1. This Trier attack on the police....now top news in Germany. Video from local people at the scene being used.....local authorities talking about severe consequences for those involved.
Under the assault laws....you could be charged-up an go up to five years in prison. It'd be a bit comical...arriving at prison and noting you were just at some disco....got drunk....then charged at some policeman with a beer bottle or broom-stick....to be there three or four years for your action....remember nothing much from the night.
2. Qatar Sheik offering to buy Manchester United soccer club? That's the 4-star rumor.
3. Fair amount of chatter that the 49-Euro Bahn ticket is just a momentary thing, and the price will escalate by the end of 2023. BS? No. Virtually everyone involved in the process of the ticket agrees that the government would have to throw in more cash.
My gut feeling? After the Hessen/Bavaria state elections in the fall....probably within four weeks....the announcement will come with the 2024 ticket price (per month) going to 69 Euro. I also doubt that it stays there for more than twelve months.
4. This migration meeting in Berlin from this week....went pretty negative. State authorities and the federal system could not reach any real conclusion to the current crisis period.
5. Lot of strike chatter going on with the Post folks. The Post is willing to offer around a 11-percent pay-raise....the union wants 15-percent. Yesterday....the Post suggested that they might start thinking about 'out-sourcing' parts of the job.
Consequences? It would not shock me if in a year or two....neighborhood mailboxes got put up, and a single stop by one contracted guy (making less than the current postman)....filled 200 boxes in twenty minutes. You'd naturally have to walk several minutes to reach the box, but it'd lessen cost.
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