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21. Great Idea!

Reply to Wicked Blue (Reply #17)

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 12:55 PM

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Things You Didn't Know about Greenland [View all] MineralMan Dec 24 OP

Maybe Trump envisions setting up deportation camps in Greenland. That would make migrants even more miserable. Walleye Dec 24 #1

By the time those camps could be built, Trump's term of office would be over. MineralMan Dec 24 #3

It's just a right wing, wet dream Walleye Dec 24 #62

And I bet he will make Greenland Mr.Bill Dec 24 #26

In what? Walrus tusks and seal blubber? paleotn Dec 24 #53

😆 Walleye Dec 24 #63

A cousin of mine visited Greenland a while back. greatauntoftriplets Dec 24 #2

Iceland is Tropical in Comparison to Greenland. MineralMan Dec 24 #4

Plus, Iceland has things to do other than look at ice and bleak landscapes. greatauntoftriplets Dec 24 #16

There's another reason for the interest in Greenland: the opening of the Northwest Passage Ocelot II Dec 24 #5

I hadn't thought about that. MineralMan Dec 24 #6

"revenue for maintaining the passage"? Disaffected Dec 24 #9

President Musk would figure out a way to make money from it. Ocelot II Dec 24 #10

Sure, there may be a business opportunity there. Disaffected Dec 24 #22

Trying to envision this NW shipping passage? Would it go up through the north pole? Between the Bering Strait? LeftInTX Dec 24 #38

It makes an alternative to KT2000 Dec 24 #60

Here is the Navy's Blueprint for the Arctic KT2000 Dec 24 #61

Then let Musk use his own money to buy it. Delmette2.0 Dec 24 #70

Maybe Donald J. Trump wanted to buy it for Elon Musk The Boring Company Oneear Dec 24 #7

Trump would make a go of it though bucolic_frolic Dec 24 #8

Trump never makes a "go" of anything. MineralMan Dec 24 #12

Of course I know that bucolic_frolic Dec 24 #20

And a good song it is, too. MineralMan Dec 24 #23

Another thing a lot of folks (Trump included) probably don't know is Disaffected Dec 24 #11

Yes, that's very true. MineralMan Dec 24 #14

Bigly!! Disaffected Dec 24 #25

He would mgardener Dec 24 #52

🎄 TY for the interesting info. Every ttime I hear the name Greenland I remember an old whaling song... Hekate Dec 24 #13

Thanks. MineralMan Dec 24 #18

Thule was my second assignment in the AF odins folly Dec 24 #39

Shemya OrangeJoe Dec 24 #56

I felt lucky not to be sent there. There's also some fishing going on MineralMan Dec 24 #57

WWII OrangeJoe Dec 24 #68

"Thule" came to us from the ancient Greeks, via Latin ... eppur_se_muova Dec 24 #33

Very interesting -- thanks! Hekate Dec 24 #35

A favorite Greenland story ...... dobleremolque Dec 24 #15

LOL! MineralMan Dec 24 #19

The Brass Old Okie Dec 25 #72

Someone should tell TFG that if he goes there and occupies Greenland Wicked Blue Dec 24 #17

Great Idea! MineralMan Dec 24 #21

Pity Fuck Space Base love_katz Dec 24 #24

And what used to be called "permafrost" is melting. marybourg Dec 24 #27

When that happens, you get a swamp. MineralMan Dec 24 #28

Climate change may make Greenland's weather more hospitable. Yavin4 Dec 24 #29

Not for quite some time. MineralMan Dec 24 #30

Trump needs to be reminded that 'natural causes', heavily impacted by a lousy lifestyle, will end him long before that. chowmama Dec 24 #34

We will all be long, long, long dead by then. paleotn Dec 24 #67

Narsaarsuk jayschool2013 Dec 24 #31

I remember that crash. Thanks for the reminder! MineralMan Dec 24 #32

I just read about that crash when googling the base. LeftInTX Dec 24 #45

I learned... 2naSalit Dec 24 #36

MFer doesn't want Greenland. maxsolomon Dec 24 #37

Greenland's foreign policy and defense is led by Denmark bronxiteforever Dec 24 #40

Yes. But Trump is always looking for a way to diss NATO. MineralMan Dec 24 #42

He couldn't even build a wall. His foreign bronxiteforever Dec 24 #47

Wait! Didn't he "build that wall?" MineralMan Dec 24 #48

lol! bronxiteforever Dec 24 #49

Greenland also has one of the highest rates of youth suicide thucythucy Dec 24 #41

I found it interesting that June is the peak suicide month Lulu KC Dec 25 #71

Donald Trump wants to build a casino there. A few months later... chouchou Dec 24 #43

ROFL! MineralMan Dec 24 #46

Thanks for the post. I actually got off of my "Mind-Ass" and learned a few things. chouchou Dec 24 #50

That surprised me, too. MineralMan Dec 24 #54

I think Trump is just doing his best Putin imitation. The truth is, he couldn't find Greenland on a map for Vinca Dec 24 #44

You mean it's colder than Minnesota? Polybius Dec 24 #51

I expect so. MineralMan Dec 24 #59

He's pining for the fjords. nt Buns_of_Fire Dec 24 #55

Shipping lanes KT2000 Dec 24 #58

Dial back the insults djacq Dec 24 #64

K&R for post and discussion. nt crickets Dec 24 #65

We're not very good tenants. '68 broken arrow. B-52 carrying 4 nukes crashed at Thule paleotn Dec 24 #66

According to the Pogues: Greenland is a barren place, a place that bears no green Noodleboy13 Dec 24 #69