1. That Marburg Virus story? Exam/tests done....guy and his GF....did NOT have Marburg Virus....just plain flu. I'll admit....that story got a bunch of Germans excited.
2. Poll done...asking Germans if they feel the country is unified (after 34 years).
Answer by a majority? NO....is not unified (yet).
I'll just say...there is still a West German prospective on things, and a East German prospective on things.
3. Empty ATM problem continues across Germany. Union employees asking for more of a wage, and more vacation time.
4. German gov't agreed back about a decade ago....they'd start a Islamic 'mullah' training program via the Osnabruck University. The idea at the time....if you had real German educators in the system....you could produce NON-radicalized Islamic scholars/instructors.
Well....it came out this morning that one will be finishing up his exams, and he happens to be on the 'watch-list' for radicalization.
Basically....as much hype as the German gov't put into this idea....if they produce just one failure.....the program is suspect.
5. Vote at the EU today....if tariffs will be put on China E-car imports into the EU. No idea how this will go. Scholz has said this week....Germany won't support the tariff.
6. Last night on the public TV forum show....the Markus Lanz Show....one of the heads of the SPD Party was hyped-up and commenting over 'right-wing-radical-world-views', and Lanz (the moderator) put a 'halt' on the guy and just said in some nice way....'cut the BS'.
You see this chatter often now...maybe five or six times a week, where the SPD or Green Party folks are almost weeping over 'far-right-wing-radical-views', and the general public has lost a fair amount of respect for the criticism.
7. German police union 'chief' is voicing concern....Hamas-run attack within Germany on 7 October possible.....against Jewish targets.
8. WELT had some BS article, suggesting that 80-percent of Germans are considering buying a Chinese-made E-car. Don't know where they got their polling numbers.
9. Chancellor Scholz gave a talk yesterday (3 Oct)....giving a warning of potential nuke war between NATO and Russia.
10. Since mid-September....around 800 cases of entry into Germany have been halted....individuals without status. Border-patrol efforts showing some success. Those 800-odd folks were 'turned-back'.
11. Statistic up on balcony solar panels in Germany.....in one-year.....they've doubled the number of panels mounted.
12. Leapmotor T03 E-car....made in China....to be introduced into Germany. Cost? 18,900 Euro. Size? I'd say it's about 20-percent larger than a Smart car (yeah, it's ultra small, and 4-door). Range? 400 km (at least that's the advertised amount). Charging up? If you go to a DC-standard station....around 36 minutes. At a normal home-charger, near 3.5 hours.
Will Germans buy it? I'd say if you are a retiree couple....it might fit onto your budget and lifestyle.
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