Thursday, February 29, 2024

1 Mar 2024: Eight German News Stories

 1.  It's a funny story.

The German frigate “Hessen”, was packed up in the past week and sent on a mission to protect freighters in the Red Sea.

The Navy had to admit something yesterday.....they are facing a ammo problem. You see.....the main cannon onboard....requires a certain type of shell....which is no longer manufactured.

So when the stock on the vessel runs out.....the mission is finished.

Accusations?  Well...it's hyped  up...someone  in the German Defense Ministry kept their mouth shut....for a number of months.. As for how long the deployment lasts?  Unknown.

2.  Putin gave his 'state-of-the-union' speech yesterday....warning NATO against putting their troops into Ukraine.  Quote used: “These countries must understand: We have weapons that can hit them in their own country, This scenario could trigger the use of nuclear weapons.”

Yeah, German news discussed this a good bit.

If you asked me over Putin's intention?  I'd say some kind Electro-Magnetic-Pulse (EMP) situation over Kiev, and a hint that Europe might get the EMP 'dose'.  I think that would unsettle a fair number of people,  without even using a nuke.

3.  African Swine Fever 'zones' now in the Brandenburg region.

4.  US pushing to 'confiscate' 260-odd billion Euro of money from frozen Russian funds....to give to Ukraine.

Odds of this triggering a bigger mess?  Yeah.....but no one is really standing against the idea.

5. Several German states are trying to delay the 1 April start-up of legal cannabis sales.  Push is going on against the federal effort.

6.  Cops call in Herne in the state of NRW....say they found a pretty seriously injured man without a penis .  Old guy....66...in a awful lot of pain.

Cops still reviewing evidence and trying to get commentary out of the guy.

7.  Cops in Berlin are on a Red Army Faction terror hunt.....two remaining guys.  Cops have some strong idea....the two live in the Berlin area.

8.  If you remember the 'Naked Gun' movie business of the 1980s....it was highly popular with Germans.

Well....talk has started.....to  be done again, with Liam Neeson leading the effort.  

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