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posted January 15, 2026 02:17 PM |
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There needs to be a Golden Dome in Germany to protect them from the Russian invasion.
In case you weren't aware, Russia is going to invade them soon.
Fortunately, Donald J Trump will save them (for the second time).
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posted January 15, 2026 03:51 PM |
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LoL..
Do you-all want to talk about Columbia and Cuba? Christopher Sabatini said..
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JollyJoker
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posted January 15, 2026 05:56 PM |
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Blizz, it gets more awkward with every post of yours. The Dome couldn't be *IN* Germany, because it's SPACE-based and depends on interceptors and sensors in SPACE - which would create the Dome. Bollocks, of course.
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posted January 15, 2026 06:04 PM |
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posted January 15, 2026 06:26 PM |
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The Golden Dome will be built in Germany, and the appropriate response is content and gratitude.
Make hay when the sun shines, am I right or am I right?
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purerogue3
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posted January 15, 2026 06:34 PM |
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the odds he croaks is <13% (->term end) last week i checked
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purerogue3
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posted January 15, 2026 06:37 PM |
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One wonders who will be paying for all this
France wants X# new aircraft carriers
the US is the only one with money
but it's looking like a giant iceberg (as I said before)
NOT a bandwagoner!
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posted January 15, 2026 10:42 PM |
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Edited by Blizzard at 23:14, 15 Jan 2026.
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posted January 16, 2026 03:02 AM |
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Anyway, this thread is now concluded I guess.
My closing argument is this: there are a variety of things that might divide us, but the presence of microplastics in our testicles brings all of us together. The testicular microplastics bind us together and make us a single brotherhood.
Farewell.
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purerogue3
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posted January 16, 2026 04:42 AM |
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where do you think you going
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Pol
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posted January 16, 2026 01:59 PM |
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@blizz
The current article name is more apt:
"Venezuela’s Machado gave Trump her Nobel prize. In return she received a swag bag but no promise of support"
Having doesn't equal that he has rightfully acquired it.
And don't forget, that Machado has now rightfully acquired a swag bag from USA president. She can probably swap it back, sometimes later on. 
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posted January 17, 2026 07:53 PM |
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As I said, the people of Iran pay the price and the US are doing nothing, except telling lies and making false promises.
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posted January 18, 2026 12:27 AM |
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So, what are your thoughts on how to handle Trump and his Greenland ambitions? This is making my presence on other parts of the internet rather uncomfortable.
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posted January 18, 2026 09:24 AM |
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Edited by artu at 09:26, 18 Jan 2026.
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There’s a reason such things didnt even happen during the Cold War. Trump doesnt have the cold and calculating mind of a states man who should think in long terms, he’s more like salesman pressuring for a juicy deal, a “winner takes all” kind of capitalist. What he doesnt understand is international politics doesnt work like that. They are built in decades, not with shakedowns.
This article sums it up quite well and saves me a lot of time:
There is an aspect of "America First" foreign policy that Trump almost certainly hasn't considered. The USA isn't just abandoning its allies, it's making enemies out of them. While the supremacy of the US military may cause some to dismiss this as inconsequential, it's prudent to remember that hostility can take many forms beyond the battlefield.
It's not difficult to imagine an environment where US companies become viewed by much of the global market through the same national security lens as Chinese companies are today, effectively cutting them off from many of the global consumers that made them rich.
The West has been largely content to allow the US to maintain its extraordinary control over the international monetary system while its primary purpose was the promotion of international trade, but the reliance on Washington's consent to participate in the global economy will now be considered a vulnerability to more than just the usual authoritarian pariah states.
As more nations move away from the post-World War II economic global order, the threat of US sanctions diminishes in value, surrendering a massive strategic non-military weapon in its arsenal.
This has already seen many nations forging closer economic ties with China, not necessarily because it comes with less risk, but as a means of strategic hedging.
More tangibly, the US Department of Defence reports that it maintains 128 military bases in 55 different countries around the world, though some estimate the true number is as many as 800 across 95 countries. Almost all of these remain entirely at the consent of the host country, many of which have traditionally seen a US military presence as a deterrence against foreign aggression.
These nations would be looking at Greenland and now questioning whether US soldiers constitute a greater threat to their sovereignty than the adversaries they were meant to deter.
But perhaps spoken the least about is the manner in which the US has potentially now exposed itself to an asymmetrical war on all fronts. While the European armies may not scare the US State Department, European intelligence agencies should not be underestimated.
