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John Riceburg: How many German police are racist, psychopathic "bad apples"?

A police officer from Hannover was bragging on WhatsApp about torturing prisoners at the station. John Riceburg asks: Was this just a case of a single bad apple?

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John Riceburg: Seven reasons to leave Berlin for the G7

Angela Merkel is meeting up with six friends in the Bavarian Alps this weekend – and this 24-hour meeting is costing €360 million. John Riceburg is going to protest against the G7 summit and offers...

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John Riceburg: Welcome to the Bavarian police state

John Riceburg reports on his trip down to the G7 conference in Garmisch-Partenkirchen last weekend, where he ran into 24,000 police – a bigger force than the army of Kenya.

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John Riceburg: A Prussian palace?

Berlin needs a palace to honor the ruling dynasty of Brandenburg and Prussia: the Hohenzollern. But who were these Hohenzollern people? John Riceburg took a trip to the Brandenburg-Preussen-Museum to...

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John Riceburg: Destroying fences and digging graves

The Center for Political Beauty is knocking down fences and digging graves to draw attention to the murder of refugees in the Mediterranean... but why aren't there any refugees in the movement, asks John?

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John Riceburg: Is my favourite Mate racist?

John loves mate! So much so that, in order to keep drinking his favourite fizzy energy drink with a clean conscience, he emails their HQ about their questionable branding...

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John Riceburg: "Deutschland, you nasty little piece of Scheiße!"

Wait! Before you get angry, John wants you to know the title of this blog post is just a quote. Please hear him out...

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John Riceburg's fashion tips: Work clothes

John Riceburg just discovered Fashion Week is over, but the whole thing makes him so angry he had to block it out last week. So where do real Berliners get their clothing? John has the magic word...

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John Riceburg: Germany, shut up and pay your Nazi debts!

Let's try a word association: When I say the word "debt", what word pops into your mind? It's "Greece", right? But, John Riceburg asks, what if Germany was actually the country that needs to pay its...

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John Riceburg: The six worst ways to spend your summer in Berlin

Berlin's summer is so lovely, but so short. It's also full of melancholy – every day includes the pain of a thousand missed adventures. But guess what: Most Berliners aren't having that much fun either.

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John Riceburg: Do Berlin restaurants have to give you tap water?

John loves eating out, but hates the idea of paying €2 for a small bottle of mineral water. His message to Berlin restaurateurs? Give me tap water or give me death!

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John Riceburg: "What do you say we lighten things up and talk about abortion?"

This Saturday, a few thousand Christian fundamentalists will march through Berlin to protest against women's (already limited) control of their own bodies. John thinks they need to stop.

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John Riceburg: Terrorism, made in Germany

When you hear the words "terrorism" and "Germany" in the same sentence, what do you think of? The counterculture chic of the RAF? Or an Islamist in long robes? Modern terrorism in Germany has a much...

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John Riceburg. Expropriation and manatees

John loves East Berlin's Tierpark – a zoo that was created after an aristocratic house had their palace confiscated by the GDR. Are there any other things we could confiscate? Here's a few suggestions.

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John Riceburg: Trapped on a lonely island

People are terrified – especially of refugees. John looks at where that fear comes from.

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John Riceburg: Just call it terrorism already

Heard about the wave of terrorist attacks rolling through Germany? There have been over 500 attacks on asylum seekers' homes in this year alone. John Riceburg wonders why no one is talking about it for...

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Crossing the line

How far would you go to help a refugee? These Berliners (all names changed) were willing to do whatever it took – even if it meant breaking the law.

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John Riceburg: Germany's army turns 60 – time to retire?

Last Wednesday evening, the Reichstag was the backdrop for a strange spectacle: Soldiers were marching around with torches, drums and trumpets. John Riceburg investigates.

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John Riceburg: Kids vs. the times...

These are dark days in Germany, with constant right-wing sympathy increasing in the wake of Paris. But John Riceburg is hopeful: A school strike in Berlin shows that young people are aware and fighting...

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John Riceburg: Berlin Jews against racism

The Central Council of Jews in Germany has joined the racist cacophony against refugees. But some Berlin Jews are saying "not in our name". John Riceburg explains.

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John Riceburg's Berlin Breakfast Taco Challenge

John is visiting the People's Republic of Austin. And he's found something that Berlin needs desperately.

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John Riceburg: Seven surprising things about the US after a few years in Berlin

John Riceburg just spent more than a week in the People's Republic of Austin and the southwestern USA. This is where he grew up. And yet the place seemed very strange to him.

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John Riceburg: How the Berlin Police can storm your house without a warrant

If you were near Rigaer Straße on January 13 or the following days, you were in for quite a spectacle.

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John Riceburg: I am getting braces and we are all going to die

John is getting some orthodontic work done – forcing him to contemplate his own mortality.

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John Riceburg: Slippery fingers, dead children?

Beatrix von Storch of the AfD agreed on Facebook that refugees, including women and children, who try to cross the German border should be shot. Or did she? No, apparently her finger just slipped on...

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The Berlinale Blog: Raw footage from the Jade Mines

Fei cui zhi cheng (City of Jade) by Midi Z shows the hopelessness of a modern Gold Rush in Burma.

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John Riceburg: "I'm not racist, I just attack refugees"

In 2015, the number of right-wing crimes doubled. John wonders: Why isn't everyone talking about this?

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John Riceburg: Tortal war

The AfD's Beatrix von Storch has been pied in the face by a clown. And John is very, very happy.

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John Riceburg: Die Linke isn't left-wing enough

John is an unrepentant lefty – so why does he hate the Left Party so much?

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John Riceburg: Murdered for not speaking German?

The murder trial for Luke Holland, a British expat killed in Neukölln last September, is on now. The reason he may have been gunned down? Speaking English.

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