1. Interesting commentary by Susanne Nickel on Focus.....worth reading (here). Topic? How to avoid hyped-up discussions with relatives around holiday periods.
As bad as the situation has become in the US....there's a German trend where bickering occurs as well....where political positions are drawn.
2. WELT piece: hype building up in Germany over a possible sugar tax....where 'bad' food would cost more. Idea is that people would quit the 'bad' food...rather than pay a Euro or more for the item. I'm not buying into the idea too much. I'm of the mind that neighboring countries would see shopping visits by Germans....buying sugar-treats at a normal price.
3. From Giessen, the guy who injured several people with a car? The local public prosecutor's office has charged him with attempted murder and has committed him to a psychiatric hospital. No suspicion of terrorism.
4. Starting in January....the German Armed Forces will send out questionnaires to around 650,000 young German folks.
If you ignore the form, fail to respond, or provide fake data......there's up to a 1,000 Euro fine.
The German Armed Forces questionnaires....will go to around 650k folks yearly....figure around 54k per month in a situation where they have to respond.
If you follow the news coverage....I'd say more than half of the youth population are negative about the questionnaire and very unlikely to participate in the German Army, or the defense of the homeland.
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