1. Malte Arnsperger wrote up a political piece for Focus yesterday, which has been on my mind. So the object? There's chatter in a couple of German cities (major urban sites) of bringing Palestinian Gaza 'kids' to Germany....in some kind manner to 'save'.
Note, they haven't said adults...just kids.
The CDU-CSU-SPD folks....they haven't walked into this discussion yet, and frankly....I think 90-percent of them would rather not engage upon this, and start giving happy feelings about where this would go. If this got traction? Well....those 'evil-AfD Party' folks would engage, and it'd probably pump up their ratings another percent or two.
Who would 'manage' such a thing? Unknown. Money for support? Unknown. Accommodations? Unknown. Distribution forced down to each state? Probably. Mostly a lot of unknowns where this idea would lead to.
Worst case scenario? Well....kids 14 and under? Best estimate is around 750,000 total existing in the Strip population. I'm pretty sure no one will sign up for that kind of number, or even for 100,000. I would offer an assumption of 10,000 in this mix.
As for heavy questions (with no answers)....I would imagine the AfD adding a minimum of two points onto their polling.
2. SPD Party chatter over the weekend.....they want new taxes for the 'super-wealthy' of Germany. They didn't clearly state the 'line' but figure there's room to discuss this with the CDU-CSU.
3. Ulf Poschardt wrote a piece for WELT....over the topic of public TV reform in Germany....saying that the system cannot really be reformed, and leans mostly toward the Green Party and left. A one-sided viewing? That's the business model and the general path of things.
I hate to suggest this.....but already in the early 1960s....some folks felt this way, and that was the creation vehicle for ZDF to be created (Channel 2). Once created (with state money)....lawsuits occurred, and the court said the way that the Constitution read....ONLY one network can exist in Germany (Channel 1, ARD), and then gave ZDF to ARD to manage.
4. Because of the warm/dry spell in the spring....bee operations are on a massive up-swing....best year in Germany in 15 years, for honey.
5. Business report via HR...here in my state of Hessen.....cool/wet spell for the past four weeks....have damaged outdoor cafe/pub and restaurant industry....major losses on income.
I was at a Asian restaurant on Friday....covered by umbrellas, with showers/wind. It was brisk....but just warm enough to sit and eat dinner.
6. First six months of 2025.....asylum applications at 70,000 here in Germany. That's half of what existed in the first half of 2024.
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