Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.nk.ca!rocksolid2!i2pn2.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: D Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1 Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2025 19:06:27 +0100 Organization: i2pn2 (i2pn.org) Message-ID: <46156c39-eba0-96ba-310c-bd02c6dafa4e@example.net> References: <4RVeP.812124$bYV2.164030@fx17.iad> <08d05lx8s4.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="8323328-2088569010-1736445990=:3211" Injection-Info: i2pn2.org; logging-data="2810594"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@i2pn2.org"; posting-account="w/4CleFT0XZ6XfSuRJzIySLIA6ECskkHxKUAYDZM66M"; In-Reply-To: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 4.0.0 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:64078 comp.os.linux.advocacy:683522 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. --8323328-2088569010-1736445990=:3211 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT On Thu, 9 Jan 2025, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote: > On 1/8/25 8:18 PM, CrudeSausage wrote: >> On 2025-01-08 19:42, rbowman wrote: >>> On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 17:53:21 -0500, CrudeSausage wrote: >>> >>>> Someone was circulating the theory that Trump's (and Musk's) desire to >>>> annex both Canada and Greenland is the result of wanting access to the >>>> minerals there, which are crucial to the development of electric >>>> vehicles. I would imagine that there are lots of strategic military >>>> reasons too. Maybe the man isn't joking... >>> >>> https://www.gisreportsonline.com/r/china-arctic-russia/ >>> >>> Shipping, gas, oil, minerals, fisheries...  Historically, Denmark hasn't >>> done well protecting its interests since the Danish-Hanseatic War and >>> certainly can't defend Greenland nor is an independent Greenland feasible. >>> >>> Canada is a far reach but with Trudeau the Lesser quitting, who knows. The >>> SAM provinces might be weighing which is worse, DC or Ottawa. >> >> There will be lots of resistance simply because Canadians have >> traditionally seen themselves as "better" than Americans and don't want to >> be a part of the "inferior" culture. In reality, there is nothing better >> here except for the women in Quebec. They look better than what the US >> produces, but they're just as dim. > > Talk/jokes/etc aside, Canada will not be joined with > the USA any time soon. The culture/system/history is > just too different for a good fit. > > Trump makes these statements For EFFECT ... not because > he's really serious. He mostly wants Canada to deal with > all the immigrants coming down. He's a native salesman > and thus creates grand illusions - intending to deal > somewhere to the middle. > > With Greenland, for example, it was barely a week after > he talked about buying/occupying that Denmark suddenly > put a LOT more money into defense efforts there. This > is more what he really wanted. As an actual territory, > Greenland would be a huge money-loser. SO, real world, > expect more EU and US military watch bases there. That > is 'good enough'. This is the truth. The way to understand Trump is to look at what the man does, and not listen to what the man says. Europes politician still need to learn that lesson. --8323328-2088569010-1736445990=:3211--