3rdnlng Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, ShadyBillsFan said: To where, Russia? Why not buy Canada while he's at it? He's accepting Global warming now? Even with melting ice caps those routes would be closed half of the year. Is that really productive? It's not the Panama Canal. Another stupid idea to deflect another stupid idea is my guess. We already own Canada. We're its daddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 42 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: We already own Canada. We're its daddy. we are free and looking forward to a good federal election where issues will be important without all the circus show hatred your media loves to drum up and routinely treatable illnesses, many fatal, are taken care of without a bill at the end of the day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Koko78 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 5 hours ago, GG said: Start with a globe and then map out the shipping routes in a warming Arctic Ocean. We're just completing our long-term goal of surrounding Canada to contain the Red Maple Leaf Menace within their own borders. It also helps to be able to flank them from both sides, should they try to invade the US. It's not a coincidence that 90% of Canadians live within a few hundred miles of the US border. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 36 minutes ago, Koko78 said: We're just completing our long-term goal of surrounding Canada to contain the Red Maple Leaf Menace within their own borders. It also helps to be able to flank them from both sides, should they try to invade the US. It's not a coincidence that 90% of Canadians live within a few hundred miles of the US border. Even a Canadian realizes he can't suck from our teet if he's too far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 8 minutes ago, 3rdnlng said: Even a Canadian realizes he can't suck from our teet if he's too far away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddogblitz Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 (edited) 5 hours ago, keepthefaith said: fIt's very rich in natural resources. https://www.livescience.com/why-trump-wants-to-buy-greenland.html Exactly. Quote Why does Trump want the United States to buy the world's biggest island? The reason, in large part, is likely that Greenland is rich in natural resources, including iron ore, lead, zinc, diamonds, gold, rare-earth elements, uranium and oil, according to the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit public-policy organization in Washington, D.C. Not only does Greenland boast these resources, but more are being exposed there as the Earth warms due to human-caused climate change. It's not like we haven't purchased resource rich areas in the past. The Louisiana Purchase and Seward's Icebox come to mind. If Hillary had won and suggested this it would be considered brilliant and very progressive. Edited August 21, 2019 by reddogblitz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 5 minutes ago, reddogblitz said: Exactly. It's not like we haven't purchased resource rich areas in the past. The Louisiana Purchase and Seward's Icebox come to mind. I Hillary had won and suggested this it would be considered brilliant and very progressive. ...could we recoup uranium in Greenland?....or offer more to cozy up?....just askin'............ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 4 hours ago, reddogblitz said: Exactly. It's not like we haven't purchased resource rich areas in the past. The Louisiana Purchase and Seward's Icebox come to mind. If Hillary had won and suggested this it would be considered brilliant and very progressive. If Hillary had won and suggested this, she'd be purchasing it for Putin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 22, 2019 Share Posted August 22, 2019 ..................S'up, Greenland? . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Poo. I was hoping it really was Trump's idea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Oh great.... Trump has done a bang-up job wrecking our relationship with European allies, and now this: “According to a document obtained by POLITICO, European Commission officials are pushing their president-elect, Ursula von der Leyen, to set up a European Future Fund that would invest more than $100 billion in equity stakes in high-potential European companies. . . . They’re also advocating for Europe to show more grit in Trump’s trade war, saying the [European Union] should slap tariffs unilaterally on the United States.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 Yes Tibs, I’m sure the Europeans liked us a lot more when we were the guy at the bar buying a free round for everyone! Being a super power is not a popularity contest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 BMW and Mercedes would lose most of their American sales if we slapped big tariffs on them. Driving a Cadillac might become a status symbol once again. We might not have the most people but we are the biggest market for expensive toys. The EU should be kissing our ass a little. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldTimeAFLGuy Posted August 23, 2019 Share Posted August 23, 2019 On 8/22/2019 at 12:56 AM, B-Man said: ..................S'up, Greenland? . ...OMG!....it's Biden!.............. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Pilsner Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 https://news.usni.org/2019/08/23/marines-considering-flying-u-s-f-35bs-off-of-japans-largest-warships One of those Japanese warships is named the Kaga. The previous Kaga was one of four carriers (other three were the Akagi, Hiryu and Soryu) which the U.S. defeated at the Battle of Midway. Weird twist in history. It seems like current China has taken on the role of WWII era imperialistic Japan. Perhaps China will need to get Midway'ed in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 4 hours ago, Pilsner said: https://news.usni.org/2019/08/23/marines-considering-flying-u-s-f-35bs-off-of-japans-largest-warships One of those Japanese warships is named the Kaga. The previous Kaga was one of four carriers (other three were the Akagi, Hiryu and Soryu) which the U.S. defeated at the Battle of Midway. Weird twist in history. It seems like current China has taken on the role of WWII era imperialistic Japan. Perhaps China will need to get Midway'ed in the near future. The previous class were named Hyuga and Ise - their namesakes being two "hybrid" battleship-carriers (WWI-style