1. I read through some German social media today.....some German talks up a conversation with an associate....on the impending social media ban on kids. Then as a side-note....he brings up Epstein.
Well...the associate apparently knew absolutely nothing about this Epstein guy. So this brings up a personal opinion of mine....that if you quizzed Germans...probably about 50-percent know nothing much on Epstein. If your news come primarily via public TV and maybe 15 minutes of daily-reading some German newspaper....no, you don't know the guy. It's only in the past six to eight weeks that ZDF or ARD really hyped-up content on Epstein.
2. The newest EU-control regulation? Well...it came up this AM....the EU wants to end this hotel-shampoo/soap product in the small container. They believe it's a waste.
If it goes through? You'd see funny dispenser containers in the hotel bathroom....attached to the wall....normal sized. Yeah, I would imagine within 4 years...even that would be mandated into non-existence. Finding the small containers at the grocery? Those likely disappear as well.
Eventually....even the small booze bottles will come to be a 'problem'.
3. Just a weird story....election fraud talked about in Strausberg (Brandenburg). Police called in. Mayor election business.
From what is described.....postal votes corrupted in some fashion. Apparently one of the candidates for mayor....had some type of access to postal ballots.
4. Complicated story unfolding.....German medical study done on Covid-PCR test reliability. What the PhD guys are saying? Around 80-percent of people who were tested in the Covid-era with PCR test....were false-positive.
Meaning? They had no actual Covid. But the test said otherwise. My belief? They had a symptom or two....leading to a test....probably a normal cold.
The general reaction? Well....the high number of PCR positive tests....are what led to pushing the vax-business. I'm not saying it was intentional, but it adds a funny layer to the whole story.
On me? I had Covid on two occasions (at least the PCR tests said that). I won't argue the first bout. But the second bout was awful mild, and I'm of the mindset that it was merely a cold.
Further note....how many PCR tests did I have from beginning to end? Well...pretty close to 60....of which the gov't paid for all of them. Of that....only two tests were ever positive.
4. Some German on social media noted a Epstein 'problem'. Counting up....literally millions of e-mails that he wrote....the German wondered how he had all this 'free' time....to lounge with VIPs....engage in intelligence gathering...write e-mails, etc.
It's a valid point....maybe there were two (or three) Epsteins in existence? Or was AI already existing in the past 30 years.....writing most of Epstein's emails?
5. ZDF (the public TV folks).....had a all-hands on-line 'call' yesterday....for roughly 1,100 employees. Someone noted the chatter for the public (I don't think management wanted that out in the open).
It was basically to reassure people...things were under control, and that they must never allow another AI-scandal to occur again.
The one thing I learned....the 'reader' of the news gets the video-report, and in that 30-minutes before the live telecast....writes several lines of their own material....to introduce the video-report. So in the odd sense....they aren't just a 'reader'. But then....is writing three or four sentences....a journalist?
6. As of today....1461 days of war....for Ukraine/Russia.
Assuming another 365 days? Yeah.
Russia finished as a nation in the next year? Grocery prices finally hitting critical costs, and lacking military manpower will reach a point where they can't do much of anything.
7. Hesse has local elections on 15 March.
Frankfurt has 93 city council seats to fill. There are 22 parties in the mix to vote up 93 candidates.
The ballot was displayed yesterday....1.44 meters wide (roughly 4.5 feet wide).
