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In a 16. August Die Presse review, Anneliese Rohrer pretty much pans Hillary Rodham-Clinton’s book, Living History. Rohrer echoes a complaint that many American critics have made: that Rodham-Clinton views all criticisms of the Clinton White House as somehow evidence of danger to America’s democratic system, and that she portrays the members of the administration as victims. (We would call it Hillary’s obsession with the “Vast Rightwing Conspiracy.”)

The ultra-left Red Army Faction (RAF) terrorized West Germany during the late 1970s, particularly in 1977. Of course in post-communist Europe they are now seen as murderers and as pathetic adherents to a discredited political system, correct? Incorrect. The group, which disbanded only eight years ago, is instead achieving cult-status, as is the entirety of East Germany itself.

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… replaced this week by “Downsize This!” — by Michael Moore! “Stupid White Men” sits at number two. This according to the Kleine Zeitung. Both books are in German.

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Saturday headlines:

Die Presse: P.1: “‘Black Thursday’ in the USA: Vulnerability Shocks the Superpower.” P.2: “Blackout in New York: Chaos, but no Panic.” Also P.2: “Electricity collapse: The power stations failed through the domino effect, but the morale of the people remained intact.”

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Today’s Kurier’s front page editorial blurb makes it a point to mention — in an editorial ostensibly conerning the power blackout in the U.S. — the American love of SUVs “whose tires have never touched anything other than the city streets.”