1. I sat and read a piece off Focus, describing strategy papers that the journalist had come across....regarding the Last Generation activists.
Next agenda? The claim is....the activists will take to vehicles...on the autobahn system (suggesting the Berlin area will be the first target) to SLOW traffic in areas where there is no speed limit. The claim is....they are seeking volunteers.
To be honest here....once you get within 20 km's of Berlin...the speed shifts down to 100 kph anyway on most of the autobahns, and at rush-hours of the day....because of stau situations....the traffic is normally moving at stop-and-go speeds anyway.
I pondered over. If this were a 2-lane situation.....you'd probably block two lanes and travel between 100 to 130 kph. I'm likely to think they'd select the slower 100 to make their point.
The problem here...if you trigger an accident of any type, you get into a vehicular assault/manslaughter situation...losing your license permanently and going to jail.
I don't see this strategy selling their 'brand' well, and just angering people even more.
2. Interior Minister (Faeser) made a public statement....warning Germans yesterday of potential Russian sabotage. At what angle? Leaves you guessing.
A BS statement? No.....I probably would have already suggested this back in the summer of 2022.
3. Roughly 10,000 protest folks showed up in Berlin for the 'peace-rally' yesterday. Was awful bitter cold....if held in May....might have been triple the number of folks showing up.
4. WELT piece this AM views German home prices spiraling in a downward position....NOT a seller's market presently. Some suggest that it'll trend this way through all of 2023 and probably 2024.
5. There's a Bundeswehr association that had a meeting yesterday, and put out a statement at the end.....expecting an entire decade of 'war' to continue with Russia and Ukraine.
The group kinda hinted....Germany will have to devote itself to this new reality. Might shock a number of political folks.
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