1. Focus had an article this AM....talking over the explosive upswing on German energy prices, and how gas-cars are now cheaper to operate than E-cars. If this doesn't reverse....it'll be near impossible (I think) to convince people to dump fuel cars for E-cars.
2. I talked about the mayor's race in Tübingen a few days ago.....election concluded last night. Former Green Party member Boris Palmer.....kicked out of his party....ran a race where he was unattached with any party. He beat the competition....just over 50-percent of the vote.
I think it was a shock for the Greens....that he could run his own campaign without any party help, and get a majority of city votes.
3. Russian Defense Minister Shoigu ended up calling several NATO folks (including US Secretary of Defense Austin) to hype up his belief in some 'dirty' bomb that Ukraine is developing. All of them showed respect but basically told him that the war needs to be halted.
4. A German school review has concluded that from 4th grade German kids....about 20-percent can't perform the math of that level. Some blame toward classes missed over Covid.
5. We had some kind of weird car accident in Wiesbaden Saturday evening (8:30) where some Mercedes ran a red-light at high speed (based on the police description....at least a 100 kph in a 50 kph zone), and hit a VW. Mercedes flipped over....several of the passengers thrown out of the vehicle as it flipped. VW driver? As of this morning....dead. Very likely to be charges for the Mercedes driver. This all occurred no more than 800 feet from the train station in the center part of town.
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