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Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by threemux »

Hzwtdqwz1 wrote: post #86
threemux wrote: post #47

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I think it even makes sense if it were pursued in a different way. Greenland is looking for full independence but can't really hack it financially without aid. I think the COFA (Compact of Free Association) model that we have with Palau and Marshall Islands would work well. We get expanded military rights and potentially some mineral/drilling rights, while Greenland gets protection, lots of money, access to USPS dome…

I think the Danish intelligence services should apply this model to Hawaii and Guam. It would make a lot of sense. Hawaii and Guam could get better health care on average while being semi independent. The EU could protect both with nuclear weapons. Native Hawaiians would escape the continued mistreatment: https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/article/hawaii-no... I think Radio Free Denmark should launch a soft p…

Lol I realize this is tongue in cheek but Denmark has no ability to administer or protect anything that far away. Nor are those places seeking independence.

But hey, maybe I'm wrong and the Danes will successfully integrate a large group of people that don't share their values. They've already done that, right?

Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by sayrer »

tiagod wrote: post #82
anotherhue wrote: post #4

I note there was no mention of a McDonald's. I for one look forward to the McWhale.

Not even Iceland has McDonald's

They used to! Anyway, Iceland is really easy to travel to. Everyone speaks perfect English, and the coffee is good. I know a little bit of Icelandic because they think I am Icelandic for some reason (I can read the signs at least, so maybe I don't look lost). There's a street with hot dog stands and stuff right in the middle of the capitol, which they seem to like. There are good hamburger places too, but they are expensive.

Greenland is another level.

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Post by ccleve »

tptacek wrote: post #45
ccleve wrote: post #44

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Irked me too. I'm running for state representative in House District 9, which covers much of that area. The district is drop dead gorgeous and it's growing rapidly. There's a lot here.

Whoah, neat, congratulations or whatever you say to that. Good luck! Were you already involved in local politics in the area?

yes, quite a bit

Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by ccleve »

forgotoldacc wrote: post #58
ccleve wrote: post #44

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Irked me too. I'm running for state representative in House District 9, which covers much of that area. The district is drop dead gorgeous and it's growing rapidly. There's a lot here.

Pretty much everyone on earth is proud of their home area. I've never really been to a place where people didn't describe their home as one of the most beautiful places on earth. Earth has a lot of nice places. The flatness of Indiana can be calming and beautiful. But if you're driving on main roads, it's not very exciting, and it's not the kind of exciting people will fly across the world to see. And that was the po…

This area has a lot of hills.

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Post by epolanski »

> Even professional travel personalities seemed to be scraping the bottom of the barrel. "There's the grocery store again!"

Hah, that's exactly the feeling I got when my favorite travel YouTuber went there.

Other than what in this post you also had boat excursions which were nice.

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Post by pcrh »

internet_points wrote: post #36
ryangibb wrote: post #12

> The second I stepped outside I was set upon by a flood of mosquitos like I have never experienced before. I have been to the jungles of Vietnam, the swamps of Florida and the Canadian countryside. This was beyond anything I've ever experienced. > There are bugs in my mouth, ears, eyes and nose almost immediately. The photo below is not me being dramatic, it is actually what is required to keep them off of me. > In…

That first google map has "Myggedalen" (Mosquito Valley) listed as a Panoramic View. At least they're honest :-)

Myggedalen looks like "midge dale".

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Post by throwup238 »

tptacek wrote: post #45
ccleve wrote: post #44

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Irked me too. I'm running for state representative in House District 9, which covers much of that area. The district is drop dead gorgeous and it's growing rapidly. There's a lot here.

Whoah, neat, congratulations or whatever you say to that. Good luck! Were you already involved in local politics in the area?

> whatever you say to that

Illegitimis non carborundum?

Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by AlotOfReading »

WalterBright wrote: post #53
FridayoLeary wrote: post #28

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The midges are horrific. It's amazing how something so tiny can make your life so miserable. I don't know how people in the olden days survived. I wonder what kind of social and political effects the midges had. I can imagine Scots with all their gifts of the mind and body fleeing and surrendering to the English just to get away from them.

> I don't know how people in the olden days survived. Maybe they found a material they could smear on their body. For a similar example, I have a friend who spends a lot of time hiking and camping. He tells me that the first day, he needs to apply sunscreen. The next day onward, he doesn't need to anymore, as his body oil and sweat seems to do the job. It makes sense that our skin has not evolved to be cleaned every…

People simply got used to it, for the most part. It takes me a few weeks to readjust to the insects whenever I go back to the Arctic, after which they're just dramatically less annoying.

Keep in mind that the swarms you see today are usually a historical anomaly exacerbated by changing conditions in the Arctic. Longer, warmer summers create more spaces for them to breed, and sudden, bitter cold spells in winter affect the predators controlling their population more than the insects themselves. The palearctic region is a very different place than it was centuries ago.

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Post by hinkley »

W-Stool wrote: post #88
hinkley wrote: post #52

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Illinois has a few rust belt towns as well. Decatur is the asshole of Illinois, with a water supply to match. Though for variety, it smells like old gym socks instead. Corn processing plants are almost as bad as paper mills, and when I lived there it had two, ADM and the very aptly named Staley.

East St. Louis, Illinois would like to have a chat with Decatur about which is worst.

The thing about the middle of Illinois is they consider Chicago to be a separate state and East St Louis to be Missouri’s problem. “Oh you’re from Chicago” is a common reply any time you found out you’re from an exurb. Often said with just a hint of dismissal. That’s not the real Illinois. Nobody talks about Rock Island and Moline (the Illinois half of the Quad Cities) this way, for instance.

Carbondale is slightly better, but I think it’s a notorious party school for very good reasons. Small town Midwest has a saying that “there’s nothing to do here except drink, fuck, and knock over mailboxes”. Most Iowa this is especially true, but Carbondale also gave me that vibe. Also that’s a fucking long drive. St Louis too. Nobody appreciates that Illinois is half as tall as California (not that anyone appreciates how long a trip up and down CA is either).

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