UK Court Crap

Court case concluded in the UK.  What the guy (age 56) was charged with?  Well...he quietly applied and was accepted for five gov't jobs (civil servent).....drawing full-time pay for each.

Total counts?  Nine.

This guy...from the east-side of London....took these jobs in the spring of 2023. Based on facts....he held the jobs for about 18 to 24 months....making 284k Pounds.

What was curious to me....the jury sat for about seven hours of deliberation.

I paused over this....wondering....if he'd only taken two jobs....would they have ever caught the guy?

What led the guy to this agenda?  Unknown.  My best guess....he probably knew of two or three guys holding down four jobs each, and no one ever stumbled upon this.

10 November 2026: Germany: 6 Stories

 1.  Chancellor Merz laid out a threat...issued an ultimatum to the EU....saying that Germany won’t back the bloc’s next seven-year budget unless every member state contributes financial aid to Ukraine, which faces a €70 billion funding gap next year.

I'll just say....lot of disagreement about more aid to Ukraine, and I'd say the 7-year budget idea....is crapped-up presently.  Wouldn't shock me if the EU budget business.....goes one-year at a time.

2.  BMW says it'll temporarily cancel 3 shifts at various plants in Germany.

3.  German police suggest....million-plus weapons are sitting in Germany...with guys who have no license.   Facts or proof?  None...simply a police estimate.  

4.  Criminal case opening up against former director of RBB (Berlin's public TV unit).  Court suggests 2 months of testimony.  If convicted?  Well....jail-time.  Hard to imagine it reaching that level.

5.  General belief of the four years of Ukraine-Russia war.....that the Russia losses are at a rate of one Ukrainian loss to three Russian losses.  Why?  Some belief that the lack of training for the Russians play a part.

6.  Natural gas reserves for Germany presently?  Around 59-percent of what you'd expect.  If it were a moderate year....things would be 'fine'.

A Guy Who Carries Around FOUR Cellphones?

 It came up today.

The dead shooter from Krakow....young guy...20s....police confirmed upon examination....he had four cellphones.

I paused over this.  

I had a neighbor in K-Town....2005 era....who carried four.  There was no real logic.  One was a personal phone....one was a cannabis line (he was a dealer).   The other two were left for you to wonder.

If you ask AI....the response goes to give you ideas: a personal phone....a phone for int'l calls....a phone for your business (drug-dealer maybe)....a privacy-line (meaning you have gamer-friends typically....a older phone that you kept (probably one you paid 1,000 Euro for).

There's probably some weird paranoia game that this he was mixed up in.....thinking he got instructions from Mister-X or Miss-T....giving him fake instructions. 

Just another odd part of the story.

Guilt-Chatter

 I paused this weekend....noting a odd Chancellor statement.  German Chancellor Merz said in simple talk....that Muslim immigrants who refuse to acknowledge Germany’s historical responsibility for the Holocaust....must exit Germany.

There are several problems here.

First....no one said there was such a 'rule'/understanding....when the migrants arrived.  

Second, the migrants for the most part....played no role in the 1930s/1940s effort, and getting them to say they have responsibility....is next to impossible.

Third, to be kinda honest....out of the 84-million in population....there's around 1.4-million ethnic first, second or third generation RUSSIANs that exist today.  I'd go and suggest that 99-percent of them would not acknowledge they have such feelings.

Fourth and final....even from the ethnic German-German population....especially from the youth of Germany today....probably in excess of three million Germans disagree with the Chancellor about their guilt feelings.

It is a odd landscape.....Germans walking around with Holocaust-guilt, and Muslims without any Holocaust-guilt.  The two don't mix well....if you ask me.  

Truth-Chatter

 If you look over social media commentary...over the Poland shooting in Krakow....there are at least three questions that the police or authorities can't really answer.

The chief questions?

There are at least seven rounds fired from the rifle/pistol...without a silencer....killing both parents, the sister and two cats....yet, no neighbor in the building hear the rounds fired.  This was a normal apartment building.

I paused over this.  I live in a German village which sits next to a fairly big wooded area, and at least three times a week....with the windows open, I can hear hunter-rifle fire from a mile away.  I know the sound, and generally stop for a second.  

