1. I noticed this AM off Focus an odd story related to the Ukraine-Russia war. Focus says....US intelligence thinks the Russians are buy artillery and shells from North Korea.
I pondered over this. They probably looked at freighter action at ports and could make some judgement like this. How the Russians paid them? Well....I would assume in oil via tankers.
But the question comes up....can the North Koreans produce quality artillery pieces? I would assume here....they probably produce at the level of the 1950s/1960s, and there might be some serious flaws with quality of production.
Then you come to the shells. If I posed this scenario to some US Army captain, and asked if he'd go and fire NK shells himself? There's probably going to be a long pause, and he'd probably admit that he'd rather not fire them (quality concerns). The Russian conscript? I'm sure he'll do without any hesitation.
But here's the thing.....after you have a couple of episodes where the shell explodes in the artillery piece, and shrapnel kills a dozen conscripts.....there won't be anyone volunteering for this type of duty.
2. This press conference that Economy Minister Habeck gave yesterday in Berlin? It probably frighten the crap out of half-of-Germany. He basically gave the worst-case scenario for this winter....where electricity might be 'iffy' on a hour-by-hour basis. I can't imagine a hundred days where you sat and fretted over each single day and how your power situation might go.
3. From the protests in Leipzig yesterday? I'll just say it was an odd situation....where roughly seven different protests were running.....all in some extreme negativity of the government, from the far-left, and the far-right.
Police were guessing the total numbers, in the seven-thousand range, which was pretty good for a Monday situation.
4. Lufthansa pilots are talking about a two-day strike (very shortly).
5. Habeck's suggestion of keeping two nuke plants open in 2023? Well....a lot of criticism is occurring with Green Party folks, and if put to a vote....I'm not sure the proposal can survive.
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