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Cake day: June 16th, 2023

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  • Also, Hitler had to declare a state if emergency to gain the absolute power the Supreme Court has just handed to the US president.

    Suffice it to say, something lile this is impossible now in Germany. The justices of our highest court, the Bindesverfassungsgericht, can only hold the job for 12 years and can be no older than 68. They are also always equally voted in by two different branches of the government and need a two thirds majority for any decision.

    Our democracy isn’t without faults, but this is probably our strongest bulwark against another descent into facsism.










  • Haha, you got me there.

    The only one that could be slightly relevant ist Catherine the Great who had 22 lovers, many of which were a lot younger than her and there is an urban legend about her having a very vulgar erotic cabinet that she ordered to be made, but there has never been any proof of it.