Monday, November 28, 2022

Four German News Stories

1.  Odd piece....this past summer, the SPD Party held a get-together (drinks, food, etc)....for party members only.

Somewhere in the mix.....about ten German SPD females got a bit dopey and some kind of medical emergency was declared.  Doctors later said that the ten were given some type of knock-out drops.

The Party opened up a criminal investigation.  This morning.....they ended it....saying no one can be determined for the crime.

2.  All this chatter from 2021 over how the political parties were going to resolve the great housing shortage crisis in Germany? 

Well....ARD ran a piece this morning...noting that cost levels have risen drastically and a number of discussed projects are now abandoned.  At best....maybe 30-percent of the total projects on the board at the end of 2021....will continue on. The rest?  Discontinued.  Housing crisis will continue.

3.  All this chatter in recent weeks of a new tax on wealthy Germans?  Within the coalition....the FDP Party said 'no'.  The tax idea is now very unlikely to occur.

4.  German Army search for ammo to buy (real shortage reported)....leading to an element in producing....which apparently is rare to find...in China.  Things in working a deal...aren't progressing.  

You can laugh about this....but they have probably enough rounds to wage a week's worth of war, and unless they find another country with  the element....things are screwed.

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