1. I was sitting watching N-TV news yesterday, and this 'train-emergency' story came up. Story here.
An Iraqi refugee guy, with a rare dialect....was on a train going out of Munich and had to be sure where to switch to the next train. So he asks this German gal onboard....using the translation App on his smart-phone about this.
Well....he types in the Arabic words (dialect involved), then it translates.....to say 'something-something' in German, with the word 'explosion'.
Yep, freaks the lady out....she runs to get help....train stops...cops arrive to detain/arrest the guy.
They do a bomb exam of the train after getting everyone off, and up to this point, he (the Iraqi) can't understand the 'event'.
You can be amused but Germans are at a point where they get real worried about terror acts.
2. Some business fronts are taking a position against the 15-Euro minimum wage increase being discussed.
3. New party, BWS, talking up a odd pension upgrade.....up to 2,000 Euro of income....with no taxation. Might be a fair number of Germans supporting this idea.
4. New Russian Defense Minister says recklessly throwing Russian troops into battle....is the wrong strategy, if they intend to win. I think you are going to see a rapid slow-down in the war.....with lines drawn.
5. There's supposed to be a major reform of healthcare throughout Germany....led by the coalition gov't. Well....doctors and nurses have looked at the package, and said it creates a huge bureaucracy....with longer waiting lists. Driving force for the reform? Limits have been hit on money in the pot to run things.
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