1. BMW chief said gas/diesel car enthusiasm will peak shortly, with Germans flipping for E-cars.
He has to believe in this idea, but if you walked around working-class Germans....that enthusiasm is still years away. All car makers are in deep debt off the research and development.....they need this to take off.
2. Some kind of NATO meeting in Brussels held...talk goes to an idea that they will hustle up 90,000 NATO troops....for a Feb exercise....to show strength against Russia.
Chatter that this is the largest NATO exercise since the end of WW II? You know....they say this, but there were some massive exercises in the 1970s/1980s....so I think that talk is mostly BS.
I would imagine almost a third of this will be US Army/Air Force.
Anyone's guess where play-region will be....but I'm guessing Poland.
3. Halfway between Munich and Nuremberg...lies the town of Greding (town of 7k residents). ONE single disco in town.
Apparently, over the past weekend....a couple of guys walked in....did the 'foreigner out' chatter and disturbed a number of folks at the disco. Based on a couple of videos of the scene....state security has started up an investigation.
If they can identify people? Well....with the video, you could end up with a hate-speech situation.
I don't know the demographics of Greding....but I doubt if it's more than 10-percent non-Germans in town, and mostly Turks in that group.
4. Farmer strikes/demonstrations likely to continue? Yeah. It would appear little movement is occurring with the SPD-coalition.
5. Tonight....'Jungle Camp #17' opens up on RTL TV. Yeah, Germans are hyped up for prime reality TV.
It is BS-TV but considering your options....it might be a choice of this or watching some South Korean zombie series off Netflix.
6. EU chatting up on a new draft rule.....max you can use to pay for something in cash....to be set to 10,000 Euro.
If you asked a hundred Germans.....I doubt if you can find more than one-percent who've ever gone and settled on a purchase of something legal....paying in excess of 10,000. For most folks, it'll have little to no effect.
7. News starting up on lawsuits to occur against the Health Ministry over Covid masks and their delivery (stalled payment). This goes back 2020/2021.
Could be into several hundred million at the end....if the Ministry has been found at fault. Note: this was Merkel's crew running things when it occurred.
8. Some German study done....saying that in 2024....at present rates....E-cars are cheaper to drive (and recharge) than gas-run cars.....as long as you recharge at home. The study says the difference is presently 50-percent (better) with E-cars.
I should note, in virtually every year....electrical rates bump up a notch. Presently, with the new gas tax in affect (added 4-cents onto each liter)....the study is probably true.
9. Back in 2001, the 'Shoe of Manatu' was released, and considered one of the top grossing movies in Germany of all time. I tend to rate the movie as a good laugh. This AM....'Bully' Habig (writer, director, actor in the movie) has said he'll start production of Shoe of Manatu II this year.
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