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Chronicles of a stable genius - all the biggliest stuff

TheSelectFew said:
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Hmm maybe you should take your own advice and invest in your relationship
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Still rubbish. What is this??

The amateur hour anti-troll......
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Trump threatening to use the military to take over Greenland.

www.abc.net.au

'Incomprehension': EU leaders warn Trump against military action in Greenland

The German chancellor says the incoming US leader needs to respect fundamental principles of international law after Trump said the US "needs Greenland".
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
www.aljazeera.com

‘We must stand together’: European leaders warn Trump over Greenland threat

Trump’s refusal to rule out using military force, economic coercion to seize island causes disquiet, calls for unity.
www.aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com

Trump wanting to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

www.newsweek.com

Donald Trump floats changing name of Gulf of Mexico: 'Gulf of America'

President-elect Trump continued his focus on Mexico, its immigration and tariffs, by noting he wants to change the gulf's name.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com


Trump threatening to use the military to seize control of the Panama Canal.

www.aljazeera.com

Why is Trump threatening to take over the Panama Canal?

The Panama government has controlled the canal since 1999, based on a treaty signed with the US in 1977.
www.aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com
 
Muz said:
Trump threatening to use the military to take over Greenland.

www.abc.net.au

'Incomprehension': EU leaders warn Trump against military action in Greenland

The German chancellor says the incoming US leader needs to respect fundamental principles of international law after Trump said the US "needs Greenland".
www.abc.net.au www.abc.net.au
www.aljazeera.com

‘We must stand together’: European leaders warn Trump over Greenland threat

Trump’s refusal to rule out using military force, economic coercion to seize island causes disquiet, calls for unity.
www.aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com

Trump wanting to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

www.newsweek.com

Donald Trump floats changing name of Gulf of Mexico: 'Gulf of America'

President-elect Trump continued his focus on Mexico, its immigration and tariffs, by noting he wants to change the gulf's name.
www.newsweek.com www.newsweek.com


Trump threatening to use the military to seize control of the Panama Canal.

www.aljazeera.com

Why is Trump threatening to take over the Panama Canal?

The Panama government has controlled the canal since 1999, based on a treaty signed with the US in 1977.
www.aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com
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where did he say he'll use the military?

can you highlight the quote?

...or will you link to a late night comedy talk show instead?
 
It used to be fun to think of Elon Musk as some kind of real life Bond villain. With his global EV company, his Space X rockets, his Starlink Satellites, colonising Mars. Assembling an army of intelligent robots. Implanting 'telepathic' computer chips into our brains.

He even has an Ian Fleming sounding name!

Each new scheme he cooked up was so ambitious, and so absurd, that it almost didn’t feel real. But over the last few years, particularly since his acquisition of Twitter things started to feel different, and the consequences have truly started to unfold in recent months.

Not content with his role as the unelected co-President-elect of the most powerful nation in the world, Musk has also sought pretexts to assail other governments, from Canada to Germany to the UK.

After undoubtedly having played a role in helping Trump get elected, there is ample reason to believe that he has gotten a taste for playing kingmaker and toppling governments he does not like.

It’s like he’s gathering allies for the Spectre meeting, but instead of a secret lair, it’s all happening on his Twitterverse.

It'd be funny if it wasn't so serious. No, it's fucking bizarre. Makes you wonder how it will end.

Where's 007 when you need him?
 
Joparo said:
It used to be fun to think of Elon Musk as some kind of real life Bond villain. With his global EV company, his Space X rockets, his Starlink Satellites, colonising Mars. Assembling an army of intelligent robots. Implanting 'telepathic' computer chips into our brains.

He even has an Ian Fleming sounding name!

Each new scheme he cooked up was so ambitious, and so absurd, that it almost didn’t feel real. But over the last few years, particularly since his acquisition of Twitter things started to feel different, and the consequences have truly started to unfold in recent months.

Not content with his role as the unelected co-President-elect of the most powerful nation in the world, Musk has also sought pretexts to assail other governments, from Canada to Germany to the UK.

After undoubtedly having played a role in helping Trump get elected, there is ample reason to believe that he has gotten a taste for playing kingmaker and toppling governments he does not like.

It’s like he’s gathering allies for the Spectre meeting, but instead of a secret lair, it’s all happening on his Twitterverse.

It'd be funny if it wasn't so serious. No, it's fucking bizarre. Makes you wonder how it will end.

Where's 007 when you need him?
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meanwhile in real life... do you realise how many countries the USA has 'regime-changed' over the past 25 years?
 
