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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 uwagar »

Arainach wrote: post #26
tptacek wrote: post #5

It's funny to me that in portraying Indiana as a "blank state" he's highlighting one of the most beautiful parts of the state (the route through the Dunes along the Michigan lakefront; if you've seen "Road To Perdition", you know what that area looks like). It's not important to the article, a complete tangent, but I can't not call that out.

Then again, that stretch also has Gary. Having grown up in that area of the Midwest, I largely agree with the author's categorization, except that "people on their way to somewhere better who got tired and decided this was good enough" describes a LOT of the midwest, not just Indiana. Significant chunks of Michigan, Ohio, and Missouri, most of Iowa/Kansas/Nebraska, etc. If you read the history of westward expansion,…

and gary was where michael jackson was born.

Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by WalterBright »

impossiblefork wrote: post #85
WalterBright wrote: post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> They simply have no reason to prefer foreign domination The reason is they require subsidy to live there. The economy appears to run at a net deficit. The same reason the Vikings gave up on it.

I don't think the subsidy is required. The net deficit is small. Some Swedish regions also have a net deficit relative to other Swedish regions, but that doesn't mean that they don't work out economically. After all, not all economic activity in region is taxed there. A firm in Örnsköldsvik pays their taxes to the Swedish government, and then the Swedish government distributes part back to the region. It's around 600…

> I don't think the subsidy is required. The net deficit is small.

Continuing to lose money leads to bankruptcy.

Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by iagooar »

planet36 wrote: post #51

"The fact is, that among his hunters at least, the whale would by all hands be considered a noble dish, were there not so much of him; but when you come to sit down before a meat-pie nearly one hundred feet long, it takes away your appetite." Moby-Dick Herman Melville

I've had whale when I went to Norway.

Was it good? It was OK. Would I have it again? Probably not.

Still a nice experience. Also trying cured reindeer, moose and seal slices was pretty unique.

Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by vintermann »

ysangkok wrote: post #139
anotherhue wrote: post #4

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

Why would you want McDonald's when you have pølsevogn? https://www.facebook.com/p/Kunuks-P%C3%B8lsevogn-61575713986...

This makes sense. Denmark is to pigs what New Zealand is to sheep.

Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by WalterBright »

spacechild1 wrote: post #146
WalterBright wrote: post #57

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Somebody is likely to take it at some point, for strategic military and resource purposes.

What kind of argument is that!?

Who controls what territory in the world is hardly stable. At some point, if one is not a military power, one will have to take sides. If, for example, valuable resources are discovered in Greenland.

Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by WalterBright »

mjmsmith wrote: post #75
WalterBright wrote: post #72

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> If I buy your car at gunpoint That isn't buying it. It is stealing it. Threatening to buy is an oxymoron.

Making you an offer you can't refuse.

That's taking something by force, not buying something.

Re: Greenland is a beautiful nightmare

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Post by WalterBright »

Symbiote wrote: post #135
WalterBright wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Somebody is likely to take it at some point, for strategic military and resource purposes.

Denmark took it centuries ago, and that's how it should stay unless or until the Greenlandic people decide otherwise.

The regular incidence of war going on on our globe suggests that's not sustainable. Why do you think countries spend so much money on their militaries? Me, I'd love it if we could zero out the US defense budget. Unfortunately, that would be a disaster for us.
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