1. Early this AM.....Federal Interior Minister Dobrindt (CSU) is demanding that crisis preparedness and the potential dangers of war be addressed in German schools.
Reactions from the opposition (Green, Linke, AfD) are mixed: Some folks are accusing him of scaremongering, others are supportive.
How you would work crisis preparedness into a class package for school life....unknown.
I might go and predict 5-percent of German kids will freak out, and require mental health assistance.
2. German police union is saying MORE police have to be hired, and put into train stations.
From my walks....Mainz, Wiesbaden, Frankfurt.....if you used views of the 1980s....there's already a lot more police (especially in the last decade).
3. Folks in Munich and Bavaria are hyped up to bid to host the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games, which will take place either in 2036, 2040, or 2044.
However....around 20-percent of the public are probably anti-bid.
4. More than 200,000 chickens, geese, ducks, and turkeys have been culled at this point because of bird-flu in Germany. More to occur.
5. Watched a ARD piece.....new study done....over widespread populism in Germany. Distrust of the news media/politics and a belief in "secret powers" going on....around 17 percent support a populist worldview.
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I remember as a kid in grade school doing the hide under the desk routine.
I remember walking through downtown Lafayette in the late 70s and seeing the civil defense fallout shelter signs.
I remember the era, but in a highly rural area....no one really took it serious. Not sure how German kids would react.
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