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bolverk

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  1. His overreach just might be our only hope.
  2. It didn't make sense for Nazi Germany to preemptively declare war on the US after Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese, thereby providing a casus belli for the US to enter the European war. Just like the Nazis, this regime only gets hungrier the more it eats.
  3. tldr: Denmark does not have the right to sell Greenland -- only a referendum among Greenlanders can decide that. On top of it all, we (the US) already have almost carte blanche to beef up whatever presence we have there anyway, so the only reason we’d want to buy it is to outright own the ice and whatever there is beneath it (more likely, Trump and his cronies would own the mineral rights). That said, Greenland has already said they’re more than happy to do business with us to do a deal and provide access. So taking it would, in essence, be the theft of a whole fucking country. Buy Greenland? Take It? Why? An Old Pact Already Gives Trump a Free Hand. Analysts say the Cold War agreement allows the president to increase the American military presence almost at will. President Trump has ridiculed Denmark’s dog sled teams in Greenland. He has cited mysterious Chinese and Russian ships prowling off the coast. He seems increasingly fixated on the idea that the United States should take over this gigantic icebound island, with one official saying the president wants to buy it and another suggesting that the United States could simply take it. Just a few days ago, Mr. Trump said: “We need Greenland from the standpoint of national security.” But the question is: Does the United States even need to buy Greenland — or do something more drastic — to accomplish all of Mr. Trump’s goals? Under a little-known Cold War agreement, the United States already enjoys sweeping military access in Greenland. Right now, the United States has one base in a very remote corner of the island. But the agreement allows it to “construct, install, maintain, and operate” military bases across Greenland, “house personnel” and “control landings, takeoffs, anchorages, moorings, movements, and operation of ships, aircraft, and waterborne craft.” It was signed in 1951 by the United States and Denmark, which colonized Greenland more than 300 years ago and still controls some of its affairs. “The U.S. has such a free hand in Greenland that it can pretty much do what it wants,” said Mikkel Runge Olesen, a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies in Copenhagen. “I have a very hard time seeing that the U.S. couldn’t get pretty much everything it wanted,” he said, adding, “if it just asked nicely.” But buying Greenland — something that Secretary of State Marco Rubio told lawmakers on Tuesday was Mr. Trump’s latest plan — is a different question. Greenland does not want to be bought by anyone — especially not the United States. And Denmark does not have the authority to sell it, Dr. Olesen said. “It is impossible,” he said. In the past, Denmark would have been the decider. In 1946, it refused the Truman administration’s offer of $100 million in gold. Today, things are different. Greenlanders now have the right to hold a referendum on independence and Danish officials have said it’s up to the island’s 57,000 inhabitants to decide their future. A poll last year found 85 percent of residents opposed the idea of an American takeover. Greenland’s prime minister, Jens-Frederik Nielsen, has repeatedly scoffed at the idea of being bought, saying this past week, “Our country is not for sale.” The relatively short, straightforward defense agreement between the United States and Denmark was updated in 2004 to include Greenland’s semiautonomous government, giving it a say in how American military operations might affect the local population. The roots of the agreement go back to a partnership forged during World War II. At that time, Denmark was occupied by the Nazis. Its ambassador in Washington, cut off from Copenhagen, took it upon himself to strike a defense agreement for Greenland with the United States. (The island is part of North America, along the Arctic Ocean and close to Canada’s coast.) The fear was that Nazis could use Greenland as a steppingstone to America. The Germans had already established small meteorological bases on the island’s east coast and relayed information for battles in Europe. American troops eventually ousted them and established more than a dozen bases there with thousands of troops, landing strips and other military facilities. After World War II, the United States continued to run some bases and a string of early warning radar sites. As the Cold War wound down, the United States closed all of them except one. It’s now called the Pittufik Space Base and helps track missiles crossing the North Pole. The Danes have a light presence, too: a few hundred troops, including special forces that use dog sleds to conduct long-range patrols. In recent months, the Danish government has vowed to upgrade its bases and increase surveillance. After American special forces captured Nicolás Maduro, the ousted president of Venezuela, from a safehouse last week, Mr. Trump seemed emboldened. Stephen Miller, a top aide, then claimed that Greenland should belong to the United States and that “nobody’s going to fight the United States” over it. Danish and Greenlandic anxiety skyrocketed. On Tuesday night, Danish and Greenlandic leaders asked to meet with Mr. Rubio, according to Greenland’s foreign minister. It’s not clear if or when that might happen. Tensions between Mr. Trump and Denmark’s prime minister, Mette Frederiksen, have been steadily rising, as Mr. Trump pushes to “get” Greenland, as he puts it, while Ms. Frederiksen refuses to kowtow to him. Just a few days ago, Ms. Frederiksen cited the 1951 agreement, saying, “We already have a defense agreement between the Kingdom and the United States today, which gives the United States wide access to Greenland.” She urged the United States “to stop the threats” and said an American attack on Greenland would mean the end of the international world order. European leaders issued their own statement on Tuesday, also citing the 1951 agreement and saying, “Greenland belongs to its people.” Analysts said that if the United States tried to use the defense pact as a fig leaf to send in a lot of troops and try to occupy Greenland, that wouldn’t be legal either. According to the 2004 amendment, the United States is supposed to consult with Denmark and Greenland before it makes “any significant changes” in its military operations on the island. The 2004 amendment, which was signed by Gen. Colin L. Powell, who was then the secretary of state, explicitly recognizes Greenland as “an equal part of the Kingdom of Denmark.” Peter Ernstved Rasmussen, a Danish defense analyst, said that in practice, if American forces made reasonable requests, “the U.S. would always get a yes.” “It is a courtesy formula,” he said. “If the U.S. wanted to act without asking, it could simply inform Denmark that it is building a base, an airfield or a port.” That’s what infuriates longtime Danish political experts. If Mr. Trump wanted to beef up Greenland’s security right now, he could. But there has been no such official American request, said Jens Adser Sorensen, a former senior official in Denmark’s parliament. “Why don’t you use the mechanism of the defense agreement if you’re so worried about the security situation?” he said, adding, “The framework is there. It’s in place.” But Greenland’s strategic location is not the only thing that’s attracted Mr. Trump’s inner circle. The enormous island has another draw: critical minerals, loads of them, buried under the ice. Here, too, analysts say, the United States doesn’t need to take over the island to get them. Greenlanders have said they are open to doing business — with just about anyone.
