Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Five German News Stories

 1.  I sat and read through a Russian news piece (probably having occurred around Friday).  Moscow cops got called out to a reservist center.  Fight going on.

So when it's quieted down, what they generally say is that one group of new draftee reservists had arrived, and there were a 1-year group of Conscripts who'd been in the war for a while.  No one say liquor was in the mix, but I suspect it was.

The Conscripts had gone demanded all the clothing (civies) and cellphones of the new draftees.  They refused to cooperate, and a fight started up.  The draftees basically got the upper hand in the fight, and the Conscripts had been pressed to get into one office area, and call the cops for protection.  Cops didn't say much....other than the matter was now settled.

2.  Bild had done a Insa survey and over the weekend....found that the AfD Party was now at the highest point of public support since 2020 (15 percent).  A lot of this comes from the energy complaints of the public.

3.  Some reports this AM of Antifa showing up in Leipzig....to block Monday night's protest march against rising energy costs.  If true, what you'd have are Monday night protest groups (AfD led), meeting with anti-protest folks (Antifa, being left-wing)....with police in the middle.  Based on the appearance....my BS-meter is running around a '6'.  I just don't see pictures of this interaction and wonder if the Antifa group is pure Antifa or faked-up Antifa.

4.  Some German hospitals are suggesting they will be bankrupt soon, over rising energy cost.  German states need to desperately step into the middle of this.

5.  New book going around in Germany....has hyped up German news media.....called the 'The Fourth Power'.  Written by Harald Welzer and Richard David Precht.

Basically, they raise bias by the news media is harming public trust.  

I haven't read the book but I've watched two of the open forums discuss the matter.  They make some key points, in that there is bias going on.  To what extent is the real question. 

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