Tuesday, March 28, 2023

Four German News Stories

 1.  'Hart Aber Fair' public forum show from Monday night (ARD, Channel 1, 9:00 PM)?  They basically covered the strike action (railways, transportation) from yesterday, the cost of living, inflation, etc.

First, it was rather odd....a panel of all women except the one-on-one talk at the beginning.  

Second, the panel was extremely right-minded and extremely left-minded, and the argument 'thrills' went into maximum turbo.

Third, whatever control that the moderator was attempting....failed miserably.  I'll just say by the last 20 minutes...the show was mostly out-of-control.  

2.  There was a massive 20-hour long 'talk' within the coalition (SPD,  Greens, FDP) on climate change and transportation.  At the end, the Chancellor just ended the meeting....no real agreement (their comment, not mine).

Journalists hype that it's the design of this particular group and that Greens and FDP are at total opposites.

3.  Some poll from the Forsa folks (they do fairly accurate polling)......indicates that 60-percent of Germans aren't that confident that the gov't can manage quality/affordable healthcare for the general public.  

4.  Kiev says (I'd question this as BS) that in a 24-hour period over the weekend....600 Russian soldiers were killed.  It's an awful high count, and zero facts to really back it up.

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