We are potentially entering a new global Cold War, but where the apparatus of European and Canadian security agencies are actively working in the shadows to undermine the interests of the US at every turn, joining an offensive already being undertaken by China, Russia, and other long-term adversaries.
This could mean cyber-attacks, intellectual property theft, corporate espionage, and political interference intended to destabilise and weaken the state from within. The future may not just be one in which fewer nations want to work with the USA, but one in which many more are actively working against it.
But perhaps the most tragic aspect of this dramatic shift in the way the world looks at the USA is that even if 2028 brings forth a new administration with a more cooperative approach to the global community... I'm not sure the world can ever go back to the way it was before.
Trust takes decades to build, but only a moment to lose. Even if the domestic political mood in the USA turns away from its current trajectory, the risk of a sudden return to Trumpism would remain. For decades, the idea of a hostile USA threatening to invade its NATO allies without any discernible cause would have been unimaginable. Now the people of all nations have witnessed how dangerous a strong USA can be, and will be bound by a shared interest in limiting that strength going forward.
America alone is not stronger. A man like Trump, who has seemingly spent his entire life without any real friends, is leading his country down a dark and lonely road.
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posted January 18, 2026 05:51 PM |
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Edited by Blizzard at 18:00, 18 Jan 2026.
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Yeah dude, the trust is ****ed even after Trump is gone. The main reason is that the checks and balances aren't working the way that they should be; US presidents have too much power. There was a point in time where the president couldn't simply decide to invade Greenland and the generals would be expected to obey the orders. American presidents were granted additional powers in the Cold War era, and recent rulings have made Trump even more impervious to judicial action. A feeling of powerlessness is setting in for many people.
If things don't improve after Trump I think there is a legit risk of the USA Balkanizing down the road. My girl is from Ghana and she teaches at the university; she has a VISA of course and some countries have already had their VISAS revoked. It is scary ****.
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posted January 18, 2026 07:05 PM |
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If Greenland for sale, I counted 2 trillion dollar..
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posted January 18, 2026 07:42 PM |
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Edited by Blizzard at 20:03, 18 Jan 2026.
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At some point Trump could always just try bribing the island population with a very, very large cash payment. They hold a referendum, declare independence, and then King Donald is able to move in.
The long-term issue is that the USA doesn't have the Danish welfare system, and the island is going to overwhelmingly prefer the Danish system, so they would need to work out some kind of agreement that would of course involve federal funding, because Greenland can't come anywhere close to paying for the welfare system on their own... it needs the wealth in northern Europe to keep sustaining it. To replicate it, that means annual federal support, but why would they trust the federal government?
European countries need to establish a permanent military presence there and claim that it is in order to guard the island from Russia and China. Most specifically, it needs the UK and France.
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posted January 18, 2026 08:18 PM |
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If Trump gave each family 1 million dollars - which he should, they would forget about Danish welfare in the second, can't match that. Beside, the greenlanders overwhelmingly do not want to be part of Denmark anyway.
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posted January 18, 2026 08:23 PM |
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Edited by blizzard at 20:30, 18 Jan 2026.
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I guarantee you: most of that money will vanish in a few years.
I completely agree that it is extremely dumb for Greenland to be part of the Kingdom of Denmark in 2026, but they need an alternative. Life without the Danish welfare state will not be good, and I promise you that a big cash payment by the US government is not going to be good for the long-term health of the island. That money will dry up in no time. You can't exist on a welfare system for years and years and then suddenly it goes away. System shock.
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posted January 18, 2026 08:57 PM |
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EU has already reacted.
Ratification of trade agreement with the US has been put on ice and France has signalled that they will demand activation of ACI, which would allow the EU to enact significant countermeasures.
If this escalates it might cost google, microsoft and amazon the EU market, because that might be the next turn of the screw (by the US): if those three would stop servicing (enforced by Trump), that would hit the EU hard - but it would also mean, the EU would (had to) massively invest to make up for it - server banks and so on. It might also mean a massive increase in power for China.
Lastly - Trump sees himself as the American Ceasar now and he wants to hold court when the soccer WM starts.
A boycott by the UEFA clubs doesn't look improbable anymore and would hit his ego hard.
If I may add - I've said so. I mean, can you really allow a ministry with MASKED agents? That should definitely NOT allowed. I can't understand that the dems don't sue the hell out of them.
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