I kinda agree....people should have heard the gunfire in the apartment...unless he used a silencer.  My belief?  There's a third gun involved, and dropped somewhere in the two-hour and twenty-minute drive.  

The second question?  After he shoots the parents, sister and cats....he is rather focused upon driving all the way to Krakaw....over two hours away.  He apparently doesn't want to shoot locally....it has to be in Krakow.

Most Poles aren't buying into this story either.  

The particular square that he shoots up?  Well...it is a tourist spot.  Maybe he wanted a message to go across.  

Finally, what some Poles are wondering....there was a very limited police presence at the square.  After the shooting has been halted (thanks to the two cops who arrived)....it's a fairly long period before the 'big' police presence arrives.  It is established....a lot of civilians walked right up....rendered aide and established control.

Where were the local cops?  Well....a fair number were in Warsaw....providing guard support over the Constitutional Court building.  Locals are a bit angry over that fact.

What'll happen now?  Some truth-commission probably gets appointed by PM Tusk.  Over the next six months....some 'truths' will be noted and then wrapped up.  

All truths to be laid out?  I seriously doubt it.

9 Nov 2026: Germany/Europe: 6 Stories

 1.  Shooter from Krawkow died last night.  

Lot of locals there wondering....what kind of psychopath was this guy...shooting both parents, the sister, and two family cats.  

Probably will be a review....how he got a permit to own guns, and if the system is not built correct.  I looked it up.  Poland has 412,000 permits to hold a weapon.....with about one-million guns in private hands.  For reference...population-wise....Germany has a population of 84-million, with 930,000 permit folks, and a collection of five-million guns.  Poland has around half the population....lot less guns.

2.  CDU/CSU members are going to actively push Merz (Chancellor) to cut electricity taxes.

3.  Just odd....a new ARD survey revealed that 70 percent of respondents in Berlin and Brandenburg....seem to be dissatisfied with how democracy functions in everyday life.  The same group then said....85-percent of them....this was apparently the best form of government.

How they wanted fix this?  No one asked.

From a outsider....I'll just say....if you had a problem as a German.....it's probably a 99-percent chance situation that you don't want a politician to fix it for you.

4.  Both the CDU-CSU and SPD folks agreed....developing a plastic tax is currently not practical.

5.  Excellent commentary piece with WELT this AM...by Harald Martenstein....he doesn't want a political agenda where he is told who he can converse with (mostly referring to ban-the-AfD efforts).

6.  Over the weekend.....the Chancellor (Merz) gave a talk....indicating 'guests' of Germany (meaning migrants) have to accept German 'guilt' for killing off the Jews from the 1930s/1940s.  Apparently, if you want to be a German 'guest'....you need to believe in and support the German guilt business.  No polls to say how 'guests' feel over this.  I sat in a integration class and was kinda surprised....2017-time-period...out of 20-odd folks....only about ten knew of WW II and the Jew history.  Instructor spent about 4 hours of the month-long class (4 days a week)....covering history aspects.

Odd Aspects Of The Krokow Mass Shooting (Poland)

 Someone brought up this topic....noting he lived in the parent's house....shoot both parents dead (and the sister)....then got into car and drove a minimum of 175 km (figure 110 miles)....figure a 2-hour drive.

I paused over this.  

To be that focused after rationalizing the need to shoot, and personally shooting the three folks?  Most folks would not be that clear-headed to stay intent on some 'mission' like this.

Drugs?  I'm wondering about that. 

But there is one other odd aspect.  

In this town square at this point in time....two fairly-well-known surgeons were having a coffee....chatting.  Some suggest that if you had to pick the ten top surgeons of Poland....the two guys would be in the group.

Once the smoke cleared....they went to work, with their skills and craft.  The shooter....the one surviving policeman....and a dozen-odd people survived mostly because they (the surgeons) were there.  A hour sooner, or an hour later.....neither doctor would have been there.

Odd things that stand out.

Poland News Chatter Since Yesterday Morning

 1.  It does appear that the President is giving until 11 November for PM Tusk to clean up the coup-mess.  No idea where this is leading to.

2.  NATO military exercise....from 9–22 November, Exercise Koalicja.  Will be mostly around the Nowa Deba area.  11 country participants.  Probably in the range of 5,000 to 10,000 'players'.

3.  Shooting suspect family....father, mother and sister....shot dead.