1. Berlin election chatter.
First, yesterday....the Greens and Linke Party folks met with the SPD. The SPD came in second, and believe that they can put together a state-government (rather than a CDU-Greens or CDU-SPD situation).
Second, in a handful of districts....there seems to be more ballots cast, than eligible voters from the district. Based on the chatter.....it doesn't seem to be more than 'dozens'. Just odd....I will say.
2. Some juvenile act in Berlin....Last Generation activist got over in the area of the Chancellery and cut a tree down (probably no thicker than 15 cm. Cops came up and quickly detained the guy. There will be charges. How the guy explains himself to be a environmentalist and tears down trees....will be difficult.
3. Frankfurt Airport is offering an unusual service (free). You book a time for the personal/luggage security check. I'm skeptical of how this would work. They admit....there will only be one single aisle for this, and a limited number of 'customers' in the mix. The thing is....you book a time (probably a 3-min allotment, and you hope to be in the building without some chaos going on).
4. If you watched a translated piece of Putin's 'State-of-the-Union' address from yesterday....it may sound familiar. All of the sound bites from the past six months that you might have hear him utter.....he repeated. At some point....several folks were falling asleep in the audience.
5. If you were into the Punica juice brand (been around for years and years).....business has suffered, and the company is halting production. They had been bought years ago by Pepsi.
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