Man tries to escape the meaninglessness of the world and his own existence by constructing a connection between the two.

For example the author of these lines, who, as attentive readers will know, was on parental leave for two months.

On February 23 of all days, his last working day as Bayern correspondent to date, Markus Söder appointed a new CSU Secretary General – the correspondent was hardly back on duty when the Secretary General resigned.

But that's not all: the first day of his absence, February 24, was the day of Putin's attack on Ukraine.

And on the day he made his comeback, Macron won the runoff in France, giving hope back to Europe.

Do you still believe in coincidences?

In any case, the book Exodus immediately came to mind.

How the Israelites, quasi the Ukrainians of antiquity, were attacked by the Amalekites, who can be imagined as Russian-like.

While the soldiers were beating their heads below, Moses went up a hill.

As long as he held up his arm, the Israelites had the advantage, but whenever he lowered his arm, the Amalekites gained the upper hand.

Some AfD supporters who have tried stretching an arm know how exhausting it is – but it's nothing compared to what's going on on the battlefield.

The Moses of our day is called Germany.

As long as we keep our composure here from Husum to Holzheim, nothing can go wrong in Kharkiv or Odessa.

But if we slow down, think of the high gas prices or SUVs with Ukrainian license plates on German autobahns, then Putin is on the road to victory.

Unlike Moses, however, we don't stand on a hill, but lie on the sofa or in the hammock on the balcony.

The philosopher Svenja Flaßpöhler, whose doctoral thesis ("The Will to Lust") is much more appealing than that of the new CSU General Secretary, has fed in the appropriate terms: sofa pacifism and balcony bellicism.

Basically you understand both sides.

They just want to do something, for the world, but also for themselves.

It's becoming increasingly difficult to separate the two.

Corona and the debates about it have already turned some apartments into war zones.

New furniture is now primarily chosen based on how well you can hide behind it.

The war in Ukraine has exacerbated this.

What to do to at least save your own family?

Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht showed the way by taking her son with her in the ready-to-fly helicopter, continuing Ursula von der Leyen's family offensive.

Is that just bold – or is it a sign of solidarity with the much-criticized Ukrainian ambassador?

We, who don't have a helicopter, have to arm ourselves against the war with other means.

Freezing for peace is nothing - that's how you catch a cold.

However, cold showers are highly recommended in order to strengthen one's own resilience and thus cope better with the rigors of the world.

To this end, the ZDF morning magazine recently recommended simply tidying up: on the balcony, in the living room, in private life in general.

What about Svenja Flaßpöhler?

As in the case of Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, identified by Flaßpöhler as a balcony bellicose?

After what we recently found out about the private life of the retired CSU general, we don't even want to know.

What an old privy councilor is said to have said about Carl Schmitt, the terrace belligerent and red light friend (keyword “will to lust”) who was at least partly responsible for the Ukraine war, about whom we have written a master’s thesis to the best of our knowledge and belief: "I have .

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met no one who had more order in his thoughts and concepts than you, but also no one who had more disorder and confusion in his private life.”