstream religions and fringe religions. Does anyone really think that a clerk wearing a cross is offensive?

Intolerance is stupid!

BA woman loses appeal in cross row

Belgian Polygamist?

Not the Enlightened Belgians... Could it be?

47 Year old Belgian guy has 3 wives and 30 Children. Of course he is running into some social services issues...

Read the article - it's a great commentary on the welfare state in Belgium. This guy and his family receive close to $10,000 per month because he is "invalid".

Belgian Polygamist

Dudes! Stick to making waffles!

Gun Control will stop gun violence - not so much!

Looks like criminals are able to get to guns in the UK just fine...

I had this huge argument with my stupid British friend about Gun Control - and how he thinks that the right to bear arms in the American Constitution is senseless.

It was our guns, my friend, that helped us get rid you the oppressive British rule. But it seems like gun violence is on the rise in the UK despite much stricter gun controls..
Man Shot by two masked men with guns - in the UK

A sad tribute to London's teen victims (not all due to gun violence)

Censorship? IRA Hunger film funding criticism

Is this censorship or just Socialism at it's best?

120,000 pounds of public money from Wales was used to fund this film about hunger strike and some conservative politician is all up ion arms about it! What was that about Right wing censorship in the US? Stupid Brits!

Hunger funding

Poor scholarship in Cambridge? You don't say...

Article from BBC UK today...

Looks like that high IQ and investment in education not working out so well? Almost half the students admitting to stealing materials from the internet and passing it as their own? Only 1 in 20 students caught? What about the brilliance in Education I keep hearing about?

Cambridge students 'plagiarising'

Europeans want to Vote in US Elections?

Really?

Here's what they have to say:
"..American presidential elections are not "home affairs". American decisions have repercussions all over the globe. The American mortgage crisis affects banks in Europe. The insatiable American demand for oil makes the Arabian sheiks rich. The American refusal to care for the environment causes the North Pole ice to melt and coastal areas in Asia to flood. A weakened dollar and an immense budget deficit affect the global economy."

Well, if the Europeans are so intelligent, why are they so dependent on us?

Europeans want to vote in US Presidential Elections

Enough Said

Here's a great find. I will continue to read this blog for more gems like this post.

Stupid, More Stupid, and the idiot Europeans - Investigated and Explained

Enjoy!

Study Suggests Europeans ignorant about Smoking illeffects

Gordon Smith reports that Europeans are ignorant....

Amen to that!

Harvard paper no less!

Old - but Insightful poll...

2004 Poll by the BBC found that...

Nearly half of Britons never heard of Auschwitz

I guess all that social education is not working so well....

Roma - Europe's minority

An insight into the treatment of the Roma community in Europe today. Remember - these are the same Europeans that have a lot to say about American racism (despite the fact that we have more minority politicians including a possible president than anywhere in Europe). Remember also that by some estimates more Roma were killed by the Nazi than Jews in WWII.

To remind my friend who claims this has nothing to do with today - this was all 50 years ago:

Roma poverty a major issue for EU

How the Brits treat their women

My European friends call Americans "Prudish". Well, give me prudish over this ANY DAY!

These women were deluded into believing that they were taking part in a new series - no mention of the naked parts. Disgusting!

Where are the feminists screaming foul? Where are the enlightened Britons we keep hearing about? And this guy is supposed to be pro feminism....

Talk about stupidity!

Miss Naked Beauty

German Gay channel launch - descriminates against Lesbians?

OK - so the tolerant folks from Germany have FINALLY caught up to the US (first to launch gay / lesbian channels) and several other countries ( Canada / UK to name a few) - by launching "Timm" with a slogan "We love Men"?????

Really??? Sexist much?

Stupid Germans!

Timm

Oh - BTW - it features American Gay shows...

Common stupidity - Swedish style

OK - so this dude left his country because he "no longer felt like speaking to his wife". So far so good. But then he tells the German police that he was kidnapped, held against his will and robbed? How stupid is he?


Swede makes up story to cover marital dispute

Unfortunate statistics for German Women

A very unfortunate story from Germany.

According to a study, 40% of German women suffer Physical and / or sexual abuse.

I am not so much gloating on the statistics but bewildered as to why the preoccupation with the US when so much needs to be done in Europe.

Quoting my stupid European friend here -
"I stand by calling American people stupid, on average they are poorly educated compared to other countries with similar living standards and yes that does impact their understanding of the government policy. I believe Europeans call Americans stupid on both accounts, citizen education as well as government policy. These two are highly related."

Why don't these educated Europeans stop abusing their women?

40% women abused???? IN the US the number is 31% (Source: here).

What kind of population allows this stupid behavior?

40% German women abused

Basque - The unfortunate original residents of Europe

The Basque predate the Indo-European speaking modern day Europeans. I have heard a lot of criticism against the American treatment of - oh take your pick. I mentioned the Basque to one of my stupid European friends - and she dismissed them as "50 years old and hardly a basis for conversation". I think ETA might have something different to say.

General Franco started the stupid campaign. Modern Spain / France / EU continues oppressive policies against ETA and Amnesty International accuses the governments of use of torture on captured ETA members.

Here's a profile of ETA from BBC:
ETA campaign timeline

Italian racism against the Roma

I had heard about this a few months past - very sad indeed. These are the supposed "enlightened" peoples of Europe my stupid European friends keep telling me about...