super-dreadnoughts, with the X and Y turrets removed and a flight deck built in their place). Kaga and Izumo are evolutions of that design, intended to be fully flight-capable for STOVL aircraft like the F-35B. It's not a "weird coincidence." It's an announcement, pointed directly at China, that Japan is back in the carrier aviation business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilsner Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 (edited) 16 minutes ago, DC Tom said: The previous class were named Hyuga and Ise - their namesakes being two "hybrid" battleship-carriers (WWI-style super-dreadnoughts, with the X and Y turrets removed and a flight deck built in their place). Kaga and Izumo are evolutions of that design, intended to be fully flight-capable for STOVL aircraft like the F-35B. It's not a "weird coincidence." It's an announcement, pointed directly at China, that Japan is back in the carrier aviation business. What do you not know? You are an endless source of information. Hopefully the current Japanese (*****) ships have improved fire fighting capabilities over their WWII brethren. Why won’t this sight let me say J.a.p? Edited August 25, 2019 by Pilsner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Pilsner said: What do you not know? You are an endless source of information. Hopefully the current Japanese (*****) ships have improved fire fighting capabilities over their WWII brethren. Why won’t this sight let me say J.a.p? Edited August 25, 2019 by 3rdnlng Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo_Gal Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 LOL the G7 has two of 'em this year, so talks are a bit different: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Trump sings the praises of his resort in Florida as possible G-7 host for 2020 Aides say the president has sought for months to hold the summit in Doral, but many of his advisers have warned against the idea. By Josh Dawsey and David A. Fahrenthold 1 hour ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TH3 Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 On 8/23/2019 at 10:00 AM, 3rdnlng said: BMW and Mercedes would lose most of their American sales if we slapped big tariffs on them. Driving a Cadillac might become a status symbol once again. We might not have the most people but we are the biggest market for expensive toys. The EU should be kissing our ass a little. Perhaps you should look at where those Mercedes and BMW's are made.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 3 hours ago, TH3 said: Perhaps you should look at where those Mercedes and BMW's are made.... If you've got something to say you should say it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Tiberius Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 The New York Times reports: President Trump said on Monday that he would be open to meeting with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran, and would even be willing to support short-term loans to get through [sic] Tehran through its current financial difficulties if talks open. Mr. Trump was responding to an overture by President Emmanuel Macron of France, who said that he would try to set up such a meeting in the next few weeks, to seek a resolution of decades of conflict between Iran and the United States. Mr. Macron, who said he had spoken with Mr. Rouhani, said that if the American and Iranian presidents met, “my conviction was that an agreement can be met,” addressing Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its destabilizing actions in the Middle East. yes! Send them pallets of money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 17 minutes ago, Tiberius said: The New York Times reports: President Trump said on Monday that he would be open to meeting with President Hassan Rouhani of Iran, and would even be willing to support short-term loans to get through [sic] Tehran through its current financial difficulties if talks open. Mr. Trump was responding to an overture by President Emmanuel Macron of France, who said that he would try to set up such a meeting in the next few weeks, to seek a resolution of decades of conflict between Iran and the United States. Mr. Macron, who said he had spoken with Mr. Rouhani, said that if the American and Iranian presidents met, “my conviction was that an agreement can be met,” addressing Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its destabilizing actions in the Middle East. yes! Send them pallets of money! Why do you want to remind everyone what a traitorous douche Obama was? That cash was given to terrorists in order to kill our people. Do you need to laugh that badly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ALF Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 China called for the US to stop its 'wrong' actions, again denying that it had phoned Washington to resume trade talks. On the sidelines of the Group of Seven leaders' summit in Biarritz, France, on Monday, Trump said: "China called last night our top trade people and said, 'let's get back to the table', so we'll be getting back to the table, and I think they want to do something." https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/china-create-conditions-trade-talks-190827075634452.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 33 minutes ago, ALF said: China called for the US to stop its 'wrong' actions, again denying that it had phoned Washington to resume trade talks. On the sidelines of the Group of Seven leaders' summit in Biarritz, France, on Monday, Trump said: "China called last night our top trade people and said, 'let's get back to the table', so we'll be getting back to the table, and I think they want to do something." https://www.aljazeera.com/ajimpact/china-create-conditions-trade-talks-190827075634452.html It's like we have a drunk idiot keeping the presidential chair warm for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Trump’s G-7 statesmanship New York Post, by Editorial Original Article President Trump took French President Emmanuel Macron’s Iran gambit in stride as the G-7 Summit wound to a close — probably because Trump saw that Macron’s real game was pure politics. The Frenchman’s policies have sent his own approval ratings into the tank. Nearly retired German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition is on life support; Canadian Premier Justin Trudeau is reeling from a corruption scandal. Italy’s Giuseppe Conte announced his resignation days before the summit opened; Britain’s Boris Johnson just took