On Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 6:38:20 AM UTC-7 John Clark wrote:
On Tue, Dec 24, 2024 at 3:29 PM Keith Henson <[email protected]> wrote: *> If Trump takes the US out of NATO, and the US attacks Denmark, the whole of NATO would be obliged to go to war with the US.Well, that's what authoritarians do* *Some say Trump wants to conquer Greenland because it has deposits of Rare Earth metals but I don't buy that explanation, I don't think Trump knows the difference between neodymium and dysprosium. I think there is a much simpler explanation, and I don't mean "simple" in a good way. Trump likes big things and on a map Greenland looks big. On a world map that uses Mercator Projection, which is probably the only sort of map Trump has ever seen, due to the inevitable distortion caused by trying to map a spherical surface onto a flat surface, Greenland looks as large as Africa. But in reality Africa is 14.5 times larger.* *By the way, in addition to going to war with Denmark, we may also be going to war with Panama. Trump says he wants to renege on the 1999 treaty giving control of the Panama Canal to the Panamanians. And protesters in Panama are already burning Trump in effigy, and he won't even become president for another month. Trump is an agent of chaos, and because of that the chances of the human race surviving the singularity are smaller today than they were before November 3. * *Panamanians protest 'public enemy' Trump's canal threat <https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241224-panamanians-protest-public-enemy-trump-s-canal-threat>* *John K Clark See what's on my new list at Extropolis <https://groups.google.com/g/extropolis>* I would favor buying Greenland if Denmark wants to sell. And nothing wrong with Canada as our 51st state if the Canadians are willing. What I strongly oppose is Trump's intent to maximize oil drilling. It's like he never heard of, or believes in human caused global warming and the necessity to cease burning fossil fuels. In four years he can, and likely will do immense damage in various spheres of significance. AG 3mn -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/everything-list/9a5f1207-91a8-42ea-88d4-87e7a63d7082n%40googlegroups.com.
