From: punditster@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/7/2026 1:05 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   > On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 11:31:26 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On 1/6/2026 3:24 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>> On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 13:07:28 -0800, Dude  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On 1/6/2026 11:34 AM, Noah Sombrero wrote:   
   >>>>> On Tue, 6 Jan 2026 17:43:09 +0000, Julian    
   >>>>> wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> What do you think: is it manifest destiny that the United States acquire   
   >>>>>> or at least exercise control over Greenland? That’s pretty much how   
   >>>>>> America got Texas, California, New Mexico, Hawaii, the Philippines,   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> America does not have the phillippines.  Texas asked very politely to   
   >>>>> join.  If greenland were to ask nicely, I suspect they would be   
   >>>>> welcome.  But they ain't askin and they don't need to.  Leaveem alone.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Apparently, polls show independence has been accepted in Denmark as well   
   >>>> as in Greenland. However, polls also show that Greenlanders do not want   
   >>>> independence if the price is the collapse of the Greenlandic welfare   
   state.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> That's going to be a challenge.   
   >>>   
   >>> There it is:  the welfare monster under the bed while also hiding in   
   >>> the closet.   
   >>>   
   >> Apparently, Greenland has a mixed economy. Look it up.   
   >   
   > Could be.  However, the welfare bugaboo is entirely an us anxiety.   
    >   
   Apparently, the largest employer in Greenland is the government,   
   administered by the King of Denmark. If the people of Greenland were   
   free, they could all be millionaires living in Nuuk.   
      
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