This is government sanctioned racism - appalling!

Italian Racism

Lord chancellor and justice secretary has nothing better to do...

This story about Jonathan Ross / Russell Brand keeps building... And Jack Straw writes on it. Don't the British have anything better to do - like govern their country? Oh, That's right - they just follow the USA blindly in whatever we do. Wait, so does that make the British public stupider than us? Rea....ally?

But I digress...

Here's some words of wisdom from Mr. Straw (or is it Lord or some other bullshit arcane title they take seriously over there in the UK?)

Lord chancellor (Really?) and justice secretory has something to say...

Speaking of mandatory military service -

I found that the following European countries have mandatory military service. Still! One may or may not think that in itself is stupid - but getting all huffy about the American draft certainly is!

Albania
Austria
Belarus
Denmark
Finland
Germany
Greece
Norway
Poland
Russia
Serbia
Sweden
Switzerland
Ukraine

Details Here

I found an article on the specifics of the military service in Greece here.

I think that something as important as the military should not be made up of random people. Not every male of a certain age is suitable for military service!

Nothing is stupider than repression...

According to Russian laws, this woman is eligible for perole - but she is not a good socialist - so the repression continues.

Sad.

Perole denied for Pregnant Lawyer

Putin salutes Stalin..

Not so much news but observation...

John Deering Cartoon, from Arkansas Democrat-Gazzette.

Where are the brilliant Europeans working on putting an end to this?

Russian Rights lawyer poisoned in France

This is also more than stupid - its' chilling! However, I have to bring is up in our comparison- since the Europeans are supposedly so much smarter. So how can they put up with this? Where is the intelligence in this?

Russian lawyer poisoned in France

Russia attacks Georgia...

This is old news and an unfortunate news. However, since Europeans love to blame the war in Iraq on stupid Americans, I have to bring it up.

My stupid Russian friend made a stupid comment to me about worries over the abortion issues. For Real? How about freedom of press? How about freedom of trade? How about mandatory military service?
How about invading sovereign countries?
Russia Attacks Georgia

BBC Radio personalities Harass 78 year old....

I've always heard that the British were polite - but never really experienced it. Their ritualistic manners seem to hide more insidious intent perhaps?

Here's a confirmation of my suspicions - these two stupid Brits left lewd messages for a 78 year old - in the name of Humor??? Stupid Brits!

In Russell Brands words : "It was a really stupid thing to do"

Brand quits

Did you hear the one about Sarkozy and the Voodoo Dolls?

So it seems like the the French are not too happy about the French Presidents call for getting their lazy asses working again. The answer, A voodoo doll that allows you to put pins into Sarkozy "Phrases". But of course, the prez sues the doll maker - and loses! Stupid?

Sarkozy loses 'voodoo doll' case

More Nazi fun!

My European friends are right - I should read more European papers!!!!

Here's and interesting article that I came across in Spiegel - Man paints Hitler's moustache and swastika on children! How Fun!

Mischief and Stupidity

Anti-Semetism in Germany - not 50 years ago but today? Nah!!!

Here's an article on Spiegel. OK - so I know that there are idiots everywhere, including here in the USA, but what I was shocked to read was -

"...On average, according to statistics cited by members of the federal parliament, one Jewish cemetery each week is vandalized in Germany. Last week in Potsdam, a mini-sidewalk monument to a Jewish family deported during the Holocaust was smeared with a swastika. Two weeks ago in the eastern German town of Jena, anti-Semitic chants were sung at a regional league football match. The list goes on."

Stupid Germans!
Anti-Semetism in Germany Today

Vienna Tram Driver Sacked For 'Sieg Heil' Greeting

Nazism? Over reaction?

In either case, this poor guy lost his job and is being investigated under the ban on "National Socialist re-engagement".

How about freedom of speech?

Vienna Tram Driver Sacked For 'Sieg Heil' Greeting

Stupid Britons OK Anarchy in the name of Global Warming...

OK - so here's the other story I emailed to my stupid British friend. A Jury acquits vandals that damage a coal firing plant in the UK. And his response was comparing it to the McDonald's coffee spilling case... Stupid Brit could not tell the difference between a criminal case and a civil suite for damages!

Green washing a Jury

From the horse's mouth...

Ok, so will the last intelligent person leaving EU please turn the lights off?

Here's opinions towards the EU constitution draft, especially the exit clause, quoting, could it be(?), the American Civil war...

How stupid are Europeans?

European opinions of America

I sent this link to one of my friendly stupid Europeans - and all he had to say was it probably because of Bush & Larry the Cable guy...

Are the Europeans stupid enough to think that Larry the Cable guy is for real? I never thought Benny Hill was for real... And as for Bush - hmm - 2 terms, war, wire taps - many other things but stupid? Perhaps here in lies the confusion. But I digress - let's dwell on European stupidity, shall we?

Anti Americanism in Europe fueled by ignorance

Swiss restaurant servers food cooked with human breast milk!

OK - so here's a gem!

I don't know who is stupider - the person who came up with the idea, the women who sell their breast milk, or the people who order it!

Breast milk story

Welcome!

I have some European friends and they love calling Americans stupid. I've had it! So, I am dedicating this blog to finding wonderful stupid things that Europeans do. Trust me - I know enough of them to know that I will have material for years to come!