  4. Technically, Greenland is one of three countries that make up the Kingdom of Denmark (kinda like Scotland is a country within the UK). The Faroe Islands are the third. As such, the nation of Denmark doesn't have the authority to even sell it, but instead, that decision would require a referendum of the people of Greenland. And according to a poll from last January, 85% of Greenlanders are opposed to annexation by the US.
  5. bolverk replied to RPM's topic in Cloak Room
    Yeah, I'm of a similar mind and really like the guy. What also frustrates me is when Kelly or others like them throw out lines about retaking the House, Senate, or whatever, and taking this regime to task, but then Stewart doesn't question the possibility that the next election won't be fucking rigged with all the shit going on with gerrymandering, voter suppression, or Trump's buddy buying up voting machines. I want to hear a really candid conversation with someone who is much more in tune with what's going on, has much more power/access, and knowledge about what the fuck any of them are going to do about it, if in case the next election is a shitshow of "voting irregularities."
  6. I moved back out to my hometown in West Texas a couple of years ago and have reconnected with old friends who are great people (if you’re white), so, yeah, I get it. Everything they think they know is from conservative teevee news programming and idiot podcasts.
  7. Buncha brainwashed buffoons.
  8. I've had this guy on ignore for a few years now, but he's the only one on "their entire" side still posting in the political forum, which I honestly appreciate. So, I took the opportunity to reveal (or whatever the fuck it's called) what the shit he's talking about. Took a look at it and was all, like, WTF is your deal, man? With all the shit that's going on, you choose to fight a battle about a single stupid branch of a tree when the whole fucking forest is on fire? Yeah, don't worry about it. I'm not going to engage that fucker again. He's a complete waste. His life has no meaning. His grandchildren will remember him with scorn and pity. He's a complete drain on society, and the world would've been better if he'd never been born. Edit: In case I get put in timeout for that last comment because of "shit posting" ot "death wishes" by one of the mods, let me just say this website has a long fucking history of folks like this piece of shit promoting genocide, saying similar shit about common thieves in some stupid crime thread, reciting racist tropes about minorities misbehaving, and saying shit about turning the desert into glass without facing any consequences.
  9. bolverk replied to Zavala's topic in Daily Texan
    More like DeSoto or Burleson.
  10. Are you going to choose to live the rest of your life as such a broken-brained bitch that small potato shit like NYC housing policy, proposed by a scary Mooslim, allows you to turn a blind eye to the greatest threat to American democracy in our lifetimes? Have you no sense of the fundamentals? Like right versus wrong? Good versus evil? Oh, no! These minorities want to raise taxes on rich white people. Hell, I don't know if any of the race or religion shit bugs you, but what the ever-loving fuck? We have an aspiring dictator right now, tearing at the fabric, the very soul of this country, STEALING billions from our treasury. We have a lifelong conman and convicted felon who's spent every fucking second of his 79 years on this planet fucking people over. And now he wants to fucking steal other countries. And you want to bitch about subsidized housing or something? What in the ever fucking fuck is wrong with you? What the hell happened to you? Did someone hurt you as a child, or have you always been a complete shell of a man? For the sake of your eternal soul, reflect on what your fear, hatred, or whatever it is that's poisoning your mind and allowing you to think that he is the answer to your pain. Good lord, man. Fucking repent and renounce this demon that's been unleashed into this world.
  11. Yeah, I noticed that, too. Jamaica, Haiti, the Bahamas. I wonder what they have in common.
  12. Dammit, guys. I'm really sorry, but I just had to try it. Presenting Emperor Ignatius J. Palpatine. It's awful. Don't open the spoiler. Go ahead and neg me. I deserve it.
  13. So, I know most of us with half a brain already knew this shit, but just wanted to put this quote out there for any brain-addled lemmings and lurkers perusing this thread: DO YOU FUCKING IDIOTS NOT GET IT? This is « l'état, c'est moi » bullshit. It doesn't matter what I said yesterday; this is what I want today. Oh, I told you to believe that a while back, but I've changed my mind, so now you have to change your mind to suit my interests. @Incredulity Are you still incredulous about his intentions? You voted in a capricious tyrant who wants to be an absolute monarch. But some of you, like that weird cocksucker, @Macklemore, actually want to have a gotdam king. It's fucking Orwellian, but somehow fucking dumber, like Ignatius J. Reilly playing Palpatine or some shit.
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