1. SPD Party came out yesterday....talking up a new cigarette tax 'bump'....going 20-percent up over present tax.
If you were a SPD voter and a smoker.....yeah, you probably are a bit peeved.
2. Last night, via ARD (Channel 1)....'Arena' came on....public forum show (live). One guest...live audience to ask questions. CSU boss....Soder (Premier-President of Bavaria).
I'll just say that the two moderators attempted every angle possible to make him stumble, and he 'sliced' right through them. Impressive 'bout'.
The one curious point dragged up......by German definitions....anyone making over 70,000 Euro a year...is considered 'RICH', and in the top category of taxation. I'll point out....lot of heating technicians and AC-repair guys fit into this category, and they don't really see themselves as 'rich'.
3. Another Timmy-the-whale rescue operation today.
4. Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer (known by 'AKK') is a retired German politician from the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). She was the hand-picked replacement for Merkel, but things fell apart in the year prior to the election and she declined the 'role'.
She came up in news yesterday.....she's set to meet with several Green Party folks, and see if any middle-ground can be achieved. Best guess? The CDU is probably starting to think early election probability is nearing 50-percent. They'd like to swap out partners....getting the Greens instead of the SPD.
The one issue with this idea? AfD is nearing 30-percent (presently at 28-percent). If you add up CDU-CSU and Green winning odds....combined, they won't reach 50-plus percent.
5. WELT put up a story on Russia....Putin has 26 defensive missile batteries around his personal residence....NONE protecting refineries of Russia.
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