From: punditster@gmail.com
On 1/7/2026 9:26 PM, Noah Sombrero wrote:
> On Wed, 7 Jan 2026 18:44:21 -0800, Dude wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
> equine offal.
>
Apparently, except for a few fishermen, everyone works for and get paid
by the King of Denmark, and it is not union scale.
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