From: wwm@wwmartin.net   
      
   On 1/8/26 13:39, bitrex wrote:   
   > On 1/8/2026 10:17 AM, Cursitor Doom wrote:   
   >   
   >> Bill's got a point for once, though, John (even a stopped clock is   
   >> right twice a day). Trump was crazy to just announce he was serious   
   >> about taking Greenland. He should have just took it and argued the   
   >> toss after he'd secured possession. Now we have the situation where   
   >> he's basically okay 'd it for anyone to march in there and take it. If   
   >> I were Chinky Chan (or whatever his name is) I'd be sending ships up   
   >> there right now and engaging Denmark in talks about selling it under   
   >> Trump's nose to China for a better price than he'd give them.   
   >>   
   >> As for Covid, I said all along to just let 'er rip - and I was more   
   >> than old enough to be in the at-risk age group. Bill will probably   
   >> agree with me on that point as well, but of course he'll claim   
   >> otherwise in the hope of provoking an argument (not going to happen,   
   >> Bill!)   
   > Incidentally, Bertrand Russell once said that if humans really believed   
   > there was a God and an afterlife they'd have no fear of death, but as   
   > many US soldiers who fought in Afghanistan could attest (and part of the   
   > reason the US ain't there no more) is there are definitely a substantial   
   > number of religious people out there who don't give one single shit   
   > about dying.   
   Right. How many Mullahs did you see leading the troops?   
      
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