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32. I remember that crash. Thanks for the reminder!

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Tue Dec 24, 2024, 01:22 PM

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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 21 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 8 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