Saturday, March 14, 2026

14 Mar 2026: Germany: 5 Stories

 1. This court-action to force the release of the Merkel Stassi file....is dragged up a good bit on social media.  Court said 'no'....only Merkel herself can request and see the file.....general rule since the 1990s for any East German individual.

Virtually every single East German had a file....the question is....were  you special enough to be a reporting agent on work-associates, neighbors, friends?

The most that would probably be in the Merkel folder?  She probably reported on two-dozen folks....that they were pro-capitalists or anti-communist.  I don't see the value of dumping this file.  You might find where some neighbor described Merkel  that she was lacking intellectual capabilities.

2.  Economist Clemens Fuest gave a talk yesterday....saying that Germany has decided to be "a country where energy is scarce." His conclusion: "Energy-intensive industry has no future here." 

My own observation....if you manufacture anything that requires power off the grid.....you can do it cheaper in Poland or Czech.

3. WELT item: German gov't notes....more Ukrainian draft-age men showing up in Germany....getting around the exit-ban.

Draft age: 18 to 63.

4. 15-year-old German kid in Wiesbaden...stole a city bus, and drove to Karsruh....to take his GF to school one morning.

5.  Mojtaba Khamenei, Iran's new Grand Ayatollah (for the past week)...reportedly possesses a vast fortune, which he hides outside of Iran. Rumor....he has two luxury hotels in Germany.  

1 comment:

Wilco said...

I've read reports that he has over twelve homes in england , german hotels property in france and dubai.