Usually the Muesli is a weekly mashup of anglofritzian news, since I haven't posted weekly, we'll have to make an exception this time and do it monthly.

Holy Schnitzel, se Germans are so eco-friendly! William Powers discovers in a travel piece and slide show that Green is more than Whole Foods and Toyota Prius; it's a grass roots movement turned political. He starts his journey via the historic, hip and bicycle lane heavy Berlin, "But how is it that the "Los Angeles model" of urban renewal affected Berlin, and many other German cities, so minimally?"

Good 'ol John C. Dvorak, also grumpy on the highly recommendable TWiT, wonders why Germans care about American poltics in such graphical manner. Commenter Michael Auerswald mentions, "but first and foremost most Germans are still sceptical about pretty much anything that comes out of the US. And here comes the interesting part: deep inside Germans actually want to like the US."

Olympics are over. Apart from the fact that Germany's b-ballers got knocked out by China, they did get help from Nowitzki and the naturalized mercenary Chris Kaman, whose German ancestors emigrated to the States around 100 years ago. Rosenthal writes about this blitz naturalization and wonders, "Chris Kaman has never lived in Germany, he does not speak German, and his only connection to Germany consists of some ancestors who emigrated from Germany to the United States nearly a century ago." When will Germans change their dusty blood law into modern citizenship?

Then there's British actor Rupert Everett whose ready to move to Templin, which is in the state of Brandenburg - Everett enjoys the authentic country side there. He thinks London is packed. Well, it's surely not known for it's gourmet food, women or great weather. Last but not least, at the world's largest consumer electronics fair IFA, German and US bloggers discussed "What German Bloggers could learn from their US-colleagues – if they want to."