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08-19-2019, 07:18 AM #1
Is Greenland a Good Buy Right Now?
Seward's Folly was bought for $7.2 MM and that turned out to be a pretty good deal. I'm not sure if we paid anything for Hawaii.
Greenland could be a good deal if things keep warming up."timberridge is terminally vapid" -- a fortune cookie in Yueyang
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08-19-2019, 07:37 AM #2
I always say, they’re not making any new real estate.
What’d the Dutch get Manhattan for, a bag of rocks and some small pox blankets? If we can pull of the modern day equivalent, I say let’s do it.I still call it The Jake.
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08-19-2019, 07:42 AM #3Funky But Chic
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Republican politics would make an excellent stand-in for smallpox blankets, you may be on to something.
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08-19-2019, 07:43 AM #4
We didn't pay anything for Hawaii because we stole it.
If anything we should be looking at Canada. They're right next door, almost speak the same language, and won't have to imitate our culture anymore once they're part of the USA.
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08-19-2019, 07:52 AM #5
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08-19-2019, 07:53 AM #6
Offering to buy Greenland is proof Trump believes in global warming, even as he calls it a hoax.
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08-19-2019, 07:56 AM #7
Aren't there warnings about toxic gasses and long dormant viruses coming back to life out of the permafrost as it thaws? Not sure I'd want a front row seat for that..
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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08-19-2019, 07:57 AM #8
I vote we acquire Mexico, at least as a US territory like Puerto Rico. The vast majority of the illegal immigration problems with undocumented would be instantly solved. It opens up way more cheap labor sources. And, defending their southern border would be way easier than defending our current southern border.
Go that way really REALLY fast. If something gets in your way, TURN!
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08-19-2019, 07:59 AM #9
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08-19-2019, 07:59 AM #10
This will just be another tidbit in this year's Stephen Colbert's "It's The End World As We Know It" .....and I DON'T Feel Fine.
Hey, at least it would mark the end of another ecosystem lost to fossil fuels that is not northern AK.“How does it feel to be the greatest guitarist in the world? I don’t know, go ask Rory Gallagher”. — Jimi Hendrix
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08-19-2019, 08:00 AM #11
Oh this is actually a thing?
I was purely speculating. In that case, yeah, let’s ready the smallpox blankets and scrape together $37B.I still call it The Jake.
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08-19-2019, 08:05 AM #12Funky But Chic
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08-19-2019, 08:08 AM #13
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08-19-2019, 08:10 AM #14Funky But Chic
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The aliens own some?
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08-19-2019, 08:10 AM #15
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08-19-2019, 08:20 AM #16
Will Greenland TRs go in the ECRC or will we need a new EECRC?
I still call it The Jake.
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08-19-2019, 08:21 AM #17
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08-19-2019, 08:28 AM #18
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08-19-2019, 08:35 AM #19
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08-19-2019, 08:36 AM #20
^Fantastic idea^
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08-19-2019, 08:41 AM #21Registered User
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The US is heavily leveraged right now - may be a purchase target.
Canada is currently in negotiations with Putin. He seems willing to sell and China is on board with the financing as there is no new money - just have to assume the note.
Prob not worth it.
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08-19-2019, 08:50 AM #22
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08-19-2019, 08:50 AM #23
Nah - if you want the labor camps for your political opponents to be effective, you really need a frozen wasteland
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katorga
Though I can also see him moving a bunch of the border detainees there to counteract the claims of overcrowding and lack of AC at the facilities.
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08-19-2019, 09:10 AM #24
Let’s just wait and see what the real estate inspection report says. We’d be foolish not to have a contingency clause in the offer.
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08-19-2019, 09:17 AM #25
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