Joparo said:
Coup d'état's have been happening since time began. Sometimes internally and sometimes externally. Sometimes militarily and sometimes civilians It’s the way of the world.
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they don't happen by themselves chief

you cry about Canada and Greenland but couldn't GAF about the brown people countries and Eastern Europe unless you're told to take a side
 
Muz said:
www.bbc.com

Denmark struggles to stay calm in crisis over Trump threat to take Greenland

Copenhagen's grey winter skies match the mood among politicians and business leaders in the face of a crisis.
www.bbc.com www.bbc.com
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Russia and China are developing and using the Northern Sea Route extensively & are in testing to use it all year round. Besides the resources ( oil and God know what else ) hidden in Greenland it's a vital shipping route that America wants in on to a certain extent.

The Northern Sea Route is gaining prominence because it's basically the shortest route between East Asia and Europe. It has the potential to rewrite the entire world's logistics networks so this is huge. The Arctic itself is also rich in a shitload natural resources so this is an opening salvo in a decades long struggle. Greenland just happens to be where they are, nothing more, nothing less, nothing personal.

Like it or not America, China & Russia are the three eminent powers that can military or otherwise dictate the future of all of this. Denmark can either a) sell it to America b) allow America to establish a large military presence there or c) come to a mutually beneficial long term arrangement. They're a pawn in all of this and the sooner they recognise what is at stake here the better.

In many ways this reminds me of the British and their Suez Canal adventures. History has a funny way of repeating itself.
 
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erogenouszone said:
Russia and China are developing and using the Northern Sea Route extensively & are in testing to use it all year round. Besides the resources ( oil and God know what else ) hidden in Greenland it's a vital shipping route that America wants in on to a certain extent.

The Northern Sea Route is gaining prominence because it's basically the shortest route between East Asia and Europe. It has the potential to rewrite the entire world's logistics networks so this is huge. The Arctic itself is also rich in a shitload natural resources so this is an opening salvo in a decades long struggle. Greenland just happens to be where they are, nothing more, nothing less, nothing personal.

Like it or not America, China & Russia are the three eminent powers that can military or otherwise dictate the future of all of this. Denmark can either a) sell it to America b) allow America to establish a large military presence there or c) come to a mutually beneficial long term arrangement. They're a pawn in all of this and the sooner they recognise what is at stake here the better.

In many ways this reminds me of the British and their Suez Canal adventures. History has a funny way of repeating itself.
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Bizarrely I'd like to live in a a world where countries don't just say we're taking that over because we want it.

Because imagine if Trump or Xi said we want Western Australia or Western Queensland for the resources. This orange idiot is fucked enough in the head to do just that.
 
erogenouszone said:
Russia and China are developing and using the Northern Sea Route extensively & are in testing to use it all year round. Besides the resources ( oil and God know what else ) hidden in Greenland it's a vital shipping route that America wants in on to a certain extent.

The Northern Sea Route is gaining prominence because it's basically the shortest route between East Asia and Europe. It has the potential to rewrite the entire world's logistics networks so this is huge. The Arctic itself is also rich in a shitload natural resources so this is an opening salvo in a decades long struggle. Greenland just happens to be where they are, nothing more, nothing less, nothing personal.

Like it or not America, China & Russia are the three eminent powers that can military or otherwise dictate the future of all of this. Denmark can either a) sell it to America b) allow America to establish a large military presence there or c) come to a mutually beneficial long term arrangement. They're a pawn in all of this and the sooner they recognise what is at stake here the better.

In many ways this reminds me of the British and their Suez Canal adventures. History has a funny way of repeating itself.
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Well I do like how you used Suez as a comparison. It's a very similar situation, at least in terms of global logistics, just greatly enhanced as the world has greatly advanced since the years following WW2.

Today Greenland is where climate change, scarce resources, tense geopolitics and new trade patterns all start to intersect. And in many ways like Suez, it becomes central to the geopolitical and geoeconomic global competition to which you've mentioned.

Locked inside are those valuable rare earth minerals needed for telecommunications, as well as uranium, billions of untapped barrels of oil and a vast supply of natural gas that used to be inaccessible but is becoming less so.

But more than the oil, gas or minerals, there's ice. A ridiculous amount of ice. If we think of Greenland a opened fridge or thermostat for a world that is in warming mode, and it's in a region where this warming mode is a lot faster than the rest of the world.

If that ice melts, it could reshape coastlines across the globe and potentially shift weather patterns in such a dramatic manner that could severely effect the future of mankind on many continents. It's not insurmountable to say that if geographical engineering advances then control of Greenland could be paramount to controlling the risk of major catastrophes across the Atlantic coastlines and beyond.

Sure it all sounds very Elon-like and not out of sync with a James Bond movie!!
 
Joparo said:
Coup d'état's have been happening since time began. Sometimes internally and sometimes externally. Sometimes militarily and sometimes civilians It’s the way of the world.
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The poor US of Arseholes has been playing catch up with Russia and GB for decades now. hahahahah At least The French, Dutch, Portuguese, Spanish, Belgians and Ze Germans gave up a few decades ago........ poor lonely wolf thinks this is a "new phenomenon" lol
 
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