Friday, April 21, 2023

Five German News Stories

 1.  Still page one news over the soccer team FC Bayern.  Now, some rumors that the CEO of the team (Oliver Kahn) is up for dismissal.  Presently?  I'd give it a 2-percent chance of happening.  

2.   Glue kids (Last Generation activists) were busy in Berlin yesterday.  They had some idea of gluing themselves to a travel bus (for tourists).  Cops were called.  Driver was pretty angry, but pointed out....this was a climate-neutral designed bus.  Total waste of effort to hype the campaign against this type of vehicle.  The problem I see....with these type of buses....they proudly note their climate-neutral status on the side of it.  The activists should have noted this.  

3.  WELT had a piece this AM....talking over energy consumption in Germany, and that's it's very likely that 'some' of the energy to be used in the future....will be non-German and very likely from some coal-plant or nuke-plant.  

4.  The Chancellor (Scholz) and Energy Minister (Habeck) showed up in Rugen (far north island) yesterday.....to open up the newest Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) terminal.  Oddly, a fair number of protest folks showed up.....they don't want the port opened.  Suggestion is that it'll hinder tourists and pollute the area.  

5.  Some news company has gone to a AI-chat system to create a Michael Schumacher fake interview.  The family of Schumacher is peeved and threatening legal action.  There aren't that many laws existing in Germany to fit for this occasion (yet).  

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