over as prime minister and holds a paper-thin majority. Japan’s Shinzo Abe is the only G-7 leader whose grip on power back home might be stronger than Trump’s — and he announced a trade deal with Washington during the meetings.So the idea that the gathering would set any long- or even short-term common policy for the world’s wealthiest nations was always a fiction, however much the media sought to paint it as another round of “world appalled by Trump.” Macron, this year’s host, originally wanted the summit to center on climate change and inequality. But those are the very issues killing him with French voters, hence his shift to pretending to try to resurrect the Iran deal on the sidelines. Whatever heads-up the French president gave the American one about his invitation to Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammed Zarif, the stunt was never going anywhere: Macron and his allies have already consulted to death with Tehran about ways to salvage the accord, even as Washington has shown it can keep tightening the screws despite the appeasers’ best efforts. Trump has also defeated Iran’s efforts to provoke open conflict, finessing Tehran’s shootdown of a US drone and its seizure of various oil tankers. Yet Macron still sought to paint the American as a warmonger by reaching out to Zarif as if the central problem were Washington’s refusal to negotiate, rather than its insistence on a deal that actually stops Iran from joining the nuclear club. Bottom line: Macron was playing domestic politics, but Trump turned statesman by refusing to go ballistic over the empty gesture. How about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3rdnlng Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 41 minutes ago, Tiberius said: It's like we have a drunk idiot keeping the presidential chair warm for now. When are you going to address Obama's financing of terrorists so that they could kill Americans? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 MGGA (Make Greenland Great Again)! “We haven’t done a major real estate deal in over 150 years and we’re certainly not picking up any new territory via warfare these days, so buying Greenland is looking better and better if the U.S. is going to remind the world what’s what.” . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koko78 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 If Denmark were smart, they'd set some astronomically high price for the island, like 5 trillion dollars. Either we pony up the cash (in which case they win), or we walk away from it (in which case they win.) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 (edited) 2 hours ago, Koko78 said: If Denmark were smart, they'd set some astronomically high price for the island, like 5 trillion dollars. Either we pony up the cash (in which case they win), or we walk away from it (in which case they win.) They have already won. Trump looks like even more of a clueless idiot than usual. Now if only Iran would drop the precondition to meet Trump! Please, would be so funny to see the NeoCon reaction, lol Quote Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has changed his mind about sitting down for talks with President Donald Trump. The Associated Press reports that the Iranian leader, who had expressed interest in a bilateral with Trump over Iran’s nuclear program, is now demanding that sanctions be lifted before any such talks take place or the meeting risked being a mere “photo op.” Trump had said Monday that there was a “really good chance” the two would meet after French President Emmanuel Macron invited Iran’s foreign minister to the G7 summit Sunday. But Rouhani said Tuesday that such talks might not stand a chance. “Without the U.S.’s withdrawal from sanctions, we will not witness any positive development,” Rouhani said in a televised speech on Tuesday, adding that Trump “holds the key” to what happens next. https://www.thedailybeast.com/iranian-president-hassan-rouhani-says-no-to-talks-unless-sanctions-lifted?ref=home Edited August 27, 2019 by Tiberius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 1 minute ago, Tiberius said: Now if only Iran would drop the precondition to meet Trump! Please, would be so funny to see the NeoCon reaction, lol Uhh... you’ve been on the neocon side firmly since 2016 and you started parroting Frum and Kristol stories and talking points. The neocons are part of the resist movement. Have been from the start. Which should have been the demarcation line for anyone who considered themselves an independent or liberal prior to 2016. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 NOT SO FAR: China’s spies are waging an intensifying espionage offensive against the United States. Does America have what it takes to stop them? Related: During all the Russia hacking hype, China is rising in influence: While Russia’s role in the 2016 election dominates the news, China’s spying and alarming influence within our borders is too little noticed. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 3 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: Uhh... you’ve been on the neocon side firmly since 2016 and you started parroting Frum and Kristol stories and talking points. The neocons are part of the resist movement. Have been from the start. Which should have been the demarcation line for anyone who considered themselves an independent or liberal prior to 2016. No, you know I supported the Iran Deal and was opposed to pulling out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 That wasn’t my point. My point was you’re eager to hear what the neocon reaction would be when you don’t need to be. You are a neocon now. You just didn’t realize you’d been carrying their water because you’re too emotionally invested in “stopping trump”. Thats how the devil works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wacka Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 12 hours ago, Tiberius said: It's like we have a drunk idiot keeping the presidential chair warm for now. it's like we have a drunk idiot starting threads all over PPP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal Deek Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 12 hours ago, Tiberius said: It's like we have a drunk idiot keeping the presidential chair warm for now. You can do way better than this Tibs! Everyone knows Trump doesn’t drink...ever. Just stick to calling him a racist Nazi, it’s way easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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