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Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands,Norway,Sweden,UK

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Re: Statement by Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands,Norway,Sweden,UK

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Post by magicalhippo »

stavros wrote: post #142
wronex wrote: post #73

As a side note. Beware when exporting to the USA using UPS. Especially when having the receiver pay for imports and taxes. UPS does not enforce payment. They will hand out the package before receiving the taxes and tolls. Then, they force you, the exporter, to pay, since you’ve agreed to it by accepting their terms and conditions. I’ve learnt this the hard way.

That explains why they gave me the package and then sent me a bill for import duties a month later.

They typically do this because they don't have enough warehouse space to keep the packages temporarily, and also because it wouldn't be very Express if it adds another day or two.

But if the value is high or you've landed on their naughty list, they'll have you pay before receiving the package.

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Post by bojan »

csense wrote: post #177

I think the administration's real goal isn't taking over Greenland. I think it's scaring the EU enough about the possibility the US might take over Greenland that the EU pays to fortify it so the US doesn't have to. (Somebody needs to fortify it, because the world is warming and it will become a strategically important trade choke point when a Northwest Passage opens up.) Just like Trump being hot-and-cold on Ukraine…

That would be a horrible deal for the Greenlanders, and they know it - there were polls recently and Vance was pretty much told that when he visited there.

The US is allowed for decades to have a military presence on Greenland, but the US Army has been diminishing it's presence as the time went by.

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Post by adventured »

matsemann wrote: post #147

Can't Denmark just stop selling ozempic or so to the US? Would be an uproar in no time.

In the hypothetical amused scenario: no, that won't work, there are several alternatives now.

If the US can extract Maduro, it can extract the leadership of Novo Nordisk, their lead scientists and all of their intellectual property.

/amused scenario

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Post by lightedman »

smitty1e wrote: post #158

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""Can a man get pregnant?""

With Japan's artificial womb technology, sure! We can also create sperm or egg cells from just about anything and implant that into the womb.

ICE is gestapo. And I'll keep beating them down every chance I get. Can't screw with someone that mines nuclear materials very easily.

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Post by bojan »

drysine wrote: post #117
United857 wrote: post #52

Despite all the talk about military action, the fact is that Europe is one of the main trading partners of the US and holds a substantial share of US debt. Any invasion would be economic suicide, and I think even Trump realizes this.

>holds a substantial share of US deb That's the EU's problem, not Trump's)

No, that's the member states' problem, not of the EU. The debt is not shared.

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Post by legitster »

Even all of the purely imperialistic stated reasons for taking Greenland make no sense.

National security? We already have the right to station as many troops there as we want! And we have actually removed troops recently.

Mineral rights? America is already richly endowed - its just impossible to access what we have when permitting is almost impossible. If there were actually valuable lodes in Greenland, it would probably be easier to mine now!

The only thing I can think of are the warm fuzzies you may feel as a despot to take land and enrage your allies.

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Post by murderfs »

matsemann wrote: post #147

Can't Denmark just stop selling ozempic or so to the US? Would be an uproar in no time.

Sure, it could blow up its economy and have the U.S. just switch to the existing domestic alternative, which also appears to be superior (tirzepatide).

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Post by kayo_20211030 »

maxloh wrote: post #165

I wonder how the current events in Greenland will impact the safety and sovereignty of Taiwan. The US is Taiwan’s most important military ally, even if that relationship remains unofficial. It is also the most critical power in the First Island Chain. If the US stopped being a global superpower, countries like Japan and South Korea might not be willing to aid in defending Taiwan on their own.

True. Taiwan is an important ally, unofficially. The folks the US is feuding with right now are also allies, but officially. As are Japan and South Korea. It can't be encouraging.

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Post by yoyohello13 »

dyauspitr wrote: post #143
saubeidl wrote: post #3

Americans, your Mad King is putting us all in grave danger. Would you please do something about it?

The Americans you’re trying to reach are not here. They’re in Facebook and right wing social bubbles with a constant influx of fresh slop propaganda. It’s unprecedented in the fact that it’s affecting people at the family unit level with people tearing off into political parties within families that cut off all contact from each other.

You'd be surprised how many people on HN voted for this. A lot of people seem to only care about their stock portfolio, and Trump makes number go up.
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