Never ones to let important historical milestones pass by without a mention, 

we here at Spiegel Online International figure it's time to brush up on your Solidarity knowledge. It was, after all, 25 years ago in late August that Lech Walesa's movement -- born in a Gdansk shipyard -- began gathering steam. By the end of the month, Walesa's fledgling union already had membership rolls boasting 400,000. A PBS special  takes you through everything you need to know about the movement that eventually came to be seen as the first chink in the Iron Curtain separating the communist East from the democratic West. The special can also be watched in video form.  Walesa, who started his career as an electrician,  won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and served as Poland's president from 1990 to 1995.

The Pimp Backlash

As anyone who has ever seen a rap video knows, if you dress like a pimp you get the diamonds, the respect and most importantly the girls. To help those of you who might be aspiring to pimpdom, this sterling steel pimp stick  promises to "keep 'em in line just fine." Pimp hats, suits and shoes are also available.

In Berlin meanwhile a pizza delivery service, Pimp My Pizza , is also promising its very own brand of edible bling-bling. Presumably the pizza is delivered by medallion-wearing ghetto boys.

But there are signs of a backlash against the pimp. Metafilter  has a rant about the adoration of the pimp, while the LA City Beat blog  writes that the pimp phase is "out of control and must cease. I have nothing against whores, hookers, or any other subdivision of sex workers, but pimps are something else.... The pimp philosophy is that, for a small initial outlay, the investor is entitled to live idly off the sweat of the ho in perpetuity, and any challenge to this given certainty will be met with escalating violence." And you thought that being a pimp was just about having a cool set of wheels.

German Politicians Hit the Dance Floor

It has been an hotly contested debate here at SPIEGEL ONLINE International since we launched last October: How much German is too much German. Our answer to that question has always been to avoid the Teutonic language altogether. But today, we are breaking our own taboo in order to link to some of the funniest sites related to the upcoming German election. They are all conveniently collected  in one central spot -- named after Angela Merkel of the opposition Christian Democrats -- and listed on the right hand side of the page.

The best ones include the "Friseurenecke" allowing you to see candidate Merkel with a variety of new haircuts, "Der Kanzlergenerator,"  which lets you mix and match the various party leaders and create a political monster of your own making, and "Tomatenschlacht"  which has you throwing tomatoes at the political leader of your choice. But to really have some fun, head to the Bundesdance to watch your favorite candidate get down to moves you program.