Trump Redux: The Death of Democracy, or Overblown Hyperbole?

[Lucem Ferre]

^ Ditto on that, TH - in fact his whole post is really good, with the paragraph of wild pre-judgements we are inclined to make about people driving "obnoxiously showy vehicles".

Good for you, BM, working to promote dees both big and small: democracy and Democrats. I still find it difficult to comprehend just how disconnected from their politics some people are, which must 've made your efforts dispiriting at times.

And that was a great quote in one of SGR's recent posts: "People don't want to be informed, they want to feel informed." That right there is the motivation behind a zillion conspiracy theories! 

I promote dees too.

Dees nuts!

[Trollheart]

The circus rolls into town!



Trump threatens the sovereignty of Greenland! Where are the Vikings when you need them?

[Lexi Darling]

In case anyone's interested to know what MAGA thinks about cities burning and Americans dying.

[Trollheart]

You've got to give the guy credit though. Being actually able to rearrange TWO of the THREE letters in a word, to make a pun! I mean, it's practically on a Rain Man scale! 

[SGR]

From Jimmy Carter's funeral service today:



Obama: "Y'know, if it wasn't for me and that damn birth certificate, you wouldn't have even made it in politics..."



DJT: "And then I said 'Why don't we call it the Gulf of America, instead? Wouldn't that be nice?!' I'm serious though, I really thought Kamala was you in a wig for at least a month..."

[Trollheart]

I love the fact that he is moaning about the flags being at half-staff for Carter's passing for 30 days, meaning they will still be that way for his inauguration. Making it all about himself as usual. It all starts here, folks! 

[Buck_Mulligan]

The Supremes just refused to halt Trump's sentencing on Jan 10. This means he will formally be branded a felon before he takes office, and will have X # of days to appeal, which will make news during his term.

[Psy-Fi]

I love the fact that he is moaning about the flags being at half-staff for Carter's passing for 30 days, meaning they will still be that way for his inauguration. Making it all about himself as usual. It all starts here, folks! 

The symbolism of the flags being at half-staff in the U.S. when he's sworn in as President is pretty funny, though.

[Trollheart]

It is. Almost like Carter giving a final departing finger to the Republicans from beyond the grave!   

[Buck_Mulligan]

Watch George Dubaya ignore Trump and give Obama a slap.

https://x.com/reesejgorman/status/1877386631482671579?s=46&mx=2

[Buck_Mulligan]

So, it seems there is precedent between Denmark and the US for exchange of land for money. The following is an answer provided by Open AI's new o1 model...

"The Danish West Indies—comprising the islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix—were sold by Denmark to the United States in 1917. After decades of on-and-off negotiations between the two countries, the U.S. and Denmark signed the Treaty of the Danish West Indies on August 4, 1916, and the formal transfer took place on March 31, 1917. The purchase price was $25 million in gold."  (o1)

The strategic significance of Greenland...

https://www.twz.com/news-features/why-greenland-is-of-growing-strategic-significance

I'm starting to feel Trumpish already...

[Buck_Mulligan]

How Canada would rank as the 51st state.

https://www.visualcapitalist.com/how-canada-would-rank-as-the-51st-state/

[SGR]

So, it seems their is precedent between Denmark and the US for exchange of land for money. The following is an answer provided by Open AI's new o1 model...

The strategic significance of Greenland...

https://www.twz.com/news-features/why-greenland-is-of-growing-strategic-significance

I'm starting to feel Trumpish already...

I didn't know this until I looked into it recently, but apparently there's a fair bit of history to the US trying to acquire Greenland.

Since the 19th century, the United States has considered, and made, several attempts to purchase the island of Greenland from Denmark, as it did with the Danish West Indies in 1917. Internal discussions within the United States Government about acquiring Greenland notably occurred in 1867, 1910, 1946, and 2019, and acquisition has been advocated by former American secretaries of state William H. Seward and James F. Byrnes, privately by former Vice President Nelson Rockefeller, and publicly by President Donald Trump, among others. After World War II, the United States secretly offered to buy Greenland; public discussion of buying the island occurred after Trump's 2024 reelection.

[Buck_Mulligan]

^^^ Oops! When I was trying to edit a misspelling in my own post, I think I inadvertently reported yours to a moderator.
I have a big stack of IOU's maybe I could give one...

[SGR]

^^^ Oops! When I was trying to edit a misspelling in my own post, I think I inadvertently reported yours to a moderator.
I have a big stack of IOU's maybe I could give one...

lol it's all good, no big deal!