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MineralMan

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Tue Dec 24, 2024, 12:53 PM

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I served in the USAF for four years, starting in 1965. I remember that getting assigned to Thule Air Base in Greenland was the kiss of death in the USAF. The only worse place was Shemya Island Air Station off Alaska. That was a place I might have been assigned, but thank goodness that didn't happen.

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Things You Didn't Know about Greenland [View all] MineralMan Yesterday OP

Maybe Trump envisions setting up deportation camps in Greenland. That would make migrants even more miserable. Walleye Yesterday #1

By the time those camps could be built, Trump's term of office would be over. MineralMan Yesterday #3

It's just a right wing, wet dream Walleye Yesterday #62

And I bet he will make Greenland Mr.Bill Yesterday #26

In what? Walrus tusks and seal blubber? paleotn Yesterday #53

😆 Walleye Yesterday #63

A cousin of mine visited Greenland a while back. greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #2

Iceland is Tropical in Comparison to Greenland. MineralMan Yesterday #4

Plus, Iceland has things to do other than look at ice and bleak landscapes. greatauntoftriplets Yesterday #16

There's another reason for the interest in Greenland: the opening of the Northwest Passage Ocelot II Yesterday #5

I hadn't thought about that. MineralMan Yesterday #6

"revenue for maintaining the passage"? Disaffected Yesterday #9

President Musk would figure out a way to make money from it. Ocelot II Yesterday #10

Sure, there may be a business opportunity there. Disaffected Yesterday #22

Trying to envision this NW shipping passage? Would it go up through the north pole? Between the Bering Strait? LeftInTX Yesterday #38

It makes an alternative to KT2000 Yesterday #60

Here is the Navy's Blueprint for the Arctic KT2000 Yesterday #61

Then let Musk use his own money to buy it. Delmette2.0 22 hrs ago #70

Maybe Donald J. Trump wanted to buy it for Elon Musk The Boring Company Oneear Yesterday #7

Trump would make a go of it though bucolic_frolic Yesterday #8

Trump never makes a "go" of anything. MineralMan Yesterday #12

Of course I know that bucolic_frolic Yesterday #20

And a good song it is, too. MineralMan Yesterday #23

Another thing a lot of folks (Trump included) probably don't know is Disaffected Yesterday #11

Yes, that's very true. MineralMan Yesterday #14

Bigly!! Disaffected Yesterday #25

He would mgardener Yesterday #52

🎄 TY for the interesting info. Every ttime I hear the name Greenland I remember an old whaling song... Hekate Yesterday #13

Thanks. MineralMan Yesterday #18

Thule was my second assignment in the AF odins folly Yesterday #39

Shemya OrangeJoe Yesterday #56

I felt lucky not to be sent there. There's also some fishing going on MineralMan Yesterday #57

WWII OrangeJoe Yesterday #68

"Thule" came to us from the ancient Greeks, via Latin ... eppur_se_muova Yesterday #33

Very interesting -- thanks! Hekate Yesterday #35

A favorite Greenland story ...... dobleremolque Yesterday #15

LOL! MineralMan Yesterday #19

The Brass Old Okie 8 hrs ago #72

Someone should tell TFG that if he goes there and occupies Greenland Wicked Blue Yesterday #17

Great Idea! MineralMan Yesterday #21

Pity Fuck Space Base love_katz Yesterday #24

And what used to be called "permafrost" is melting. marybourg Yesterday #27

When that happens, you get a swamp. MineralMan Yesterday #28

Climate change may make Greenland's weather more hospitable. Yavin4 Yesterday #29

Not for quite some time. MineralMan Yesterday #30

Trump needs to be reminded that 'natural causes', heavily impacted by a lousy lifestyle, will end him long before that. chowmama Yesterday #34

We will all be long, long, long dead by then. paleotn Yesterday #67

Narsaarsuk jayschool2013 Yesterday #31

I remember that crash. Thanks for the reminder! MineralMan Yesterday #32

I just read about that crash when googling the base. LeftInTX Yesterday #45

I learned... 2naSalit Yesterday #36

MFer doesn't want Greenland. maxsolomon Yesterday #37

Greenland's foreign policy and defense is led by Denmark bronxiteforever Yesterday #40

Yes. But Trump is always looking for a way to diss NATO. MineralMan Yesterday #42

He couldn't even build a wall. His foreign bronxiteforever Yesterday #47

Wait! Didn't he "build that wall?" MineralMan Yesterday #48

lol! bronxiteforever Yesterday #49

Greenland also has one of the highest rates of youth suicide thucythucy Yesterday #41

I found it interesting that June is the peak suicide month Lulu KC 9 hrs ago #71

Donald Trump wants to build a casino there. A few months later... chouchou Yesterday #43

ROFL! MineralMan Yesterday #46

Thanks for the post. I actually got off of my "Mind-Ass" and learned a few things. chouchou Yesterday #50

That surprised me, too. MineralMan Yesterday #54

I think Trump is just doing his best Putin imitation. The truth is, he couldn't find Greenland on a map for Vinca Yesterday #44

You mean it's colder than Minnesota? Polybius Yesterday #51

I expect so. MineralMan Yesterday #59

He's pining for the fjords. nt Buns_of_Fire Yesterday #55

Shipping lanes KT2000 Yesterday #58

Dial back the insults djacq Yesterday #64

K&R for post and discussion. nt crickets Yesterday #65

We're not very good tenants. '68 broken arrow. B-52 carrying 4 nukes crashed at Thule paleotn Yesterday #66

According to the Pogues: Greenland is a barren place, a place that bears no green Noodleboy13 Yesterday #69