Friday, June 16, 2023

Five German News Stories

 1.  Attack at Neuschwanstein Castle in Bavaria (Wed afternoon)?  Cops say the two ladies were Americans, and tourist (ages 21/22).  Guy is American (30).  They appear to have met on the trail leading up to the swinging bridge that overlooks the castle.  

Friendly initial meeting....appears that he went into some nutcase act....trying to sexually assault one gal.  Both were tossed at some point over into the gorge....one dying in the fall....the other pretty injured.  

Nothing much is known of the guy (they didn't say he was a tourist).  Guy is being held presently for murder and attempted-murder.  Wouldn't shock me if he was severely paranoid schizophrenic.

2.  Bold headlines on climate change.....we've exceeded that 1.5 C temperature change, and environmentalists are freaking out.  

3.  Focus had a story over Russia, and Russian government officials.  Apparently, some Russian research group has done a review of alcohol purchases, and since the war started up.....booze sales are way up.  The hint given....Russians are drunk around the clock.

4.  The band Rammstein's record company (Universal Music) is apparently reviewing options on the band since the scandal business started up.

5.  Economics Ministry in some trouble?  After Russia's war started....the German-Russian company....Gazprom.....was seized by the Ministry.  Oddly enough....they contracted out management, and paid them in the range of 60-million Euro.  The guy in the Ministry who hired this company.....also used to work for them.  

Yeah, this is a scandal-type mess, and there's going to be an investigation over the matter.  

Any oil or natural gas pumped from Gazprom?  Since the seizure....marginally near zero.  How or why the 60-million to manage 'nothing'?  This will be curious to explain.  The money/funding.....coming from the German gov't itself?  Yeah.  

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