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Oilcanard

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Re: News in General
« Reply #11160 on: January 08, 2025, 04:06:02 PM »

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« Reply #11161 on: January 08, 2025, 04:14:01 PM »

I think it is hilarious that Trump wants to use military force to seize Greenland from the Danes. Invading a NATO country, of course, would trigger NATO's Article 5, requiring us to commit troops to defend Denmark against ourselves.


Good one.

I predict the only Danish Trump will conquer is at a breakfast buffet.
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« Reply #11162 on: January 08, 2025, 04:18:57 PM »

Universal Studios in Hollywood has discounted rooms at their Hotels for people whom have lost homes here in the fires. And they can stroll the City Walk to ease their minds, and they can eat and drink at the restaurants there, etc.

The Sofitel Los Angeles at Beverly Hills is a nice Hotel too, and there is the Mall across the street, and they also have the Beverly Hills Free Clinic there on Beverly Blvd for people who need medical care, etc.

The Beverly Hills Hotel is nice if you are rich, and they have bungalows where Howard Hughes used to hang out, and when I went there to apply for a job I met Hugh Hefner. I also applied for a job at the Ritz in Pasadena, that is a nice Hotel.

Of note, now is a good time for the Churches to show the love of Christ to the homeless and to the suffering, and to give aid to the fire-fighters, etc. The ladies from the church can feed everyone, etc. And then in the future when everyone needs home insurance then they can buy insurance from the Knights of Columbus, etc.

The Teamsters at the Bakeries can help to feed everyone, etc.

And in the future we need to bring in the Basques with herds of sheep, cattle, and goats, to reduce fire dangers, etc, and we can put in water sprinkler systems, etc. More water dropping air craft can be built in Mojave, etc.

People need to come together to help each other through the crisis.

So sad, I hate to see people lose their homes. But, on the bright side they can bring in Santiago Calatrava as they rebuild, and they can bring in the best architects from around the world as everyone rebuilds, and they can have cobblestones and landscaping and fountains, and trees, and it can be nicer than before, they can build it back better. And people can work to prevent future fires like this from occurring, the sheep can help, etc.

Salute,

Tony V.
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« Reply #11163 on: January 08, 2025, 07:22:03 PM »

100,000 residents are now under evacuation orders.
1,000 properties destroyed.
Wildfires tear through Los Angeles neighborhoods.
Firefighters are running out of water.
5 people have lost their lives.
No possibly of controlling the fires.
Grown men are crying.

Truly tragic.
« Last Edit: January 08, 2025, 07:28:26 PM by bambu. »
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« Reply #11164 on: January 08, 2025, 07:35:37 PM »

There's no water in the fire hydrants!

Trump is blaming Newsom for the fires debacle.
Trump says he wanted to have melted snow etc water flow into CA, but Newsom said no, to save a fish called Smelt.
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« Reply #11165 on: January 08, 2025, 07:41:28 PM »

Donald Trump on my tv screen just now:

"If the hostages (in Gaza) aren't out by the time I take office...all hell will break loose in the Middle East."

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Looks like Hamas and other terrorists are about to come face to face with reality.
Holy Fucking Jesus H Skydiving Christ you are a gullible fucking idiot. What exactly do you think that blowhard is going to do? And what of the last year in Gaza do you think isn't already Hell?

I  see the hell that is Gaza on my tv screen regularly. I am not blind.
I also see the hell that was in Israel on Oct 7.
I also see whose fault it is that Gaza is like it is today.
You see what you want to to see and disregard the rest.
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I take Trump's words "the Middle East" to mean further afield than Gaza...say maybe Iran.
Fine. What exactly do you envision him doing?

As do you.
I have no idea what he'll do.
At least he'd be doing something...and not just allowing Judeo-Christian western civilisation to be destroyed by evil.

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« Reply #11166 on: January 08, 2025, 09:38:24 PM »

I think it is hilarious that Trump wants to use military force to seize Greenland from the Danes.
Trump never said he wants to use military force he wants to explore buying Greenland because of its strategic location to defend the USA. The same reason Harry Truman wanted to buy that country in 1946.
75 years later Greenland offers more reasons like its vast  mineral sources for modern technology.
Trump may be  trolling about Panama and Canada for other reasons but acquiring Greenland  makes sense.
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« Reply #11167 on: January 08, 2025, 09:42:15 PM »

Some terrorists call themselves "Freelance facilitators."
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« Reply #11168 on: January 08, 2025, 09:51:40 PM »

Trump keeps mentioning "China" in the same  breath as "Panama canal".
There seems to be something going on there that Washington doesn't like.
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« Reply #11169 on: January 08, 2025, 10:03:56 PM »

Trump keeps mentioning "China" in the same  breath as "Panama canal".
There seems to be something going on there that Washington doesn't like.
Yeah. Our soon to be President is a Fucking idiot.
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« Reply #11170 on: January 08, 2025, 10:16:17 PM »

I am sure the people of California are grateful President Biden visited fire ravaged Palisades to let them know he now has a new granddaughter. 
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« Reply #11171 on: January 08, 2025, 10:21:50 PM »


Trump may be  trolling about Panama and Canada for other reasons but acquiring Greenland  makes sense.

And keeping it makes even more sense, which is why Denmark will do so.  Since Denmark is a NATO ally of ours, and allows US military bases there, it makes very little sense in terms of acquiring a strategic location to which we already have access.  Since Denmark, as an ally, would work with the US on mutual strategic goals like protecting Northern shipping lanes, Trump's belligerence is both insulting to an ally, and mindbendingly stupid.  Hanlon's Razor applies here.
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« Reply #11172 on: January 08, 2025, 10:54:19 PM »



Trump may be  trolling about Panama and Canada for other reasons but acquiring Greenland  makes sense.

And keeping it makes even more sense, which is why Denmark will do so.
Oh, Denmark needs it as a strategic cog in its defense? It needs Greenland for ITS mineral resources?
No less than democrat Senator John Fetterman has a much more honest reaction

 There is a lot of talk about Greenland, for example, and there is a lot of freak-outs and of course, I would never support taking it by force,, (but)  it would be a responsible conversation to discuss acquisition, including just buying it out.
If anyone thinks that is bonkers, it is like, well, remember the Louisiana Purchase?






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« Reply #11173 on: Today at 05:32:23 AM »

For every 9 people who have been executed in the U.S., one person on death row has been proven innocent and released,
a shocking rate of error.
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« Reply #11174 on: Today at 07:38:14 AM »

For every 9 people who have been executed in the U.S., one person on death row has been proven innocent and released,
a shocking rate of error.
Yep. And your hero, and a three time recipient of a vote by Red, once upon a time used his not-so-hard earned money to publicly advocate for the execution of 5 innocents.
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