1. Curious speech from yesterday by the Federal Labor Minister (Heil, SPD) on the Citizen's Money (old Hartz-IV welfare money). He wants a rule installed or made up....saying if the Jobs-office of the gov't finds you employment to equal or exceed the Citizen's Money.....if you refuse, he wants the gov't money to be reduced. First month, 10-percent cut. Second month, 20-percent cut.
Odds of this happening? Well...if you walk around and talk to working-class Germans...it's probably in the 75-percent range of people who want some 'effect' on people who refuse to work and intend to stay on welfare forever.
As for this changing the perception of folks to work? Anyone's guess.
2. There's a good WELT piece from yesterday, written by Christoph Kapalchinski, which I strongly recommend a read....if you can find the paper. Topic? There's an effort going on in German advertising to no longer advertise a product but a lifestyle, which goes against the fundamentals that people expect.
He's talking about climate business, pronouns, LGBTQ, etc.
Then he uses the p-word (propaganda), and a fair number of Germans have been grumbling about this for the past couple of years.
3. The odds of a fireworks ban coming up nationally if a bunch of BS violence occurs on the night of 31 December? Well....it's being talked about already. After last year's mess....I expected most cities to go to a ban situation....so far, it's been a neighborhood by neighborhood thing, with more cops than ever put on the street. Prosecution folks say this year.....folks will go to jail if they endanger police or ambulance crews or firemen.
4. State of Hessen added it up....sixty ATM machines blown up since the beginning of 2023.
5. Doctor's strike for five days in January, for more pay? Appears to be a strike warning being worked up.
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Is most of the violence happening by immigrants or Germans?
On the fireworks/bad behavior list...if you view video usually shot, it's mostly young men (age 14 to 20) of a migrant-status. I'd even go back to Silvester 2015 (31 Dec 2015) in Koln and suggest that's the starting point where you saw reckless/dangerous behavior that was potentially harming people. Some of this is probably liquor-courage or drugged-up situations, where you mix fireworks into a bad situation.
Trying to find video with women also involved? If you can find a shot or two....these are probably young Turkish women with a flair for doing crazy stuff. Hardly any guys in their 30s/40s (probably smart enough to avoid mixing booze/fireworks).
What's to happen Sunday night in Berlin? I would imagine the cops will be ready to swarm a neighborhood in massive chaos, and detain twenty-odd folks in a hurry. Commentary indicates prosecutors will be on standby. Some folks will be given court papers for January, and find legal help to be costly. Enough laws on the books....some folks could be looking at a year in prison...just for throwing fireworks at ambulance crews.
I don't remember this kind of stuff in Frankfurt in 78/79. There would be a lot of fireworks shot off in the streets, but never at people. Even then, Turks didn't get crazy-stupid or endanger folks. Just seems to be now a level of alcohol consumption done....getting 5-star stupid.
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