lucky there’s nothing worth pillaging here
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Or is there? Gotta be a reason why Trump is interested in it.
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the crown jewels?
They keep them in Greenland now?
Dex was talking about visiting Wells on Sea which is why I said good job there’s nothing worth pillaging in Britain.
It’s a challenge, I agree, for the reasons you gave. First off, you can use your common sense: Did you ever give Soviet/Russian leaders any credibility? Would you even have thought that you would ever do? Secondly, it helps to focus on what they do rather than on what they say. Thirdly, you’ll have to check your sources carefully and analyse the relationship between words, actions, and their economic and political system. And finally, you’d have to give it a plausibility check.
I am not so sure about that. It’s a handy location, closer to Russia, so missiles have to travel less distance, it doesn’t make the US a target and is relatively small so easier to defend.
Or Trump could turn it into a billionaire’s paradise by persuading the population it was in their best interests to move to a different part of Europe (a la Gaza). Land values would plummet so his mates could afford massive estates with the remaining population there to service their needs.
Sounds heavenly to me.
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I would have thought the east coast of Scotland got in the way of a clear run to even the NE coast of Greenland and actually Russia was the next landmass but it is hard to tell.
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You’d think so, but seemingly not.
Sounds like a lot of work whereas knee-jerk reactions are a doddle.
Yes, it is a bit of work to debunk the carefully concocted spins of their paid strategists who indeed rely on predictable knee-jerk reactions because man is known to be a cognitive miser. That’s what makes them successful…
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‘Mega Pac’s’ of unlimited money moving forward very greedy individuals that are basically owned.
The USA ‘voters’ are threatened by money! Really nothing new here in the history of the human race.
The videos and Voice videos have mostly prover all of the above to be true.
Understanding constantly trying to change the point of view is always what they try to do best.
The bottom dollar of $$$ Billions, their ‘thoughts’ if you change their thought’s this is what ya want to do
Notice EMox wants you to know money means nothing to you in 20 years, you just relax in the sun!
Hunger, home, meaningless, you ok under the umbrella of his dream!
Demo crats of 2010 caused all this hell on the world with their super PAC’s endless funding crap reaping! But it is the Organized criminals who’s a reap!
Basically, it’s the top 1% of the USA population whor are Whor’[s It’s a matter of weeks till they spill.
I would appear that families are getting meals delivered and Fast Foods like Wendy are closing.
Perhaps a first step is to not react, not to share and set aside until more info comes available?
Facebook, that (completely not) trustworthy source of insights, pushed a post to me yesterday. That is warning number 1. An algorithm decided this is the sort of click bait I might read. So definitely a question mark. The post claimed some US citizens who had flown out of the US arrived in destination country to find at the border control that their passport was suddenly invalid - tagged as lost/stolen or simply stopped by US passport authorities. This raised warning number 2 - I’ve not read about this anywhere else, it seems to raise lots of issues about exactly how this might come about, and seems possible but unlikely (i.e. no reason for it). So even though it plays to a narrative I could believe (the US administration is evil and out of control) it seems dubious.
So it goes into the bin marked “possible but unlikely so ignore until more info comes available”. I’m certainly not going to react, re-post or promote. Easy.
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I see there are three interpretations of North : true North, magnetic North and grid North. Apparently all three converged on Britain in Nov 2022 and stayed converged for 3 years. May explain a great deal politically! You have to wonder how all these magnetic changes affect brains and common sense.
On maps the lines of latitude (representing Grid North) point to the tip of Russia. Perhaps in Norfolk there are folk who have found a version of North that suits the Greenland argument? As magnetic North moves around I’m sure at some point you can make a case for it.
Having never been to Russia I can only draw a conclusion from the information I read/see on TV and the internet Dachs. I have read lots about the Russian people and watched ‘Doctor Zhivago’ and I suspect it’s the only source of info that everyone else on the forum has acquired and base their opinions on.
I just post my interpretation of my limited knowledge of Russia and make no apologies.
I have many hobbies, (one of them is writing on the forum) that are much more interesting than Putin or Russia and life is short and getting shorter by the day, so I won’t spend anymore time pursuing things that I have absolutely no control over.
I’m sorry for appearing abrupt, but we all have opinions about stuff and isn’t that what forums are for? I have no further Ideas or theories about the situation in Russia or Ukraine, that wouldn’t get be banned anyway…So I’ll let some other posters who think they’ve got the answer waffle on…
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I understand that there’re reasons for us to be concerned since a meltdown of the US economy will have considerable implications for the rest of the world - and, let’s not forget, the world’s wealthy. The national debt of any country can be evaluated better when it is related to other indicators and factors influencing it instead of just giving figures alone. The national debt to GDP ratio is relevant here as is information about who owns the debt, what kind of debt it is, and in which currency the debt is serviced. Up to the present day , trust, as the main prerequisite to investments, has been highest in the US and the Dollar. And technically, no other country or group of countries would be in a position to meet the huge demand for investment opportunities which the US can offer.
Their national debt is about 120 percent, less than that of a number of EU countries and Japan (more than 200%) . Accruing less debt at the expense of bridges collapsing and a defence sector being flat broke doesn’t seem to be a real alternative even if it’s advocated by some. Above all, the US benefits enormously from the reserve function of the Dollar.
All these factors may help to manage that balancing act of government spending, knowing that for a long time the size of debt tends to be neglected until it suddenly matters.
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Sorry, Bob, you sound a bit miffed. I hope you haven’t taken offence . None intended. I expect nothing good from Communist “Apparatchiks” (bureaucrats, party-liners, agents). For someone like me who had to live under Russian rule it’s a question of political hygiene and also a tragedy to see how many people in the former West seem to have absorbed the thoroughly romanticised image of Russia transported by the film you mentioned (not the book which is different) or by Russian pre-Revolution folklore , folk songs, dances (Ivan Rebroff and Cossack choirs) , mostly revolving around the “Russian Soul”. All that is indicative of Russian propaganda; it shows how the Russian regimes want to be seen by the West.
Posting on forums is what we have in common. Needless to say, that there’re bound to be different views whenever people exchange opinions. These views are likely to be based on a variety of materials. What is rather unlikely, though, is people not contradicting, not challenging materials used or views presented. It’s one of the positive aspects of this forum that topics are discussed in a very civilised way.
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I must admit I’ve never thought of reading the book. I’ve just had a quick search and I can see it is indeed very different from the film and so much longer! The film it seems focuses on a very small part of the real story.
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Not at all Dachs, It’s because we get along and hold similar views that I can be honest with you and know that you will also take it in good spirit.
Friendship is bigger than world or national politics.
Concerning Russia, I probably am a bit of a romanticist and optimist and can see good things in places most people won’t bother looking after falling for the propaganda issued by the media.
You obviously have more experience with Russian politics than me Dachs, and I know very little but I would think that the Russian people can’t be blamed for how their leaders act, or have acted over the years.
Our very good friends and neighbours are part Polish, the ladies father was Polish who settled down in the UK after the war and married a Brit, but Christine is passionate about Poland and goes there whenever she is able…She often quotes her father who said…“Never trust a Russian” I don’t generally discuss Putin or Russia with her… 
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I will and I share your thoughts completely.
Your neighbour is right and the Poles have every reason to think that way. My neighbours, who unfortunately have just moved away, were from Belarus and are very fine people. They also feel about Russia like your neighbour.
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